The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-24


3 HIGH Professions rnprr Wanss trss wool
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The Boston Journal Of Commerce IL Z
high protection paper which does not
believe in aduty on wool. In . recens
number IL comments on the westward
movement 81 population = shown By
the censuA and 6nds In that movement
AN exsm plidca tion Of the course Of
settlement and development OF . coun-
try"
That course Of settlement and do
velopment Il describes IN words which
II quotes from somebody as follows
AFTER the hunter, trapper and prospect
or. the herdsman follows and for a
time the raising OF cattle 10 the chioi
industry. As settlement becomes less
sparse. this IL followed BY agriculture.
which, in is turn, as the population be-
comes more dense. Is succeeded by
manufactures"
The Journal makes this the text
from which TO read the wool grower a
brief lesson. Here is an expression Of
. fact"it says. ''thatis entirely ignored
BY the wool-grower in his struggle
against the inevitable course Of natural
events He Is made to believe thai
pioneer occupations can live and thrive
by the side OF those that are fostered by
density Of population and a more civil
lized order Of surroundings II IL be-
cause Of these false ideas tina cause
him to be constantly clamoring for Gov
eminent protection against tho inroads
OF natural forces that denote social and
industrial progress"
In other words. Massachusetts wants
free wool for her mills. for she is smart
enough to see what agrcat boon to her
industries free wool would be. The re-
cent election in that State. which re-
suited in \ Democratic majority In the
Congressional delegation 81 the State
for the first time in more than thirty
years Is an emphatic expression Of the
New Eng. and demand for free raw ma
terials above all for free wool.
It will be only . few years before
wool is en- tirely free. and then the g.
900. 900 people OF this country will al
once have the ad vantage Of cheaper and
better clothing-an advantage with
which the entire wool-growing industry
Of the cou ntry does not fort moment de-
servo to be compared. The wool product
OF the country does not oun TO more
than two per cent OF our agricultural
products; and our native wool is con
siderably less than half OF our yearly
consumption In regard to nj wool
growing industry. the one question
which always hits the bulls eye Is.
why should 6S. 900. 900 people be made to
pay q high tariff tax on wool for the
benefit OF the insignificant number who
grow wool?
The Benton Journal OF Commerce Is
right; the duty on wool must GO But
the Journal as q protectionist paper and
on projection grounds. can not make
out . strong a against the wOol-
grower The latter has . perfect right
TO the same protection that the Journal
demands for the manufacturer. and
when the grower IL put on : basis Of
competition with the whole world he
will not be thought unreasonable II be
asks that the manufactures should SIR.
render some Of his protection also
when the Journal cries out against
the wool-grower for ~constsntly clamor
ing for Government protection against
the inroads Of natural forces" Il must
remember that the wooI-grower IL moi
alone In that clamor. The tend
ency Of the time IL toward the
c~heapening Of all manufactured
produces ~ the result Of invention and
improved methods Of manufac ture and
transportation When our manufact
urers AK 70 Be exempted from the PLAY
| OF this cheapening tendency. they, too
are ''clamor.ng for Government protec
ton against the inroads OF natural
forces;" and II II only : matter Of simple
justice that when the emancipation o.
industry commences the good work
should 60 forward along the whole line
Let Us have cheaper wool; but let Vi
also have cheaper coats-and no feal
that these cheaper coats will '.necessa
rily involves cheaper man and woman
beneath the coat" - our wise Presi
dent has expressed It