The Jasper weekly courier., 1890-08-01
PRoTEcTioNIsrs ALARMED.

| NJ. u5laine's Reciprocity Views Alarm the
wcol Men and They Write 90 Mckinley.
| Mr. Blaine's letter to the President in
favor OF admitting South American
sugar and wool free Of duty. provided
the nations Of that continent will re-
move their entries against our farm
products has stirred up the Ohio wool
growers to high pitch Of excitement:
and even the wool dealers and the
WOODEN manufacturers have taken
alarm. for they remember the old threat
Of the wooi-growers. that II we ever get
free wool through the action Of the
man nufacturcrs they would take ven
geance upon the wicked manufacturers
BY putting woolen cloth on the free list.
Accordingly some Of the manufacture
ers and dealers themselves are alarmed
1t Mr.. Blaine's free trade break and
Philadelphia firm, which Is one OF the
largest wool houses in the country. has
written the following letter to Nc
Kinley:
"The wool market Il likely TO be thrown
into 4 state Of panic BY senator Haie's free
wool amendment 10 the Tariff bill proposing
20 admit free Of duty south American wool in
exchange for the products OF the United
States The shipments. mainly mcrino wool.
from the river Plate alone. amounts 70 about
sc.occ. 900 pounds. as against the clip or Is
%, oUo pounds In III, United states. The Agri-
cultural, Dcpart tment estimat sfhe number of
sheep In She United states for $50 af S2sO1O)n.
clipping an average OF elk pounds each.
and making In round figures about 80 oooooo
pounds Of American wool In addition TO
the shipments from the River Plate. II IL
sstim tied shst other south American Sec
tioas product ~ miOd grades Of ~ool-ti AZ
Il. carpet woods and clothing woois--pro-
du . about as much more as II shipped
from tbs river Plate. The amount OF wool
coming 10 the United states free of duty
shroug the legislation Of Republican Ad-
mini-tration would be such an overvhe,m.
ing di-aster and disappointment to the
vol growing States that they would most
likely be carried by the Democrats at tho
very first election. Such action would be
reg rici ~ breach OF faith by the wool
growers who voted nc the election In lsss
directly on the issue OF Tree WOOL or nro-
srctci wool.
III the blaine. Hale amendment Il rGrcd
20 the Tariff bill. admitting South American
wool free. the effect val be 10 lower the
price of all American wool fully ten cents
per pound. In our opinion. this amend
mcnt proposed by secretary Blaine IL 4 po-
iiticsl blunder that Involves the Adminis-
tration. The President will b. confronted
with the alternative OF signing a Tariff bill
which plice> wool on the free list on the one
hand. or. ON the other. cf vetoing the Tarif
bill 10 enact which the Admit istration and
a Ecpubi can House Of Representatives
we're elected y mocratic Senators may DO
unted on sure to vote with Republicans
for this amendment for two rcasona
The first viii be because IL contains free
700 which Is q De nocrafic principle. The
second reason. which = a more Important
one ia Democratic estimation. - that Ia will
carry the wool growing Republican states
into the pcmocra 70 ranks Unless this
amcndmrnf !. nIppei In the bud immedi-
ateiy. grave consequences will follow