The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-08-13
BRYAN'S LATEST.
He Writes Like the Boy Who Stood
on the Burning Deck, Whence
All But Him Had Fled.
He Gives Two Contradictory Reasons
Why Wool is Low, But Mentions Not
silver, or MoKinley's Flop.
NEw BAIrIMoRE, o., AuO. 2. 1oo1

| NEW BALTIMORE, u, Aug. 3, 1O9l.
To THE EDITOR OF THE DEMOCRAT: Ii
your issue of July %, you reubblish 1
letter addressed by Major Mckinley OF
October z, 1890, TO the Farmers Alliance
OF Stark county, replying TO their letter
OF previous date; and you also publish
| in garbled form, my address to the Farm.
ers Of Stark county.
From these you seem to think an expla.
nation necessary from me, and particu
larly do you desire me. to explain why,
l although Mr.. McKinlcy's bill increased
the duty on wool, the price is lower this
| year than IL was last.
l assume your injury was made in good
| faith and with that cAndor which should
/ characterize the conductors of the public
press; and so believing, submit to you
with entire frankness what deem con-
elusive answer TO your questions,
Birst-American importers and Demo-
cratic freetraders, in anticipation of the
Mckinley law, bought enormous guam
titles Of goolen goods and wool from
abroad, aud weare now feeling tho effect
on the price OF wool, and will until this
glut is removed. Second-The price of
foreign wool, in all the wool growing
counties of the world, has declined from
from 20 to % cents. which Is more than
double the decline in the United States.
If you desire TO know the effect OF the
tariff on wool, you have only to 90 to Can
ada, and there you will find that the same
grade OF wool, which is now sell
ing in Ohio for % cents, can be
bought in Canada for 1S cents.
Now suppose we had foreign wool free
In the United States, as proposed by the
Mills Democratic bill, and which you sup
port, what would the American farmer be
getting for his wool. You cay the tariff is
tax. II that he true, then he would he
receiving the present price, to-wit, 20
g. II N,,t,t
instead of 2S, Is that the situation in
which you want to place the Stark county
wool growers? If so, ] beg you to know
that the Stark county wool growers, al
though he be Democrat, will not follow
you.
You inquire why there has been an in
crease OF 30 per cent. in business failures.
II true, and doubt il, this ia largely to
want OF confidence in the future business
ot tie country, created almost entirely
by the Democratic victory of last
year, standing as IT does a threat
against our finencial credit and condition
and a menace to our prosperity. You say
that the price Of labor in all the protected
industries has been cut from 10 TO 30 per
cent. THIS utterly deny, If reductions
have taken place anywhere, or in any in
Gustry, they are in no way traceable To
the Mckinley bill, and a man of ordinary
would know better than to
charge IL,
In 1883 the Democratic party taught the
Democratic wool grower of Onio tha. the
reduction Of the wool duty in 1883 was
made TO rob the Ohio farmer and enrich
the foreign producer and New England
The picture the Demo-
cratic State Committee then drew, | wish
you would reproduce. II you have not
copy OF that committees publications,
anutled, "Rsdurtion of Duty on Wool
Co,t tn, Ohio Wool Grover Six Millions
of Dollars" will gladly furnish it 10 you
for publication.
The - 'ucation you then gave the Ohio
Democratic Farmer has not been forgot.
ten, and IL what you taught then was true,
what you teach now Is false. Very truly
yours. FRANK N. BRYAN,