The times., 1891-06-26
Frightsned by Q Shadow.

From The Michigan Farmer.
We have been requested to publish in full ar
article that appeared in the last issue of the
Michigan Farmer upon the wool market. After
careful perusal of the article referred to we
most respectfully decline to publish the same
We fail to see the propriety or honesty in pub
fishing anything upon the present deplorable
condition OF the wool market to further mislead
the farmers as to the real reasons Of the low
of The Press will remember that during the
pendency OF the Mckinley bill In the 5lst
Congress, the effect OF tariff taxation upon i'm
ports OF wool that cannot be grown in
sufficient quantities In this country was clearly
pointed out in these columns. While the re-
publican press was claiming that the Mckinley
bill would increase the price of this years wool
clip s. 200, 900 over last years clip the demo.
cratic press pointed out that increased tariff
taxation would decrease the price of home wool.
Farmers, II Is for you to say which. claim was
correct.-Owosso Press.
Our contemporary seems to fear that the
article i'm question is loaded, and is as chary
of handling 1t as though it were composed of
dynamite. Let the editor of the Press still
his fears, for we can assure him that there
is not breath or even the suspicion of the
OdOr of party politics i'm the article in ques-
ton. 1t was written to state i'm plain,
straightforward manner the position of the
woOl-grOwer in the controversy between him
and the buyer, and to give all interested
fair statement of the causes which have led
to the wOOl-clip of the State being put up as
1t is, and suggesting remedy. The ques-
ton of price was not even discussed, and
we have no doubt but the party who asked
for its republication In the Press did so be-
cause he believed the matter to be of both
interest and importance to every farmer
who owns sheep. But it looks as il the
Press would be greatly pleased to see
farmers ruined IL 1t could be traced to the
operation of the Mckinley tariff bill, so its
editor could exclaim IL told you so." This
is peculiar, but not at all unusual phase
of human nature, and is born of suspicion,
ignorance and uncharitableness. We are
sorry to see the Press willing to sacrifice
the interests of its friends to support its
theories. The editor of the Farmer il GER
tain that the prosperity of the people is of
more moment to him than the theories of
any party, and will not hesitate to commend
and advocate any policy which promises it,
be it protection, free trade or revenue
tariff.
By the way, here is letter from a
county farmer regarding that very
article, which shows that it was entirely
business, not politics, which led to its pub
licatiOn.
81 see discussed In this last weeks issue a
matter quite as important as that of wheat
namely, the wool market; and think that you
will be equal to the emergency. Good wool has
never been In Michigan, rated at more than q
cent above poor wool, and the farmer has never
been paid for a real good clean clip of wool; but
on the contrary, has been helping all these years
simply to make up deficiencies of other deals
made by parties teetotally dishonest from first
TO last-frst, in the washing the sheep; second.
BY letting them run too long after washing over
dusty roads and summer fallows; and lastly by
putting up wool altogether understandable.
hope you will keep the stone rolling in this mat.
ter and you will certainly do the farmers of
Michigan great deal of good. No farmer in
Michigan can afford to do without the Farmer.
| hope you will be sustained by the people. 1
know anyway that shPll do all can for you."
The Press will see from the above, IL not
blinded by its fears, that the article in
question only treated on plain matter of
dollars and cents, and was only intended to
aid the farmers in marketing their wool,
they were Democrats, Republicans,
Industrialists, Grangers, or
Patrons Of Industry, for we have friends,
and warm ones too, in the ranks of all those
parties.