The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-28

Free Jute Again.
''What free iute has done for the
mangfacturers is an indication OF what
free wool and free tin would do. Like
free sugar which caused reduction in
the price paid by the consumer as soon
as the tax was removed, free jute is an
object lesson which causes the advo-
cate ola high protective tariff to squirm
nightly in their Efforts to explain it
away. But the intelligent working
men OF Wilmington can read IL Alright
and with ease.
The above we clip from democratic
glasses in the Sunday Star of yesterday
A few daysago the REPUBLICAN referred
editorally to tbs iute manufacturing
company OF this city carried on by the
Messrs. Morrow In which it incident
ally referred to the fact that iute was
not grown to advantage in this coun-
try and was therefore imported in
raw condition free OF duty from Bur
nah and other countries in central and
southern Asia. The REPUBLICAN far
Their alluded to the fact that the i'm
portation of raw material not pro-
duced in this country free was wise
provision of the Mckinley tariff.
This allusion first arc used the atten-
ton OF the editor of the Every Even
ing, who paid the article his respects
with the Same inconsistent and mis-.
leading arguments now taken up and
reproduced in the STAR by Demo
cractic Glasses" For tho second time
We arc compelled to say that free iute,
free sugar, free tin, and free wool are
not analogous, and 1t cannot follow
that because jute is admitted free to
an advantage that the same thing can
b done with wool, tin and sugar,
simply because iute is not raised In
this country, and wool is while it
abounds In all the materials for the
manufacture Of tin, and sugar will be
admitted free only until the people
OF this country by the encouragement
OF the bounty of two cents a pound
now paid can manufacture their own
sugar as cheap as it is now admitted
free.
The United States is ono of the
greatest wool growing countries in the
world, why should she have her wool
industry broken down by tho admis
sion OF free wool? No country under
the sun abounds in such M abundance
OF material for the manufacture of
tin, why should not her capital and
labor be employed in developing that
industry instead of becoming depend
ent upon other nations for articles OF
tin?
With free sugar it is somewhat diff
ferent from tin aud wool. Enough
cannot be produced in this country to
supply the demand. but our people
unlike the people OF Germany ami
France have not learned the art nor
efome accustomed TO producing it.
ANRer wise provision of the Mekin-
ley tafili is in letting sugar free iuto
this country willie at the same time il
pays bounty of two cents a pount
ior every pound OF sugar raised from
canes or manufactured from Deets at
home.
Encouraged by this bounty it Is be
lieved that the United States will rails,
elough home sugar to supply Iii,
home demand at least at the snlui
prices we are now paying for import
ell sugar. When this is done. a dut'
on imported sugar would be as i'm
pelatlve TO protect our sugar grower
aid makers as dlty on wool OF tin.
An Object lesson for worGinguel
can be learned by the two cent bount1
pad for home Iased sugar. II re
y hres no stret=h Of the perceptift
f.aulties To dtzeoYer that this bount,
is the higher wages paid to American
labor and enubles our American
sugar rasers to compe tie with tn
COoie labor Of tho sugar islands oil
the West Iudies. We have not tin,
least doubt us Democratic Glasses
says: But the Intelligent workme i
OF Wilmington can read it Alright ar
with ease.n