The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-30
THE WOOL
QUESTION.
Farmer" Demands an EXpla-
nation of the Language
Used by the Dem
oCrat."
he Visits the Quaker City
and Interviews a Num-
Der of Wool Dealers
and Importers.
x Few UnVarnished Facts.
, the Editor ofrua REPUBLICAN.


Absence from home and an an
usual press of business has delayed
this communication beyond my an
ticipation.
In the beginning ! viii say in an
liver to the low, ungentlemanlv
personalinsinuaton which appeared
in the columns of the Dem0cyat of
a recent date, that / have always
had sufficient independence of
character to do what | pleased with
what was clearly my own, and that
| never came in possession of any
thing dishonesty or dIshonorably,
and that never turned anv post
age stamps or anything else into
greenbacks that did not justly and
clearly belong to me, and | demand
Of the Democrat an explanation OF
what it means by these unfounded
and ungentlemanly charges and in
situations.
| had no motive in the part |
have taken in the discussion of the
wool question other than to cor
rect, so far as was possible, the
false, misleading and dlsingenuous
declarations of paper, which to
the best Of my knowledge and be-
lief, is and has been faithless to
the best interests of the people
from whom it draws its sustenance
and to whom it is in duty bcund
to tell the truth and to give cor
rect instructions and information.
The wool question is becoming
somewhat threadbare, but it fur
nishes an illustration of how hard
1t must be for the Democrat to tell
the truth, for 1T will preslst IN re-
lteratIng what everybody in all the
county knows by personal expert
ence to be absolutely false, how can
it be depended on to tell the truth
in reference to the great variety of
matters and subjects which the
common people cannot know by
personal experience and observa-
ton.
twill be remembered that this
discussion had its origin in the de-
claratlon by the Democrat that wool
was worth only % cents per pound,
when at the same time the people
all over the county were selling
their wool at % cents cash per
pound, (before it was clipped from
the Sleeps backs in a great many
instances).
Since then have been trying to
discover the exact facts in relation
to the wool markets and have given
the results Of my investigation and
conclusions, from time to time,
through the columns of THE Re-
PUBLICAN.
was in Philadelphia a short
time ago and passing by the places
of business Of the wholesale wool
dealers on Second street, | went in
to the offices of a number of whole
sale dealers and Intercepted them
in reference to the effect which the
duty produces on the wool market,
or on TIE price of wool.
l.. S. Fisher said: 1.-The duty
makes wool higher. Without the
duty wool would sell to-day for from
10 to II cents per pound less than
it is bringing"
Samuel Lee & Co.: "But for
the duty the price would be lower.
There has been one hundred and
fifty million pounds of wool added
to the stock in the general mar
kets. England is not manufac-
turing as much as formerly and
prices are very much depressed in
London. | should say that the
duty makes a difference of to :
cents per pound in favor of domes.
tic wool"
f. Wartley, an importer, said:
III the duty were taken oil OF for
elgn wool it would drown you fell
lows out then so quick you would
not know what hurt you. Foreign
wool is 20 per cent. lower than it
was year ago. The duty keeps
out some grade Of wool entirely"
WoolSton & Moore SAID: of the
duty were taken off the price would
be much lower The Mckinley bill
makes the mills go; the wooden
mills were never so busy; there has
never been so much wool used but
the supply has outrun the demand.
The products Of Australia has been
Increased by 9S,000,000 pounds
and that OF South America over
$4,000, 900 in the last year. Thele
is movement on foot in Australia
to reduce production and the pros
poets are that prices Will be better
next year. Australia raises wool
for the markets of the world.