The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-02

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in the world. Everybody knows
that wool is much cheaper than it
was during the war, and for some
wears after the war. bat all obsery
ing persons know that the prices of
all commodities are regulated by
supply and demand.
We know that in the new coun-
tries of Australia, South America,
New South Wales, etc., the wool
product mas been doubled in the
last few years, and that in conse-
quence of the great abundance of
the supply the price has fallen in a
corresponding manner all over the
world.
tits not because the wool grow
er OF this country has been given
an advantage of IL cents on cloth
ing woods and II cents on combing
WOODS in his own markets that the
price of wool has diminished, nor
is it because of the increased dutv
on voolcn goods which has given
u graf impetus to the manufacture
of wolens and has resulted in
largely increased consumption of
- wool. 1t is stated on good au-
IfHrIty that the increased consump-
ton Of wool in this country since
The Mckinley law went into opera
tlon has been at least 5000, 900 per
month. The fact that our factor
les are using so much more raw
wool than formerly and the addi-
tional fact that foreign wool grow
ers have to pay a high duty on
their woods before they can offer
them in competition with the wool
produced by the American farmers
is not sufficient explanation for the
reduction IN price. Three or four
years ago, owing to the advantages
possessed by foreign manufacturers
IN the matter of cheap labor, the
wooden mills in this country were
in a critical condition-as was evil
denced in the manufacturing dis
trict-but since the Mckinley law
went into effect the wooden mills
were never more prosperous, and
they are paying not only better wa
ges but are producing better goods
at the same old prices, because they
have confidence that their bust
ness will not be interrupted and
they can afford to buy material
and make preparations and can
calculate about what amount of
business they can safely undertake
to do. They are doing more busl
ness and can afford to do it on
closer margin.
There is no duty on cotton for the
reason that there is practically no
cotton imported; but We all know
that owing to the largely increased
product the decline in the price of
cotton has been about proportion
aer, % that OF wool. India also
produces cotton and wages are said
to be 10 cents a day IN that coun-
try.
Suppose the cotton planters of
the United States were only pro-
ducing half of the cotton used by
the cotton mills of this country,
and India, with its cheap labor,
would deliver cotton at price so
low that our planters could not
compete with them. it would then
be in order and directly in line
with policy of protection to levy
sufficient duty on foreign cotton to
protect the Americans cotton in
his own market.
But according to the logic of these
latter day Democratic sages, the
duty on foreign cotton would make
the price still lower. The truth
about the matter is, that wool and
cotton are both cheap in this coun-
try and Europe because a great
deal of both have been produced
and placed on the market.
We produce only about half the
wool we consume ana in order to
keep up prices and to encourage
home production we say to the for
eigner seeking to dispose of his
product in our market: you are
not of us, you build no houses here,
YOU pay NJ taxes here, you employ
no labor and do nothing to con-
tribute to our growth and prosper
ity, you owe 10 allegiance to our
government in time of war, and if
you want to bring Your products
and place them on our own people,
You must pay for the privilege, and
as your labor costs but a trifle, you
must pay to our government sum
equal to the difference between your
low priced labor and ours"
This is protection and this is Re-
publcanism.
FARMER.
Autumn In the Mountains.
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