The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-04-01
The 9tmortat.
wg LAVE AND LEARN.

The "csmpaIgn Of fsdueallen" on the ,sfiii
question /, attn gclng on and additions to the
common stock Of kn6wledge are made every
day. Two notable contributions have been
made within few days during the debate on
the wool tariff bin Ia congress.
The pending bill abolishes the duties on
wools and largely reduces The duties on all
descriptions Of woo,en manufacturers, the
heaviest reductions being on the kinds OF
goods used by the masssss, One Of the DEM
ocrasIe members Of the ways aud means
committee 10 MI Mo.es I Stevens Of North
Andovsr. Mass, the head Of the largest
wsolen manufacturing establishment Ia the
country. Mr S,evlns assisted in drawing The
bill and in supporting |. in the house said u
was in the interest Of producer. manufacturer
and consumer "As manufacturer" he
said, 81 am no, afraid 10 seek the relief Of the
people by reducing duties on my product. and
believe that the majority Of American maa-
utae,uren Who have studied this question mess
carefully are rapidly coming over to my opIn-
lon" lie told the house that s',he American
woolen industry. under the artificial stimulus
Of high duties. has not justified the eEpeesa-
sions Of those who have advocated this sor, Of
medicine and any prosperity !, mar enjoy rs
because Of the enterprise Of American msnu-
fae,urers and iatelligenee Of American work
men rather than because Of the artificial
barriers which have bsen eree.ed by class leg
slatioa.n NJ, Ssleycns. spsakial from
lifelong experience al woolen manufacturer.
said that free raw material means 10 the Tsn-
uiacturer freedom ltom lrammels 10 all OIL
reesioa. lie viii be able to select better
wools f,r the cl,thing which he makes for the
American people; he viii no. be under the
necessity Of cutting down the wages Of bis
wotkmen TO make up for ,hs hundreds o'
Thousands OF dollars paid into the treasury
be will be able TO buy more American ~ooi al
coed prices 10 mix with the right Kind oI
foreign wool. Evep body will be benefited
That was Democratic woolen manufaei-
uret Of Massachusetts, pleading for free raw
materials and reduction oflh protection on
the produ.t OF bis mills Tuesday another
Massachusetts manufacturer, a republican,
surprised tie house With novel information,
Mr. Walker Is leather dealer and shoe nan
ufaeturer and therefore knows less about ths
effects of,he woslen bill than Mr. Stevens :
Il was Apellss who remarked that tie shoe
maker should no, 60 ssyond his lasi 10 pass
ing jadgmeni--bus sn the ptohsablsasss o.
manufacturing In geaersi he Is entitled to
hearing. Mr. WaIksr asserted Tuesday tha
il i no, Of the siigh,ss, interest TO mannfaes-
urers whether we have free trade OF protect
ion; in, fact that manufacturers would b
more prosperous under fres trade lhan uadsE
protection. Bat, he claimed. congress In
passing high tariff bills was not iegisia,ini
for The manufacturers, bat iof the farmers ans
the wage workers.
This is = surprise. The universal impress.
ion has been that the manufacturers has
nearly everything 10 ssy about framing th'
past :sriG bills and tie bills were eeusial,
framed Ia their interest. To learn nou Iha
they were 70 seif-sacli6eirg IS 10 insist Ct
heavy duties being placed on competing good
when they would he more prospesous unGe
usrsslrie,s,l competition with foreign goods
ne~s indeed. truly this Is campaign o
education Cleveland Piaiadeai.y.