The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-11
lMpoRrrs WOOL NOT NEEDED.
American wool Growers Can Supply A
Na.Am.a Wal. -

| Needed Woods.
4 Governor McRinley says In defense Of th
tariff that Il "ieakos FREQ everything which
could not produce In the United States an,
(which we Asea." VIII he pretend to say tina
the eountry does or can produce either thu
quantities or vatietiss Of wool which are need
ed In Ynsnufaeturss2 During the last year tn,
lnportAtiohs OF raw wool amounted to neArl,
loo, coo coo pounds, upon which the manufactur
ers paid duties amounting TO 81 ,50o,0oO. Woulo
i manufacturers pay this enormous amount o.
| tax upon imports OF fereign wool IL they coulG
supply their needs In this country We car
\ produce wool ia this country US we can produce
fax, but II lie mere trifing to pretend that
either can be produced in adequate quantities
or qualities for the purposes of American man,
ufacturers. Philadelphia Record.
There is no reason in the world why
this country, with It's great diversities Of
climate extending through all shades OF
tine temperate z9ne, Its vast natural re.
sources and unparalleled opportunitie.
for pasturage, should not produce fol-
! itself every kind of wool required by
\ American manufacturers. With ad.
equate and continuous protection, and
confidence on the part of our wool
growers that their interests will not be
suddenly wrecked by hostile legislation
such as the Springer bill, there is not the
slightest doubt that our focks will soon
increase to point at which we car
supply most if not all the woods nov
| imported from abroad. The desirabilitl
Of such result it would be unnecessar,
to explain to so good a Democratic papcl
as The Record, were 1t not fact thal
the Democratic party has under i;
present leadership drifted far away from
the ideals Of Its founders. Andrew
jackson, the Democrat of Democrats
did not need to be convinced of this, f..
his words, strong and true, are on r.,
cord as to his faith:
Heaven smiled upon and gave
liberty and independence. The sam,
Providence has blessed us with the mean,
of national defense. He has filed on,
mountains and our plains with minera,
with lead, iron and copper--and giver
us O climate and soil for the grow;
ing of hemp and wool. These being tht
greatest materials of our national de
Tense, they ought to have extended to
them adequate and fair protection, tina,
our manufacturers and laborers may b,
placed in fair competition with thos,
of Europe, and that we may have within
our country a supply Of those leading
and important articles so necessary in
war;"
When, therefore, Governor Mckinley
states that the new tariff "makes fret
everything which we could not produce
in the United States and which we need
he states the exact truth, and his state
ment holds good with respect to wool as
with respect to all other articles affected
by this law. Wool is protected because
we can and ought to produce here sup
ply adequate for our own needs, and un
der the protection afforded by the Nc,
Kinley law we shall do 30.
Surely, however. the Democrats las,
of all should advance such an argument
as the one quoted above from The Rec
ord. Even Ii 1t were true, as it is not, that
American wool growers are unable to
produce certain grades of wool used by
domestic manufacturers, would this
justify the placing of all wools-not
some, but absolutely all-on the free
list, as was done by the Springer bill
Is the American wool industry to be de-
stroyed, root and branch, merely be
cause certain grades of wool cannot be
produced here? As well say that Amer
lean agriculture should be destroyed be-
cause our climate is not adapted to
the growing OF coffee. No.
The truth is that this argument illus
trates but the first step in the progress
i've course Of destruction to which the
Democratic party has committed itself.
By claiming that we cannot produce
some few kinds of wool, they attempt to
Justify the entire abolition Of the wool
duties. Free wool once obtained, free
woolens follow as a matter of course,
and then all will be ready for that final
measure of pure free trade for which
Englishmen and Mugwumps have
yearned 80 long and SO vainly. Will
American wool growers lend their aid
to this scheme?