Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-06
A MOTHERS PROTEST.
SHE C9JECTS TO THE ENORMOUS
TARIFF ON WoOLENS.

can mother to the New York World is a
strong and reasonable protest against
the tax imp osed by the Mckinley tariff
on wooden goods:
| am busy mother, and am shut in
my room with grip. have spoken dis
respectfully of ibid not believe in it.
Now it has me in its grip and could
cry. One other thing this winter did
not believe, have found true and have
cried over-the cruelty of the tax on
woolens to little children. Rise some
avenger from their" deprivations.
| am not a woman suffragist l have
wished that my husband would go into
politics no more than duty requires of
loyal men, and look to American men
to stop this tax, which is, say, the
most monstrous iniquity done in our
land since the days of our acquaintance
with King George III. But the stupid
arrogance of his taxation was more en-
durable than the fraudulent sham of
fellow citizens. Where is the spirit of
the men who threw over the tea in Bos-
ton harbor? How | should like to see
Mr.. Mckinley there. But this is If
relevant and he is governor of Ohio,
and of course 1t was not the money of
any tariff benefciaries that helped him
there! King George III, stupid and
bigoted as lie was, would never have
legislated against the health of growing
children-the men to be. Good woolens
are as necessary as good milk to children,
and he who dilutes their milk is no
worse than he who taxes their flannels.
have lost no child yet, and believe
owe it, under God, greatly to their good
wooden clothing. have let silks and
velvets go; even my bonnets may go, but
my little ones have always had a full
supply of good all wool clothing, from
head to foot, from the skin out, ;" of diff
ferent weights, as the weather changes.
| Now our best houses offer me an in
ferior German stocking at the price |
have paid for English merino. There is
an Australian wool in the market, heavy
and coarse-all kinds of inferior substi-
tutes. The beautiful, soft, heavy French
| flannel | have made my little girls
| dresses of for years is taxed out of the
market.
1t is now made nearly as light as cash
mere, being taxed by weight, Arnold's
] salesman told me, and he sold me a
coarse German flannel at the old price
of the French. looked for Shaker skirt
| ing flannel at remnant counters. The
kind wanted was dear because there
is great deal of wool in it." Domestic
fannels are dearer; perhaps because the
price can be raised.
! Now, ask. what will he used by those
who formerly bought German and do
mestic woolens cheaply:
| VIII their children wear a mixture Of
cotton and wool, mostly cotton. or shod-
| dy or all colt N? Ask Mr.. Mckinley
cannot believe he understood what he
was doing. Nooleus may be less neceS-
sary inland, and men do not know it all
about children and fannels, but there
will be more Group, diphtheria and
bronchitis, more half clothed and stunt
ed children. How dare they make this
infamous thing law?
But have faith in my country yet!
Our people are very patient and law
abiding, but wlen the wrong is under
stood believe there is q power in our
land to rise against it, by whatever
party it is done. am told there are
Republicans opposed to this measure of
the men who lead them by the nose.
am not al unpatriotic woman.
could not possi bly, go abroad and leave
my children behind me. | do not even
care to import Paris gowns like New
York dressmal,ing better. Yet l, too,
had ancestors Who lived and died pro
patria. My Observation-Disclosures spun
their own wool and knitted it Tor hus-
bands and sons whose naked feet left
prints of blood on the SHOWS of New
Jersey, and | will do it if there is a
necessity. But are we at war? Is there
need for a war -arifT? Need eat squash
instead of Malaga grapes:
1 should like to see our commerce
! whiten the seas of the world. | should
, like to see good merino woods made al
home; then take off the tax on raw ma
terial! | know something about the
sheep raising. | have an interest in {
western farm where we took great prid,
r in our sheep The Shutdown wool wa,
the finest we raised, altogether superio
G to most wool in the market, yet inferio1
to merino wool | understand the me
rino sheep do not bear our climate.
Please ask American men about thes
e things, and ask them to set it right mex
e fall or sooner. Sugar may he taxet
j., again, hear-another thing needed b,
children. an reminded of Deal
Swift's remark when some one said
THE air in Ireland is very excellent an
) healthy" "For heavens sake" SAT-
r Swift, don't say so in England; for
/, you do they will certainly tax it."
Iron and ST eel Rail Production.