Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-04-19


couclusvely shows that Am rican
u ool growers Hu receive Au increase iu
ptce by rta. m ri the turlti. For free
trade po1t Phillip nells ut 334 cents
secured. while the ran!e quality Of
A1ne ricnu %ruuretl stills nt u cents un-
der tr"t' ctlt'.i. -. ..
W!ctl tlaEraLt errnl- ule given the
~rfuhIAnce of aulhorityhy the endorse
u.ent nt such 1rly ia ttAt Of the
c.,m utitttt uf Way. aud Meal~, they
are accepted BY *1e"st'arera which
tuke this authority n~ -uf1iritnt guar
4ntee for their accuracy, md thus
nl;..,y peol.le ure l+d ~ the erroneous
brllef 'hIt Port ph lip fleece IL the
sum. IL OtIo 1us.iiula.: altii',u&tl they
are NIT the -a1i.t thug, aud could not
t,t compared tven ii they were Of tt1e
-anle secured value. j.: .
SHEEP HAVE INCREASED UNDER
PEoTEtT1t>.
Another erroneous sthteneut III found
I'll lnge II of The <asne report, which
states that there we're 3. ~, ,UDO sheep
ln The Unit d States eas IT the Mis-.
-i-ailpi and Missouri rive. n 1h6o and
that as Il re .ult Of protection the nuin-
b+r had dwindled In l591 to only 49,
$4,000 sheep ia the eatne =. ction, thus
implying that the vhoIe number of
sheep in the United States had de-
creased under protection, while I'll
point Of fact the number of sheep In
the United States Increased under the
tariff law of 1867 from 81 >864 600 sheep,
which WIS the number when the tariff
law If 1867 went into effect, up to
| 20 ,G.G B2G Ia 1851, when the duties bad
| Just been reduced below the protective
point. Under the reduced duties Of
| 1883 and tue discourageneats attend-
Aut upon the numerous attacks made
upon the wool under Cleveland's ad-
mini4tration. the number fell oft to
T., 500 ,O79 ia 1853. At that time Pree'-
dent Harrison aud republican Con-
gres4, favorable 10 protection, hnd been
/
encouraging influences Of protection
slletp . increased t, 49, ~, ,WN tu lsa22,
| Previous to lhU7 there wnS very
limit ID number nf sheep IN tht section
west If tile Mississippi aud All,>ourl;
hut the iurren-et protection given to
the Industry iu The Uuited STATES un-
der The tariff law nf 1SG7 stimulated
| Wuui gro~ lug III that the wes1rrn
| ptsius are how covered with locks
| numbering mauy uillious uf sheep.
Wnert. in 1861 the bntfAlu, the antelope
init wj'd Indian trluts held uudis-
pu1eu sway.
Tuere Are at the )resent time about
=, ,t:'O M'U rherp iu the Ates aud ler-
rito.ie. wtst of the Mississippi and
Mis- s-nurl rivers, Including Texts,
where previous 10 tie tariff Ia" "f 1857
~ stated above ,thert Was almost none.
More than halt&f all III tht ua'tet1
States n,e nnw In the new sine. and
territories. Where could tht>e euor~
NOUS etock- have CONF tr]m but fro ii
the older states east of HE M's+l>>lpni
rlve1: They could not flavr been pro-
cuied trom any where else. The older
states, OHIO, Michigan auh The other
wool. growing sections ea%t of the MtA~
-tssippi, had to furnish the enormous
tlocks in the territories. The annual
drauxhts upon the older states were 70
great ~ not only to take of the reRu~
l3r annual increase in those cider seo'
ttons, but many more besides. Thus
1t will be seen that 1t was Impossible
t. stock up the new sections and at the
same time retain them In the oldel
" states.
The impression intended to be given
by the report is that under protection
WOOL growing had decreased at t'mt
y when it had actually Increased ano
= enormously increased. But to furnish
y some proof for their statements. the
- com mittee enumerate only the number
of sheep left in the older wool.groW
u ing statesatter the flocks there had beet
'7 depleted by having supplied the enor
mous quantities iu the new sections
10 10 Thus they claim that wool 'grow'n|
- has not prospered under the protection
while the very tables from the treasur.
e. department from which they quot
- p4 owe The number Of sheep has In
" creased since the enactment OF tn
A. tariff law In 1867 from 81 ,864, ,600 II
~" - January 1865, to $4,000, 900 In January
'o 1892, all increase under protection Il
IN nearly 20 per cent.
,x WOOL TOPS.
st In London, the principal wool mai
as ket Of tue world, woods are sold IT. Il
H. SORTS of gressy condition and all sorl
he of prices ranging from few cents pf
Nv pound for the heavy greasy pieces
ip 10 the highest price for the cleana'