Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-07-13
MoNoPollsr WOOL cRowERs.
The Chicago Herald DiscIo<es the Real Pur-
pose o. the Tree Wool Bin Passed by Con-

The Chicago Herald Di.cIo~e. the Real Pur-
pose o. the Tree Wool Bin Passed by Con-
grcss-
The course of the free trade party on
tho wool question has not been such n
one as should I'LL the high-minded mug
wump's soul with intense qualification
However enthusiastic q free trade ere
iorrner" man may be. IL he be Impair
tai, he cannot but admit that. Unwiil-
ing To put themselves on record rs be-
ing definitely in favor either of higher
or OF lower prices for the farmers wool.
and yet desiring To gain votes by the
hypocritical plea for cheaper clothing
FOR the masses" the ''reformers- have
attempted to help themselves out of the
difficulty by adopting a sophistical and
contradictory argument, the absurdity
of which appears on its face. 1T is not
lower prices FOR the farmers wool that
we want, they say. but cheaper wool
for the manufacturer. Our bill will
lower the price to the wooden manufac-
turer. while at the same time IL will
raise 1T To the farmer" And by such an
argument they think To convert sane
people to their doctrinesi
We have been expecting all along.
would let the cat out of the bag, for the
old provert that truth will not DOWN
holds just as good in tariff discussion
as IL does in any other case where false
hood and abuse are substituted for fair
and honest argument This time IL is
the Chicago Herald that unwittingly
exposes the hypocrisy of the reform
ers-" In its issue of April Ia the Herald
says:
The passage OF the free wool bin Is well cal.
eulated to All the souls of the Ohio shepherds
with some exceedingly painful apprehension
They may undoubtedly rely upon It's being killed
In the senate, but II portends the doom OF the
wool tax nevertheless. For years these rd-
pdcious ic0oi gr0irsrs have set up the impudcnt
pretcnsion that they have the right 20 compel
the people OF the country TO pay higher prices
FOR their clothing in order that they may raise
Few sheep ON land where sheep raising Is nat
urally Improbable. They have always been
the n0isi>sf Of all bca.fcidries Of s tariff In de-
manding increasing duties ON their products
But the temper OF the country. a. expressed by
Its congressman, shows Enthusiastically that the
wool tax must 80. A democratic house has Just
PASSED free wool bill and I'm great time
through democratic senate and democratic
president such measure will become a law
So, after all, IL isn't the poor farmer
whom the wool duty has cheated by
lowering the price of his wool, that you
are so solicitious for. gentleman of the
free trade party. You are out cunning
for the robber barons, the tariff monop-
olists, and you think Il best to begin
with the farmer, that "uoisicst of all
the beneficiaries of the tariff. - as our
friend the Herald expert" says
Where are ali the protestations of love
for the farmer who is being made
poorer by our iniquitous protection sys-
tenn? Is he no longer the poor, deluded
victim of the "spoliationists?n Has he
suddenly been transformed into the
sleek, well-fed monopolist, who stands
sheiSels wrung from the hnrd-earncd
savings of the poor keep pouring into
his capacious pockets? And so the
wool duty has actually succeeded in
raising the price of the farmers wool?
We thought il had lowered the price
Did not Messrs. Springer. Mcmillan 4
Co. spend hours and hours in congress
trying TO prove it? Were not figures
| twisted and statistics garbled TO bring
about that much-desired result? And
now we are suddenly told that the
whole object and purpose OF the fres
! wool bill is to lower the price of wool
Is TO prevent the wool grower from
reaping any more dishonest profits. Is
TO say o the people of the United
States: The wicked farmers have been
taxing you long enough
Farmers of Ohio and other states,
how do you like the prospect?