The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-05-21
Tariff Talk.
CHEAP WOOL,

The Manufacturer Club of Philadelphia,
organized for the propaganda OF protection.
Its president is Thomas Dolan, one Of the
largest wool buyers in the United State,
Mr.. Dolan having been invit ed by the New
York World to write an article on the ben
efts Of tho Mckinley bill. dill so. Refer
ring to the price Of wool MIR. Dolan frankly
says: ut is an interesting fact deserving
of much emphasis Of statement, that the
prices Of wool are lower now than they
were one year ago. This decline was dis
tinctly promised by protectionists during
the discussion which accompanied the fran
ing Of the Mckinley bill" These men arc
authorized to speak for protection. They
are the official representatives Of protection,
and dictate all protection Legislation How
they fooled the farmers to vote for Z higher
duty on wool so that they might buy
cheaper we are all aware.
In 1867 tho duty on wool was raised.
What was the result? In 1868 there were
nearly $4,000, 900 sheep in the United
States. In 1891 only $4,000, 900, the whole
increase being in the ranches Of the west.
In Ohio a falling off Of more than a third
with twenty-ono years of a protective tariff.
In Illinois a reduction of two-thirls ir their
locks; and a reduction Of about one-half
in the price of wool. With 4 protectioni~t
president and congress, by the Mckinley
bill there was all increase Of the duty on
wool, and the price dropped from one to three
cents a pound as those shrewl schcmers of
the Tariff League promised, their avowed
object being to drive wool growers to the
sparsely settled portions of the country,
where sheep require little care and eau
home market we are now exporting large
quantities to other countries. In 1888 we
exported 64,274 pounds, in 1891, 29l 1922
pounds; but with this great increase in
quantity We only received 1900 more in
81 than in 'S3. The Canadian mill owners
alone bought over two thousands pounds.
Business is business. People don't buy our
wool for love of us, and pay us a better
price than they give their own farmers for
wool Of the same grade, but because Ameri-
can wool is the cheapest in the world. If
the American seller could have sold at q
higher price to his conntrynen he would
have sold to them. But this boasted pro-
teesion conpsls him to ship his wool to
other counties. To even allude to the
gullibility which for twenty years has been
taken for granted that the pri re Of wool
abroad must be 10 cents per pound less for
grease, 20 cents per pound less for washed,
and 80 cents a pound less for scoured than
tue price in the United States makes the
cheek of every American Jingle with shame
at the stupi iity Of his countrymen. With
their own wool selling at a higher price in
Canada, England. Scotland, Germany and
Mexico than they could get for it in New
York and Boston, over two million. republic
can farmers are lei by the nose up to the
polls every November TO declare by their
vots their unchanged belief ia the pc rice,
fairness of the great American gamc OF
bunco, and to repeat their pledge that they
will never question Or permit it to be qucs
toned by inquiring themselves or listening
TO any statement by others Of the price oi
wool abroad.
TIE high protective tariff has forced
manufacturers to use q cheaper matsrial