The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-12-13
PREPARING A FIGHT.
REPUBLICANS ARE SENDING OUT CIR
cULARs BY THE I THOUSANDS.

REPUBLICANS ARE SENDING OUT CIR
cULARs BY THE I HoUsANDs.
They Tackle the Wool Tsrift-some Points
That southern Senators May Find OBJ
lection Against -Wesserners Are Fairly
Well Pleased with the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The Repub"
licans are preparing for vigorous fight
on the new tariff bill. Circular letters
are now bsing sent out to wool growers
by thousands signed by Justice, Bate.
man & Co., Philadelphia wool commits
sion merchants, asking that certain wool
data be sent to Congressman Buro Hs.
The circular says: u : i
tState to Mr.. Burrows the reason
why you cannot grow wool as cheaplY
here as it can be grown in Australia.
Argentine Republic or the Cape of
Good Hope, where for thirty years under
free trade they have grown WOO, shipped
1t half way around the world and s0ldit
in London at less than one-half Of the
price obtained IN the United states
under protectiyn tariff tor the: same
grade and quality OF American wool.
'sIt has been stated that wool grow.
ing east OF the Mississippi, on high
priced lands, n1er free wool might
cease to be an industry, but that in the
Rocky Mountain region the industry
would thrive under tree wool. Please
give your experience during the past
season, and let Mr.! Burrows know.
whether the prospect Of free wool has
30 stimulated. the business as to lead To.
the belief that wool growing would
thrive anywhere 10 the United States
under free wool, and why. Has the
prospect OF free wool caused the bank.
ruptcy of any wool grower who ha :.
previously been solvent and prosperous ?
| IF 80 state the proposition Of those so
injured who heretofore were solvent.
''It proper efforts are made by the
wool growers to enliehten members Of
Congress as to the effect already pro.
duced upon their industry by the
prospects of free wool, the opinions OF
enough senators may thereby be changed
to make :lhe repeal Of the Mckinley
law an impossibilltY."
Conservative Democrats estimate the
deficit caused by the new bill will not
exceed $35 100000. They claim that
in addition to revenue of $l0, 900 900
to $l5,0O0,000,. to be derived from
stimulated importation, the natural
increase of importation, had not the
hard times set iu, would have amounted
this year to from $4,000. 900 to
$40. 600, 900. With the resumption OF
business this increase, they think. will
be fully realized.
Rice sugar, iron ore and coal are the
principles in which southerners arc q
terested, and all have been subjected 30
vigorous treatment. There is rs pc
GEN.. in the duty on cleaned rice and 20
per cent. on the uncleaned prodect.
Representatives of South Carolina,
Florida and Louisiana probably will
make an effort to restore the rates.
The western members seem to be tair.
ly we'll satisfied with the bill. Repre-.
sentative Baldwin, whose district in
Minnesota includes many iron mines, is
far from being dismayed., TT may posi-.
bly, retard the development of the coun.
try for snort time" said he, "but 1t
will bring the iron business to its proper
commercial basis and then attention will
be directed to those fields where the ore
can be most easily worked. When that
time comes the western mines will be
developed with startling rapiditY."
Representative Boatner, of Louisiana,
says: "MY objection to the bill is that
it falls below the point Of raising rev.
enus. If they had put small revenue
duty on some of the things which are on
the free list under this bill, which would
not have affected the cost ofthe arti.
cles to the consumers, but would have
added to the revenue of the bill,i it would
have been a measure entirely uaobjec-
tlonable."
Representative Gear, of Iowa, Re.
publican member of the ways and
means committee, says: "The cut in
the schedule relating to agricultural pro.
ducts will hurt Iowa, as well as all
states contiguous to the Canadian bor'
der, by subiectlng their farmers to COM
petition with the agricultural products
of Canada" William r. Morrison,
chairman of the interstate commission,
said:
"It is very easy to criticise the actions
of others, and besides the whole scheme
has not been developed. I ought to be
satisfied with the wooden schedule, as it
was my bill which first placed wool on
the free list, aud I have been an advo-
cate of that ever since."