The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-25
Saturday. November p. 1898.


WeOb1IN WISDOM.
Some two weeks ago the Helena indie
pendent. in an effort to ally itself viii
what it felt was to be the policy Of tn,
administration on the wool question
having beer called upon to mildly abus,
the administration for its silver policy
and therefore being in an UNUSUAL,
contrite spirit undertook to say thai
the wool growers of this state we're tick
led to death at the prospect of wool be
ing put upon the free list. the exact
words being as follows:
The wool growers very generally share
our opinion that a tariff law under which
wool reaches the lowest price ever
known is a failure and ought to be re.
pealed. and that any change would be
desirable. Many OF them strongly favor
putting wool on the free list as the best
means OF making a steady market fer
the Montana product at living prices,
but not one OF them. SO far as we have
learned, believes the Mckinley law to be
OF any use to the wool grower. although
there are those. of course. who believe IN
some degree Of protection.
A number IT papers published in the
wool growing districts Immediately
jumped on the Independents neck. the
foremost among them being the Billings
Gazette, which charged the Indepen-
dent with being either a damphool or a
liar-no choice expressed. The indie.
pendent declined to join issue on either
Of these allegations, and intimated that
il its original statement was wrong. the
better way for the Gazette to do would
be to disprove it. and though, according
10 all precedent. the burden Of proof
really lay with the Independent. the Ga
zette promptly accepted the task laid
out for it, and indited a circular letter
to the wool growers of the state. quoting
the Independents editorial assertion.
and asking opinion as to the truth or
falsity of it. The replies have com.
menced to come in. and the first grist is
published in this weeks Gazette. some
Of which we reprint below for the lnfor-
nation Of our people. 1t is scarcely
to call the attention of our
readers to the fact that some of the re-
plies are from Democrats. That cuts no
figure. 1t is the wool growers who are
expressing an opinion as to a policy pro-
posed by the present administration.
Read what they say:
This Independent editorial can only
weak minded people. Mr.. Nc
Kinley Is our national savior and will be
our next president.
ALoNzo McNFILL. Miles City.
Ny opinion is that free wool will ruin
the sheep industry. The man who
penned the Independent article is de
cidedly off his base.
j, !, WALK. Billings.
In replying In yours will say that | am
about ont Of the sheep business now
,onid not stand the pressure. But think
that any sheep man who advocates free
wool is advertising himself as being very
weak minded. Think the low price of
being repealed.
". ;. GILMORE, Miles City.
] am in favor of protection first. last
md all the time. If they would send
1r. Cleveland 10 Hawaii to hug his
Eench and place Mr.. Mckinley In the
presidents chair with a majority for the
epublicaus in both houses of congress-.
dontana Woo would sell for Is cents in
ess thar thirty days. That lunatic that
uns the Helena Independent had better
e chained up before he gets away. \ !.
who is insane enough to publish /.
nch an article ought not to be allowed !,
0 run al large. =
J. S. SHAuB, Glendive. '
! do not want free wool. The Nc
law is good enough for me and
iish to God they would let il alone.
w. L. WATKINS. Park City. 4
| believe in protection-so do you. II
e have the lowest price for wool known
nder the fear Of free wool. when we get o
zee wool what can you expect? Take Z
he tariff off Of wool and you ruin the 4
growing industry in Montana.
W. b. JORDAN. Miles City.
That which causes the low price Of
COL is that the people are afraid OF the
ckin1ey bill being repealed. There
y v but one president on the
side that didn't try to ruin
United States and that was Andrew
'ckson.
c. O,NEAL, Miles City.
. number OF others, whose state
are too long for republication (.
ne. 60 to make up nearly two columns -
indignant protest to the Indepen- q
nt's assertion, as a starter, and the ,
liter closes with the note, ITO be con-
lued next week" Z
The fall Is the time Of the year when
, country demand for broken down
a horses is the greatest. During
; cold weather the animals get used 10
sir rural surroundings, ~recuperate, =