St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-14
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Julius Caesar Burrows, who, it is need
less to say for any purpCse of informa-
ton, halls from kalamazoo. which is in
the state of Michigan, and represents in
the lower house OF congress the district
whose chief distinction is that it con-
tains both the town with the meIifuoas
name and Julius Caesar Burrows. has
been sending out inquiries to all the
shepherds of the country whom he can
reach. asking them certain questions
which any lawyer would object to as
leading, and which are designed to bring
out consensus of opinion from this
younger infant that the unprecedent-
eddy low price of wool is due solely to
the fact that Democratic administra-
ton has come to judgment, and to the
fear that it will put wool on the free list.
When the debate opens on Mr.. Will
sons bill we may expect Burrows, with
his resonant voice, to take the floor and
deliver to the Congressional Record and
his constituents the greatest effort of
his life, prolific as that has heretofore
been of great, if fruitless, efforts. We
are foreWarned that he will deluge the
government printing Office with the
replies he has received from the sheep
men of the nation, excepting possibly
few of the tenor of that one we noted
the other day from some sensible
shepherd out in Montana. We regret
that we haven't his name, for he shines
out conspicuously in a state 50 infected
with the virus of protection that the
| Democrats have the itch for tariff plum
der as badly as any Republican among
them. But that is another matter.
Being more interested in the i'm
partiality of Mr.. Burrows consensus of
opinion than he probably is, we propose
to gather the opinions of men interested
in sheep and wool which are not those
which Mr.. Burrows wants; and we
present this morning letter written to
his Boston factors by Willis A. Joy, of
Grand Forks. in reply to theirs trans.
hitting their account of sales. We know
Mr.. Joy as secretary of the Democratic
state committee Of North Dakota, but
trust that that fact will not deprive his
statements of all credibility, though we
admit in advance Mr.. Burrows will re-
gard that circumstance as sufficient
cause for the rejection OF his evidence.
But here is what Mr.. Joy says to. his
Boston commission men, and it is unity
interestin' readin'."
IL am in receipt of your favor of the
| 10th inst. enclosing statement account
sales for twenty-four sacks of wool. I
| notice this nets US trifle over cents a
! pound, and L have no doubt but what
| your sale was as good as could have
| been made. With no change at all in
| the tariff within the past year and no
| possibility of any change going into
effect for the next three or four months
| at least, aud with little change in the
price of woolens, this forcing of the
| price of wool from 20 cents to IL cents
shows two things: First, how abso-
Iutely this tariff places wool growers at
| the mercy of manufacturers, and, sec
ond, how absolutely devoid OF mercy
those manufacturers are.
Il think the attempt by this whole
sale robbery to teach US an object les
son is going to have the opposite effect.
and knowing that foreign manufact-
urers cannot possibly be more piraticaI
Z than are these shome' industries, we