Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

county ticket have been endorsed by
the local democracy. The party has
shown its utter incompetency TO lead
or TO carry out any defined policy. fol-
! it has none
! Il have arrived at this conclusion
! While [ do not agree with everything
| the republicans advocate while | do
not wholly approve of their "a ttitude on
/ the money question which. | think. is
| of paramount Importance. while | be
| lieve that our national banking system
! is in need of a thorough modification
! | feel that it is safer TO entrust the
republican party with the nagement
! of the affairs of the country than any
/ other party / certainly would take no
| stock in the pOpulistS, and l certainly
can no longer take any stock in the
| democrats after the spectacle we have
witnessed this year. A president de-
nouncing the United States senate.
senators of his own party, as guilty of
diShonOr and perfidy of serving trusts.
i breaking pledges. and so on. 4 United
States senator. on the other hand. ac-
, cuSing the president OF the United
States before the whole senate of
dOuble-dealing and inSincerity. a law
, denounced at its passage as a make
/ shift of trust, as a sell-Out, and praised
afterward before the people as a bless
ing A man must be blind not to APP
preciate. not to comprehend and feel
this national disgrace.
Il thought | knew something, but
found this year that l knew very lit
, tie. Theory is one thing and practice
/ is another.
L never took any active part in poll
! tics. and | wish | could e spared this
{ interview. | was a republican years
ago, but | voted pretty steadily since
1872 the democratic ticket. In 1872 l
was put on the Greeley ticket as one
Of his electors in this state. and that
is the only public office I ever ran for
Having discovered that | know very
little l am now trying to learn.
would not like to @ through another
year such as this
A WOOL BUYER TALKS.
At the Milwaukee democratic state
convention Senator Villas stated that
since the passage of the free wool bill
wool has advanced several cents per
pound, and the senator and the demo-
cratic speakers throughout the state
reiterate the statement.
The facts in the case are the week
following the passage of the act and
while the trade was looking for and
expecting that the president would
veto the bill. spectators. on this sup
position. purchased large quantities of
WOOL knowing that should the act have
stamped upon it the presidents disap-
prevail. as from his previous utterances
they had every reason to believe, wool
would immediately advance some to
6 cents per pound or to the point
where it was before the democratic
Chicago latfOrm was adopted. / de-
fly the Silyer-tOngued senator or any
Of his lieutenants to prove that wool
has advanced since the free wool act
became law. Wood advanced, indeed
has it? Read this quotation from
Chicago trade circular, dated Oct. g.
just received:
''The wool market shows no improve
ment, the demand for wool ruling slow
and where large lines are placed are
at lower prices. the best bright medi-
UNI woods prices which were supposed
to be at the bottom are now being of
~ I
six weeks ago"
Where. oh. most learned and reliabl
senator. Will wool eventually get to if
it keeps advancing on this line? 1t
will soon be as the old farmer said
when !" made the statement that the
free wool bill had already compelled
him TO sell his wool for cents per
pound. and if it kept on, his wool
would soon be down to a free wool
basis for there would beAno price left
on it.
Again the democrats are trying to
persuade the farmers that every time
the tariff on wool was increased by the
republicans the price of wool declined.
What a statement, in the face of the
fact that wool at the present time is
at the lowest price recorded and still
declining. whereas under high tariff it
reached the highest price recorded and
maintained an average price almost
double what it is today. notwithstand-
ing under high tariff fiockS OF sheep
were greatly increased, whereas dur
ing the past year pending this free
wool bill and consequently lower
prices for wool farmers have almost
denuded their farms of sheep.
!. w. Green.
Wool Buyer for Twenty-Five Years.
NiGE!afop Wis