Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-09-22
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II was not withpu, reason thss
prctectiunists 70 desperately fought .
the abolition Of the duties on wool,
Wool-growing was the only great
industry whose protection could w
plausibiy represented as inuring ii.
rectly 10 the benefit Of large num-
bers Of people in moderate eircum-
stances, and moreover the wool du-
ties were almost the only bond that
held the farming class to the pro-
tective system. If the growers could
once be once convinced by actual
experience that customs taxes on
their products did them more harm
than good, there would be nothing
TO induce farmers 10 vote to tax |
themselves foi the benefit Of manu-
featuring trusts. Ii was Of the ut |
most Importance, therefore, to pre-
vent them from gaining this expe-
rience, while soaring them with pre-
dictions Of disaster in case the ex-
pertinent should be tried.
/ The tariff resormers had to de-
fend theoretical proposition, thor
oughly sound, but having some
what the appearance of paradox.
That proposition was that the free
admission Of foreign wool would
tend 10 raise, rather than TO lower,
the price Of the domestic article,
since it was necessary to use foreign
wool to mix with the domestic in
making the finer kinds Of goods,
and il it could be obtained at rea-
sonable cost the manufacture would
be extended and there would be
better market for the home product
Many wool-growers were convinced
by this argument. but many others
thought it safer to cling TO what
they had than to take any chances
under changed conditions.
The conditions have been changed
, now, and the reformers have had o
/ chance to apply what they have
; been asking through all these years
the test Of actual experience The
time has come TO decide who has
been deceiving the people and who
! has been telling them the truth.
! The Examiners local columns
yesterday gave the answer. The
abolition Of the duties on wool has
brought an immediate improvement
: j.. the market.
I'm the past go days" remarks one
dealer, wool in the grease ON free
. stock has advanced from / to 3
cents a pound, depending particu-
larly on the staple This advance
applies to the woods of Oregon, Ne
vada. Idaho, Montana and Utah.
Eastern manufacturers engaged up
on the more popular fabrics into
which foreign woods are woven
are behind in their orders, and many
are running over time TO complete
= the orders" An Oregon wooleg,
manufactures shows how the new
conditions will enable business t.
r he carried on with three-tlfths Of
il the capital formerly required, and
9 how they will drive shoddy anu
cotton from the market and enable
!, workingmen to wear all-wool cloth
ing.
Our mills" he says, "are run
ming day and night, and We have
4 no time TO make any goods for re-
!, serve stock. / tell you this coast
y win see boom in the wooden mills
! that will be followed by prosperity
: and n restored confidence among
merchants"
The proprietors of the Stockton
WOODEN mills contribute the infor.
nation that they "are now buying
wool and working full-handed night
and day, fearing no further reduc'
+ ton, but a steady improvement. :
II is intimated that some of th.
: large mills that have been shu
= down during the Mckinley period
9 will reopen, giving additional en-
J. ployment to labor and still larger
Q market for wool.
i The sheepmen have been voting
: the Republican ticket for gooc
r many years under mistaken appre
|. tensions. Now that the growers
i are finding out what free wool re
s ally means, and are coupling tina
! knowledge with the fact that tn
. Mckinley prices for wool were III
: lowest on record, there ought to b
a change i'm the political complexio;