Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-03-24

Some knotty Questions for the World
to Answer.
To the Editor Of the Herald
The editor Of the World evidently
| imagines that mere statement from
his partisan pen is an unanswerable
argument Therefore he never troubles
himself to produce figures and facts,
or to approach an argument with
aught but denial We produced good
Democratic authority in support of
our position. He meets this with the
grand and pulverizing answer that we
are not in Mr.. Dunn business, might
know something about law, but have
no business to even examine into the
wool question Where does he get
all his wonderful inforfnation2 He
then refuses to answer single one of
our questions, but with a hop-skip-
and-a-jump, begins tiresone and child
ish ridicule. We might in connection
with his article, quote with approval
the lines of Pope.
Some have at first for wits, then poets
passed;
Turn critics next, and proved plain fools
at last.
Can the editor of the World answer
a plain, civil question. without stick
ing in "pun?" Then answer this
one: How is free wool going to in
crease the price of American woolo
No lodging, but answer In order to
to aid him land Mr.. ]. F. Thompson
and Mr.. Dunn, for all three have
hand in preparing his editorial mat
ter, we lay down this proposition.
American wool at present price, scour-
ed and cleaned, ready for use, costs
90 cents pound. Australian wool,
which he admits in his last article is
of as good quality as the American
wool, with present duty added, costs
90 cents. The duty is 20 cents. Re-
move that duty and the Australian
wool will cost but 40 cents. That be-
ing true land it cannot successfully
be denied, will our friends kindly ex-
plain how free trade in wool is going
to advance the price of American
woole We PROFOUND these questions
in all candor and respectfully request
an equally candid reply, if they are
capable of writing all answer of that
nature. We have entered into this
discussion with the best of coed will
and friendliness and if it cannot be
continued in clear and argumentative
manner, we shall close it now The
people want some facts and not mere
denials, for child can make denials.
And right here we desire to call at
tention to few inaccuracies which no
doubt accidentiy crept into his article:
We never declared the low price Of
wool and decrease in the product were
occasioned by the passage of the Will
son bill, for everyone knows that the
bill has not passed We did charge
these things to it's threatened
passage, gave figures to support our
charge, and stand by it now. No
more unwarranted and unworthy as
sertion could possibly have been made
by us than the harsh one he made
that the Republican manufacturers
had entered into a gigantic conspiracy
to close their works and cut down
wages in order to bring about hard
times. That was simply an outra-
geous ibse 9i1H Neither did we come
near getting blasphemous. though we
admit such reckless assertions as he
occasionally infuses into his editorials
is sufficient warrant to do so. Were
these editorials prepared on Sunday
night, or did his friend who gave him
the first data set up almost the entire
preceding Sunday night preparing it ?
But why go into these simple things?
The editor of the World declared
Mr.. Dunn was not entitled to his SYM
pathy, but that he labored for the
wool-growers. Yes, that is very pref
ty. Pat Mr. Dunn and the farmer on
the backs at the same time.
! We have secured genuine samples
of American and Australian wool, and
they can now be examined at the office
of the Herald. So far as quality is
i concerned, we ask him or Mr.. Thomp-
son or Mr. Dunn to mix these samples
and then pick out which is which
Neither dare he assert that Australian
wool is better than American wool
Let us get down to argument, not
mere elimination and recrimina-
ton. Make reply that has at least
the semblance of attempted argument,
and desire to clearly and fairly
discuss this wool question.
U. S. G. PITZER.
Quite an Improvement.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. G. w.
! Buxton. we had the pleasure a few