The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-28

- nut IL d as TOO many tragic features n
- haze Of distress and impending ruin
sIIox Of its being called farce.
or PROTEST. or THE WOOL sRowEEs-
- .roye hos much the agricuIsurists OF
st.,e appreciate the efforts OF this
.orrnsic majority Of the committee /
r-.nd the following documents:
wAILA w.LLA. Wash. soy. ., isss.
:. he undersigned, wsnt 10 express our
-s<xrcex against the policy OF free wool. sew
80 NJ having been engaged IN the business
sweafy years, ara have been suecesxf1l
- re rresent year. aud we think arc prfn-
80 ssuse OF low prices "a tns menace OF Tree
- sxvs Only faooo0 sheep in this county,
= Is flour or FIVE counties south OF Us ia
Sassr oregon. there are over I.szo0oo sheep.
800 ncw Just getting returns from our wool
ss.~sd 70 Eastern markets sast spflng. watch
- 4to7 cents net. some wool sold Last
- q II TO Is eeaIk a. home.
- s~ssCAts 70 Boston are cents per rouuf
- e~naot compete with Ausrraiiaa wool.
- fvssefts 50 o1e-aaif cent re. pound
rsx our hsr1srs tsz5 per month an4 board
- -, pe. yesr. and the wool gFow ers Of Ore
- - Warrington have from Goo 70 s. 600
- 10 AMI aud improvements 20 each
- q 20 head. and In remote dissricrs
<sre ve get free range tie expease OF getting
r-sI.ex aad wages OF berdeTs, hauling wool
~ 6ssssnces are muen greater
80 year the price OF our s8eep vss &. 80 20
- rfE u -
Es<.x and the sheepmen are almost panic
Issrn. thesr creditors forcing them 70 sell or
=. Il Chicago fgalch IS unusual IN this sea
- a the year. and only getting 81 per head
-, Rus NE ave still struzg ing and trying to
- hoping that congress VIII let as alone, and
3:sxrs Is no change next sprieg IN prices we
- hare 10 throw up the business, for or 6
- tor wool and 81 for sheep viii not pay ex-
- "a agree that we cannot raise wool on this
- ior iess than last years price. IL cents to
s,srts per pound, unless we have free trade
$50 Ii eli com moditfes and free trade wages
n woos growers OF both parties here condemn
- soos, Tor we think IL win ruin our business
~rrsnx IN fofeign woolx. for untis this year the
-. b Australia was only about one-hsif the
- IA the EnIsei states. We deay the asssr-
= a ssne dcmagogues that We eauuot raise
- roc IL the United states, for we have ell
q yrIsry Of soil and climate aud the finest
,-.efs Of sheep. Week port fine rams from YER
- TO Australia We admit some foresga
- il put up ia better condition. but no better
- slso deny that wool 10 raw material. for II
90 200 much labor 10 produce IL. and think IL
~sss, tAai the spinner should have IN re pro-
nsssa than TIE poor herdsr. The small sum
m saved on a suit OF clothes MAIDS IRON fires
-. appears ike q small rscompen for the
xa.seas that wool growers would lose. The
So w. K Ellis, congressman from Hepner,
q. ihsnk viii indorss this report We viii
/ = sEd hsSd our sheep few months longer.
Mag that the protection element viii save us.
eesaorseisis your efforts aud hope the minor.
b 70 ri Of your committee will convince or
. Il renee oar opponents 10 give justice TO wool
Asala, another letter received by mo is
= sosloss:
EspfcoTT, wash, Dec 8, 1893
ffesire to call your attention 10 that nefari-
- saG dishonest proposition OF tue Democratic
| nessrify OF the ways and means committee 10
elsss ~eoi on the free iisI, cad desire that you
ssea.d use your best efforts 10 prevent the bill
Ia.
should This bill become q law IL would simply
ave car EockmaSters out of the business IN
rs Vest We can not compete with Australia,
4 issniiae Republic or Cape of Good Hope
,sea the freight Is only one-Qusrtsr cent from
Esls narket uJoudon) TO our market. while IL
tn:s The West from 10 cents TO reach the
. sns market, Wig. Boston and New York.
aepang that BY the efforts OF Yourself and
! s<ass ghis outrageous measure can be safely
En:sd. am, yours truly,
| Whist word Of comment can I add on the
| ssu OF the senate that il more accurate,
| Esfs forcible and more sincere than what
sud in these lettersf
! Nr Mitchell, of 0regon--Wiii the sena-
N from Washington allow me . mo-
ssnl,
. rr sqnire-Csrtainly.
| ~ Mitchell. of oregon-The other day,
. ssen the senator from Illinois Mr.. Pal
~, vas making speech. the senior sen.
Em from New Jersey Mr.. McPhsrsonl
skrupted him. and the three OF US got
BIO little coiloquy. / inquired Of the
wnor from New Jersey whether IL Is not
pspsr IN ievying tariff duties TO take into
nssdsration not only the difference be-
bssn wages IN this country and other
r1nlries, but also the difference In the
ut Of transportation
he senator from New Jersey said be
- clad 1 had mentioned the matter and
n1 the difference In the transportation
>u What he called natural protection 10
/ u people of this country. ] had not
! me then to answer the senator from
les Jersey, as | myself was interrupting
| iss senator from Illinois. The commune
ntons read by the senator from Washing
ks just now show how fallacious that
BASEMENT upon the part of the senator
5fan New Jersey is. There IL no natural
| rssecs.on growing out of the difference ia
transportation, except TO very few peo-
| pc near the eenters of population in this
|tcnntYy, while with reference to all pro-
|1Houous an the borders, and especially
*seAt Of the Rocky mountains. the differ
|cec IN transportation is Immensely
|Esiust the producer in this country. and
p favor OF the foreign producer. As
hosn by the letters and by the senator
BON Washington, the cost of transporta-
Boston and New York Is infinitety less
ssol from Washington. Oregon and other
Western states.
Mr.. SQUIRE thank the senator from
eFegon Tor Inserruptlng me. We are in
sFsated together In that section of the
@aalry. doubt not that he knows these
skalssies and the people there as well rs
de. But how forcible. permit me TO re-
| sirs, are the terms. the words, the ex
PASSIONS. the phrases. the balancing of
zsas a. expressed in these Letters. l ven-
are - say that no senator on the floor of
ns senate can command more earnest
saassderatlon on this point than these
ksh deserve. because they are telling the
ts.h IN their own way.
There are at least two other agricultural
Feauess Of the state of Washington that
w Affected by this bill, 10 which 1 wish
Eiieelariy 20 call attention. The trst OF
l Asse is
HoFs.
Within the past few years the Pacific
assi states have become large producers
Naeps. The climate and soil are espe-
sty adapted for their production, and
u result aas been the addition Ia our re-
4 sasFcss of growing industry. aifording
Npoyment, particularly during the pick
70 sesson. 10 a large number Of persons
"a axes and both sexes.
u iSts, =. co. go pounds were produced
tss,t0rnta. Oregon and Washington,
= TOE crop this year Is expected 10 yield
l seAv9 pounds. The action of the CON-
/ @ssee On ways and meAns in reducing
az daiy from Is cents pet pound 10
"a, eas shameful attack upon this
! s~asify, totally uncalled for BY any
ssaemio consideration; but the further
ss@etiou by the finance committee OF the
~eAss % - per cent ad vaiorsm will.
- e.A should become q Law, prove
- disastrous measure 20 every farmer
sae Pacific coast who is engaged in this
/ Ssassry. Ia seasons OF low prices. when
= American agrieulturist most needs the
81 protective tariff, an al vaiorefn