The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-10-26
CLARKsBURG, w. yA.,7 FRIDAY. OCTOBER &c. 1894

destruction of one of the great
industries of the country.
On the 4th of March when Mr..
Cleveland became President, tine
price of Xxx Ohio wool in the
market was s0a cents a pound.
Under the threatand expectation
of the repeal of the duty ON wool
it rapidly declined, so that on the
1st of July, 1893, it is worth only
rs cents a pound, a decline Of 40
per cent, since the Inauguration
of Mr.. Cleveland. and wool is
now being imported from Aus
tralia and South America to take
the place of American wool in
our markets. / hold in my hand
statement and diagram dated
the first of October, made by
Justice Bateman & Co., giving
the price current of all the wool
produced in this country, show
ing the monthly decline of wool
during tine nineteen months from
the 1st of March. 1898. TO the list
of October, 1894, of over 80 per
cent. and it is still declining,
Notwithstanding the statements
that are sometimes made in the
Democratic papers.
To call wool a raw material is
a mere pretense not applied in
any previous tariff law. nor is it
applied to any of the innumera-
able articles named in this law
that enters into manufactures.
Tie policy of protection if adopt
ed at all should be impartially
applied in favor of all domestic
industries, l believe in that poll
cy, but if it is given to one do.
nestle industry it should not be
denied to another of equal meris,
No discrimination should be
made against the farmerln favor
of the manufacturer. A member
who has not the courage and
ability to represent the Just and
rightful interests of his constitu
ents without regard to party is
unfit to represent his district in
Congress. If tried and found
deficient he should be dropned
from the public service.
We are told by our Demo;
cratic friends that the reduction
of duties under this tariff reform.
law will be great relief to the
farmer, the artisan and the
workingman. Nothing can be
more deceptive than this pre-
tense. The duty on every arti-
Gle which the farmer produces
has been greatly reduced, but
the articles the farmer, the arn.
san and the workingman have to
buy are not reduced in the same
degree. The great reductions
made by this bill are articles Of
luxury.
Let me ask how any farmer,
artisan, or workingman is inter
ested in the reduction made on
these articles by the Wilson tariff
bill !:
Paintings and statnary. ...s 4ss e5s
Decorated chinaware. ....... Q 1913 9s7
Ostrich feathers and flowers. 265 $50
Plate and cut glass. ..... 2l5 Ge7
Jewelry ....... ...........-. rs 600
Kid gloves -. ...........s 81 600
Laces and embroideries 80. i 5s7 500
Silk dress goods, yelvets,
plushes. etc. ......,....... Q 720 Cos
I am not now and never was
an extreme protectionist. / be-
lieve that sufficient duties ON i'm.
ported goods can be and ought
to be levied to pay the ordinary
expenses of the Government in
time of peace. No dunes should
be levied for protection that are
not needed for revenue. These
duties should be levied, so far as
practicable, on articles that come
into competition with home in
dustries. This rule of protection
should be applied impartially to
productions of the farm and the
workshop. Other taxes, excuses,
including income taxes, should
be levied only for extraordinary
expenses incurred in war or
other great stringency. Taxes