Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-18
SENATOR PLArr ON FREE WOOL.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST pAan.l

its death blow for the next quarter of century at least.
 want to say word to our democratic woolen manufacturers, at the door of 8 few of whom, I think, may be laid large share of this trouble. They are not to re- main unscathed. The senator from Ohio, fair and just as he is, uttered the other day this warning:
 Suppose this bill should pass and the farmers should see that the wool which they have been in the habit of raising all over this country could not be raised in competitio, with the wool pro that there was high duty of fifty per cent. on woolen goods manufactured from these very rest. of opposition, which would lead to the de- struction of this most important industry.
 That is what the men who are proposing
 the taking of of the duty on wool want.
 The wool grower is to suffer first and the
 wool manufacturer next. It Is strange
 that anybody but a befoggsd Mugwump
 would not be able to see that that was
 what was in store for him. I want to call the attention of these Augwump and democratic manufacturers of wool who suppose that they can get free wool aud have high protective duties upon their manufactured product and thus make more money than they have been in the habit of making. by way of illustration,
 to the story of Ulysses in Homer's odys- sey.
 It will bs remembered by those who
 have had the benefit of enjoying @ ciassi- cal education, which have not, and also by those who have bsen able to read trans
 latfons of the old classics, ss have, that after Ulysses had passed by the island where the lotus eaters were and had suc- ceeded in rescoing his men from that is- land, he sailed on until he came to the is- land where the Cyclop resided, and where the one-eyed giant dwelt alone in 6 great cave-Polyphemos, tall and fierce as the giants of mythology, combining with his ferooity the pastoral habits of those east ern people. By night he fed his goats and his sheep in this great cave, and in the daytime he pastured them on the hillsidss on the sweet grass and the herbsge, and thus he lived ferocious and alone.
 Ulysses, in his wandering with twelve of his men, came to this cave and entered un- 1 der the great stone door with which the giant blocked the entrance when he shut 1t up for the night. He entered the cave and awaited the return of Cyclops, and at last, when he came in, his wrath was ex- cited and he immediately seized two of the twelve, hurled them upon the floor, dashing their brains out, tore them limb from limb, and ate them, washing down the unholy meal with the milk of his goats and his sheep. Ulysses and his men were in fear. They skulked in the corner of the cave until the morning. In the morn ing the Cyclops ate up couple more of them, destroying them, and eating them in the same way, and, then, imprisoping Ulysses and the remnant of his band in 1 the cave, he went off with his Aocks to 1 pasture them upon the hillsides.
 During the day they contrivsd various I plans whereby they might escape. The | only one that seemed practicable was that | they should get this great giant drunk or
 wine, and then that they should bore out l the solitary eye that he had with the fiery end of sharp stick. So, when hs re- turned that night. having completed all
 the preparations, Ulysses produced his ia
 nous wine, which was given him by the 1 son of prieat whom he had visited, and | said:
 l Here, Cyclops, drink some wine after you 1 meal of human hesh and zee what sort of II | quor our ship held. I brought it hither as an of
 feripg, in hope that you would pity me and sene me home. But you are mad past bearing. Beck
 less How should stranger come to you sgair
 ous deedi So spoke. He took the cup ant
 the taste of the sweet liquor, and thus he asked ] me for it yet again.
 "aive me some more, kind sir, and tell you | name at once, that may give a strangers gif
 with which you shall be pleased. An, yes; thu | CyclopS' fruitful fields bear wine in the heavI ] clusters. and the rain of Zeus makes the grap, grow, but this is 8 bit of ambrosia and nectar. | So he spoke and again offered the sparkling
 wine. Thrice did bring and give, and thrice h.
 drank 1t in his folly. Then, as the wine crep
 round the Cyclops' senses, in winning words
 said to him, "Cyclops, you asked my noble nam
 and will tell it; but do you give the stranger gift Just you promised? My name is No l man. Noman I am called by mother, fath-r ! and by all my comrades"
 So I spoke, and from rnthle9s heart h 1 straightwsy answered, "Nomsn eat up last l after his comrades; all the rest first; and tha
 shall be the strangers gift for you"
 That is the free traders gift to the man ufscturer. They will eat him up last-th
 wool grower first, and that is all the man
 ufacturer can expect.