The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-02

ceiling now for lees than it ever cold
Tor before. far loss than the tariff ~
~ viii tell you what Il does do for
the farmer. II enables hin TO buv ~
Iciotnine for himself and family With :
TAX 0p0n u Of less than oneshalf ~
what u 10 now and will enable hln q
Iges em cs BILE tools snd farming imoDo.
msnts free Of duty, and for osee cues
nlm on an equal footing with the
ICsnsdian farmer, who uoW huvs
American. made farmisg jopjom m
sor much lees money than the Amsri.
can farmer. II benefits the farmsr IL
many other ways that will not allow
|of On explanation in . short letter.
again you cay: Free wool viii
result 10 the a0nihilatiou OF one Of lhs
most important farm induoiriss.
which at once reduce the purchssinr
capacity Of the farmer Nov. n ~
wool will annihilste the sheeo intlns.
Try. then Why 10 Il that, % ayou hsvs
Increased the tariff on wool tho nun.
Der OF aheep hsvs decreased. cad ~
|price Of wool hes coutiuuslly be6o a..
|eliningp Why was it that Ia lndlaoa
In 1868, at about tho time the flrot.nro.
sective ssrin on wool vas passed, Ne
bad 1882. .l76 sheep with conctsnt
decrease IN numbers from thai date
down 10 1890 et The time Of ths pos.
sage o. the Mckinley bill, wtyen we
bad In Indisos l.21s, 900 sheen. ana ia
1898 only l.000. 900, 10 less than three
years after the psssags OF the NcKin.
ley bill increasing the tariff on vooIf
Why is-it that In 1889 wool cold for
81 cents . pound and 10 now sollino
Tor about 8 to 8 cents pound ia come
Of our markets? II thie Il thu e6Isct
Of . protective tariff on wool and the
sheep industry ths farmer doeen't
want any more Of II, and you cannot
hoodwink him any longer with Ill the
calamity howlers you can station
around bis house. There was . time
when you did the farmers thiukiur.
but now be does bis own thinking and
rssding.
Again you say: Not one manu-.
featuring clsss 10 this country hes
asked for such . Isw'-moeuinr thu
Wilson hill. No. nor nobody expect.
ed mauufscturing institution IN this
country 10 SEX for Il, who 70 now
respiog 90 average bounty Of 90 cents
On every dollsr's worth OF woolen
goods be produces. On the contrary.
rybody expected the mann fsctur.
srs to light the bill ct every step Of its
Iouodation and 70 pour into common
l0nd liberally Of their illgotten rains
% defeat lts passage; but thls demo.
oratic Aouse juteuds 70 ram lt dowo
heir throats. Get ready for d.
And again you say: sFaruoro huve
not asked for Il, then Why should it
Do forced upon us?" have the hon.
,r to represent 10 Congress "a agri.
;ultural district for the moot part.
" mail each day contsius score or
moro OF letters from farmers in nv
listrict, who l think understan nd their
'wn business and knov their wants
,etter than any manufacturer does for
hem, urging mo TO vote 10 Pot WOOL
~ the free list, and to vote for the
Wilson bill without further DELAY
md With oil due respect 10 your @.
l shall follow the will OF nv
constituents aud consult their Inherent
md what conceive to be their future
Welfare rather than yours now, after
'Ou have had thirty Year, pick ct the
armers' and laboringmsn's pocket.
an, cir, very truly,
''JoRx l.. BR.rz."