Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-02-10

was worth only twenty FIVE cents, which
was fa'ti Aud Why was n tina, IN is7H,
when the average pric. ~ wU'l was f'r,y
cen,s I~r Ispund here, the value u the
same WIS.,! In London hal fallen 10 twenty
cents Ier pohui' The editorial admits
thu, there wrr 3s.On.OUD rhc-p in 1851.
AMI over t3,OOO.OO ~ 1881. and yet u
says that the shccp have drcr-as'si under
protection, while he proves ,hc miru,s,e-
ment by his own Rgur-s !, says that
wcnl under the Mckinley law IN 1897
rrachcd the unprecedented INV price II
nineteen AMI unr-half cents for unwashcIi
under the Mckinley law. Now u the Nc
kinlry law cauneSl unwAHhed b bring
ninct.en AMI on--half cents, why N II
tina, tina, ram. wool, unwsrh~i, was
worth belo~ niue centr, or half ~ that
price In Lbndoni The reason that fine
meiium wopls are are down Ia S5i under
under Clrv-lands administration in
iS93. ~ l,.cause the Wilson bill Ia likely
Ia pass congress-. Why Ia II that the
same scoArrl, tine melium woola were
worth frum my i've Ia sixty cents on the
Let of March. b-f,r, pt-riien, Harrison
left the Whit. HOUSE The fall in prices
from tny -kvr a. silty cents nn the Let of
March. lsa3. Ia 35i c-uts ON the lat ~
March, 1894. was because the frc.
trade value II this same scour,si. tine
meiium wupl was frum twenty eight
Ia thirty cents III London. and
II II because the American buyer and the
seller believe that the Wilson hill will lie
passed AMI the London price ~ twenty To
thirty cents will s"on l,- oUr price. This
ia why New Mexican scoursl tine me,ium
wuol has drupptSl from SIXTY cents Ia 3oi
cents in ten months II Cleveland's assault
uI-,n the American wupl industry.
A stroke ~ the pen II presrlen, Cleve.
cents, where /, was when Harrison lef, the
Whit" House. will he do this for the Amer.
can wool gruweri M, much Let him de-
clar,, that he would veto any hill disturb
ing the present tariff law ON wonl a MI
New Mexican secured hne medium would
bring sixty cents before March II, 1894
which was its yalu. on March !, 1898. II
is the fear " free wool tina, has put tn.
American pric. down ~ clos. to the Lon
. don price. This IL why wool that was
worth sixty cents before the Mckinley bill
was threatened Ia only worth thirty live
aud half when that bill seems likely 10
, be repealed, AMI when the London price
, or the free trade price Ia twenty eight To
thirty instead II Ia. Mckinley ~ my
five to sixty. The latter figures arr true
protective price, twenty .rigk, Ia thirty in
the true frec-,rade or London price fnr
the same article. and the Cleveland al.
Z minirtrstion has kick-l the price u wool
, all the way from sixty cents scoure,i down
| to thirty live cents, aud seems likely Ia
kick Il down Ia twenty eight cents before
| they are done with il Are the wool gruw-
r -rs IL New Mexico willing to swallow such
stuff ~ il given them la read in the DEM
D ocra,ic newspaierul Ifthey are they will
pay the penalty. for there il plenty ~ wool
= In New Mexico IA day that no eastern
= houH. would take except that the shipper
4 would prepay freight; and yet these same
were tumbling over each other Ia secure
this same wool at frum twelve Ia sevsntt en
r and half cents and upwards
I, Now. gentlemen Of the New Mexican,
a your master. whom you ~ bllndly follow.
a does not claim for moment that III. re-
4 peal Of the tariff will advance the price Of
4 wool. and he only wants II repealed %
Il thkt poor man can get suit OF wooden
, clothes for fr''m Is Ia $40 and To teach us
II an object lesson. Now, when we take in
q IA consideration that the raw material that
!. would 20 into suit of clothes. even for
l. his monstrosity, even under the Mckinley
n hill, would not cost over $i.75, we can
Il rec In an instant what n ridiculous figure
"A 81 clothes.
"a Now. as to the object lesson, we have
% committed IL to memory il IL engraved IN
/. our hearts, II Ia written in letters Of fire in
n thousands II destitute and desolate homes
:. II has asnt thousands "a premature graves
y II has filled the jailS, tn. peni,entiaries.
" and also The brothels II the large cities; Il
|. has reduced thousands of honest men and
Ia women 10 poverty aud impslled them To
;. crime. Oh, yes, we have learned the les
10 son--stArvine mothers have repeated II Ia
~ their half fruzen and starving children,
W Yes, sir, your lesaon will be perpetuated
Il In history, and while the starving poor Of
the country, Of which you are president,
:" may curse you, those Of all Europe will
u rise up and call yod blessed
p A SHEkr HKRDRR.