The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1894-08-28
THE THRIFT,
Continued from last a0eek)


power they make a tariff for
wool, iron, coal and their manu-
features. Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, the great
Republican states, are the larg'
est wool growing, iron producing
and manufacturing states, with q
less ratio-besides, than any 9th
ers, in our union. A high tariff
on such articles must be placed
when they are in power, and
sugar, cotton, tar, turpentine-
southern products must mostly
be free. But bye and bye, the
Democracy obtain control of the
government, and they get their
support from the importers of
New York City and the East,
OF course they have to tear off
this wool tax and put sugar on
the list of dutiable goods. But
says some Republican who cares
more for party than country ;
'Did we not put a bounty on
sugar ?" Allow us to answer
that with a single question.
Where do you suppose our ma
ton would land if we were to
adopt the rule of allowing the
same per cent, of bounty for all
American products where there
was outside competition ? You
viii see, at once, if you take a
careful review, that this was
simply political trick and not
a rule that could be adopted for
the safe conduct of the nation.
But the Democracy is equally
inconsiderate in their attempt to
destroy the wool interest and
prop up some other where they
think they can obtain power by
tariff favor. And they refer
back to the sacred name of JEFF
ferson to uphold them in their
schemes of wrong. And yet
they know, if they will turn back
that, at the time Jefferson was
struggling to build up a nation of
wooden manufactures in this
country, there was not a sheep
in the whole nation from the
fleece of which yard of fine
cloth could be manufactured;
while now Ohio is the greatest
producing state in our Union, by
far, of extraordinary fine fleece.
They know that, long after that
date, Mr.. Jarvis, of Vermont,
imported the first fine wool sheep
into the nation into that state;
that from that stock we have,
largely and, perhaps mainly, in
subsequent years, become one of
the largest producing nations of
these fine fleeces and the fine
manufactures therefrom. Times
have changed and statesmen
ought to have the caliber to
change with the times, 1t is to
be feared that some have not.
1t is true the Democracy have
not fallen into the double error,
after attempting to destroy the
wool interest and placing a tariff
on their politically favoring
parts of the nation, of offering a
bounty with which to bankrupt
the balance of our people. Our
Democratic friends seem to har,
Dor no fear that any competition
can come to this industry. TRAY
elers tell us there is a continent
southwest of us where free ma
tive grass grows as thick as our
best fields of cultivated tame
grasses to the height of a foot
and more, is ever fresh and
green, where fine sheep are so
numerous that to be considered
among sheep men q man must
own a hundred thousand; and
that their holdings there are
from that number up to three
and four hundred thousand head.
And such is their thrift in that
line that they posted it in the
Worlds Fair eve can pro,
duce fine wool at 6 cents a pound,
what can you do ?" And vet.
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