The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-15
DEMAND A DUTY.
Several Senators Paint in Very
Dismal Colors the Effect
of Free Wool.
Dubois, Spokesman for the >h..pgrowers
of tn. Northwest Wants the
TaTin BilI Disposed of.

ilT debate was resumed. the pending
question being PctFer's amendment To
restore - per cent Of the duty on raw
woods. Sherman made vigorous speech
against free wool. The question Of free
wool. Sherman said. vItaly affected the
/ people Of Ohio lie reiterated what he
said in a previous speech, that free wool
was the eliminating atrocity Of this bill.
/ Mr Dubois. II Idaho protested against
I placing VOL on the frua list a. disas
. trous To- the great sheep raising industry
/ 81 hls section. Although the bill II not
/ yet a law be said that 1t was not posi-
, bile today to sell poundof wool ia Idaho
except at discount from the nominal
/ market price equal to the present rate
! Of duty on raw wool.
/ Fleeces had been grown under the
system of protection aud were now TO be
sacrificed under the system of free trade.
/ IL the bil carried out the logical de-
mand % the democratic platform For
free raw materials he would not ask the
! democratic senate 20 mako AN exception,
but IN passing partially protective duties
. 81 coal. iron. ore. etc. under the sham
excuse OF revenue he denounced the
discrimination against the American
farmer. The wool industry oi Idaho had
| prcsperri under the tariff. from l>.O 10
l-93 Il cks doubled. The threat 81 free
wpof cll on 500 90 sheep worth s2AeO.
90. and annual clip Of 100000 pounds.
The decline IN the value of sheep and
clips since free WOO. was proclaimed al
most equalled the value Of the fiocks be
fore the threat was made.
Dubols then drifted into discussion
Of the silver lead mining industry If the
mountain section, winch had fallen un-
der the blight since the passage Of the
bill ropealing the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act, aud the threat Of free
lea ores III the new tariff bill. He dee
cribcd at length the industrial condition
in the west, with mines closed and
thousand out Of employment. and con
trasted these conditions with those ex-
listing under the Mckinley law. In the
course of his remarks he referred to the
political capital made out Of the Home.
stead strike IN the campaign OF ls2
and presented picture oi strikes. lock
outs. riots and bloodshed everywhere TO.
day. quoting, as he said. at random from
the newspapers Of the past two months
In conclusion ne reiterated his appeaI
TO the republican side to allow the bill
= to be promptly disposed Of. Bad as ex
isting conditions were, present uncer
tainry and doubt should be set at rest.
D When Dubois finished Stewart. oi
Nevada made an argument against free
p wool.
Hansbrough. Of North Dakota. ther
spoke. While favorable to the princi
pie Of protection and desiring To see tina
policy perpetuated, he was opposed e
the protective tariff bill now before thu
senate. He opposed it on account of it
: determinations. its in qualities. and it
false pretenses. 1t did a criminal ac
against the people OF the west in placing
wool on the free list, and it favors tn
y y duty of 90 per cent. 1t levies duty O
more than 30 per cent. upon sugar. an
!. places wheat. flour and many other pre-
ducts Of the farm on the free list. Will
= claiming to be in the interests of the eS
= tension Of our markets for agriculture
products, it strikes down the reciprocit
clause of the Mckinley act. thereby nal
r rowing the American farmers foreig
Il market by millions Of dollars. He d,
IA clared that wool ralsers west Of the Mis-
T. issippi river would be obliged to go on
of business for the simple reason ths
while the cost Of producing wool her
ID was from five to ten cents per poun,
:. - the cost in Australia was from five
six cents per pound, and that in add
tion to this. that while freights frol
Rocky mountain points to Boston an
Philadelphia were from pa to thrt
cents per pound. carrying charges frol
=. Australia were less than one cent p'
" pound. He WAS confident that herea
ter, il this bill passed, sheep would I
in raised in the west only for mutton.
II. Hsnsbrough was succeeded by Shou
Of Idaho. who also opposed free wool |
a disastrous to one Of the chief industri'
Of Of his state. Shoup contended that. Il
: fall in the price Of wool had been wor
" " wide for twenty years, and that in Il
United States it ruled higher than els
\. where by the amount Of duty levie
The demonstration Of silver had muc
= to do with the fall Of wool in the world