Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-11

Frank llurd was not far from Ili'
truth when he said to the ONO demo
cratic conventions: Free wool Is WORT
more TO tariff reform than all Other
provisions Of the law put together
Beyond question 1t Is worth more thal
any other one provision.
II Is worth more because wool Is the
chief material Of an Industry Wlos'
products are consumed directly ny al
the people. The masses Of the people
do not buy iron and steel to anything
Hike the extent that they buy WOODEN
clothing, blankets ana other articles
Of wool they are affected bS th'
prices of articles made Of iron ana
steel wholly or In part, but th"y are
more directly affected by the prices OF
WOODEN clothing and the prices come
directly out Of their earnings
Free wool gives the manufactures 81
wooden fabrics untnXed material ana
he can sell at lower prices the duties
on goods which were intended to en-
able him 10 exact high prices hay"
been reduced more than the duties on
otlmr manufactures Prices VIII b''
corrcspondingly reduced and all con
sumcrs will see the difference
Indeed, prices hay" already been re-
duced, although the lower duties lo not
90 into effect until next January. Wool
was free from the pnsSngc,.of tn" law
and competition among manufacturers
has been forcing them to civ" con
Lu # fro tInnl a
certain extent
This Is Il fact that every purchaser
can see for himself. Quality for quail
ty, prices have never been so Tow
as they are now. That Is Il fact known
practically to everybody, No man or
woman ever knew prices TO h" so low
In this country.
Mr. IIud says that the pcopl" will
be saved nearly Si5,WO,on II year
Inc statement Is far within 4boundS,
According to Mr. Scho"nhof, tn" p""pI"
will ln saved SlG3, 400 600 Il year, AS
Stunning that their consumption of
wooden goods viii be the same rs In
the last census year The swing to
the plain people viii probably not
b. less than ST. year to each family
on the average.
After enjoying the benefits of cheaper
clothing for Il short time the people
will not consent to II return 10 Mckin
leylSm. On the contrary, they Will de-
mand Il further departure from that
medieval system of commercial barnar
Ism
They will rfeusr to pay tribute by
contributing enormous sums ont of
their earnings for the benefit OF fac
tory lords and the supposed benefit of
ohio Shepherds and they will rightly
infer that they are still paying heavy
tribute to the same aud other "raptains
of industry" and they will not submit
Ia the cxactious
They will refuse o pay tribute by
order OF congress to some private in
Hvidual or firm or corporation on
every garment of cotton, wool~or silk,
on every dinner plate. on every tin
pail, on every iron or steel Implement
they buy, even II they believe II To
be- niece NSnry to save the protected in.
duStrirS from humiliation, They win
h. selfish enough to take car, of their
own interests and leave the protretcrS
to take care Of theirs,
But they will soon discover that
there Is no need of their playing good
Samaritan to manufacturing capital
lists, They viii discover that these gen.
tlcmon can take care of themselves
very we'll when they are no longer
encouraged by act of congress TO lolter
far behind the times In their business
A writer in the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter tells how II is In the
WOODEN industries. He says the av-
crngc WOODEN min was filled with ma
chinery years ago and Is now expected
to keep abreast of the times" He pro-
t~sds TO tell of the Anticipated ma.
chincry and methods he finds In the
average mill And he cndS 10y contrast
Ing u recently equipped mill for max
ing clay dingonals with high speed
looms set In pairs, one weaver operat
ing two looms with old mills making
like goods on heavy fancy looms with
one weaver to each loom "rhc dif.
ference In the cost Of weaving alone, .
h" says, is 4 good profit"
American consumers will not consent
to pay for maintaining museums OF
Industrial antiquity when the men in
charge could make good profits without
protection II they would rouse them
selves from thrir high tariff sleep and
bring themselves down to the times
In which they live.
They will insist that the protrvtre>
not only of the WOODEN mill. but Of al
the other mills he left To take care .ot
themselves, rs the rest Of us nprtS
Snrily must do. and that other indus
tries which are struggling agaiuS
heavy odds he no longer burdened Will
their support
HOSIERY