Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-17

afnie that tacy would not = enlr
10 t,,k th rA7pia iEthe face. serat9r
MIs lia Is CID ndl have ne appr9taii
ot a thousand people 10 ne aite
Etssss Nr. Wilson hir;1sels' declaIee
L vas the fruit % the trusts Unica
had congress By lie ihrnat- sfe5 ~
material was The Democratic slogan
and Mr.. Clersian1s pet method O
reaching -arlf FOR revenue pure ara
slraole. 50 Uheu he failed in lls
attempts 10 control his own party
In the senate 70 ihe extent o. gel
ling Iron. cc1i. and other raw MAJ
faris'z o. the free ISL 70 the sfiA
greater rain % American Industries.
his indignation knew 10 bounds FOR
the frEt time De- the history q the
country. the senate Of the L1itfl
States was charges win treachels
and denounced By the president IN
unr1essured terms Heretofore Mr..
Cleveland had never manifested any
want o. drrnu sss. but In this instance
the COURAGE Of lis convictions failed
him. and he permltted this bill 70 p
come a law and 50 20 the country VITA
his seal o. condemnation liked upon H.
How does this mongrei piece Of DEM
ncratic legislation anect the countf!
First Of ali. ID has ruined the slteP
Industry. In ls22 there were f4,gss'e5'
head OF sheep in the United States
valued at rls.i-l. 1000 The value OF
the wool clip That year vas es ~ PC
az ses. 81 .l55e5. Texas had 5,0i0.ll5 head
81 sheep wor.h ab1u. $500 coo g her
wool cilu for that year Melted S7.fai.-
gfs0e. Thus under favorable iegisia-
ton. sheep culture had grown 70 be
one Of the Important Industries OF the
country. About this time Il was deter
mined thst this country was 20 be AZ
nicted with a Democratic administer
lion. and American sheep were threat
cned with the dangers OF English free
trade. They had survived the scab.
f0ot-rot and all other Als that sheep
re heir 20. but fear o. tails new ma
ady was dem0ralizlng 20 the owners
and dlsatrous 10 The sheep Under the
dread Of this calamity, tie values ot
sheep ln the United States deprecated
about 50. 0Q1. go from the fall Of 1922
70 the spring o. 1884 Of this amount
Texas sustained on sheep and Wool
loss Of more thau.ig, 1lJ 90. These loss
eB we're the resul; Of anticipated IN
friendly legislation. Now that the
dreaded calamity Is a certainty aud
wool has been placed On the free list,
the value Of sheep and wool has fallen
stil lower But as Ear as Texas Is con-
cern=d these figures DO not present
the sum total OF the loss and injury
our state has sustained. Much Of the
land used for sheep culture is broken,
rocky and rough-unh' for any other
purpose than grazing sheep. now that
this Industry has been destroyed. these
lands are q total loss 20 the owners
Much OF the land belonged 20 ;he public
school fund and was leased by the
state to the wool growers From this
source our school fund derived con-
eInFNn Ff1n a TfaafIH.FHH-H.
gross has utterly destroyed this yalua-
bic and growing Industry, ruined many
90 our citizens by the destruction 1f
their property and cause our public
school fund 20 sustain an iIreparable
loss
When this free trade crusade was
0ssaiiing the prominent industries OF
the South, other states had friends 10
the persons Of their congressmen and
senators; they fought for ana obtain
ed some profession on cuul, IRON sugar
and other products. But whtp the
great and growing sheep Industry ~
Texas was being assailCd. and tine
property values Of her citizens thra1t-
ened with destruction, OF all our Texas
congressman and senators. not one was
found TO raise his voice against this
great wrong. They stood by the the
or.es OF the Democratic party, rather
than the interests Of their censtltu-
ents. But just here their gorge Of free
trade seemed 10 satiate them. and as
a kind OF conscience easer, forgetting
that their Chicago platform declares
that protective tariff IS uncoustitu.
uonal fraud and a robbery, they
gave 10 The manufacturer VINO spins
and weayes the wool 30 per cent. pro-
lection. No doubt the Texas sheep man,
when contemplating the wreck aud
ruin Of his sheep ranch. win find some
consolation In the thought that the
Fellow up In New England Is getting
Az per cent protection on cloth mnn-
ufaotured out Of his 9 cent wool. I'm
der ms legislation, wool growing in
Australia, New Zealand and South
American countries has received an
impetus and the price OF their wool
mas gone Up, while ours has gone
down.
The argument used by Democrats is
that free raw material win cheaper
The manufactured article. and thus ben
eht the consumer; they also argue that
It VIII increase the price Of The raw
material and thereby benefit ,he pro-
Queer This is q kind Of double-gearad
nsh trap argument, Intended 10 catch
them going and coming. and 1t takes
the cheek of Democrat to use Il.
such bald assertions viii have no
weight wi'h the farmer ana stocIxmqo
who has tested by experience this Dem
ocrat!c fallacy
About cigh: years ago hides were
on tho eutiabla llst ana n good beef
hide brought in the market from ~ 81
70 |o.J9' a farmer could get two pairs
ot ~ ttantial brcsih she's for an
average beef hide les We're nut on
NE iret list Then, as n1w Tots had
no trlenG IN congresI .aiss his voic,.
Ia ttr behalf. ,oas IN, farmer ,.c,
get more for his hides now than he
did then7 Is 1t not n fact that slnee
hides went on the free list, their value
has constantly gone down I'M thev
are selling today at cents apiece.
That shoes are no cheaper, and TINT
the price OF cattle Is $500 or $500 less
per hend2
Texas. and Texas industries. caught
: right and left The Mckinley iii
placed n duty OF $50 per head on horses
md $40 per head on cattle. This mad
ne ehect OF preventing Texas from
icing oNerrun with the cheap low grade
itock OF Mexico, Under the assurance
y ms protection, our farmers and
'tockmen commenced grading up their
cattle and improving the breed Of
heir horses and there is now more i'm
proved stock In this state than ever
'efore. But this did not suit The bulI
n the china shop disposition of orr
Jemocrauc congressman. The stock
anches of Texas must be brought 10
parity with the stock ranches Of
deNieol To accomplish this the tarlff
Vas va changed to 20 per cent ad valorein.
ms practically means duty of about
a 40.