The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-16

rms tree WOOL HumbuZ. \
The reasons why We should have
Iree wool. In the face OF legislation
upon other products OF a similar
Is something which is be-
yond the comprehension of the I'M
preiudlced man OF intelligence. The
free raw material cry has proved
very hollow cry, II the tariff legisla-
ton SO tar passed by the Senate be ac-
cepted as expressing the views OF
those who yell loudest for that move.
A duty has been put on sugar; q duty
has been put on rice; duty has been
put on iron ore and on coal. But
wool, 1t lie proposed, shall be put on
the free list. The natural question is
whyS And, II an answer Is sought, the
one explanation Is to be found in the
evidence offered by classification of
some OF the chief protected articles
according to the locality OF their pro
duction. w.
Cotton is raw material. But cot.
ton is grown in the South, and the
manufacture Of that article is occupy.
ing more and more attention In the
South and is growing to be great in.
'dustry here. Therefore cotton Is pro.
tecteG Rice, too. is Southern crop.
A duty was placed on rico. Iron ore
and coal were articles of interest to
the South as we'll as to tho North; and
the South could not neglect its owr
share OF interest in them. But thess
are only samples of the way matters
have gone. Senator Hoar in his speeei
In the Senate on Tuesday furnished
come comparisons which forclbl,
illustrate the discrimination which
cha racte-izes the Gorman Compromise
bill. lie said: a.
How curlously an article which II
produced at the South and consumed
at tho North seems to our friends OIL
the other side to be an excellent sub.
ljeot for raising revenue! The she'll. fish
which the tlshurman OF Maine gets OH
that stormy and rook-bound coust,
even II it is canned, is to come in free.
Tho sponge. which comes from the
Florida reefs, has duty Of ten per
cent. The flax Of tho Northwest is tc
be on the free list The sumac of Vir.
lginia has protection OF ten per cent.
Tho chain which the Northwestern n
workmen manufacture has duty ae
Ia protection of thirty per cent. Tie
Dig iron OF Alabama and Tennessee, OF
which 1t Is made, has protection of
81 per ton. equal to fifty per cent. nd
valurem. The freestone and sand
stone and limestone OF Ohio, Rhode
leland and Connecticut, and of Berk.
shire county, Mass, rough. are to
come in FREQ and the manufactured
are to have duty of twenty per cent
while the rough marble OF Tennessee
anu Georgia Is to have fifty per cent
l(speeihc) per cubic foot and eighty.
live per cent. per cubic foot manu-.
( actured.
Tho sugar OF Louisiana is to have
forty per cent. raw, with Its addition
2 TO the lellner, white wool-the great
est product OF tile NUrth-is to come
In free. Live animals vi the West and
Northwest are to huve twenty per
cent. Their grains are to have but
twenty per cent, while tho great
Southern grain, rlce-whlch tho South
grows anu tho North consumes-is t.
have eighty-fou. per cent. protection
The grains of the y ORTIZ of all kinds
are to have but twenty per cent
The tin for baling cotton is free. tn,
hoop iron for the hay bundle of tn
North ii crop more valuable to thii
country than the whole yauntet
cotton crop OF the South-is to hay,
thirty per cent. al valorem.n
4 OF all the penalties which the Dem O
Gratis propose to nuke Northern pro
ducts pay because they are from tn
North there is'none which are heavie
or moro absolutely malicious thai
that to be imposed on the wool grow
rrs. The extent of the Industry Il
q uestion, which has grove until tn
, United States is one OF the creates
.wool.produolng countries in tn,
world, makes any experiment with
little short of national crime. Ye
the Democrats propose to put III,
home industry In such competition
with abroad as will almost certain,
put an end to 1t and force this countrl
to draw Its supply from outside. b.
this accomplishment a product valuel
annually at many millions will be los
to tho United States and tho brigh
prospects of building up an industr!
surpassed by no other wool-growinl
rcountry entirely bIighted. Such viii
T.. be tho result OF the Democratic al
tempt to yiudIcate Itself upon tile ire,
raw material question.