The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-02
Is A REVELATION INDEED.
THE OPERATION OF THE WOOL
SCHEDULE OF THE NEW TARIFF.

Ing lndustry-Better Prices For Raw
Wool and Cheaper Prices For Clothing
and Blankets with More Work Fo
Employees In the Mills Free Wool
blessing to Every body.
Since the repeal Of the Mckinley
blight and the enactment Of the new
Democratic revenue tariff the Republic
ans have ceased to taunt Democrats BY
the cry Of Democratic times" says tn,
Evansville Courier. The tremendou,
reduction in all Of the necessaries ant
comforts Of life since the new tariff
went into operation on Aug. rs has con
vinced everybody who has made pur
chases since then that Democratic tar
i'll means good times for the consumer
however it may affect anybody else
But it also benefits the manufactures
and the wage Garner 1t enables the
mill owner to employ more men at a
good, and in some instances at better,
wages than they have received under
the Mckinley curse. Here is letter
which shows that as a result Of free
wool wages have been restored:
LOWELL MANUFACTURING; COMPANY.
95 MILK STREET. BosToN. SEPT. 81.
Bernard Goldstein, Esq, Milwaukee:
DEAR SIR-In reply to yours Of the 18th
would say that, in accordance with the
understanding the special reduction Of
wages made to take effect Dec NJ, 1893,
was restored Sept I, 1894. said understand
ing being that the wages would be restored
il the tariff bill. making wool free, passed
Yours truly JOIN H0GG.
Treasurer pro TEN.
This is an instance where wages that
were reduced under McKinleyism have
been restored under the new tariff, for
ii should be remembered that the Nc
Kinley abomination was in full force up
70 Aug. 20. 1894, the day on which the
new tariff became q law.
But this is not all. Free wool has
stimulated the manufacture of American
fabrics and even those who have stoutly
opposed 1t are now warm in its approval
Here II striking instance of this kind,
taken from a letter written by one Of
the leading wooden manufacturers OF
Philadelphia, a Republican. to promi-
nent dry goods merchant Of Pittsburgh
The operation Of the new tariff has
been revelation to me. We are max.
ing more woolens, because Of free wool,
of better quality. are selling more
goods and employing more men.
The operations Of the new tariff are
"a revelation to this manu- facturer be.
cause he had been deceived by his party
leaders into believing that to make raw
wool free would destroy the wool grow.
ing industry i'll the United States and
compel all home manufacturers to rely
entirely upon foreign woods for their
supply. But it is already apparent that
the number Of sheep will be increased
under the new tariff because the in.
creased demand for wool consequent
npon the removal Of the tariff from wool
and the preparation Of American wooden
mills to turn out goods fine enough to
with English and French made
cloths in the worlds markets, has al.
ready strengthened the wool market
and will undoubtedly advance the price
II wool grown in the United States
Domestic wool il not suitable BY itself
For the manufacture Of the finest grades
Of goods. but mixed with Spanish woods,
which now come in free, it answers
svery requiem INT and our wooden mills
need no longer hesitate TO reach out for
The best trade in every part OF the world.
The Philadelphia mill owner is firmly
convinced after two months experience
with the new tariff that he can compete
with English and French goods. not
only in the United States, but can sue.
invade English and French
with American s'all wool"
cloths No wonder the result Of free
wool has proved "a revelation" to him
He has been following false prophets
and never would have known 1t had not
the new tariff law, with its free wool
taught him by actual expert.
ence that the Democratic position has
always been right; that he can make
better qualities Of goods at less cost than
those Of inferior quality have cost and
that the increased demand makes it
for him to employ more men.