The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-22

more or less, every dollar Of It stands
for u wanton crime. We do not have
TO go far Ia TX tho blame. II was not
the Work. OF the Republican party.
A Closer View.
Let ts bring the matter within
still narrower scope, ana view Il in an
other light. am permitted to take
from the books OF buyer OF our Pam
handle woods, his gross purchases for
1891 anu 1895. In 1891 he bought 2,623,-
5Sl pounds OF wool, at cost OF $685.
7g5 81, an average OF about 20 cents q
pound for washed and unwashed. In
1926 he bought 2,36O,S2G pounds for
Si23.O20 10, an average OF about lS
cents per pound for washed and un-
washed, including some high priced
woods much above che average. The
average last year for average washed
woods was about lill cents at the best.
In 1891 II was % cents. This buyer took
In almost as much wool In 1895 as In
lS9l-li2,16l pounds leSs-but he paid
out for ths wool t23O.775 less.
was curious TO look over the record
OF individual clips. Lot "a" In 1891 nv
cruged 1000 pounds TO the clip. Last
year the average was 400 pounds. Lot
"B" In 1891 averaged 1900 pounds Last
yenr the average was 3i0 pounds. Lot
&C. In lS9laveraCcd 1000 pounds. Last
year II was 900 pounds. In 1891 the nv
eragc Panhandle clip was 1000 pounds.
To-day It Is not over 900 pounds.
When Ihings Went Well.
What have you 10 show for this trc-
mendous farmer loss In capital and in
earning capacity, In dcbt-payinG pow
er, In buying ability? Nothing
but Il broken promise. But some pOlIti-
clans got some offices. You may dismiss,
II You please. MS Inaccurate all tho
figures | submit To you. You may say
that they are too big TO be true and
that there Is no way to get anything
like near 10 the truth OF such a Ques-
ton. Then ! ask you 10 look over
your own uccountS-hOw many sheep
had you and how much money did
your wool bring you before the duty
was taken OF? How many sheep have
you now.nnd how much did your wool
bring you last year? How much this
year? And Il you have not time TO do
that. say frankly whether You would
rather hnve l4lG cents pound for your
wool Or IS cents Il pound.
What to Show for III
The Mckinley wool tariff was work.
ing well. In harmony with the whole
scheme OF tarir legislation which
bears the honored name OF that great
American. West Virginia was fast
taking her rlghtful place In sheep hus-
bandry, We had resisted successfully
hOof-rot and oil the Ills that sheep are
heir 10. We could not resist the deadly
blight OF free wool
Tlle Present Proposition.
An effort, either Ignorant or vicious,
Is being made to persuade you that the
trouble with your sheep and your
wool. as with everything else. Is that
for twenty-threc years we have de-
cllned TO coin free for the owner the
silver which he would not let us coin
free at the time he withdrew the un-
used privilege What has happened
since 1899 cannot be denied. but you
are asked to accept as explanation an
untruthful account OF something that
happened twenty years before 1893.
In 1872 you were told thnt II the cOun-
try would cOnflde its Interests once
more toTtile party which men of-iny
age had never seen IN full power. the
great prosperity OF that most prosper
Gus year In our history would be n
mere fOretaSte OF the better things 10
come. II seems almost TOO ab-Sid 10
be true that wool growers were urged
10 vote for free wool as the one thing
that would advance their industry.
More absurd than that, there were
wool growers who voted for free wool
There are reasons 10 suppose that In
1884 some OF these did works meet for
repentance? l thought I heard the
penNertlal wall in the returns as they
rolled In on election night OF 1894.
Free Trndc-freo silver.
In 1892 free trade was the bait. What
would YOU glvc-what wouldn', you
glve-to be back where you were In the
good old days OF 1892? Now the bait
Is free silver. Whose prophecies about
free trade have come true, theirs or
Gus? Whose prophecies concerning
free silver are likely 10 come true?
Theirs are not supported by a single
page OF the WORLDS history. Ours rest
on every line OF the recorded his
tory OF mankind, and on tn, rock
bottom foundation OF common sense.
! HkS Nell you lilul SINtT was UttllOU-
cited by Congress. We tell you that
Il was demonetlzed by commerce. They
drmonetized your wool. We Intend 20
rcm0ncttze II.
Perhaps they themselves were decelv-
cd In 1892. Certainly they deceived the
country. Those among them who are
honest now-and OF course there are
such-are decelvins themselves about
free silver
Shall they deceive the country again?
You know what they brought upon
you. Do you waHt more of Il? Mr.
Bryan earned sOme fame by speech
In Congress In favor of free wool?
Does that cntItlc him to your help 10
make him President?
There are In the field two prcsiden-
tlal pOssibilities-Bryan and Mckinley.
You know who Is the friend OF Amer
lean wool and OF all American indus
tries. You know which party inscrlbcs
on It's banner America before all the
world,"
You kr0w-yOu have learned In the
hardest and the best of schoOls-whlch
side OF this controversy appeals 10
your sclf-IntcrCst and your patriotism
VIII you follow tack-'o-lantcrn? Or
shall the safe lamp OF experience guide
your feet? You are to-day the victims
OF shoddy wool policy. With your
eyes wide open VIII you bring down on
yourselves n shoddy dollar policy?
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