, 1896-07-25

the cheap labor of the old world. That
is the tariff policy of England. That is
the tariff policy of Bryan. And yet he
has the audacity to say that republic
cans are attempting to pattern after
Great Britain.
Give us the Mckinley tariff for the
protection of the industries of this
country, or n just as good. and the
nation will return to prosperity and
continue its advancement just as it did
prior to the advent of the democracy
to power. Their free trade policy has
ruined the nation and plunged 1t deep
er in debt and now they have the eff
frontery to charge the terrible disaster
to republican laws, which worked so
well in the hands of honest and compe-
tent officials before Grover Cleveland
entered the White House.
Give us a high tariff upon the lead
ing Industries of the west. and spurn
the democratic fallacy of free raw ma
terials. We want protection for the
w~oolgrowers, that they may aid in the
building up Of the state. One million
annually would be added to the wealth
OF this state by the return Of the tariff
on wool alone. This industry is lang
uishing and it is now almost impossi-
BILE for a wool man to sell his product
at any price. One OF the prominent
uypn1 man - thty npn-t-, r,artI, w.
ceived a letter which tells the whole
story. rni we reproduce it for the ben-
eft Of the public:
Boston, Mass. July 10, 1896.
George R. Eykyn. ESQ.,, Laramie.
Wyo. Dear Sir: Since writing you
yesterday your draft has been present
ed, and in accordance with our desire
to protect you as an old friend. we have |
honored the same, knowing that you
will seee that we do not suffer by such |
The feeling all over the country this
morning is of such an unsettled nature
we have been forced to give up the
to stem the tide single-handed,
and therefore are telegraphing you as
follows: Your draft protected for old
acquaintance sake. Don't ship more.
Market demoralized." which we now
confirm and can only add that Just as
soon as we can see more daylight ahead
we shall be glad to try to do some more
business. but in the meantime we are
telegraphing all our friends that we
cannot take any more woods.
Surely these are trying and trouble
some times, and we can only earnestly
hope that as time goes OIL the COM
mon sense of the people will reassert
itself and hat we shall leave far be
hind us this wild craze for dishonesty
and national degradation. We feel sure
that you as a nan would condemn your
neighbor il he should offer o so cents
for a dollar which you had lent him in
good faith, and what is applicable in
the case Of man to man is certainly
more noticeable in the case of a people
or a nation. We are really sadly dis
couraged over the outlook, and only
wish we could return to the good old
times when it was a pleasure to do
business, and a satisfaction to work
hard for our old friends.
Always glad to hear from you, and
earnestly hoping that something before
long may set to right our national at
fairs now turned topsy turvey. we re-
main. Very truly yours,
FENNO BROTHERS & CHILDs.
P. S. II you see any Of our other
friends who had contemplated shipping
wool to us. will you kindly tell them
that we are very sorry we cannot take
any more shipments at present. feeling
a curtailment of our business is the
only wise course to pursue until this
storm blows over.