The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09


II says. (Great cheering.) If clothed with
power IN all branches of the government
ii VIII give to this industry fair and Just
proteclion With all other industries of the
country.
But, my fellow citizens. what we want
whether we produce wool or any other
agricultural product-what we want is to
preserve the splendid home marker 10 orr
own American producers Great an
plallSe) 1t is the best market in the
world. There is no other market like if.
ana upon every principle of justice and
far play it belongs to us and nobody eSp
before us. applause and cries of
mats right.D Protection to the farm
er mas been recognized from the begin
ming of the government until now.
WOOL Industry's Importance
AS showing the importance of your in.
dustly. ii is only necessary to say thar
III 1872 there We're 100000 wool growers
in the United States-7OO. 900 Deonle
Whose chief occupation was that of wool
growing There were probably one
1ourth as many more who We're owners
OF small f1ocks Of sheep in the United
States. This industry employed besides
thoSe who owned the flocks, it is estimat-
ed. at least 100000 laborers representing
with those who We're dependent upon
them. nearly 2,50O,0 people. There were
100000 farms. averaging 16O acres each.
ueVoted 10 this industry, and the noun
famous regions and the vast plains of
the great West, which are not adapted
10 other kinds of farming, have been
utilized in this great industry and made
valuable. Every one of these farms. COM
prlslng 160 acres of land-112.OOO.OO 900
acres in all-have been seriously injured
by placing wool upon the free list.
In one of the agricultural papers of
the West l have seen the statement that
IN Oregon. Utah, Washington. Idaho and
Western Montana, there were 6.71O746
Sheep. which We're worth in 1892 S13.-
421 ,OOO and which in 1896 were worth
only $6,71O,OOO In 1892 we had A.
1903 sheep in the United States valued
at S125OOO,OOO. In 1895 we had S.
29S,OOO valued at $65,OOO,OOO. The total
imports of wooden goods in 1862, under
the Republican prOtectice tariff law, were
little above S37 100000, and in 1895.
under the Wilson tariff law, the imports
amounted to more than 100000 900.
lCrles of "Hurrah for Mckinley and the
Republican party.'O
His Words in 1888 Recalled.
On April 2. 1888, in presenting the mi
norlty report in opposition to the Mills
tariff bill in the National House of Rep
resentatlYes, said: wool on the free
list is deadly assault upon a great
agricultural interest, and will fall with
terrible severity upon a million people.
he households and dependencies. 1t will
destroy invested capital, unsettle estab-
lished values, wrest from flock masters
Their lifetime earnings, bankrupt thou
sands of our best and most industrious
FARMERS and drive them into other
branches OF agriculture already over
crowded. Cries of That's what if has
zone. 1t Is vicious and indefensible
ploW at the entire agricultural interests
oi tne country (Cries of "You are
right')
Alexander Hamilton, in his report upon
manufactures. made to Congress 1O4
years ago, said: This idea of an extern
sNe domestic market for the surplus pro-
uuce OF Inc soil is of the first importance.
II Is. OF all things. that which most eff
lectually conduceS to d Furnishing STATE
of Agriculture
Thomas Jefferson said: "Experiencp
mas taught me that manufacturers are as
necessary to our Independence as 10 orr
comfort The duties we Law on all arti-
cleS OF foreign manufacture which nru-
dence requires us to establish at home
with the patriotic determination of ev-
cry good citizen to use no foreign article
which can be made at home. secure Ms
against relapse into foreign dependency
My own idea is that we should encourage
nome manufactures to the extent of our
own consumption" (Applause.)
Home Market Always the Best.
l have said that the home market is the
pest market. You known that from eX-
perlence, and the home market is made
better by increasing our factories and Civ
ing employment to idle workingmen.
(Great cheering) Put every idle man in
the country to work and your consumers
will be increased-(applause and cries of
That's right and when your consum-
ers are Increased, then your market is i'm
proved and the better the price you re-
celve for your product. (Cries of "Good,
gOod.'o
You remember that in 1892 it was re-
peatedly stated that free wool would in
crease the price of wool to the American
wool grower-(a voice, ''Thats the big
gest lie that was ever told' and great
then you heard them tell
it. (Renewed laughter and cries OF
Eyes, we did, There may have been
some farmers who thought that was true.
"a voice, "Well, they know better now"
and great laughter.) There are none who
think so now. (Renewed laughter and ap-
plause) 1t was said that if we opened
up this country to the free use of the
wool Of the world, the farmers would be
benefited. 1t was done, and with what
benefit you know better than l can tell
you.
Now they tell you that free silver
the panacea for all your ills
-(renewed laughter)-and you have that
same money in circulation now that you
had four years ago, but the wool grow
erS haven't got as much of it as they had
then. (Cries of ''That's right.'') As free
wool degraded your industry, so free sill
yer viii degrade your money applause
and cries of 'That's right'O You have
already been fieeced by loss of your
focks, and you don't propose to be
fieeced further by loss on your money.
Great cheering)
Must Protect American Labor
We have opened up our mills TO the