The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-15
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cries Of That's EgAt-")
'-Ths platform Of ths Republican party
upon which We ennd this year. singles
out the wool Industry. and makes % :.
spec.as mention. As emitted 10 full pro-
t4cticn under our rsveras avs U>s1d ap-
piaaGe and cries Of That's righz.1 Tais
In the Language % the national platform:
TO ali oar prcscc.s-to those o. me nine
and fields. well as saa@e OF the shop
and Facsory-to WOO. The product o. tne
great Industry % sheep hgshsn9ry. as
well A. 70 the finished wociens or Toe MIL.
We promise ample protection And what
the Republican party promises, e q ia
the habit ~ performing. ApsliaasN.g IL
Goes not make proynis@~ 20 De oroksn. II
says what n To. and that v bat II s. LAP
piagse)
III clothed With power In alt branches
% the government IL all give 90 ihss IN
6astry fair and Jus, protection. win al
other Industries ~ tire country. Rus. ny
fsilow citizens wnax want Wa@fh@f
we prodssce wool or sry other agrAcBsfSrs4
protgct-what We wan; ts 70 preserve ma
spisnd4d home market 20 cur Asnarseas
producsrA tAppiAuy.) II IL The best mar
ken IA de world. There n no other mar
kst like n, and upon every principle OF
justice and fzir play IL belongs TO ps and
nobody else bAsore Is. LApgasuss and cries
o. That's rightly
Protection TO the farmer has been
recognized from the beginning Of the RoT-
eminent Until row as showing the IN
portance " yoar Industry. X - only
necessary 20 say that IN ia there we're
1o.01 wool growers. 10000 Saose chef
occupation was that Of ~ool growing.
g'hsrs we're probably one-folrth &c many
more who were owners ~ small focks of
sheep In the United States. THIS In
dssEry employed. besides tkose who owned
the Eocks. II is estimated. al loa@t half
million iab0rers reprseenfing with those
wfso we're dependent upon them nearly
1.g01, 90 people There were 10000 farms
averaging 100 aeras sA-fa. devoted % this
Industry and the mountainous regions and
the vast plains Of the great West. which
are not adapted 10 other kinds % farms
have been utilized ia this great Industry
and made valuable
EVERY one or these farms comprising
100 acres OF land-if2 9a0.0 600 acres ia all
have been sefl0ssziy injured BY placing
wool upor the free lat n one Of the zETi-
cultural papefs Of the West have seen
she statement that ia Oregon. Utah. Wash
4ng,on, idaho and Western Montana there
were s5ie.745 sheep. which we're worth
IN 1859 si2. AZ 900 and which IN 1896 were
worth only $4,000. In Isg1 We hasi AZ
z73.ssa sheer In the United States. valued
al sl25 COO 900. In 1885 We had aszs9 1s3
valued al So ss9 and the total import
of wooden goods n 1872 under lhe ReDab-
1ican protective tariff faw. vAs a
little over $Ss.g0 90. Ia lSss. under the VII
son tariff law, tgege imports Amounted 30
more than a60019. go tories o. "Horrah
for Mckinley and the Republican paFty.')
ION the second day OF April Ia isss. IN
presenting the minority report ia OPPOSE
ton to the Mills tariff bin Ia ths national
house OF representatives. 1 sad. " col On
the free liar il deadly assault on a great
Agricultural interest and wil fail wIth
terrible severity upon a million peopia,
their households and dependencies. IT Iiu
destroy vested capital, unsaItie established
values. wress from flock masters their
lifetime earnings. bankrupt thousands Of
our best and most industrious farmers and
drive them into other branches Of agr!cul-
ture already ovsrcrowded. fCries Of
That's what II has Gone.'D II IL vicious
blow 10 the entire agricultural interests Of
the country tcries Of You are rlght')
Alexander Hamilton IN hfa report upon
manufactures made to congress one hum
dred and four years ago said This idea
or an extensive domestic market for tho
surplus production OF the soil Ia OF the
frat Importance. IL Ia of all things that
which most effectuaHy condIces 10 -four
tshing state Of agriculture
Thomas Jefferson said: Experience has
taught me tYat manufactures are as neces-
eAry to our independence as 10 our com
fort. The duties va lay on a. articles OF
IoresSn 1aIrlIAIthre winch pfuDeHes re-
Qutr~s us TO establish at home. with the
patriotic determination OF every good oitl-
zen TO use no foreign article which car be
made at home. secures as against a relay ~,
into foreign independency. MY own idea
n tina. va encourage home manufactures
10 the extent OF our own consumption
NppIauss.)
II have said that the home market Is
the best market. You know that from ex-
perience and the home market is made
hotter by Increasing our factories and giy-
Ing employment to idle workingmen.
(Grea, cheering.) Put every iil man In
tina country 10 work and your consumers
Will he increased. and when your com
auners are Increased. then your market is
Improved and the better price you receive
for your product. tAppiause,)
You remember that In lsss 4 was re-
peatediy stated that free wool would in
crease the price OF wool 10 the American
wool growers. ca voice: THAT Is the big
sest lie that was ever told."l Boz then
you hard them tell H. daughter aud
cries os Yes. we did.'D There may have
been soma farmers who thought that VAS
true. There are none who think so now.
Rene~ed laughter and applaus@) 1t "a.
said that II We opened up thIs country 10
the free use OF the wool uf the World the
farmers would BE- benefited. II WAS aons
and wish What benefit yoU know better
than can tell YOU
Now they tell YOU that tree silver
Oaushser} ~ the aanRess for All your is.
Utenawed isughferb Ana You have The
Same money ia circulation now tina, yo,,
hsd fonr wears asgo. but the growers have
not got Iauea OF n g. they had then
tcries of ''Tnafs rtghi') A free NooI
desrassa voar Industry. SD free silver wlu
degrade yuur money. tAnpiapseD Yosl
have aitea3y been neeced ~ thc .nsa ~
,easr aoeks yeG DON'T propose 70 be eesaei
further ny the loss on your money.
tt'heerirrl
We hAya Cssees3 up o8r wills % ~.
wool - the world ans both Ere wool ans
~0aisn wiN have saW rea The American
farmer has seen Ais ueei .fgsfia >s.f nv
the foreign c,ipa 1'he Asleri,an uool
Manufacture has seen sss reo.h. .iia-
appear from ghe American Frarkrs a. civ.
place 70 lhc faretgn market The Amer
frsn fsTmer has thrs io=f fh. .~l~e -
his Htso ani Suffered sc severely ~ -.
bloe dealt 20 the ho0s- rsssk-f fa~ a --sss,
nrsia~t thre4eh Gre ssnslufsEet .,.,~-sl.r,-
srH rva'i. nF r~ofo eioert ...t ..-,a AMER.
Ian farmer Wif 1903 tsa1ets s..b-rls so
ihis intsS,t'f. Vice tusffkraa VICTIMS
sna7 ia t3a ~ess'en rnstls ~fss sa.}-.-satfv
Fwpel tasf les 5tea waese eret fa "a
DEGRADE h.a lsaee tfGssat ar.tr...@ .-s
crses ~ ''js a7N oa tae 81 cav a. So
xsmher'l