The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
N'KINLEY ON WOOL
Free Wool Means Ruin to the
Great Industry.
The Wilson Bill and What 1t Has
Done-The Remedy.

MAJOR MtNlufH Spohc W tHc ldi Litl
..5 vo,l growers of Ohio ON September
1..a As follows:
ladies and Gentlemen, My Fellow Cit
qrs. count il a very special honor to
r.-r- tl> visit from my fellow citizens,
..o.n.l.d l9r The most part of the farmers
- Harrison county. | would have been
g7i - have had with you that venerable
'.,.7aa and salesman John A. Bingham.
,i.>1 message Of cheer and congratula-
,7r and good Will You have brought me-
a;r.4- apolauSeD | beg that you will
,a--v back ~ him my best wishes and
MIR -arn.>- prayer that his life may be
Ing spared 70 enjoy the respect and hon
30 grrn 10 him by his admiring coun-
,-yman everywhere. (CheerS) | know
n 10 man in public life to whom great
o. 6ppruA.ry was given and who more
admirably improved those opportunities
.bqn YOUR distinguished fellow citizen in
,ba mish,,>i crisis of our cOuntry's his
,-ry. and | needed no assurance from
lin hat hr stands now as he has always
sooi in The past. for his country and his
c)unuympn. for his cOuntry'S honor
and for the prosperity of the people.
oir.5t applause.)
Il : especially gratifying to me to re-
GIVE visit from so many of the farmers
and wool grOWerS Of Harrison county.
Thara is scarcely county in the state
which is 50 essentially agricultural as
yours You have no large towns. You
have but few factories. and your occu-
mtln> are almost exclusively rural. Your
county has long been noted as one of the
great agricultural sections of the state,
and especially devoted to that branch of
agriculture known as sheep raising and
vA growing. There is probably no por-
TN If ;ie country Of the same area that
has supported 50 many sheep as yours,
anl for many years at least this was the
nos profitable industry of your farmers.
His Predict in 1890 Il orue Out.
!, is not 50 good, l believe. now as
. formerly. Laughter and applause, and
C.-s Of Il gurSS not') The last three
vars have been years of great trial. not
Aly 10 the wool growers of your county,
but % the entire country. You have seen
yor fock> disappear and your feeces
diminish in value 70 an extent that prior
% l>t2 You Wojlld not have believed was
possible. | remember in 1891 TO have de-
hveFed an address in Cadiz to the as
smb.ed flrmers Of Harrison county. in
WArA undertook to predict what would
napi+a We had free wool in the United
'd'-> There We're few men in that
graz aaiience who believed my predic-
t9l 'len What do you think of it now.
ia.a-!> Of Harrison county? (Cries of
W. think il is right')
n 1871 YOU had. according to your
Mla-r> displayed here to-day, 153. 5O3
KID OF an average value of s. per head.
u r>'j You have bat $4,000 sheep, worth
1y $50 per head. In 1891 you re-
A'7l from thirty 10 thirty-two cents per
puma for Your wool: in 1896. for the
Nile grade of wool. from fourteen to six
'fa Gems per pound. This enormous loss
grrat industry is truly astonishing.
a-4 calls for serious consideration and
tl4pi remedy. if one can be found. and
-7 only remedy we have in the United
Mas i by the ballot. and if it is pro-
rVllA y0u want. you know what party
,l.h> IN" banner of protection. En-
I-AlSdc chcrlng.D
fAor - the enactment of the Wilson
4I law you had enjoyed, almost with
W. interruption. from the beginning of
government a tariff on your product
p''ct VA from the competition of
Cntapr lands and the cheaper labor
Vuler countries. BY that act your
'4uV' "3> made free and opened up to
UNRESTRICTED competition of all the
W VI III" world. What makes that aci
M'tI'h>Ihle is, first. that it was
-'l unnecessary, and, second, that it
Singing out one Of the greatest in
s1.e> OIL The country for immediate
me. l@aving other industries having
e'V"'e. claim upon the consideration
Wig 1s 'grhmenl practically unframed.
|''7S o. That right.')
Bill Denounced by Mr.. Cleveland.
=. C4Ss Of our citizens have suffered
4ltu from the tariff as the wool
~eS OF the United States. and none
h, lure deserving the generous treat
c ,.1I ,hey 50 ineXcuSable was this
ei - Iie president. who favored a re-
~ Vi ne tariff all along the line
rT ECU IN free raw material. was
a. 1.ii- L? sign the bill, and used these
~ o,i. lc words against it: at NAV
ri iii our wonder that Democrats
a- 80 90 depart from this free raw
al !. uoctrine), the most democratic
aS:s.s~ .-' 4, PRINCIPLES. and that the in
Eo-r rr-, ao>urdity of such a proposed
.,aS,i, g >1oUld be emphasized by the
m, ' VI mat the wool of the farmers
n ". ,a ne Tree list and the protec-
iron ', ~. taxation be placed around
tsl;S,S : ana coal of corporations and
\ hlon But this did not avert the
os-rios Less organized than other
n ~ II he country. YOU were nm.
We're ;, rIT the recognition to which
Vas no ,'1ul entitled and your prod
Is NJ ' ...S, the victim of free trade.
lar-y W., us III Which the RepubG-
pr5, vas Ia power. you know that il
ssra .-1u 10 wool, and in the act of
IN ~ MS industry increased pro-
Fary go - law. the law of 1890. gave
e7err r9l. ~ product of this conn
ae ha>- n-er product of this coun
etos ;, ,5i rejection ever had. Every
b. o,,. IA could be given to them
he ' Io,oe competition and to pre-
aud sa,-'-. il-dlhet was always cheer
Ian ne or, accorded by the Re
Of .. TParly. Great applause and
lart rr1 os Of the National Republi-
"a ~ ~, On which we stand this year
indus:rTe '1un1cauon. singles out the
bn as en.;, ana makes of it special