Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-27
WOOL AND HIDES.
Complaint of south American Mcr-
chnnts Agninst the DInrIcX BILL

The American tariff on wool and hides
viii virtually kill the importation OF these
articles from the Argentine Republic
What this signifies may be gathered from
the statement made by Carlos Lix Klett.
" the Argentine Republic. editor OF the
most prominent paper in his country. and
4 SPECIALIST In wool. hides and skins. made
IN the Cincinnati chamber OF commerce.
Shreveport GLa) Times. July 3. 1887.
We have already exposed the fallacy of
the arguments made by Mr.. Carlos Liz
klett when al Cincinnati, and have also
exposed the falsity of his figures Now
we desire a few words with our own
southern editor.
Observe the solicitude with which he
writes The American tariff on wool
md hides will virtually kill the impor-
tation of these articles from the Argen-
tine Republic" What that signifies
(not for Americans, but for Argen-
tineans) may be gathered from Carlos
Liz klett"-who OF course speaks for.
not against, his country-whose words
strike so deeply into the heart of the
Times editor that he forgetS all about
the American sheep and cattle indus
tries, in whose behalf the american
tariff is drawn. Our editors party
proved itself something of an execu-
Toner in its Legislation, which '.virtu-
ally killed" this American industry i'm
behalf of the foreign sheep herders.
because the friends of Americans are
about to change things on to patriotic
lines. this editor-truc to his free-trade
political Observation-Disclosures the fact
that an american congress is legislat-
ing in the interest of the republic of the
United States instead of i'm the interest
of the republic of Argentina!
Our southern editor quotes the words
OF Senior Carlos Liz Kiett, who is re-
ported as saying: I'VE have over 1OO.-
100000 sheep. which produce every wear
about 250.00O,00O pounds of wool. and
this article has always been imported
INTO the United States free of duty.
We have been exporting TO your coun-
try our hides during the last 81 wears
Tree of duty. But. now the new tariff
hili has imposed a prohibitive tax upon
our wool has taxed our hides
one and half cents per pound. YOU NAV
consider how much this duty will affect
our trade when YOU think we have over
22.O00,000 oxen" Then follows: "We
have been treated in an unfriendly man
ner.' etc. The average free trader right
nj this point always loses what little
common sense he ordinarily possesses.
Senior Carlos Liz Klett evidently
knew what he was talking about when
speaking Of taxing "our" NoolS and
hides. He was well aware that under n
republican protective tariff. when our
wool and ''our hides" were imported
our WOOL and hides" paid that tax
and not the consumers as "our" free
trade friends would have us believe
NIso. II the consumer paid the tax. he
would he quite as stupid as the free
trader here. TO talk about lin our de
Tense imposing what he calls prohib-
l'iIe duties upon American goods inn
ported into the Argentine Republic.
1t IS an open question whether even
President William Mckinley has ever
made n more forceful argument for PRO
lection 10 American Industries than
Senior Carlos Liz Klett made before the
cincinnati chamber OF commerce. We
commend 20 the earnest attention of the
'ditor OF the Shreveport Times the fol
lowing editorial extract from his papcr
Of April %. 1897:
Every dollar sent away from homo Is d,
drain and loss 20 the community u,ber
IN" snfre need can he supplied witbouf
sending abroad n is direct blow at home
enterprise and builds mp the same occtIpa-
tlon or pursuit 40 a distance that should
no locally nurtured and encouraged
the thousands Of dollars yearly sent
abroad. n retained I'm the home trade. would
ahord increased facilities 10 secure aud
f"taln material forces and resources that
would add 10 progress and the general
prosperity ~ ls not economy. IL be- moi
wisdom. ~ is mistaken personal pride
that bro the end affords no satisfaction on
qualification. spend the dollars at home
wherr practicable. ana help each other
That BEL sound sense.