The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-03

| Bellef0ntaine, Preaident OF the On'V
Wool Growers Association, at its meet
ing on the state fair grounds, Column
bus. September /. 1898:
Gentlemen OF the AssocIatIon:-The
chairman Of the executive committee OF
the Ohio State Grange recently said:
Farmers in increasing numbers and
earnestness are insisting that in the
distribution Of the rewards of labor the
adjustment is against chem. They have
made but little effort to improve the
conditions. Everything can be done II
they will take advantage Of the princi-
pie Of organization. The machine Of CO.
operation is already constructed-h is
the Grange"
And he called on farmers to employ
this agency under the control of Its
chief engineer, S. H. Ellis, master OF the
state grange. to turn things over"
Wool growers are ready to unite with
the Grange ITO turn things over" l will
name some Of them:
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
1-For six years the Ohio Wool Grow
ers' Association has been asking the
University to organize a department for
instruction in textile industries, espe-
cIaIIy the manufacture of wool. The
only reason why Ohio does not have
wooden factories to manufacture al!
wool grown In the state is the want OF
persons having skill to operate them.
In 1897 Ohio had only 800 wooden
looms. while Massachusetts had 26,Tsl'
Pennsylvania 25,097, and Rhode Island
mot much larger than one of our coun-
| Ties. had Si3l. These states acquired
their manufacturing ascendency by the
aid az schools of instruction in textile
industries. The New England and other
| eastern states are charging their
| schools TO maintain this ascendancy.
Even Georgia surpasses Ohio in this
mode of promoting manufacturing.
That state has recently provided bV
law for the organization OF such q
school and given aid from state reve.
nues. Foreign nations long ago adopted
the policy OF establishing such schools
by state aid.
The people Of Ohio are annually taxed
nearly 100000 in aid OF the University.
It Is doing comparatively very little Tor
farmers and almost nothing for me-
chanics, but very much to educate stu
dents in pharmacy, journalism, law
Latin, Greek, engineering, and other
branches, all sufficiently provided for
elsewhere without the aid Of any state
tax.
The Ohio state University refuses to
comply with the reasonable and Just
request of the wool growers. call upon
the Grange to unite with the WOOL
growers to turn. things over"
! 2-The general assembly. For two
successive sessions of the general as
| sembly prepared bills which were In
troduced to require the organization OF
| the desired department. They received
hut feeble support, and were never
brought to a vote. call upon the
Grange, when candidates for the gener-
al assembly are nominated ITO turn
things over"
3.-The governor. In December, 1897,
asked the governor to consider the
resolutions OF this association and rec
ommend in his message to the general
assembly the enactment OF law 10
require the organization Of the desired
department. He declined to do so.
When candidates for governor are to
be nominated, the Grange and wool
growers should turn things over"
HOW WOODEN MANUFACTURING
WOULD BENEFIT OHIO.
1.-woolen factories would enlarge
our cities. One factory with 800 en-
ployes would benefit Columbus more
than the whole state university.
2.-They would make market in the
state for our wool, save cod Of shipping
east, wool growers would sell direct to
factories or their agents, and realize
three cents per pound more than now.
3.-They would break the combina-
tion Of eastern manufacturers which
bears the price OF woods from two to
four cents per pound less than its actual
value as shown bV the worlds markets,
plus the duty.
4.-Factorles would Increase the de-
mand for the labor OF men, women and
youth. About one-half the employees in
eastern wooden factories are women,
boys and girls.
6-FactOrIea would increase the de-
mand for many products Of farms gar
dens and orchards, and thus give more
employment and benefit all people.
Wool growers and farmers should
unite with the Grange and turn things
over"
THE TAX ON DOGS.
The tax on dogs is applied to pay
sheep owners for sheep injured or killed
by dogs. and the surplus goes to COM
mon schools. More than half the dogs
escape taxation. The law should be
amended to enforce collection by penal
ties, and fees to informers. prepared
bill which was introduced in the last
general assembly for this purpose by
Mr. Smith, late master OF the State
Grunge. 1t failed to become law.
The wool growers, the Grange. even
the children in our common schools,
should unite ito turn things over" Why
should the spUrtsman's dog escape tax