The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-15
WOOL AVID srKKA RAILS.
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About thO TAFtfR.
To rWn EDIroR op TINE eUN-Ssr: sD..s
ing Of half truths. % Nr. Theodore JuaG.o.
of wool and Of sheep. why not prina ne en-,
tire truehl There are fewer sheep In the
United States to-day IN proportion to Il.
population than there were nfty years Aso
In Isoo the number vas 73.u milliona, o.
proportion % tine population OF abeui 4.
In 1000. the last year for which have st..
tistics. the sheep numbered SsyOe millions
and the population testimatedD about a.
miIlions. being In the ratio Of iia
Thsre were fswsr sheep IN 1893 than ln ISe7
By i.Ts mfliona. the ns'ires being respeo-
lively n 90 and s7.ss millions. The exoeas
OF Iesa over Io0S Wan Sc millions. and he
wool clip for the same years was respec-
lively 500. oOo. 900 and 7ss .00O. 600 pounds
Ths number Of sheep In the United seat.s
Nell on amazingly after our civi war In
Iss7 q vas 20 20 millions. Q figure not sur
passed texcept In one yoar. 1870 tin lssO
or thirteen years. The record Of Iss4. 50
millions. was followed BY another Erea,
decline. reaching sos In 1907. The wool clip
Of 1907 too was nearly 100000 pounds
Ices than that Of iess. thirteen years PRE-
vi0us. No such lrregalarity 10 20 be noted
In the statistics relating TO any other farm
animal Tho figures are OF interest only
because the sheep has for years been q sub
and because around his humble. unsus-
pectinR head have centred falsehoods In
Vulnerable He has been for over = gener-
alton the storm centre for the idea tbs,
somehow We are increasing the wealth OF
the people by taking the earnings Of one
man and giving them BY law 90 another
The system h known ~ protection
II Theodore Justice. beneficiary Of tha
system. 10 really DESTROYS OF correcting half
q. ~ ~ A.
not make beginning by quoting the words
Of John sherman OF Ohio. whose praise Of
the tariff Of 1887 stands forever. in the record.
Of our Congress2
The tariff 81 1887. he said, la the man
ufacturerH' hill. ne admitted low grade
woods free of duty which am willing TO see
done. .-Cop0ressionaI Globe. Mas 10. 1870
page 34a, Appendix. DIG
BRooELTs. April L.
To rHE E.mroR OF THR suN-sar: I vas
very glad 70 sec your editorial article In
THR SuN Of to-day. ! did not write nv
previous letter to you 20 have 10 published
hut because I really wanted Information,
and ! am glad you have drawn the infer.
ence from the communications you have
received that there n a need % adequate
and accurate public educatton ON matters
which form the basis Of much of tho agtla-
ton Of the tariff issue You are quite
right about this Most Of ~ are very lgno-
rant on theas matters. and consequently apt
to get wrong impressions.
do not know whether my letter 20 which
you refer was one Of the interesting OF
funny or sane. silly or ignorant letters. bus
the statement made by me m 20 the SELL
ing price of American steel rails IN South
America and In Canada was hased on the
following: About six years ago In travel
ling from New York To New Orleans got
into conversation on the train with q gen
tleman from Georgia who van an engineer
and who told me he was on hin way On South
America to build q railrosd I Asked him
Why he did not stop in his own country
and devote his energies To dsveloptng n
By means Of railroads. His answer vAs
that there was more money for him In the
construction Of a railroad In South America
a. the steel rails for which hs was st tha.
time paying s77 q ton IN he Unlt@d States
cost him delivered IN South AmsrScA siA
q ton and that they were bought from the
same people This naturally led to . dis-
cussion Of the tariH
Then again. with reference 20 Canada.
n my memory serves mo right John Sharp
Williams said In . public speech In BROOK
lyn during the Presidential campaign when
Judge Parker was running for PresidGne
that American manufactured stool rMila sold
in this country for ga a ton we're sold in
Canada for tIs. Your records WI probably
show whether this latter statement was
published At the time.
Now keep on with your good work % edu-
cation Your discussion OF the tariff on
wool was most interesting. and tho dtscyus-
SION on steel rails also promises to be 80
hope YOU Will take M The various achedule~
one bv one and give the pros and cons.
A. a Briri-her I am entirely unprecedented
In the matter and am only anxious to learn.