Show WOOL TARIFFS AND PRICES It is 1 a most singular fact that th t for or more than sixty years in the United States the price of wool has increased Just in proportion to the protection extended to th the staple and has de dined in the same way wa when the pro protection protection protection has been more or less with withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn drawn says rays the local Republican or organ organ organ gan It is not ot t a a singular lar but b t an actual fact that the records show nothing not ing of the kind Statistics are compiled on the basis of ot the price Drice of Ohio fleece washed wool which commands about double the price of wool sold to the Dealer pealer in Utah In 1853 coarse wool was listed at 50 cents per pound In 1865 it had in increased Increased increased creased to 96 cents under comparative free ree trade A protective tariff a war tax was then levied and In ten years the price of wool had fallen to 44 cents per pound In 1867 an increase in the wool tariff was vas made but in 1872 there was wag a reduction of 10 per cent on oa the previous rates In 1875 the price of wool had advanced to 47 cents per pound But the old rates rat s were w re restored that year and by 1885 wool had fallen to 29 cents cen ts The following sear year Cleveland was inaugurated and the production of wool in the United States increased from pounds to pounds per annum without any fall in the price In 1895 1896 the price was 19 cents and last year although it was 28 and 30 cents the price was better in London than it was in Boston for several veral s months These figures are taken from the treasury statistical abstract and from Fiber and Fabric published in Boston They are given as actual not Snot singular facts It has not been ben a week since the local Republican organ printed figures from a London trade trad and financial jour journal journal journal nal showing an increase in the price of Australian wools that has never been I approached in this country Was this accomplished by the DIngley schedule I If it can do such wonders abroad abro d why isn t it If doing something of the kind or our own I |