Show WOOL AND PROTECTION I The American Wool and Cotton Reporter Re-porter calls attention to the fact thatj j with a duty of 1 cents per pound in this country on fine wools the domestic product is selling at such low prices as to warrant Its exportation This is no surprise wooldealers I may be tp woolgrowers The latter actually tually believed that the Dingley tariff would help them The former knew better bet-ter In fact the ollicials of the National Na-tional Woolgrowers association knew better Their protest against the Ding ley wool schedule is a matter of record rec-ord And still Republican campaign I ers were able to hoodwink sheepmen and induce many to vote the Republican Republi-can ticket lat fall because the price of wool was fairly good The sheepmen thought the Dingley bill had made i so They never stopped to consider that the price abroad was just as good and that when it fell In foreign markets it would fall at home They overlooked the fact that the wool tariff was arranged ar-ranged to the satisfaction of eastern manufacturers and over the protests of the sheep raisers The tariff has failed to meet the expectations ex-pectations of its friends says the Springfield Republican And a well known Chicago commission house in a recent circular said that the wool season sea-son had been a disappointment I is undeniable say other wool dealers that our domestic wools on a scoured basis being from 20 to 40 percent per-cent cheaper than foreign manufacturers manufactur-ers are compelled to use our wools Republican organs are trying to explain ex-plain why American wool is selling at a lower price than the foreign article exclusive of the duty One of them says that this is a uncontrovertable proof that the tariff does not keep up prices forgetting no doubt the inducements in-ducements I has held out in the past for woolgrowers to vote the Republican Republi-can ticket or else abandoning them altogether al-together in making a new appeal to consumers The Seattle PostIntelligencer protectionist pro-tectionist expansionist and antisilver makes this comment I shows that a duty may not be any longer needed upon wool ant therefore is a revenue producer the tariff on wool has failed to meet the expectations of Its cpectatuns friends In othor words the industry has prospered under the protective tariff and American wool can be sold iud is i sold for less than the foreign article with the duty attached artcle wih l of which naturally makes one I wonder where the sheepmen are going I go-ing to get off |