Show the J nation replied and begines that in 1870 thare was but 28 million flitch in ill the country and in ima ikil only 22 Tn illion so that there could not ave been 37 million in li 07 once more inor there ethere is a 1 lie out somewhere open the statistical abstract for 1889 on page the number of sheep in 1875 1876 is iq there plated stated it now who is iq right on oil this point the statistical abstract of the united states or tile the nations unsupported icat C eilent where the nation gets its figures heaven only knows they ire are not in the reports of the number and value of farm ani animals nials issued yearly by the government they are not in the statistical abstracts str acts they are not noi in the wool circulars 1 wu u taw aw them in defender no 22 but tile the nation lias has never been that miserable document where then does docs it got get ith ib figures we b give gicht it up it says that there were but 28 sheep in the country in 1870 turn to page 29 i oj of tile the united states statistical Ab abstract tract again the number of i heep in 1870 is there given at it seems unable to make a ingle tingle t correct statement continuing the nation says of the decline ill in sheep this is ia juni junt pin ping the fence without it ami the feeve me c biefer to ia chatin 1813 ass when lit last 1 bat twenty deais wih was about three quartets gone one the cartr ya glit into and the tari jion wool chich caused riu seil a delille iruin 50 illich c itu niber it had advanced und and which our friend does not nien mention tion in only littfe n years under re ivall to the 42 ru million illion ame alane rein farn tl to being a lobe of 01 8 i million lion five vars under a j Dealo cratic low N wu e tile I 1 publiA lit ide eide i by s side lle tho th wool tariff of 1885 1881 antl the mckinley tariff showing the slight biffel jince there wis was b between c them we stated aho that the tariff of 18 IKS j 1 I wa ayag higher in ill proportion to the price of wool than ihan that of 1867 1 the calion noih on found fault with this his comparison and published bed another I 1 the same Is as ours in all it quoted except in third class wools and waste now let any man that can set get tho the mckinley McKin McKi niev lcy bill and the tariff of ISM ilo do 0 ro o to whether the tariff of on wool lid did not average nearly as high as in ill ill the mckinley McKin lcy bill hero here was our table of 1833 mckinley McKin Ic Kinley lcy tariff colt cent ta per M 11 cents en la per tier 11 ib 10 11 ll 11 12 11 11 io 20 21 1 I 1 11 I 1 ll I 1 22 SO 33 W rj 3 3 10 30 12 I 1 12 12 10 so IO V 16 30 36 arid and here the nations mckinley jc linley tariff ol of tariff mch 3 issa birst cla class s lt div 11 ati ct 10 cents 4 11 1 11 1 12 4 i lot 12 to 10 11 2nd and to 11 12 11 12 1 third to value of 1 13 acts cis and leeg ives shall be 32 per ct al ad valoree valorem 3 to 41 5 1 2 1 ad lass value valtie nf if over 13 cis 50 per ct al ad i fit to 10 5 all maste 0 acts 10 I 1 Woolen rags rag gs it ill 10 if note that the he first and second classes show but one cent a pound difference according to 0 o tile ration and it is only the third claims value of 13 cis per ili ib and less that shows any 15 great difference the tariff of 1883 charged C four on oil wool under 33 13 acts as is follows 24 cis a pound and 25 per cent a dvo lorem on one line kind five acts and 30 per cent on oil the next 74 cents cent and 14 44 per cent on oil tile next 15 et acts and 22 per cent on the last these have no duty duly per under the mckinley lull bill but are taxed respectively 32 50 32 and 50 per cent which is higher shoddy was taxed 10 els and 25 per cent under the tariff of 1883 and under the mckinley bill 30 0 acts and 75 per cent and this is is the main alian 41 P in made ade all the talk that the tariff of ISM was a free trade tariff passed by I 1 i democrats is false tile republican party was then ill in anti and passed that act the wool tariff tiu iff was higher 0 than that of 1867 according oc cording to the price of w wool and aid 1 t ile advances rd 5 vances made in 7 tile the mckinley bill are just that much antich higher Z than the tariff of |