| Show w c r WOOL DUTIES AND Boston Commercial Bulletin As the time Bulletin pointed out last week the thc have begun their efforts to capture the votes of or the wool woul growers ers b by assuring them bent that tho the prosperity u of the wool raisins industry is dependent upon Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic cratic success It I Is time the same old Siren sung song that ins hns been heen heard at the Inauguration of ever every national national na na- na- na campaign n In the past t quarter of oC a n century On out occasion It was listened to to and anti the of oC state was swept on the shoals of oC tho the Wilson Wilson- Gorman GOlman tariff How the wool growers fared under that law which went Into effect In to August Aug 1894 1594 and remained in operation until July 1597 can be he told most effectively b by a few simple statistics statistics that are self Price Pricer of or Fleece Wool on un I. I Fine Medium Coarse ISOZ eno C 90 c le 1895 s Oc Oe 1 96 1 96 Uc lc l e 1597 I c 1898 lOe 1 As ma may be well Imagined tho the sharp drop rop in prices which occurred after mho tho t passage a of the Wilson I on bill hill was utterly demoralizing In Its effect on oil the sheep sheep raising raisins raisins- In industry Unable lo to meet the competition of foreign growers who held back their wool until the passage of the tho new now tariff law was effected and then fairly flooded the country country country coun coun- try with their thell product the American breeders proceeded proceeded pro pro- to l kill ll their sheep with tho the result that the three thice y years ars which the Wilson act was In operation witnessed a drastic reduction In him domestic wool production The manner in which this th's kept pace with the tho Increase In wool imports is shown In the subjoined table Sheep on on un Farms T Wool Tool ool imports In t. t U. U S. S Prof in III t U. U S. S Pounds Pound Number Pounds 18 1894 H 4 1895 1896 1596 1 1807 1597 S 97 oJ 1898 Imports ports held back bock In Jn this fiscal year ear owing to the prospect of th the pa passage of or tho time Wilson lIson bill What with the decrease of pounds In production and the deep cut in prices the time losses incurred by the wool woul growers must have amounted to scores of oC millions of or dollars That time the prosperity prosperity pros pros- of or the industry t WIlS ns not Immediately restored rc- rc stored with tho the repeal of or the Wilson Nilson law was only what might have been expected The blow which It had sustained had been literally cru crushing and It was not until tho time Dingley ley law ha had been in iii operation operation opera opera- tion somo some four years eari that the effect of the blow disappeared This fact tact stakes makes it all aJl tho more difficult difficult dif dif- to U how mow the arguments that prevailed pre pre- In 1892 can make an any appeal to sensible men In hm 1908 Even in tho time brute kingdom the time faculty of oe memory is so 50 we well d developed eloped that It is Impo Impossible to make muke the tho dog lick the hand that has once oneo abu abused ed him |
