Show S THE TRUE REASON A correspondent the DEMOCRAT to S state if the loss of sheep in Australia is the cause of the advance in the price of American wool It is not for the aggre gate world production of that article has increased instead of diminished during the last two years The rise in this country is due to the faithful manner in i which the tariff law has been executed during Mr Clevelands Administration the duty collections upon wool being upward up-ward of 25 per cent greater than upon the same amounts and classes under Republican Re-publican Administrations and under the same law Descrimination in favor of certain manufactured woolen goods for the benefit of certain dealers in the past but which has been discontinued under Democratic rule is the cause of the greater amount collected at present It is certainly true that the running on full time of more mills and the consequent conse-quent consumption of more wool in this country has had the effect to raise the price but as the healthful condition of I the manufacturing industry is attributable attributa-ble to the rigid enforcement of the tariff law the entire wholesome result can be traced directly to that source The sheep disease in Australia has no more connection con-nection with the present rates of American Ameri-can wool than has the Charleston earthquake earth-quake with the price of carrots in Utah |