Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1888 — Protection Does Not Protect. [ARTICLE]

Protection Does Not Protect.

In 1867, when the high-wool tariff went into operation, there were hogs in the State of lowa valued at $1,483,245, and sheep valued at $2,084,476. After twenty years’ experience with protected wool-growing, in 1887 the assessed value of sheep in lowa was $277,489, and of hogs $2,852,530. So far, the wool-grower. In 1870 there were

eighty-five woolen factories in lowa, and iu 1880 there were thirty-four. Thus protection failed to protect the farmer, and also failed to protect the manufacturer.— Philadelphia Record.