Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1891 — The Useless Wool Tariff. [ARTICLE]

The Useless Wool Tariff.

If we are to continue to be, on the whole, the best-clothed people in the world, we must continue to consume a large portion of the product of woolgrowing countries. The proposition of Judge Lawrence and his associates, to grow all the wool of every kind that we require, is known by every manufacturer, and this should be evident to any Intelligent person who will investigate the subject, to be the most arrant nonsense. Thousands of farmers in this country, who have attempted the raising of special breeds of sheep in various localities and abandoned it as unprofitable business, know it to be impracticable. They can do something else more Drofitable, for which they are better circumstanced. Practically, therefore, it is the same as impossible to force this business to any great extent. Under any circumstances, it is a matter of many years experience in the adjustment of various brevis of sheep to special localities. This cannot be done by increased duties on foreign wools —Wade’s Fibre and Fabric.