Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1891 — Ohio Wool-Growers Revolt. [ARTICLE]

Ohio Wool-Growers Revolt.

S. B. Carlton, a prominent farmer and wool-grower of Ohio, is one of many Republican farmers who declare they will not vote for McKinley. He says: “Tho McKinley bill is ruinous to the interests, of the wool-growers. The depression in tho wool market is due not so much to the change in tho schedulo of the wool tariff as it is to the increase of the duty on woolens. The' shoddy manufacturers are protected by this duty and the wool market is depressed. “I would not favor tree wool with a high tariff on woolens, for that would be injurious to the wool industry. I would, however, favor froo wool if tho duty wore taken from woolens. “I sold my wool this year for 28 cents, and it was of a better grade than wool which 1 sold, before tho McKinley bill went into operation, for seven and eight cents more per pound. The cause of this depression in prices is due to the McKinley bill. I have always beon a Republican, but will- vote against McKinley because of his infamous bill.” How will Senator Sherman bo able to explain his vote on the McKinley wool tariff to Mr. Carlton and other Republican Ohio wool-growers? During the debate on the tariff of 1883 Senator Sherman said: “In 1807 the price of wool was 51 cents; in 1870, 46 cents; in 1875, 4.1 cents; in 1880, which was an abnormal year, 48 cents per pound. This was the result of the policy of protecting the wool-growers, as it is in all industries, to gradually reduce the price. Under the operation of the existing law (tho tariff of 1867) the price of wool has gradually gone down.” Lest tho Senator might feel tempted to deny that he said anything like this, let him turn to his file of tho Congressional Record, where he will find it on page 2201 of part 3 of volume 14.