Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1891 — NEW LIES REFUTED. [ARTICLE]

NEW LIES REFUTED.

All Grades of Wool Are Loner than a Year Ago. .Tust as early in tho year when wool prices were falling the McKinley organs denied it, so now they are trying to prove that only a few grades of wool are lower now than when the McKinley tariff was enacted, and that other kinds of wool are higher in price. They are, however, . very careful not to quote prices The truth is that not a single variety of wool grown in the United States from Maine to Texas is higher in price than a year ago. On the contrary, every variety is lower now, as shown in the table of comparison of prices for the weeks ending Oct 9, 1890 and Oct. 8, 1891: Price Price Ct». Oot. 9,-90. Oct. 8,-91. I’w’r Kinds of Wool. Cts. per lb. Cts. per lb. ’9l. Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above...., 34@35 323311$ 3« Ohio X and above 33d)54 29330 4 Michigan X 29@30 27 25$ Ohio delaine 86(<*37 84 335 2 Michigan delaine 84@35 32333 2 Kentucky,Ma:ne and Maryland X bid 27@29 27329 -Missouri and lUinois % b1d27323 23327 1 Texas fall medium 225 24 21922 15$ East Oregon choice. 19 <i 21 18920 1Valley Oregon, No. 1...... 24@ 6's 22@24 154 Kansas medium 20322 20 1 Colorado fine 14@16 14(915 5$ This covers all the chief grades of wool grown indhe United States. .The prices in every case are lower now than a year ago On the other hand foreign wools command higher prices in the chief markets of the United States than last year. On Oct 9,1890, the Wool Reporter said: “The tone of the wool market has continued strong and active. There is no weakness perceptible on any line of wool, prices being fully as strong as they were a week ago. ” On Oct 8, 1891, the same authority said: “The tone of the market continues quiet. ” But this is just what, according to Mr. Dolan, the high tariff woolen manufacturer, was distinctly promised by protectionists,