Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1892 — Sheep and the Tariff on Wool. [ARTICLE]

Sheep and the Tariff on Wool.

The number of sheep In the United States in 1809, as shown by the census of 1870, was 40,853,000. The census of 1890 shows that in 1889 there were only 44,330,000 sheep In the United States. According to the doctrinos of high protectionism, therefore, the tariff on wool hai increased the number of sheep in the United States BH' per cent, in twenty years, against an Increase In our population during the same period of 50 per cent. The effect of the tariff on the number of sheep kept in the leading States is shown In the following table; In thousands. . „ , 1869. 1889. 2. New Hampshire 466 193 3. Vermont 976 s#a 4. New York 4,350 1,548 5. Pennsylvania. 2,850 945 B. Virginia...... 457 444 7. North Carolina 325 415 a Georgia. 373 41s 9. Tennessee 366 fill 10. West Virginia.... 827 608 11. Kentucky 942 goe 12. Missouri. 1,579 1,198 13. Illinois 1 995 688 14. Indiana 2,160 1,278' 15- Ohio 6.250 3,943; 16. Michigan. s,S4O 2,240. 17. Wisconsin 1,670 SCO ia 10wa.... 2,0 a 47fr Totals 31,582 17,317! In the leading States the number of! sheep kept by thß farmers has fallen off| over 45 per cent. Does this show that a high tariff on; wool has been advantageous to tho ; farmers? • J