Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1892 — An Echo from Free Trade Times. [ARTICLE]

An Echo from Free Trade Times.

Nnvr Have*, Conn., July, 1891 Enrro* Amhbicah Economist: I should like to let yea know of a llttls occurrence that happened when I wm a boy of twelve, whloh recalls vividly how free wool benefits ths farmer. It was soon after the Walker Tariff began to oast Its blighting shadow over the country, I. was at that time living la one of tho moat prosperous sections of the State ot New York, end ths farmers tad got ntoely started to tho sheep Industry, but when the; were ready to sell their wool the price was not only very low, but the demand wm limited; in fact, It required about os much labor to sell their clip as it had to produoe it, the oouutry being Hooded with foreign wool. The reeult wm the farmers became discouraged, killed off their sheep, dried the eareases down for tallow, and sold the legs of mutton in the village tor two cents per pound. Thus ended the sheep Industry to that and probably other see dens of the State, but long before It wm again started the sunning Englishman tad raised the pries of wool to s higher figure than it wm under (he Protective Tariff el ths pterions four years. Hoping our “Tariff Reform” farmers will read and ponder awhile over these facts, I remain, very truly yours, J W. W. Krrouu.