igents If ''anted, 
exactions upon tJicir trade, noth parties are 
fighting against, the tariff, amt for opposite rea¬ 
sons; t here Is somet hing lame In this reasoning, 
and wo think the wool growers had host stand to 
their guns in defence of the tariff us it is.” 
two fleeces, lie declares to us that they were 
Scoured just as lie scours other fleeces, and 
the suspicion of prejudice does not justify the 
suspicion of direct falsehood in a man of con¬ 
ceded probity. Wc have given the com as 
well as the pros in the matter, as a part of 
the- surroundings of the case which sonic 
deem important; but with Mr. Cooke’s letter 
before us and with his reputation for probity, 
wc feel bound to give him credit for good 
faith. 
If there has been any mistake or dishonesty 
in handling the wool, we feel confident that 
Mr. Cooke is entirely ignorant of it. Know¬ 
ing what subordinates might do, we put this 
question to him;—“ Are you certain, from 
your own personal knowledge, that between 
scouring and drying (a previous question 
had covered the preceding period) and the 
time they (the fleeces) were last weighed that 
no proportion of the wool was lost or re¬ 
moved by accident or by any other means V ” 
lie replies; “There is no possibility of any 
loss of wool from tbe.se two fleeces from the 
time Mr. Johnson delivered it until it was 
finished scouring and weighed.” This does 
not exactly meet the question, and he else¬ 
where states that the fleeces were scoured 
and dried by another person. But it shows 
that lie puts entire confidence in those em¬ 
ployed by him, or who could have obtained 
access to the wool. 
Were the fleece scoured in Mr. Hayden’s 
mill alone concerned, we should think the 
probabilities were in favor of the hypothesis 
that tho mistake occurred there. It appears 
by his letter to us that he did not personally 
perform or supervise the process. It was a 
single fleece scoured for the owner, and 
there were no circumstances connected with 
it likely to call especial attention to it. Some 
blunder or inattention may have occurred. 
But when the same defective scouring is at¬ 
tributed to Mr. Duncan, who was scouring 
for the State Association, and therefore test¬ 
ing facts of importance to the wool growing 
public and to the competitors, the case is 
different. And tho action of the examining 
committee places another bar in the way of 
such an explanation. 
Wc will not attempt to decide tho question. 
We will state some of our beliefs and then 
leave every one to form his own conclusions. 
We believe Messrs. Hayden and Duncan to 
bejustas competent to scour wool as Mr. 
Cooke, and in ail respocts as trustworthy. 
Wc believe they intended to scour the wool as 
well as they would do in their own business, 
and though this is not as well as Mr. Cooke 
considers necessary in k is business, that; leav¬ 
ing anything like a pound or even half that 
quantity of foreign matter hi a fleece of wool 
woutd not be proper scouring in their busi¬ 
ness. We are now induced to believe that a 
mistake or fraud has probably occurred, on 
the part, of employes or other poisons, un¬ 
known to the principals, and that it is as 
likely to have occurred in the second as in 
the first scouring—but in which we will not 
undertake to say. 
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The Wool Tariff. -Gen. Harris of the Ohio 
Farmer, who always speul<9 to the purpose when 
he speaks of the wool interest, says: 
For the last several years, and especially dur¬ 
ing the current year, the advocates of free trade 
have boon very busy in manufacturing public 
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American Congress to abolish all protective du¬ 
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can do so with reasonable prospect of success, 
they will make a. bold push iu Congress to con¬ 
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leaders fed sure of the co-operation of these 
States when they slinll decide to move upon Con¬ 
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wool Interest, and now the wool interest is dumb 
and inactive. With a tariff that la good for 
twelve or fifteen cents per pound of protection 
on wool, the wool growers of Ohio aro slumber¬ 
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“ Our voice and pen havo been, for a quarter 
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their strength, and their Intelligent labor pul. 
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us surely It will when free trade shall prevail." 
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