Protecting The Few Woolgrowers

Suppose the Dingley duties on vool would give the wcolgrowers all the prolection ciuiiued and that the price of wool would actually go up the full amount of tbe duty, wlrich, of course, is absurd. What vvonld be the effect upou the country at large? Mr. Edward Atkinson, statisticiau, estiinates the ammal wool product a( $55,000,000 out of a total of $13,200,000,000 produced by all the workers oí the country aud the persons dependent on the wool industry at 300,000 out ol a total populatioii of 73,000,000. The wool duty then meaus that out of every 240 persons 239 are to be "held up" foi the benefit of the other one. This is a sample of what protection does. Of course more than 300,000 persous may sometiines raise a few sheep, but the interests of these others are more those of the CQUsumer than of the sheep raiser, and they would lose more because of iucreased cost of woolens thaii they would gain by the iucreased price of wool. The protective tariff system is a farce wheii considered in counectiou with the farmer or the workingruau. Will they ever fully appreciate it?