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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 27, 7 November 1871, Page 3

Some of tlie protectionist papers arc singing hymns of praise, on account of our greatly increased export of wool. The latter is a circumstance to be rejoiced at, since it shows that the pastoral interest of the colony has not succumbed to the persistent efforts which have been made to destroy it. and that the clip of the present season is an unusually fine one. But surely a large export of any commodity should be an occasion of wailing and lamentation to all consistent protectionists. According to their theory, the wool ought to be kept in tlie country, and converted into broadcloth and blankets. Weave constantly admonished that the exportation of raw material is an evil, and that the ideally prosperous country is that which either has no commerce whatever with the external world, or which sends away merchandise and receives nothing in return. Consequently, there is something altogether unintelligible about the protectionist jubilations over the augmented export of wool. Ibid,