Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-08-22

in the same bale, bag or package, the contents o
The bale, bag, or package shall I've appraised ut The
value OF The finest and most valuable kind or sort,
ana duty charged thereon accordingly"
Look at the existing tariff: wool may be mixed
~ all sorts OF ways TO delrnud the revenue and
MI up our markets duty free il detected, the
only provlso is that the part valued nj more thnn
cents shall pny 20 per cent. and the res, shall he
free, lusl as though il were honestly imported
Now mark The new bills in such cases of fraud
by mixing wool, The contents of The whoie bale are
to he rectoned at The value of The finest and most
valuable, and duties charged accordingly lake
case for illustration: bale Is imported censist-
ing Of 10 lbs. of fine wool worth 30 cents 30 lbs.
worth 3, and 60 lbs. worth 5. The duty by the
existing law is but SO cents Uhat is 20 per cent.
on the 10 lbs. which costs over S-the rest being
free) on The whole bale Of 100 lbs making The
cost Of this 100 lbs OF wool in Boston market,
duties included but Ss,sS-or 8 cents mills 8
len!hs per pound. By this proviso of the new
fdr!D, every pound Of that wool is 10 be valued at
the price Of the finest, viz 90 cents, and the duty
Is three cents per pound, aud 80 per cent advnlo-
rem Figure it out now
100 lbs OF wool at 90 cts. il $4,000
8 cts. per pound duty on 100 lbs is 300
~ per cent duty on the cost 1921 is $40
Cost ofthe 100 lbs. with duties, 5000
that s, 40 cents and seven mills per pound. while
the cost and duties OF the same DOL by the exist
ing law is only ) Gents mills and tentIs +
How mserahy deceptive, then, is the pretence
that this bill is not intended and calculated 10 pro-
tect the wool growers against cheap woods.
AGAIN: the intention TO protect the wool grow
| err is shown with equal clearnsss by the next pro.
vlso, in these words:-
"Propided further, That if bales of different qualities ave en-
6ced IN the same invoice at the price, the VALUE OF
BALE OF TE ' BEs r according to the value Of the
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no matter what the real cost of the wool is if
there is single bale in an invoice falsely in.
voiced, the tOhoe tnCoCe must he appraised at the
value Ut That single bale, and taxed accordingly.
| This trick of false invoices has been common by
u, sad Mr.. Everett, :he Soul. American fine
''"'' lac been forced upon us at less than its true
value-Ond in this thorough and sweeping proviso
has Congress fully shown its intention, to protect
us against cheap woods.
Away, then, with this ridiculous and deceptiye
construction of that word ''coarse"-a consiruc-
ton IN violence OF the whole letter and spirit of
The law, and most clearly in violence OF the nten-
ions OF the law makers 1t is clearly wrong
Every feature Of the bill shows that not pound
OF wool can come in ut the per cent duty, ercept
coarse,-oi that coarse wool, not pound is rnsed
III thls country now, nor will II ever be Yer.
nonters will always raise finer WOOL for the sim
pie renson that it is worth more than coarse and
can he raised just as cheap. 1t is our firm convc-
licp that never WIS bill passed, which gives SO
good protection as this against cheap WOOL
There is no candid man Of any party, who will
examine the provisions of the bill aud compare it
with the provisions of the existing law, whose
honest verdict will not be in accordance with
ours.
We repeat by the existing ocOfoco law, all
wool is free nj cents; by the new Tariff nothing
but coarse, under cents, is limited TO the per
cent. duty, and that when honestly imported If
the value OF that coarse wool is z, il bears the
highest duty. In case of fraud the value even of
this coarse is appraised at the value OF the best,
and taxed will The highest duty. All other wool
-embracing oil that really completes with ours
bears the highest duty Of the bill. These duties
are than double what they are by the exis-
Ting law, and 10 per cent. is still TO be added in
certain cases. Cash duties required, which
were not required by the acts either of 2o or 80
With cash payments, the duties Of this bill give
rs good protection did the act of 1882, with the
addition of an Immense advantage over that uct
so Tar as cheap wool is concerned.