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

Ouedp w OOl.
BY the existing net all wool cosiinss cents or
under comes in duty free ; aud until the provso |
was inserted by the wings at the extra session last
Sept. which we have quoted above The finest South
american tO0oi ioas admitted fec, when so mixed |
with the course to bring The average cost per
bnle ut cents. Not until the 30Ih Sept. lo4l
did mis- proyso take effect; the 5000, 600 lbs. OF
cheap wool spoken Of in the Secrenry OF the
Treasury's last report, (which the CutivatOr esi-
mated al ~ were imported Tor tho year ending
GA that duy-so that all the South American wool
may have come in free, aud nine tenths of il I'M
doubledly did come in FREE OF DUTY, by
tie existing act. How is it, then by the new act
Fo COARSE WOOL the value whereof shall cents shall
be levied duty Of per cent ad yalocrON ALL OTHER
shall be levied cents per pouad and 80 per cent ad Vaoe
wow We are graveIy told by a correspondent OF
me Boston CultiVator,-who, according 10 the
Patriot, is the rery best authority that coarse"
don't mean coarse! Oh, not means fine wool,
IT 1t costs but cents This was in answer TO a
letter in the Bellows FALLS Gazette md who
wrote that? Why-nobody but u member of
Congress- who was instrumental in getting this word
coarse put iuo The bill, IA word never inserted in
any previous ucls) and put the for some purpose
100. Which, think you, knows best the meaning
! OF that law-au anonymous writer in Boston, or
one who aided in framing the law? Now every
oody knows that wiien this bill was under discus
sion, the great aim OF the wings was to protect
the farmers against this identical cheap fine nooi
from South America, and for this very purpose
was that word coarse put into this bill. II has
definite meaning, understood by Congress, by i'm
porters of wool, by collectors of customs, and by
manufacturers and by that one single word, e.
very Found Of cooi ,ehich complies Nth ours that
u.s. all but the coarse,) is subjected u duty of 3
! cents pound and 80 per cent. al valoren. We
quote the argument o; this writer, which he thinks
proves that coarse means fine wool under cents.
" Does not the frs, proviso point this the prob
a6 consttucon The provso merely declares the rule of
praisment when different qualities of imported
in the bale. What this ruler Why if the
value OF the different qualities and fine, shall he appraised
at rate breeding per To-, it shall be charged with
y IN conformity with the appraisal, aud not in conformity with
mans face, that if bale Of 300 lbs. lbs.
b aud 100 lbs of finest Buenos Ayre good "a
not 80 blood which, am well informed may be bought for
less than cents b. is clear that the value
Of this bale of the kind per pound
Then coarse and fine to admitted duty free sup
the value he SIS So and will be subject
kind ihe might just well that coh black lighter
ck negro does not belong to the same race Or kind that
the same race Does argue that this law will make the
tween and fnc the fleece? Then
and what Gne Nonsense. If this be the law would
of Nupolcoa.-7 This is NOT the intention Of the 6A"
This writer is perfectly correct in the concIu.
sion that II wool can be bought from 2 10 cents
pound, the average value of n bale will be less
serton that il the average is less than z the duty
will be only five per cent. Not at all the latp is
that u the wool is coarse aud under cents, it
shall bear the low duty; il coarse and above
cents IL bears the highest duty; if not coarse, it
hears the high Duty no matter what the average
cost was. Ii is absurd, in the extreme, to sup
pose, as this writer supposes that this pro-
viso, directing the appraisers how to proceed, is
to change The rate OF duty which THE LAW itself
! fixes. But what is this provso? Read
"Provided, that when wool of different quail
lies of the same kind is imported in the same bale
bag or package, and tie aggregate value OF the
contents OF the bale, bag or package shall be ap-
praised by the appraisers at rate exceeding z
cents per pound, it shall be charged with duty
III conformity 10 such appraisal"
| Now one OF the very objects Of this proviso is
TO obvate the Oh ections Of the above wrer-it is
TO save the trouble of making the appraisers "sor
| tiers and stapers Of WOOL which is honestly i'm
ported in The fleece, all OF the same kind, in one
bag. They are TO see, however, that the wool is
all OF Une kind in the first place. Every body
knows that there are different qualities Of the
same kind, (there are three qualities Of Buenos
Ayres,) and the object of this rul0 is, to permit
the appraisers TO average The value of the whole
bale, without going 10 lie trouble Of sorting,
separating, weighing and appraisng the different
qualities But why is any thing said about aver
aging above cents? For this reason there are
different qualities of coarse wool: if wool
averages ADORE cents, the duty is cents per
pound and 80 per cent OIL the value; if il avera-
yes below z, the duly is bur five per cent. On all
fine ioo0L, no matter what the average price, the
highest duty is imposed.
We will, however, take tins writer oil his own
ground he says The appraisers must average the
price of wool, and admits that il the average is
above seven cents The highest duty will be impos-
ed. Well, SO be il: let us now take the official
/ rpn M tha SO ni I'm uiu
the quantity and the foreign value with charges
(this is the value OH which duties inposed,)
of wool imported up TO September 30, 1910. 1t
is follows, and we ask The farmers 10 divide the
value Ivy the number OF pounds, unI see il we
have not got the cost per pound right.
Los. Foreign paiue Acreage cost
Wool over cts 594,74S Sl7l ,O67 90 253 cts.
"under cts 9303,902 675,009 90 Ia cts.
You perceive the average price of all the cheap
wool is actually above cenlS, so that on the
grounds of that writer, the duty would he three
cts pound and 30 per cent al yaorem: that du-
" on wool costing - IA cents by the nsW Tariff,
is 20 per cent. all vnloren, or more Than five
cents a pound. BY the existing law every pound
OF that wool comes in free. This writer profess
SEES that he would be satisfied if the bill gave 40
per cent. adyalorem-t gives seventy on an aver
age on The wool which noiv comes in free Ii is
seen that the average foreign price OF all wool
above cents, Is 20 ID; on that the duty is but 90
per cent noto, or cents pound--whe by the
new tariff it is 40 per cent. or more than cents
pound
1t is seen that the object Of The first provso is
to direct the appraisers to average the prices of
wool OF different quaiiiies, bur of the same kind
when honestly imported; and the effect is to sub.
ject coarse wool to the highest duty if il averages
over seven cents. IL was intended TO protect The
olgrower, and this intention is most clearly
and fully exhibited by the succeeding proviso.
What ISL
Provided further, That when wool OF different
qualities and different kinds or sorts il imported