Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-08-08
After quoting from Mr.. Evereus remarks OF
cent MnnL. he snYs;

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After quoting from Mr.. Everet,'s remarks ON
8 cent WOOL he snys:
Now there only about Id. in os of wool impor
ted in 1S4l costing the from whence expor
ted, and by Mr.. Eveetps speech the in COMIC
vermont % oS SSg "a noe q, enc @
imposed poo rhe vu not be imported If the scale
is the Tariff of least benefit veruon will be observ.
ed that the bill allows all wool to be imported its natural dirty
state as taken from the sheep, and should it lose half in
weight by cleansing the fses would cost including cleans
ing freight, Sc, less than 25 cents per Ia
ca N the House (ave Mr. Patmente voted against this bill
distribution coupled it, but submit whether any dem
ton ANOTHER FARMER.
This is ingenious jesnitcal and we must add,
very deceptive. The list of duties here para
dcd with the exception of the last, is confined ex-
cIusively TO coarse wool But we are told in round
terms that the wool which bears the above duties
comes III competition with ours and is probabiy as
fine as The ,ccot raised in Vermom! aud 20 sustain
this marvellous story Mr.. Everett is quoted. Mr..
Il. spoke in general terms OF the wool which cane
IN under the cent. clause of The old act; that in
cluded the fine as well coarse, and was admit
ted on the mere invoice Of the importer " in
voiced at 8 CENTS" says Mr. Everett Besides
that wool came in mixed, the fine with the coarse
SO as to bring the acreage price at cents, Ut
which The fine came free. But under this bill, all
these tricks of invoicing and mixing are defeated,
50 that wool, which is fine enough TO compete
with ours" cannot come in without laying high
| er dug than is estimated 10y the Patriot wrler.--
Let us look at the Thing in It's true light. The coarse
wool, which Is admitted at per cent. 10y this act,
IS what Mr.. Stevens describes as the long coarse
Buenos Ayres II constitutes but one third ofthe
! ). A. wool imported under the eight cent clause.
DO we raise single pound of this kind Of wool
| i'll Vermont? We Think not. As TO the rest, di-
vided into Monevideo and Cordoya. it is subjected
to du;y not OF per cent, but of 3 cents pound
aud ~ per cent. all vaoFem. The MOntevideo,
constituting one third of ali the South American
wool imported,) after being washed, sorted, and
passed through two different machines, is fit only
Tor blankets aud common cloths. In other words,
IL completes with our coarse wool. There is here,
then, waste OF 20 per cent. in Burring,-the cost
OF sorting, washing, and passing il through two
machines-the duties freight, commission, and
profit, TO be added 10 the original cost. This is
midway between the wors, and best Of South A
merican wool, and we therefore take the average
price OF that wool as we find il in the N. Y. Jour
nal Of Commerce--i. e. 10 cents. With the adj
dilions as above, think il must cost at least 25
cents a pound aud that we take il, would be
quite an improvement OIL the present prices of our
coarse wool. The remaining third IL the Cordo-
va, which goes through all the operations of the
Mon evideO, save Ihut it costs from to cents a
Id. TO Burr it, 1t stands in the price current at 6
cents, and with the additions as above would cost
here ~. IL completes with our common merino,
which now bears Ell average price of about 30 els.
We are happy in seeing this statement of the case
most fully confirmed by the Spirit of the Age and
Patriot. They say that foreign wool has just been
purchased in New York, cleaned and ready for
use, at an average Of 26 cents per b., and is as
good as our farmers raised and sold under the adj
ninstrations of Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Van Bu-
rem for 40, so and 60 cents per d." This The Pat
riot thinks could be imported al IL cents On that
sum lei US east the duty by the new Tariff Here
is specific CISCO per cent. AL vaorem is 5 cts.
mill total 3 Cts mill. Add this to &c, and We
have the cost of this foreign wool-34 cts. mill,
exclusive of freight from N. Y. city 20 Vermont.
What is the average price Of our wool, which
formerly brough, from 40 TO 60 cts Not more
than 25 10 30 Let this bill go into operation,
then, and il must advance our wool at least cts.
pound. la this view of the ease, the new Tar
if bill is valuable to the wool-grower: noio this
wool comes in duty free ; 10y the new act all which
comes into competition with ours has duty-ihe
Montevdeo equal TO cts. pound or 60 per cent.
ad yalorem, and the Cordoga OF 7 cts mills or
over SO per cent. al yalorem, according TO the
prices above.
This hill will add to the price OF our wool at
least sum equal to the rate of the duty. I ha,
duty will average a sum seven cents pound on
( all wool which completes with ours, Vermont
raises 3,500,000 lbs. Multiply that sum by cts
and you will find that the new tariff will give the
wool growers Of Vermont