The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-04-29
WOOL-GROWERS LOOK OUT!-.YOUR
DESTRUCTION IS PLANNED.


leaders that they were hypocrllcul in regard 10
projecting american industry aud labor; and we
will now endeavonr to show The people that these
charges are true as holy writ. That there are
many in The Wing party, who would wish 10 see
the industry four county protected, we are will
ing to admit but we do say, that the ieadtfs are
false hearted and hypocrcai On this subject. They
wish 10 protect the wouen manufacture, mere
trlfing duty on foreign competition with our native
wool. The consequences will be that our country
will be flooded with The wool of Spain, Smyrna,
South America, and other countries, which will re-
suit in the ruin and prosralion Of the American
wool-growers, by the competition Of these foreign
woods. TO show that we do not msrepresent The
matter, we will introduce facts for the considera-
ton Of The people, which will place this question
beyond cavil or doubt.
The Fee Press of last week published the re-
port Of the Wing Committee on Manufactures, on
the Tariff question, aud the Tariff Bill as reported
by them, is now before the House OF Representa-
tives, awaiting further action.
We will quite part of the third Section Of this
Wing Tariff Bill, as published in the Free Press
of last week. II is as follows:
"On woollen yarn, four cents per pound, and
thirty per centum; on lro0l manufactured, the
ralue whereof dt the place Of expectation, shall not
erceei eight cents, four cents per pound, and
twentu-Sir per ceatum nd palOrem; on ready made
clothing all milled and fulled cloth, Kendall cloths,
of which wool shall be the only material, merino
shaws made Of wool and upon all other nanufilc-
tulers of wool or Of which wool is component part,
subject by II former act TO duty of fifty per Gen.
tum, duty of forty pei centum."
By lhi Bill, ali ,cool which does not exceed
eight cents in value at the place from whence I'M
ported is left to into the county free of du-
ty! Now it can be shown that over Ten Millions
of Pounds of wool. valued at not exceeded eight
cents per pound, al he place of expectation, was
imported into the country in the year 1910, and
quite us much In lS4l.
This wool by systematic and ingenious process,
is brought TO this country in filthy state. |, is
naturally very greasy, which tends 10 collect much
dirt and filth. Dirt nud coarse wool is mixed with
better qualities and even dirt is mixed with wool
so that the compound is worth less than eight cents
per pound After it arrives here, free Of duty it is
cleansed, at n trllling expense, ut establishments
got up expressly for the purpose in Boston and
New York. aud then goes into onr markets and
completes with our best native woods The conse-
quences of this cOol being admitted free are des-
'ructirc to the wool-growiag interest Of our
country. In view Of protecting the uool -grOuers
Of The country, and saving them from destruction
this policy was fast conveying them to the Demo-
Gratis NJ The Convention holden at Essex, on the
l7lh ult., introduced and adopted the following
resolution:
"Resolued, That in the opinion Of this Conven-
ton, no Wool, Of any description should he intro
dured into the United States, from foreign coun-
tries, free Of duty"
Notwithstanding all these facts which have been
produced. time and again, to prove the destructive
tendency Of the policy ofel!ng wools inIo This
Country free Of duty, the Wing Committee have
repaired Tariff Bill which continues this chance
for foreign competition. 10 the certain downfall Of
orr wonl. growers. WHY is this so! Have moi
these wings p,ofesseh 10 be the only and The eAclu-
sive friends of American Industry, They have ia
he sure professed to be the friends of American IN
duslry-but VIVA, is the result, It's that they pro-
pose to protect pooilens to the highest notch, and
leare the pool-grouers Of the country to siruggl,
with foreign competition The truth is that the
mhig leuders wish to buiH up the manufacturers
Mt the erpense of the proiucipp mann.
To show thu, we do no, nlisrrpresent this sub.
ect, we will mike IN extract from n letter, which
nppeared in the Rutland Herald Ia wing paper)
short time since, received from the Hon Nose,
Strong "a strong whig) under date ut Washington
March 10, 1912,
| He savs:
"There are petitions from all quarters 10 protect
the particular articles mnnufnc ured in their respec
tive seclions as for instance, from New York New
Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA, TO protect ron--from hat
ters il many places, 10 protect husband n, lcas
80 agents. with lots Of petitions and statistics fion
woollen manufacturers to protect woolen fabrics
but mt one word from these agens for the protec
,ion of wool. On the contrary they say lhn, WOO
wants v, very little protection. I hny, heard i
asserted here nv these manufacturers that Vernon
will raise wonl for 25 cents per pound, which rs
ser,ion I would Of course take the liberty 10 con
,radic,. "The same game il now PLAYING here n
VIVA played when the tariff was first laid. Thu
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