Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-05-09

are favored above the wool grower by tho new
tariff bill There 10 not the slightes, foundation
Tor this wrath by their oOn showing the fact is
the other way, Let us they say foreign wool
COSTS 90 cts per h.. five lbs. then cost one dollar,
on which the duties are as follows:
4 cts. per b. specific 20 cts.
90 per CT. ud valorem 26
Duty on dollars worth of wool 46 cts.
Now the duty on one dollars worth Of woolens
is 40 cents, showing 6 per cent. in favor OF wool.
After lS43 there is added 10 per cent to woolens
on certain conditions, which in some Instances
will be imposed and in others will not Averaging
the addition at 5 per cent there will yet remain
per cent in favor Of wool. II to this we add the
difference in the charges Of importation, the i'd
vantage is still greater in favor of WOOL But the
loco presses put wool too low: 30 10 cts. per ID.
is a low average price for foreign wool. At this
rate 3 lbs. of wool cost $l-spccifc duty IL Cts,
ad yalorem 26, freight and charges 0, ad vaorem
duty on freight and charges 9, commission on
sales 3-making the cost here 81 ,52, or so 2-3cts.
per b. One dollars first cost of wooons pays
duty 10 cents--freight, charges and duty on char
ges 4, commission 3-making the cost here S AZ
until 1913; then adding 5, we shall have the cost
here sl,52 being just equal to the wool But
this is not the main point: in the amount of pro-
tectiJa afforded by this BILL the advantage is alto
geher in favor of wool Averaging foreign wool
at 33 l-3 cents. the protection by duties and char.
ges is a triAe over SO per cent. as above shown
that is, this wool must cost 1923 cents per h.
here. In addition, wool hears in part specific
duty which cannot be evaded, while woolens bear
only an ed valorem duty, always Liable to frauds.
And what is the protection on wooeus? Appar-
emily IL is AZ or 90 per cent-realiy, it is little
more than nothing al ALL Mark this, wool-grow-
ers; The manufacturer pays The duty on tcooi, and
thus pays for protecting you; thus if he imports
he pays the duty, and If he buys of you he pays
the increased price produced by the protective
duty. The amount Of duty which he pays on
wool, you observe, is at least equal TO the amount
Of duties imposed nforeign wooens-so in poinl
Of fact, the manufacturer is compelled by This bill 10
pay you just about The amount Of protection given
10 ,coolenS. Now the wool-grower is under no
such disadvantage: the amount of duty imposed
on wool all goes for his benefit, as he pays moth
ing on the resources from which his wool springs
other respects they are equal. Tie wool grower
pays nothing more on his clothing and living and
labor than the manufacturer pays. In this view
OF the case, how immensely is the balance of pro-
lection in favor the wool grower, and how puer-
lie and unjust the complaints Of the new ligh, To-
coioco presses.
As we have said before, we think the duty on
wool TOO small The ad valorem duty should be put
At 80 per cent. at least, and some means taken 10
secure n rigid inspection Of the cent wool, in
order to detect and prevent frauds. The bill mt
tempts TO guard against Ibis, and if faithfully ex-
ecuted will succeed duty on this class of WOO
is of no Importance to the wool grower, il, as the
very intelligent and sharp-sighted "Farmer" (ir
another column) asserts, this kind of wool doe'
not compete with our own. On the other hand
wooens ought TO be at least as well protec ted.-
Fairness and equity require this-aud more thar
that, the interests of the farmers require it. ]
the manufacturer is secure and safe, his business
will he permanent, and he will become a permanent
and regular customer for the wool and provsion
Of the farmer. There is no diversity Of intores
between them; they must stand or fall together
That man is the enemy of the wool.growor witt
claims otherwise the worst of his enemes--fo
in the guiSe of prolessed friendship, he slabs tn
wool-grower under the fifth rib.
One idea more and we have done il is that thu
notion is false which considers the interest Iha
bears the highest duty as best protected. If, 70
instance, wool bears higher duty than any thin
else, that moment there will be rush into tn
business, and the increased competition will il
fact diminish prices, aud thus actually lessen tn
protection. This is the lesson of experience, and
ought to satisfy us that moderate, fair and equt
protection to all interests is The best in the Ion
run. In our view, wool and woolens both ra
ther under the average oil duties on cotton, iroi
glass; leather &c. and ought to be raised side b
side with them. There is nothing to prevent III
being done, except the hostility Of The locofocOS
Congress aud we submit to the locotoco press'
in Vermont, that if there is one whit of slncer
in their professions in favor of protection, the
will at once aud zealousy demand OF their par
in Congress to abandon their destructive free traC
policy, and unite with the Wings for good To-
if. Win they do it? Look you, and see f
yourselves
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