The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-07-12

distinct, definite purpose What ,ods that
purpose, unless it was that for which we
contend Ifany effect is to be given to it,
what can that effect be If it 10 not that wool.
though costing less than seven cents, shall
not be privileged with the nominal duty un>
less # be coarse also7 If this is not 10 be
taken 10 be the effec; Of The word coarse IN
This connexioa, il is impossible TO conceive
what effect il was intended 10 have. 10
deny il this effect is 10 make il senseless
surplussage.
The correctness of the position that the
word coarse was in ended TO limit the five
ner cent. privilege to wool really coarse, and
not conslructively so BY reason Of its value
in the foreign market, is sustained and H.
Illustrated by reference 10 the history of the
introduction of the word inlo The clause in
question, connected with the history Of our
previous legislation on the subject.
Rv the tariff of 1892, wool costing eight
cents or under. was admitted flee of duly.
because, as we have remarked. il was pre-
sumed, from a reference TO its value, 10 be
coarse. The word coarse was hot IN The
act but the quality was left 10 be inferred
from The value. In the tariff OF le42 me
quality of,he wool to be privileged WIN Tue
nominsl duty was not left 10 depend upon
such an Inference; but, instead OF II, strong
term was used 10 express the quality OF the
wool which was TO be subjected 10 The num-
inal duty. That term was The word
"codrse."
Now why this change of phraseology p
Why was il no, enacted, simply. that wool
costing seven cents or under, should DO sub.
iect 10 duty of five per cent. leaving the
quality 10 be inferred from the price, as in
the act Of 1927 The reason is found in
the practical operation Of the d.ty-free
clause of that act. Under that clause large |
quantities of fine wool had been imported. !
free Of duty. because costing eight cents or |
under. The gren, reduction in the price of |
fine wool which gave such an unlocked for |
effect TO the clause in question resulted from |
The large production o. wool of That qualify |
in Bueuos Ayres by crossings Of meriuo,
with the native South American sheep. SO
as 20 produce a quality Of wool conn ng
within The description of fine wool, anil vel |
nt cost rot exceeding that of The coarse |
WOOL contemplated in the duty-frec clause |
cfihe act of 1924 cost reduced TO a low
point BY The cheapness of land and labor in
Buenos Ayres. together with a climate dis.
pensing with the use Of fodder for The srp>
pori of sheep, and remarkably favorable II
their health and longevity.
II appears from the Custom House returns
that eleven hundred and one sheep, Ct the
aggregate value of SlO,565-averaging
SO 60 each, and therefore presumed TO have
been mefino bucks-wcre exported from
the United States 10 Buenos Ayres in The
years 1897 and 1898. The quantity OF
wool the product Of the crossings of these
merino, with The native South American
sheep-imporled into The United States at.
and below, The value of eight CENTS, cannut
Of course, be ascertained. The imporia.
lions from that country of wool costing eight
reuis and unde-, were greatly increased in
the succeeding years embracing. as is well
known, much fine wool, and therefore pre-
summed 10 have been The product of the eros
sirgs referred 10. That increase will ap-
Pear BY the following statement of the i'm
roriatlons OF wool costing eight cents and
u7iifr from Duenos Ayres. during the years
l639-40 ard 4 l, compared with the previ-
Ous three Years,