The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-04-21
Our difficulty rs to the rise of fine wool will be.

Our difficulty rs 10 Inc rise Of me Woo' WI" We,
the great quantities Of coarse foreign, are crowded
INFO our markets and sold Mt low rates. Suppos.
inr fine wool was admitted duty free we should
not have tile competition in that article that we DO
have in coarse wool for the plain reason that It
cannot be grown in foreign countries, pay comn'i'-
sion, insurance, and transportation and sold here
for % or 80 cents. II is the common argument
by Yourself and others interested in manufacturing
that coares wool dues not come III competition
with our wool because, you say, the consumption
of low priced foreign wool is confined to carpets,
brazes, Kentucky janes, coarse blankets, ana
negro cloths Now in Illustration of The argument
we might rs well say that large abundance OF
conrse grain and straw in this vicinity would not
hive aIy effect on tho price Of wheat or hay
Now say that this cheup foreign wool OF which
there is a constant increas from year TO year and
in 1871, according to the statement OF imports
from the Secretary Of the Treasury was fourteen
millions four hundred and nine thousand seven
hundred and sixty,rour pounds; this must in some
degree take the place of our own wool
Would not all Of our coarse wool be selected
and manufactured into the above articles, II the
country was not flooded with these cheap woods:
Surprising the duty which is now only five per
cent. or about mills per pound be raised to two
or three cents per pound, would it not have mu-
tual eiIee, on the price of our wool? say it would.
Then if so it, "a these "Tags" that effect tho far
mers Of Vermont for If our coarse wool advance
| !, pie. Gu v"ui "uuiI ,c,tainly advance
1t may be well 10 state that all the wool i'm
ported in 1911 valued above cents and paying n
duty did not amount to only 596,646 pounds and
we should hear in mind that our tariff had Iun
very low at this time
Perhaps one reason why some of our northern
men are willing that conrse wool shall be admitted
| NJ pnI lar ia l,prn Ii,,x ,l,a
directly to the manufacturing interest, and other
to uphold one of our Vermont Senators who voted
against raising the duty on that nrlice above
per cent. Il is quite clear that il the Representa-
tives Of our wool districts say that three mills pei
pound is sufficient protection for the farmers Of
Vermont, the soulhener and other disineIeslcd
State will not force higher duty on us.
In regulating the tariff We should look ahead
ten years ago bu. little coarse wool was imported
though no duly was assessed, but il is increasn.
TO 4 bOundless extent ns above shown in 1871
let the same ratio of increase continue for twenty
five years TO some and there would be nearly bale
enough of This article when piled up to ior,i(y the
whole wool growing States rs safely us the bags o
cotton did General Jackson and his army at New
Orleans.
am sorry that i, falls to my lot to inform 20,
Mr.. Editor, wool growers. and manufacturers, lha
wha, you call Tags OF South America and only n
negro cloths SC are actually manufactured unt
worn by the ,rhles of your village.
hope however, that this information will no
cause you to conclude that it is owing to he hart
times that has reduced your neishbors 10 war;
"negro cloihs," for the Article is made in you
own village out of these cheap foreign woods
such good style that for all common purposes, III,
democracy Of our country need not be ashamed I,
wear ,heu Yours truly.
S. w. JEwETr.
Weybrcge, 4ih March, 1913.