Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-08-16
Mr.. DILLINGHAM; AND THETARIFF,
We resume Mr.. Dillingham's speech, and con-
tinue our quotations as follows;

No. g
We resume Mr.. Dillingham's speech, and con
tinue our quotations as follows:
"Woo ogain costing less than pound in
per con while through ne affect Tho lar and the cunning Of
importers, Is bales of that kind n kind
ing and two thirds Of that cheap wool completes with all
that is raised in Vermont"
Mr.. Dillingham; has utterly mistaken The la,c--the
Tariff of 1912 or he has falsely represented it,
First-thc assertion that wool costing less than
cents comes in at per cent is false representa-
ton of the law, for the law expressly limits the five
per cent duty to COARSE wool Second, - the
assertion, that two thirds of the wool paying per
cent completes with ours is not correct ifMN iaio is
executed in good th-for every man of common
sense knows that two thirds of the bona fide coarse
wool cannot compete with ours. Third--the asser-
ton that this cheap wool comes in at per cent by
defect in The latC is untrue. If it comes in at all at
that rate it is in violation of the aw- is because
THE LOCOFOCO COLLECTORS Of The ports
Of Boston and New York do not do their duty-and
because the locofoco Congress, with its 90 ma orty
has done nothing to enforce the law. In justice to
the Wing Congress- and to disprove the egregous
misstatements of Mr. Dillingham;, we give the law of
1872 as it was enacted in reference to wool, as
follows:
"First On COARSE olunmonuf,curod the value where
Of Ut the last place whence exported the United stac
shall he under per pound there shall be levied
manufactured WOOL there shall be levied duty cents
per pound and thirty per eenum ad vaorem Prorded That
ported in the same BALE bag or PACKAGE aud the aggregate val
ed by the appraisers, exceeding per pound
shall be charged with duty in conformity with such uppruis
al Prorded further That when wool of different qualities aud
different kinds sorts imported in the BALE bag,
packages tho contents Of the bale bag packages shall up
OF t. nd
and duty charged thereon accordingly Proudcd further That
if bales of different qualities embraced in the invoice,
at the price, the value of the whole shall be appraised
corng TO the value of the hale of the best quality PrUUded
further, That if any wool be imported having dirt any
material or impurities, other than those naturally belonging
the fleece and thus be reduced per pound
as in their opinion, would have had mixed
with such dirt impurities and duty shall be charged thereon
in conformity to such appraisal; POrded aiso That wool i'm
other wool"-.4ets Of 9th Congress, % sos. p. III.
Is seems that the law plainly fixes the duty on
COARSE wool at per cent, and on ALL 9TH
Err at cents per pound and 30 per cent ad vao-
rum; and it is perfectly clear that the intention of
it was, and is, to impose the latter duty upon every
pound of wool which is not bona fde COARSE.
1t will be observed that the law is full of guards
against all sorts of frauds. But it has been sug-
gested that the importers will cheat in The price at
which the wool is invoiced The law guards
ton requires the collector to ascertain the actual
market value Wholesale price thereof, at the
time when purchased, in the principal markets OF
the country from which the same shall have been
Iimported"-an2 that this is to be done so as to
I"apprase the true and actual market value and
wholesale price, any invoice or qRiavit thereto TO
the contrary Notwithstanding" Sec. 10, imposes q
$4,000 fine, or Imprisonment not exceeding years
for fraud and 81 requires an inspection of at
at least one package in every invoice, however
small and in package of every ten packages
and greater number, should the collector or ap
praisers deem necessary We unhestatingy deny
the assertion Of Mr.. Dillingham;. The intention
of the Wing Congress clearly was to protect the
wool grower, and if they have failed, we deny tina
the failure is owing to any defect of the law; if the
foreign wool, which does really compete with ours
does not pay the higher rate of duty, it is the faul
of the locofoco executors and not of the Win!
law. If there is any defect, other than the rate
Duty we call upon Mr.. d. and his party to account
why have they done nothing to remedy it? VIII
has he sat whole session. silent as the grave, an
reserved this pretended defect for political capita
at the polls? We challenge him, as an unfathft
servant, to give an account of his stewardship
But has the Tariff Of 1912 Jaiied? The importo
ton Of foreign wool has fallen off more than on
half under this law, and THE PRICE OF OUl
OWN WOOL HAS INCREASED NOR
THAN FIFTY PER CENT. Aye, wool-grov
ers of Vermont, -remember that under this az
which Mr.. Dillingham; so strangely misrepresent
under this act which he condemns-under tn
act which Mr.. Polk and his party threaten to r i
PEAL-your wool has advanced more than fiji
per centum; your million pounds of wool
has given you an advance Of about ~ 2 cents
pound, am bunting to