New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-07
rhe rnriG Of $50 on wool.


dent who assumes 70 give " Information TO Wool
Growers and charges the manufacturers Of Wool
ems with an infamous fraud on the wool growers il
importing immense quantities OF Wool almost duty
free" &c. &c. concluding as follows:
Probably part Of The Tariff deception has been
well KEEP, up tens which relates 70 wool. Wleneve
that he nnds this foreign wool interfering ~rn MS oL
stock he has been told that i only coar-e kad o.
the article and tina, did compete with The amer
lean wool IN the lean TINE The producer OF ~oo' ha
been called upon TO shout Huzza Tor the iaIl3 az.
has been ul!ed INFO sccUry Dy the false statements ~
ne protected oy that law.
The NewYork Tribune has been foremost niLe g "
IN this CRY against the duty on Wool on TIE sioei 20
!, was al c0oys, osl. Ina. yYas valued less tnan seven
ceHis Il is well KNOWN, however tna. -. .,o,b.
wool entered al This price IS made up lno ts
The mode biz which L escapes hlsn out' :, -
- i,b ~, and coarse wool thus diminishing u u 's.ue
- WI ' ~. 90. "a FREE TRApE.
o,c. NOR. we are constrained 10 publish that
norton of the Tariff OF 1912 which fixes the duties
On Wool and ask the reader TO compare Its facts
With the above assertions. That Tarf reads rer-
! latin as follows:
"syc l. BE Il enacted by tie Senate aud House Of Rcre-
senstfrc, THE Unued SGes Of america IN Congress cs-
se77bed That from and after the passage OF THIS ec n
leu OF the duties heretofore imposed by law on tae ar
tices hereinafter mentioned and such &c MAJ now
he eYe,rn tror1 duty ,hcrc shall be levied collected
and paid, the following duties, that is 70 say
FIRST On coarse wool manufactured the value "heTe-
Of al the last port or place from whence exported 10 me
United States shall be seven cents OF under per pound
there shall be levied duiy OF I'VE per centnn al 'a!o
rem And all other manufactured WOOL tnere small
be levied duty Of three per pound and thirty per
cenurn ad valorem ProCGcd That when wool OF dli-
erent qualities Of the kind sort is imported IN
the bale bag package and the aggregate value ana
contents OF the bale bag package -ha be appraised by
the appraisers alta rate exceeding cents per pound
il shall be charged with duty IN conformity 10 sucn ap-
prai-al Proridcd farther That when wool OF different
qualities and different kinds sorts is imported IN the
same bale bag package. the contents OF the Dale Gag
package shall be appraised at the value oil the nes'
valuable kind or sort and duty emerged thereon
accordingly ProuiGcd farther, That Il bales OF different
qualities are embraced IN invoice, az the same
price the value Of the whole snail be appraised accord
Ing 70 the value Of bale of the beet quality Prorldec
further That if any wool DC imported having on II DIR
or any material impurities other than those naturally
belonging the fleece and thus be reduced ID Eaue 10
seven cents per pound under the appraisers snal a
praise said wool al such price az in their OPINION
would have cost had it not been so mixed WIN such dft
or impurities and duty shall be charged tHereon IN
conformity with such appraisal; P'0ridea osG ihat
wool imported on the skin shall &c c7unia'cu as %
weight and value as other wool
Here arc the facts. Do they require one word
of comment You sec that the Tariff of ~ adj.
rnits at the low duty none other than coarse wool!
costing less than seven cents per pound. Il tine or
Vtdtune Wool COuiu oe oOuSu' doiOoNA az NV ~@ -
hound it would have no right TO admission except
at the high duty, amounting to nearly one hundred
per cent Then see the express and abundant pro-
visions against mixing fine wool with coarse
or with dirt or other impurities. In case this is
attempted, the duty is to be charged on the Wool
according to its quality or value apart from the ex-
traneous matter and the whole is to be assessed
with dutv as if it of the quality OF the finest
How could more stringent provisions be devised 7
Do they not completely meet the exiGcnces OF the
casel
But Free Trade says that, in spite OF these pro-
visions great quantities of fine foreign Wool mixed
with dirt and coarse Wool, has been imported. to
the serious injury OF the American Woolgrower'
If this be SO, las we believe it is, we ask every
fair man 10 Judge lrhcther the blame rests on the
Wing Congress Of 1872, mhck foresee'ng expressly
and amply prorided Against such abuses, or nc
Loco. Foco Pevcuue officers achO, IN rotation Of
their duty and their odthS. hare permitted hcm-
Here is the matter in nutshell The Tariff OF -
is carefully drawn expressly to guard the interests
of the American wool,grower, by allowing the I'M
portation of no Wool that can compete with his ex-
cept on payment of high duty The Revenue
officers are ample in number and amply paid to take
care that tho laws are fully carried into effect
Through their untaithfulness, the woolgrower is
deprived OF Protection and the Revenues deirauded
But do their friends well in attempting to throw
the blame on the Tariff Of IL Consider the facts
and pass Judgment.