Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-03-19
WATCHNAN & JOURNAL.
II. p. WALTON, JR., EDITOR.
&ONTPELIER, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, '4G.
THE DUTY ON WOOL.


The old federal N. Y. Evening Post defends
Walkers 90 per cent. ad vaorem duty on all wool,
fine as well as coarse-and those famous democrat
&c papers, the Vermont Patriot ard North Star,
echo this ancient federal organ. W. growers,
be we not deceived by these "wolves in sleeps
clothing" You are told that Walkers British
Tariff increases the dWty coarse wool from 5 to
20 per cent. 1t does the coarse uoot only,
such you never have raised and never will raise
while it reduces the duty all other wool more
than one half. But you are told that fine foreign
wool which completes with yours is now admitted
at the. per cent. duty. 1t may be so: but if so,
1t is solely because the locofoco Executive, in the
Treasury Department is treacherous to your inter.
.ests and to the Tariff of 40. The language of
that Tariff is clcar--its object unnlsakeable: it is
to impose duty of cts. pound and 30 per cent.
ad valorem on all except coarse wool. By the true
intent and meaning of that act every pound of wool
costing cents which is not really and truly coarse,
is subject to a duty of fire cents and one mill per
pound, while Walkers British bill will give but
one cent and four mills per pound Instead, then,
of counterancing this British bill, substitute
for the Tariff of 1872 rather you should insist up
on having President and Secretary of the Treas
ury who will honestly execute the law as it is
But what have the Patriot and Star been telling
the wool growers for four years? Is it not briefly
this: that theT cent wool completes with our wool,
and that againstthis cheap wool chiefly the wool
growers ought to have ample protection? Yea,
and have they not told you that when their party
got into power you should have ample protection
Al, oho1J .l,a t,eb
bill behold the 20 per cent duty on this cent
wool-amounting to one cent and four mills per H.
Call you this ample protection ? We do not The
act of 40, fairly executed, is altogether better.
in another feature, however, this British bill is
far more injurious to the woolgrowers and farmers
we mean in the reduction OF the duty on unmanu-
featured woolens. The flannel business cannot sur
wye the passage of that act-and pretty large
branch of business is that in Vermont and New
England. Coarse woolens, Blankets carpets, &c
will also receive heavy blow these are articles
manufactured chiefly from the coarse and cheap
foreign wool, and the effect of their depression will
be to force these kinds of wool more and more in.
to articles which are made from our wool Broad
cloths will be depressed also: in fine, The demanO
for tpooI ,cH be iessened and thus the wool grow
NAV reasonably expect that the price of his WOO
will be kept at low figure. This is foroseen by
son, of the friends of this British Tariff and they
are lettering themselves that the woo-growers viii
find an outlet for their heeces in the-British mar
ken Ah--the very echo to Lord John Russelps Glos
gov speech But heed not this British cry; de
pend not upon the British market Let her onc'
PROSTATE American manufactures, thus destroying
your horre market, and British manufacturers vii
take good care which side gets Aeeced. They vii
fix their own price on your wool, admitting the
South American duty free alongside of it, Judge
We whistler the cost OF an European voyage, ant
competition with the cheap woods of the world in
British market, will leave you any advantage TO
which to thank this British Tariff Of Polk nn'
Walkers