The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-03-07

if bill, Mr.. E1mands Of Boston wrote
letter to the Boston atlas, of which
We give below 50 much as bears direct
ly on the subject of taking off the wool
duties.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. 1866.
MEssRs. EDIToRs Il notice in the
1tlas of the 10Th, a statement of the
vote Of the Massachusetts Delegation.
on Mr.. lIouston's tariff bill, which is
not entirely correct, ! was not absent.
nor did l fail to vote. You will find
my name recorded among the ayes,
and I regret that it had not more sup>
port from our side Of the House.
Dickinson and Dewitt were out Of the
city, but would have voted in the af>
firmatiyc. had they been here. I do
not know Of a single interest Of New
England which would have been ma te.
rally injured by tho bill, and nearly
all would have been Greatly benefited,
whether it he called a free trade q
a protcctionist measure The present
oxueme depression Of tie wooden mau
G.uc.ures would be enectuallr relieved
by the proposed reduction Of duty on
raw matetials-dvcssul- being assessed
at i per cent, and part Of them. with
nut and palm oils, made free
wool at 8 ter cent. The broadcloth,
carpet. and blanket concerns would be
especially bcncf It'd. The wool grow
ers would lie better Of with th;s than
be is likely to be under the suspended
operation Of so many wooden NILS. The
broadcloth looms have al been storrcd
and that business surrendered as horc
less under the present tariff Foreign,
crs now supIly tie entire consumption
.Qf this country, not merely because
Fthc rSice IF American wool is too higt
for foreign woods at the reduced du
t. cannot be laid down here now, low
er than present prices Of American
wool-but also on account Of the nuctu-
alton in price, and mainly because GER
tain descriptions Of foreign wool are ab
solutcly required to make cloths that
are saleable. The lroadcloth manu-
facturc will be resnsci;atcd by the in
'rooHction OF iofeiS9 wool at a moder-
are Guty'and an additional demand for
American wool will be created, A
pound Of native wool VIII oe taken with
pound OF lorciSn' tue enc beng ne
cessary i't nI,'he' 'Ne o'i''f de'lr@Iie
Tor warp Livery ADVANCE made b
foreigners IN croWo'ns out chr own
,n'''u'"T'ure' Is u movement against
'"c "1o' ero"'r' anu "Na'T'e' Is zone
~" n'"9 ~ t'J!"? our '"a'Aet win "A
Inei.c"" C'o'D' Is VS.. SO huch against
C cH !n'io"I Us ION oi io'e'En wool IN tue
'"'F'o' nc iuroPoo" manufactures
,'o" ecu" % '''S country annually
'"'ce % 'il',c" WOOL "' Is grown mere
rs "lf'p." ~ tNe &c OTIS o. inc Gee
re',F.E o' 'nc reasGFF' nc ollect OF
euch inPo',""ohs Of WOOL N Inc lahrio,
Is low i'lI oy inc iafmef' through tile
'nao''lyy o. our ma1nlao'ure's to nurN
chase ms WOOL IN me consequent low
Prices Oh WOOL as Tue American wool
Is SUI error 10 'lat Of any other conn,
Try ior It's S ihh'nnS properties, IT VIII
be preferred by the malon'y OF manu-
'actureri' ana l doubt Ii the openns
Of our or'S 10 iorc,5h WooI' az o per
cent dG'y "oul1 reduce American wool
much below the average Q; our wool
Tor the past 10 years, which may be
stated, aS received BY the growers. at
20 cents. IT "al prevent those tiuc-
tuations so disastrous to the manufac>
ea;o, - a.. So w, 80, y,