New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-05


While the production of domestic wool, and the con-
sumption OF foreign raw wool III this country remain
about II same the imports of wool an t7dHgtdctured
state have more than trebled in ten years After all
the domestic wool consumed, and ell the ioregn wool
which has struggled in under high duty also con-
sumed here arc Upward Of $4,000 0C0 worth of wool
oI made abroad, aud consumed here LIKEWISE Inc
Secretary of the Treasury in bis Annual Report esi-
mated quantity of wool used Ia this enormous I'm
portaion of gooOs at ll9 600 900 his But this Is nos
all which i used 10 produce H. Flour IS used, ana
beef and pork are used and butter and lard anu all
which 90 10 make up the sum OF animal food AT the
first suggestion of taking on The duty on wool the
farmer hesitaes suppo,ug that this tax on foreign raw
material protects the clippings OF his own Sheep but
Let lin m,se calculation from the above He win
find that must have che 1oosns, and that, after MS
wool Is all used an im1ense quantity OF goous maue
erood are brought here for sale. Transfer ne scene
of this Manufacture 10 our own country lne ~
$50 SIS of wooens imported i'll 1884 was the value o.
fore the du'ie- assessed. suppose the wool hSl
been brought out IN raw state ana the Soods uidue
lere would there have been any less demand TOR his
wool Would not the other produce OF his farm nave
brought higher relative price !!
we have made this long extract in order TO
show that Free Trader can talk sense when DO
has point to make by doing SO. All tina. is
here said of crta.iOg market for our farmers
Flour aud Pork, Butter anG Lard, hy making
our cloihs at home rather than importing them,
is manifest true; but who ever before saw II
set forth in The Journal Of Commerce? els Saul
also among the prophets y
We shall take occasion to speak further OF
The journals proposal that all duties now levied
on Wool ID other raw materials employed In
our Manufactures be forth with abolished. We
do lot consider that the best policy, but we
deem it Or efe rable 10 the present suicidal sys-
tenn. We believe the duties on Wool and Wool
ems fixed by the Tariff of ~ were as just to all
parties and as bete6cent as the wit OF mau
could devise. But five cannot have these, We
esteem the entire abolition Of toe duties on
Wool and Other raw materials greatly Prefera-
bic to the present system. Let us make our
own cloths, ana our farmers can have no DIN
Guilty in selling their Wool; aud even If they
could not, the new market for Food of all kinds
which this extension of our Manufactures would
open would treby compensate them for the
loss of their sheep. As an alternative, then,
we would assent to the proposed abolition OF
the duty on Wool and other raw materials, pro-
yided the Secretary of the Treasury will recon-
mend snd the Free Traders generally support
it. And if it will sugar the dose to some to
have il called a Free.Trsde measure We
shall not care to expose the false pcetense too
searcbipgly. Since the world is governed by
names those who have on end to gain will choose
the most plausible; whereat, if the end seem
benefcent one, we will try TO look on in silence