The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-12-24

tions free, it would not be expedient to n
admit theirs free and allow them to tax Fl
our labor, when we do not tax theirs in Ii
return. / have considered that free t
trade, if expedient, should be approach t
ed gradually, and paTt paSsu with the t
advance I'd that end foreign nations, C
and that The modification and the reduc- b
tion of the revenue, as proposed, would be e
a movement in the right direction which e
might be followed when experience and T
the condition of our commerce with 9TH
er nations should justify it, and have I
contemplated the time when the pro- &
auctions of each State, in exchange for i
the productions of others, would consti-
tute an abundant supply for most of our
wants at cheaper rates than other nations
could afford them, and make a resort to
other modes of raising revenue a question
of necessity but that, for many years to
come, our national treasury would be sup
piled from a tariff on imports, and that in
the modification and reduction now call
ed for, we should make it as equal and
just as possible to our own people, and
take away the discrimination now exist
ing against us, principally arising out Of
the legislation of other countries; in con-
PREVENTION of the industry of our people,
Here the report gives the responses
to various resolutions of Congress call
ing for information on. the tariff and
kindred subjects. Then follows a vari.
ETY. of statistics in relation to the pro-
duction and Importation of wool, after
which the report continues as Follows:
The climate of the Upited States is
such that manufactures of wool arc
f used in winter and sumrae in some OF
the States, and in the winter months in
all. and the finer faOrics are used in all.
1t is an article for clothing and other
uses that our climate and our habits do
8 not permit us to dispense with, and
e which our people can aud will manufac-
ture for themselves, if our tariff laws
9 are arranged SO as not to discriminate
e against item aad in favor of other man
e uf%actur.ng nations. y'ao1o ~
VII en- we first imposed a tax on for
}, eigD wool Great Britain and other man
: ufacturing nations taxed it also, and as
1ligh as we taxed it. We discrimina-
o ted in the tax upon the manufactures Of
:, wool, imposing a higher tax upon the I'm
er fabrics; Yhereupon Great Britain and
q other manufacturing nations repealed
their tax on wool, and secured to their
manufacturers the advantage of obtain
s, ing the raw material free of duty. This
c. advantage over US they will continue to
l. enjoy as long as our tax is continued.
The reasons why they admit wool free,
es are to be found in the fact, that they
to manufacture more they produce, and it
if is necessary they should be able to sell
ne cheap, in order to enter advantageously
It, the markets of the world, and it MAJ
Is be, also, to secure the market of the
be United States, to the suppression Of
is manufacturing in this country.
NJ We also manufacture more wool than
or we produce, and consume more manu-.
he factuers of wool than we manufacture,
mt and continue our tax upon wool. The
&C. duty on wool was imposed to promote it,
.er introduction in the United States, and
lie, was expected to. enhance the price. Il
he has failed to secure the object for which
ut, it was imposed. The production hal
nd not kept pace with our population anc
and consumption of wooden manufactures
or and although the prices have been fair
he they nave not been such as to make WOO
ills growing as profitable a pursuit as man,
en- others in-the country. In the trial o
ng ten years under the tariff of 1916, Their,
las is no greater production of wool, in pro
Up portion to the population, than ther,
lot was prior to that time. 1t is said we d.
ex- not produce the inferior priced wool
he costing twenty cents per pound, or less
lst nor the higher priced woods, costing fit
me- cents or more to the pound, and that i
'ur is the lower and higher priced wool
ase that we import for our manufacture
nd and that the duty has no effect, an,
ib- does not enhance the price of the VOC
gh that we produce. In consequence G
rts which, we are undersold in our ow
of markets in both the finer and coarse
I'D fabrics, and that the repeal of the tart
Pc on low and higher priced woods, woul
The not effect the price of the wool we pre-
in duce, and would enable our manufac
ms turers to use more OF, our wool, by judd
lc cious mixture with foreign wool, an
on give them a fairer competition for tn
ac- home market, and induce the manufac
Iue ture of the finer fabrics In this country
as There would be difficulty in the executio
m of such a tariff, because it would be th
ro- interest of the importer, to put the fol
the eign value of his wool above fifty or b.
lde low the twenty cents, to obtain free er
On try. s s,fgm o..
ion It is believed these causes would rel
tic der the tax uncertain and unpopula
lily and make free trade in wool more d.
all sirable and more beneficial to the WOO
SO grower, as well as the manufacture
,es, In Great Britain, the tax on the foreie
,di- wool, when it was as much as sixpenc
ion a pound, did not enhance the price to til
Euglish w~ool-grower, although it ha
ore been imposed and continued, as we'll
ing encourage the growth of wool at hom
ma as for revenue. The English pric,
rec current and statistics show that tt
lpi- price of wool ranged higher, the yer
nm first year after the duty was repeale,
ose than it had for years before, and b;
of continued to range higher ever sine
raw It is confidently believed that such woul
om- be the case in this country, if the dut
nit on the importation of wool was repeale
eat thereby giving our manufacturers voc
We an the same terms the foreign manufa
100. lures obtain theirs. viz: by purchase
ear the open markets of the world, and tn
So they would be encouraged to increa
the and extend their business, in. order
en- enjoy the benefit of the home mark
ire for their goods, the consequence of whi'
age would be a constant and greater hon
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