The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-18

and there is not gentleman representing woOgrowing
constituency here that does not know that.
Me- SMITH, of Virginia | am surprised to hear the
| eentemau, who practical manufaeturef----
Mr. DE WITT Not woollen one
Mr. SMITH of Virginia. / am surprised that one who
knows so much the subject should not be aoie 10 treat
this oueson on nv evidence which the evidence afford
ed by the official record
Mr. DE WITT Ii is an estimate
Mr. SMITH, of Virginia No, sir. The figures Tor lS4o
estimate.
Mr. DE WITT agree TO it.
Mr.. SMITH, of Virginia Nor is 1850 an estimate
Mr. DE WITT. agree 10 it,
Mr. SMITH, of Virginia The Secretary oil the treasury
In his report that he had made most careful exami
nation of this question, with view TO his policy on
the country very policy of the gentleman He says
he made most thorough and critical examination this
subject aud gave than ordinary attention and the
Of it that the amount Of wool In the country is
81 3Te pounds in 1855 to 52ol6 800 in 1880 and to
80 SO2 ia in Is40 Will the gentleman be good enough
tell what evidence he relies to put down that ts-
tmony
port Of The Secretary Of The Treasury that meets with the
genlemsns approval The great ront he has taken so
much explain is not with reference TO wool de
has spoken great principle trust that be does not
believe with gentleman from Virginia. that the duty Of
thirty per cent is tax upon the con umer II believed
like him that t. was an WSsa make an u INQUIRY
want the gentleman to respond TO it.
Mr. MORRILL, And would submit to the gentleman
from Massachusetts that after we have volunteered our es
mony it is not in order to inpeach our own Witness
Mr. DE WITT. When have interrupted the gentleman
from Virgnis supposed that invited to make reply
to hat he had said do not wish ever TO be out OF order
in debate .
not interrupt me out order The Secretary OF the Treas
ury says
The statistics upon the production and importation OF
WOOL and manufactures Of wool have been prepared with
production and importation q wool and manufactures Of
WOOL involved in the proposition to admit wool as raw
Il will be seen that in 1870 according the Of
year. manufactured wooen goods TO the value OF
lures value of making our CON
sumption of the manufactures Of wool S29 ana the
of dollar and seventy and ninety
hundredhs for each then IN the United
The of s40 does not give the number OF fac
devoted the capital employed in the nanuac
ture The of 1850 shows there were one
& five 5 G sos % 60 the
WOOL with the particular States In which the
wHtS sS TO and dAas inS
the value Of ss making our CONSUMPTION z.
for each person in the estimate the In
of woolen manufactures since 1850 at the
manufactures 1856 for the 1856 and
find the value Of impotations OF OF
wool for the 1885, S23 1884, making our consump-
ton SD no. dollars and ninety three and eigh-
the consumption OF each person
periods Of 1s4O 1885, and 1855 the value of the wool pro
duced in United States and also the value Of wool i'm
into the United States at the same less INC
exports of WOOL $50 aH.
Here we sec that the Secretary of the Treasury says he
has carefully prepared these statistics with view to bring
ing wool in duty Free Surely the gentleman from Maasa-
chnsetts ought not to allowed mpeach his own wit
ness 1t is with this view, and upon this esumae tnat ne
allows 81 100000 pounds Of wool, worth S2s,oooooo
bsp TO call attention another fact The wool IN l84O
amounted to 900 000 in 1885, TO Sl5000000, an in
crease of upwards OF fifty cent in ten years In Soo
it amounted to $23 900 000 an increase OF h per cent IN
five yeats II is fact that for the rst ten years
the value of growth Of wool increased fifty per cent
and that for the years 1t also inc eased nifty per
cent Yet in the face of this Geonstraton the gentle
hat mi
is dwndIpg away beg to direct the gentlefnans notice
to table have here It is with reference 10 Mas
sachuses his own State and will show that am not en-
e,y ignorant of her interests In 1910 Massachusetts
produced So worth of wooen manufactures and OF
all fabrics, $ls 81 worth This includea nousenoa
manufactures In 1920, when the system OF Calculation
was changed and it became mere question OF factory
labor she produced only 1924 $50 worth OF wooens and
of all fabrics $25236l4 La $780, after twenty years un-
der the stimulating policy of the tariffs of that time her
whole production amounted $7,3l2S36 In lS4o there
being slight reaction In woolens in ten years she ei on
some 100000 In 1850 the production OF wooen Eoods
had grown up $l2770565, and Inc aggregate o. ner
manufactures to S5l4Oo5s Here them you see seady
growth of manufactured goods yet we are tou a ns
industry Of Massachusetts, mas dwinoed
have shown that Massachusetts has grown steadily IN
her manufacturing industry fiom an
in 1890 of S2 500 600 up to aggregate production IN
1850 of about Slb ,500000 and yet gentlemen c. la 80
and say that her home manufacture mas peen co"peA
give way to foreign productionsi
In this connexion will refer to the productions OF my
own State, Virginia, which the gentleman may ponoer
with profit In 1910 virginia proouceu %ilooo'oA
of woolleu goods in domestic form mostly ana an ag
greqae of Sic SOC O96 In l820 when the new p,lnepe
was adopted of giving accou2t OF factory producuon
alone her production $l9sO20 wooilen goods apd
Sc $50 600 of all kinds of manufactured gCous nel po
ducton wooen goods in 1870 nearly equaSu 'na' VI
Massachusetts for the period In 1880 there ws ~
return In 1910 she produced Of woolen goods Sl4I9
and of all kinds o. fabrics $40 684 60s In 1850 she had
2 establishments for manufacturing woolens producing
S54l,0l3; while her aggregate manufacturing ndusry
had grown S3l 967 976ncreasng her woollens In ten
six hundred per cent and her aggregate manu-
actures than fifty per cent and we must not iorge
that she also produced breadsus and other agricultural
products at the time more than enough 10 eeo all
New England. In Virginia her manufacturing inousuy'
thrifty and growing rests upon our agricultural
TONS In Massachusetts the system is entirely reversed
and she absolutely dependent others than herself for
bread. Can she be regarded as independents
But sr there other facts to Massachusetts have
here curious table, which wish to call the attention
called upon the gentleman from Vermont to know whether
wool produced in that State bad not dimnished and
when the response in the affirmative the gentleman
from Massachusetts gave quite little dramatic display
great entertainment He need not have gone TO Ver
mont TO ascertain fact because Massachusetts herself
worse off in that respect Let inform the gentleman
that have great number Of Vermont sheep In virginia
and furnish you such wool you cannot raise In new
England Your Connecticut manufacturers come into my
district and give five cents per pound Tor our wool
| 6ve cents more than they pay at home
Now let me give you pretty exposition in this respect
Of sheep in the eastern States mad that IN IN
$40 there were sheep while in 1850 she had only
LOLA 22 Sheep Maine in lS40 had 649 264 sheep and In
1850 only 45l577 New Hampshire in ls40 had 6l7c390
sheep and in 1850 only 3S4756 Connoccu In ls4o had
4o3 462 sheep and in 1850 only l74lsl hhoae Island In