New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-20


rency.
But the greatest mistake is where the Doctor says
that the price OF washed Cape is 'ic. in the English
market. The price Of washed Cape, in the English
market is follows Good fleece. lie. I'd. lsd and
Is lOd or 22d Middng. l6d. and I'D; Low 3d. and
3d. Lambs, l2d. and lgd. Now according to this.
Good fleece is worth in the English market 80 and fic
gold. and ali Cool costing 36c and upwards at the port
OF expectation. pays l2c. and 10 per cent, sdyoorem
gold This would make 5,l and 60sc. per pousd. gold
making about rs and &c.. currency. AS we know OF no
washed Cape In this market, we can only compare II
with the good Saxons fleece produced in this country
the very best of which has never sold for thar
eoc, currency during the present seeson Mddling is
worth IN the English market 90 and &C., gold. To this
we add duty Of lie per pound-for all wool for whch2ic
and less than 36c is paid pays lee duty-and shall
have A and 46c, gold. This would be G. and 7Oc cur
rercy-nll higher than good medium grades of American
fleece Low or coarse, ia worth. in the English market
&c and 30c, gold to which when the duty is added we
shall have 81 and &C., gold This reduced to currency
would be SO and G2c.. currency price which Ameri.
can fleece Of the same grade would NOT bring. Lamb
worth "a and 35c., gold. to which add duty end VIC
have IS and SOC, gold. Reduced to currency. this
would be 524 end 73c. But unwashed Cane. III the En-
gsh market Is worth from TO i0d. per pound. which
s II and 20c per pound. gold. If to this We add duty
shall have 20 and &c. gold, which would be 30 ono
Gee, currency Unwashed Cape, OF which we have "a
abundance in this market is worth from % TO iJc
rency. This is higher than the English prices quoted
but az in England there is duty paid on foreign
woods they import largely Of the washed woods TO The
neglect Of the unwashed- The English manufacturer
does not topay for the transportation OF dirt and
grease from Australia. Cape Of Good Hope and South
America. There is reason Why the American manu-
lc,urer should prefer paying for the transportation of
grease rather than import clean wool. Men generally
prefer doing that which most 10 their interest and it
will be found that under the existing tariff the interest
of the American manufacturer is to pay for the trans
portation Of grease and dirt Although IN connection
with the wool we buy and sell so much dirt, yet the
duty We pay is really upon the secured wool. made
ready for the cards, upon which pay tho duty Tie
tar n does not increase the value OF the dirt psrt
Gle. but it docs increase the value Of the WOOL and
ought TO enhsncethe value of our own American WOO
ust in proportion to the amount of duty paid. We hsy'
already shown that the duties wool ., g. Zee.
and 10 per cent adgolorcm per pound These two latte
and higher figures were imposed for the purpose of pro
tecng the American farmer in the production OF fin
imperative BY the manDer in which the wool is im
ported The lower duties of aud &C. per pound wer'
imposed to protect the farmer in the production o
coarse and medium wool Bat the great bulk of th'
wool imported pays but &C. per pounda great portion
Of Il The finest wool produced in the world The finest
wool. produced at the Cape of Good Hope, in Australia
and South America are all imported under the &C. duty
ecouse Of their bod condition They arc all unwnShcd
ard some are so dirty that they only pay &c. per pound
duty Now In order TO understand now this operates.
We must consider the amount which this dirty wool
shrnks aud also what tbe clean washed wool shrnks
and see what tho duty will be upon the secured pound
when ready for the cardA The great bulk OF tic wool
which paws duty OF &C. per pound will shrink IN scour
ing from 20 to per cent say average about twothirds
This wonId give for every pounds in tie grease Of
imuorted pound Of secured wool the duty on which
would he Ice. per pound. But pounds OF the washed
wool such a. the English manufacturer so largely i'm
ports would shrink in securing about % per cent. or
poands ss imported. would yield pound ready fol- the
cards. We have already shown that tho best Caps
wool. are worth om e TO &c. gold. In Ergland tha
on these We should have 10 pay duty of 3c per ponn'
and 10 per cent adysorem This would on the inst, b
Isle and the second l6ic per pound, which molli
piled By 3 would be 46i and i9!c on the two secured
pounds ready for the cards OF e3t and 24sc on one
pouud-being from to &c. per pound more than Oh Oh
greasy wool Of the quality imported at duty o
DC per pound This pays well for the transportation
dirt. While the medium and fno wool. PAYNE l2c
per pound duty and pounds yielding pounds clean
wool the duty wonld be just lec per pound; but woe
OF this quality would not shrink twothirds and conse
Quenty though &C. per pound duty might be paid for i!
IN the grease yet the secured pound could pay less than
Lee duty and should be very greasy it would not pay
more than &C. per pound duty. and would probably not
give more than pound for pounds in the grease; the
secured pound in this case would pay l2o. This is the
reason why We import much wool in the grease and
81 little washed wool and not. as NJ. Heard SAYS be
cause unwashcd wool works better on the cards. for.
were that So tic English. who Just much inter
Ct led as wesare IN having that kind of wool which
works the best on the cards woad also Dror, greasy
wool The very opposite Of this ' the fact II wool is
not secured clean IL works badly; aud any would
understand that the diIer the wool the il would
BE- to clean and if not properly ceansed the colors
wonld not be bright nor the finish so good. One
great cause Why the English and Germans beat Us in
tie brightness az color end beauty OF finish is because
they use more washed wool and less of the greasy than
we do.
i. will MISC he seen that were al Woos washed "hch
is imported then tho higher duties OF "c. and 10 per
cent adyalorem would become operative, aud would
afford the farmer much more protection than he re-
ceives at the present time. But we would have Il dis
tiacty understood that do not charge the manuisc.
tu-ors with attempting any fraud either upon Govern
nent or upon the farmer but that they simply take
advantage of condition Of things which tends to their
benefit and which is a, all times perfectly fair and le
gtnate; and il certainly would rot be unfair on the
part OF the farmer II he saw that those duties npon
which he relied most for protection were rendered IN
efficient through circumstances which he did not under
stand at the time OF the passing Of the Law. shoud he
snek 20 mall such channee in tie taIif shond best