Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-11

without let or hindrance. can compete witt
such prices. They must unless at once take
care OF, succumb For the past four wear.
notwithstanding the nominally high prices 70
wool, the amount received when reduced to
gold standard shows that the business of wool
growing has not been remunerative; not af
fordiog one-haf the profits of any other kin,
OF farming, and many owners of sheep hav
Teen preparing to quit the business for some
do something 10 revive the courage of thes,
men the stock of sheep hat will be offered
Tor Slaughter the coming fall will exceen any
tnIng the country has heretofore witnessed
The complaint is loud, universal, and real
not stimulated. Never since | have had th.
honor TO be member OF this House have Sc
large a number of petitions been received, Of
with so many respectable AID genuine sigma
lures upon any subject. The Committee o
Ways and Means have been flooded with these
documents from the East to the farthest West
The tariff OF 1857, against which L voted
allow wool under eighteen cents to come II
free aud reduced the dd raLorens tariff on wool.
costing more than that. The tariff of 1861
placed sm-lI al udCOrern duty on wool under
eighteen cents and d specific duty on all WOO
above that rate, besides providing many pro-
visions against fraud. This was considerably J
improved by he tariff OF 1864, but the value
OF wool abroad being less than represented OF
I believed To be, importers still got competing
woods through the custom house 1T rates never
above SIX cents pen pound, and sometimes at
even less. Laso fall ani wIuter the wool
growers, throu xh their various agricultural
| societies and Oiher State ana national organI
cations, got together for the first time aud dis-
cuese1 the subject OF Oo-grJWIng III its rela
ton 10 rival fOreign interests. The woyi man
diacoaTers also met with hem ID JOINT con-
I ventIOu Alter months of pa lent toll and
/ critical examination they presented To us IN
ApriI last the fruits ot their JJint libors 50 far
'ts 1t Relates 10 the duties upon wool. Ihe
proposition as IL relates 10 yFOOlens cam al, NJ
considerably lager. A mutual agreement wac
I arrived at, nd upon basis fIIr and equitable
I VI pa Ties hat never agreed before. 1 tnInk
+ heir work does honor 10 those who conceived
/ anu who have 50 lar successfully mature1 these
/ several proportions. These propose much
| hIgher Rates upon wool because vi the per iec-
/ ton OF the classification, which Is SO framed
as to catch ali woods that can by any possibIi-
/ IUy CON pete with American wool. There Is
/ no loop mole through winch any wool can es
/ cape ne duty n5ended 10 be placed upon 1t. Ii
| IS liked and certain. The custom house officer
/ though fool cannot err therein. | know
| the wOOI-grOwers will be satisfied with their
| own proposition, as tEey should be, tor II
&
/ 4 duty Ot seveuty-tive per cent al rGloren ,
ana | nope shall not i1Utem t 10 Offer any
I thing less OF 70 other shape, Tor whatever l.
not III Tue form OI = specific duiy would be, a.
IN most other case, valueless. The greatest
/ protection the American woOl-grOwer could
nave would De rhe disclosure Of the tAct, &C
/ every sale # wOOien cloths, whether tne saInc
were made Ot American wool OF not, as cloths
made OF sJund American wool are really
\ al i,Y nl- Il
/ ear, lar more than those made OF the tender
ana UrItlle foreign wuOls.
be duties upon wOOleus, II will be seen b..
ar- very carefully adjusted 50 Is to cover The
I duties ,FhIch the ma 4utacturecs ply first on
} 4Ool nd b; ye sruffs he Maternal taxes on their
sales. and IN addition twe ty-hve per cent at
UdlOreUI. Ihe compound duuss the bIii.
IN ugn FLOWING the principle first adopted
IN the tariff oi 1861. may not ue understood at
glance, DuJ wnen carefully studied they viii
be found 20 have the extent l have Indicated
anu 40 more IL this bill becomes law, as
7 truss II viii, the wooden manu- acturer Will not
/ hnd his condition any better than n0w-nOt a
nhif. Foreign goods. | fear, viii crowd our
ma Is III LeaTly the same imposing procession
that Jhey have j, ae heretofore, OF at the Tate
OF over . million dollars for every day in the
year.
L4sr year (Io65) our imports amounted 10
/ S234, 80 A.. but TINS wear they Will reach
not less than S409 All 5l3. TINS drain
tnat We are IN 10 couuIUiOn TO bear. Every
spare dollar III the country IL needed 10 iund
our rapidly maturing national Obligations.
FJr lL- past year We nave received from
CantornIa bur {. II tie over $50 600 600, aud
yet our exp.rts of gold aud silver a New
York alOr,, f5oai Nay Il To June 10, amount
81 20 S35.5I5 4O2
When can sc resume specle payments II this
scream oi merchandise inward ami low Of golo
outward Il allowed 10 continue Clearly Il
Is the duty of the Government TO moderate II
10 cannot control this reckless course Of trade
before bankruptcy ensues, and the business OF
the country receives check from which 1t
may axe years to recover.
do not think 1t necessary to 20 into the
details Of many branches of business. There
Is not mem Ger Of the House VINO does not
know and leel that there Is urgent need OF leg
lslati1n upon the tariff To adjourn without
such legislation would be calamity and d
blunder. Take The iron trade. lt ls true
they made money during the war. but they
are not doing Ii now. They are paying LABOR
ers Tor making a ton OF iron nearly as much
a i ton would cost abroad
There are some little items in the tariff bill,
winch hardly arrest the eye, which give EN-
pOyment to thousands, and therefore require
considerate treatment at our hands. Among
these permit me to cite one or two examples.
Eyeets made of brass and then timed, have
out recently been introduced as an article OF
commerce s. Tar as 10 attract attention Iney
will be noticed IN shoes and boots and thougb b
Invisible IN other articles for ladies wear, they
are still there. | find that OF these small and
very cheap articles, costing DO more than sew
enteen To eighteen cents per thousand, the
amount We consume rises to the respectable
I of HI-Sk
is another article OF extensive use for which
we are supposed TO be indebted to The genlus
Oi EugeDie, VINO, falling to rule the Emperor
of the French. has great audacity Ia French
fashions. In New York city alone twenty-five
Thousand persons find employment IN ali the
branches OF the hoop-sklrt manufacture. IL
would be possible To mention many other ar
tcles apparently d" tribes light air. which
furnish the means o. support 10 large NUM-
Der of Industrious lnd 5nrifty families.
The articles added To the free lists in the bill
are few in number and of lnconsideraoe lm-
portaDce SUCH articles as form the base or raw
ma terial of other manufac ures, and OF which
| there Is no domestic supply, ,sclennhc theorists,
as well practical Legislators, agree should
be charged with little or no duty. When any
country has superior natural advantages tor
the production of specific article i5 may be
useless and waste Oh capital for others 10 AT
| tempt rivalry n the same direction. We have
nothing that will compete with the white cliff
stone OF England for chalk and whiting, and
1s 1t enters into other manufactures TO con-
siderable extent, and gives business 10 our
homeward bound vessels, 1t deserves TO be free
We produce rock oil petroleum, and while
1t bubbles up and spontaneously runs away
from it's fountains, to be had only for the
catching, it viii be difficult t. find any article