The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-26

States, were Jointly represented This
convention appointed joint commit
tee to propose proper increase OF TAR
if to the revenue commission appoint
ed by Congress, and through it to the
WAYS and Means Committee. This
Joint committee held meeting in New
York, and agreed, he would state
in general terms to recommend a
specific tariff of 10 cents per
pound and 10 cents ad valorem on GER
tain qualities Of foreign woods which
compete with American woods. The
schedule was to remain in the main the
same except that woods costing II cents
a pound were to be assessed 6 cents a
pound specific duty and woods costing
over 80 cents were TO be taxed II cents
Hon. J. n. Ewing, of Pennsylvania,
said that as the proposition hau OeeH
reported to the Ways and Means Com
mittee there could be no Improperly
in stating what it was. Three Commits
sioners, one from Pennsylvania, one
from New York and one from New
England were appointed by the last
Congress in order that they might have
a wear to report to the present Congress
their views in reference to protection
generally, and during the present win
ter had made their report. AS they
have reported on the article of wool, he
couldn't see why there was any objec-
ton to knowing what that report is.
Col. Harris said the Revenue Com
mittee had allowed certain individuals
to see the result of their labors, under
strict injunction of confidence. He
supposed they were the best judges of
what it was best to make public.
Mr.. Ewing wanted to know then
what the concession was on the part OF
the wool growers finally in order to
effect the compromise with the manu-
tactureIs, and what the basis was TO
I'D n1l in
compromise returned to the comms-
sion.
Col. Harris did not know further than
in general terms that the manuiactu-
rers were allowed % per cent. after de-
Quoting certain neutraliZlng duties on
certain materials used in the manulac-
lures. He understood that was the
basis.
Mr.. Sharon thought he was in pos
session of the same information as Col.
Harris, and was under no injunction
of secresy. His information came from
a member of Congress. The terms OIL
the agreement between the committees
of the wool growers and mannlactu-
rers were not the terms asked by the
| Ohio wool growers 1t was not Sails
| factory to some Congressman, among
them Mr.. Grinnell, of Iowa, and De-
lanO, of Ohio. 1t was agreed that the
| tariff should be 10 cents SPECIFIC ana III
cents advalorem on all woods costing
under 24 cents He thought they
ought to do better. He had no objec-
ton to the resolution before the Con-
vention proposing IL cents. That was
what Mr.. Montgomery, of ONO, INSIST
| ed on, in the joint committee at New
York, from the manufacturers. Mhen
they conceded that, they asked 70 per
cent tariff on manufactures over and
above all neutral duties. Forty per
cent is now giveu on imported broad
cloth.
a DR.. Julius F. Lemoyne, of Washing
ton, Pennsylvania, said he understood
| from Mr.. Randall, member of Congress
from Pennsylvania, that 1t was propoS-
ed to tax such woods as compete with
American woods, so that those costing
less than 30 cents per pound should pay
a duty of 10 cents per pound Speclhc
and ten por cent ad valerem, on I'M
washed wool, double and on
secured wool three times that, SPECIFIC
and advalorcm, and on all costing above
81 cents, IL per cent ad vnlorem.
j. NJ. Estep, of CadiZ, Ohio, said that
while the manufacturers had had
ample protection and had grown rich,
he did not believe any wool
grower in Ohio had cleared 10
per cent. on his business within the last
| four years. Some manufacturers had
cleared 20, 80, 40 and even 100 per cent.
per annum on the capital invested in
| their business. He referred to II COM
pany in Connecticut which with cap
| ital of million had declared dlvl-
dend of a million in one year. The
| Joint committee had proposed in Gener-
al terms to have the tariff equaliZed.
Every one knew there must necessarily
be high tariff for long time to come
| to raise the large revenue required. lie
claimed that it should be so equaliZed
that wool growing should receive an
equal protection with any other inter
est. The wool growers did not ask or
need any more. Some said they had a
better tariff now than ever before. APP
purently it was the case, and they were
getting 60 cents pound for wool ana
used to get but half II dollar. That by
itself looked well enough, and If they
would put everything else back where
it was before the war, it would be doing
very we'll. But the facts were that while
wool had advanced but 10 cents on old
prices, groceries, cloths, muslins, car
pets, rniture,-everything a family
! consumes has doubled and in .many
cases more than doubled. Give us. said
he half, IL dollar in gold for our wool and
give us these necessaries oflife at the old
prices and we will live and thrive and
grow fat and get rich. The wool grow
| ers had nothing to do with the manu-
| fncturers. 1t was the business of the
wool producer to get all he could for
| his WOOL, anu IL WAS the DuSlueSS vi LIlc
manufacturer TO buy it for the least he
could. a majority of the wool under
the present tariff comes in under 24
cents and only pays duty of cents
and actually comes in under cents.
He did not want to discriminate against
the manufacturers; he wanted them to
have such protection as they needed.
| but he wanted the wool men to have n
| fair protection too. He didn't see that
the wool men had anything to do with
the tariff on manufacturers, or that the
manufacturers had anything to do,
properly, with the tariff on wool. They
were not Mt all connected, indeed il
might be considered that in limited
sense their interests were nntagonistic.
He thought the tariff demanded by the
resolution before the Convention was
right.
Mr.. Ewing said the importations into
the country were of such character
that no honest man could live by COM
peting with them, and therefore, the
wool growers asked fair protection and
they would fill the country in IL few
years so that there would be more wool
than the country could consume, and
large amount for expectation. We pos
sess all the facilities of any country on
the globe and want nothing more than
equitable protectiOIT to make wool one
of the leading intefests of the country.
Not the wool growers alone are inter
eSted. Every man is, no matter what his
occupation, While he agreed with Mr..
Estep that it was the duty and right of
the wool growers to take care of them
selves he was also for the protection of
the manufacturer-not only of wool
but of iron and every other production
of the country, just rs much as he was
in favor of protecting the wool Itself
They ought to ask for the protection of