New-York tribune., 1867-01-04

protection sT Claim high protection the plea that it is
hot yet Me ne next consider whether tho business Of
AZ the time the bill under consideration was
Eo0id was I'm condition TO warrant such an eNti'e
eemand lC m ree FOR medium American washed wools
IN the NewYorH be average price Of the same wocis
from @ O ~ ,s9 was fOry-twO and eighttenths az $40
cents the ayeTaSe T peT cent K therefore appears that
hIs th rates under consideration were luatued ana
6en1aueu a. 10 the average price before the war
~ tbot The growing OF WOOL at lh0se prices was theh
profitable t authority in the United states on this
mon ir, i1 thc President Of the American WoolGrow-
sr ssT Striking the fact that during a8 years
moN i January /, 1907, and with all me disturbing
len0ngt tbe wool market, there has not been a single
eause which the average price tt2 $40 Tor inc ,~Ool
yeaiped medium would not nor lSe1emoSr' iSooI ly
,hs actual cost Of producing our @ Anecn
Uefl'o ,r stanes OF industry can a. much be saidF
otF o p-ces Of wool at the present time are no legiti
Ine o I'm respect 10 this question, naSmuch as
bey arc abnormal in their character anu aIe que inuy
- General depression OF business consequent upon ih
tcnacd reduction Of prices, ana 10 an over lmYOra-
on of foreign woods in the spring ana summer OF lsC6
.tjmulated by the prospect OF an iuN'Ve IN Iie tdI
'TI, B1t laying aside all other considerations, let us
next inquire whother the giIIg o n0 IoP9Seu 9 s lHtC
b congress WI afford 10 the woolgroWeTs the rehei
Which i confidently expected 800, - -. os.
The trouble under which the Woolgrower at present
tob0rs il one and the same aiiecuS every orr oa'h
NJ Industry I'm fhc country, VIZ. noSl eAId1l'uudH au
vance in the cost Of an the e'!ifhS !i ti % now,
tiOn TO remedy this state OF t-s ny NJ, NV 1
nronoscs 10 make the cost Of production sl hghSl Or
sluuOSed that ne dloHc, OF an tue
~ the country is to be allowed 10 auNace the price o
His proucts without submitting to an equivalent advance
III Ihe pre- pt U az nce Of New England. Ncw-YoIk ard
obtn u6fwashcd wools Nc,c-York Price Current Nov g.
is6GJ range from 20 to l6 cents per pound ana 4t Iee
tirniory In the states of New York, Pennsylvania and
ohio is very far from remunelauve' hgher rate Ol
6ntv is therefore asked on the importation or the foreign
co1peting wo0s the principal and cheapest OF which
the south American OF Mestza unWashed-WaS quoted IN
New at the above date at from to 81 cents per
pOund currCucy),
The production Of cheap woos however is not confined
90 foreign countries Wool frOn Texas IS now offered IN
York at from 20 20 80 cents per pound ana II was
claimed before the that wool could be produced IN
per pound Whether this claim cXagg rated one
Or not II imatoria 10 discuss. but the Commissioners
would ask attentou-frst to an aMhGiltauNt s'althth
Of the President Of the American WoolGIOWers AsSocd-
ton 10 the effect that while the cost OF Keeping Sheep
on the high-priced lands OF England ana NeWNOrk
h 80 ucr tmm the cost in the southern and southwest
ern part United states "does not exceed 25 cents
And secondly that the results Of careful examination
OF Texas made during tle past year 10y an experienced
Northern woOlgrOwcr and submitted 70 the COumls
Eoner give fifteen cents per pound as the present esu
mated cost Of raising wool in that state. -. -,
Al the present time moreover, the production OF Wool
IN southern Kansas and in New Mexico, where the con
tons Of cost nearly the same as In Texas where he
sheep feed out the year round ana Whefe Two SltIhS
not uncommon, IS increasing with great rapdiy III
reported 10 the Commissioner that the cost 81 rails
ing wool IN the great states oi minnesota ana IOWA Is Vt
IN Of oDehaf OF the cost OF product N ONO whe
In California whose product OF WOOL If rapidly @ eItsSS
(and Is sold IN after transportation around
Cape Horn from 90 10 80 cents per pound the cost OI
per pound And as touching the question OF LOCALITY III
wool growing IL should be borne In mind that the cost OF
transporting Wool Is less IN coSaso4 M Win IT'S & vlue
point 200 miles of Chicago 70 the seabOaTd having
been established some years since as 50 per cent On tc
value OF wheat; 80 per cent on pOIk' ~ peT CCit Oh pe
while wool it only four per cent. The inquiry,
he WO" grower SSS' Of SewEagSad, SeTYok and Ohio
expects Obtain against the competing woods OF other
parts OF the United States which are already offered III
she market AT ABOUT the lne price s tue OItI
wOOli and more especially when II is considered that
these cheap domestic woods to receive under the pro
posed increase OF rates an al Naoiem PI1lecuo ana
Tariff stimulus as much IN excess OF that gwen 70 the
woods of Now England NewYOik, and Ohio, the pro
ducBg cost of the former is proporuonaely inferior TO
that Of the latter
and decrease the price Of cotton the inevitable ten
dency must be to again rapidly bring IN cotton as com
pettOr WOOL decreasing the consumption OF the latter
and increasing that OF the former both separate man
ufacture and as constituent for mixing with wool IN the
manufacture Of wOOlens, with view of reducing their
IL needs Therefore gift Of prophecy to predict
that between stimulated domestic competition ana the IN
ssks for higher protection Will his request Is acceded
sti stone. So
TomthIg Let us next consider the relation which the
growing and manufacturing OF wool TO sustain -
Zach other under the proposed tariff As under all ord
nary circumstances the American woOFgrower cannot eX
kon Of urft and s entirely dependent upon the Amer
manufacturer for market II would seem TO need no
argument prove that state OF prosperity on the part
Of the wool manufacturer essential 20, and must
condition OF prosperity on the part OF the wool
grower. -. , .. $1,000 ~ f.
other words 10 produce cbeaply and -ell largeyt Is
necessary not only that the raw materials should Dt ar
forded 70 them al fair prices but also that they should not
be restricted in the selection of varieties No one country
produces all the varieties OF wool, hut every country mas
tts own distinctive qualities adapted especially for some
peculiar branch Of the wOoen manufacture II is, there
FORE evident that country can make all the varieties
OF woOlen goods unless 10 for It's supply OF raw ma
teria such others may be necessary TO obtain the
varieties not raised within its own ooudares 10 pre-
olude the m9nufacturer from doing this is equivalent to
prescribing that his business shall not be allowed the
f5yilege Of obtaining that development wch Is enjoyed
In oil other countries That the granting OF tins latter
privilege, moreover, 70 the manuiactnrer |ond noI
prove deriment 10 the domestic pfOduccI Ont rather
benefit the experience Of own and Of al other coun
tTiee offers abundant proof.
American wool manufacturer Of advantages In the
lection and cost Of his raw material 10 certain II not
70 an equal extent DO We those OF Ms foreign CON
petitors The 7OOO00O pounds Of foreign wool annually
imported into the United States 70 meet demand which
the production 0f hmecah WOOL dOes nOt yebbuppW vi"
10 be- produced because the American nanuac
tunr il forbidden 70 take H. Directed from us present
channel OF consumption u must ma ts way 10 IIe mar
kets of Europe; and through the dimnuuon or price
Which always loo"s an thcces vi sulpi! ~ ~
Will be given 20 the Foreign over the American manuac
tnrer largely additional 10 what he possesses; and
this coupled with the Of shoddy and cotton will lead
United states, which no tariff short Of absolute prohib
further and we think most valid objection TO the pro
posed H. that their adoption will seriously impair
the immediate gold revenue Of the Government and thus
delay the abatement or removal 0f the various internal
and duplicated taxes on domestic industry, which are
the real Of the troubles under which the wool
zrou er rs well every other American producer now
hbOs The adoption OF these rates will also tend 20 de-
tat yet remains the United States. large American
carrying trade which before the maintained with
Brazil aud other south American States has as already
stated been nearly annhiatcd, Int very considerable
plumber Of vessels yet employed IN the Cape Of GOos
Hope and Australian trade carrying out the products OF
American industry, and receiving Tor the same in great
part the woods Of those countries II Tie proposed rate
woOb adopted, the Commissioner is assured, that
nearly all these vessels will he at NIthdraWn from
This trade nasnuch the importation Of return cargo
Of wool will be- impossible
The Commission Is vel aware that the present de
pressed condition o the wool nteTes-hOh fiber and
manufacture he referred 20 Tc0inder TO each
and all the arguments thus submitted and good and
Aufficen for Su immediate the tariff
An analysis Of tho csuses which have led 10 this drpres
son Will however In his opinion. lead an nnnn. com