The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-11-30

House-Discussion OF the Tariff
Que-iion-Proiectis 20 American
Industry Asked For.
Under the above heading, .he Pitts
burgh Commercial of Thursday reports
the proce dings of the Wool Growers
Convention held in that city on Tues-
day and Wednesday. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: .... D
Presiient-Hon Henry S. Randall,
Cuurtland Village, n. Y.
Seeretary-W. +. Greer, Paiuesville,
Ohio.
Treasurer-A. l.. Wilcox, Onandaigua,
ny.
Delegate to Washington-Hon. X. NJ.
Montgomery, Ohio.
According to the plan of organization,
the National Wool Growers Association
is composed of two delegates from each
Of the State Associations. The follow
ing gentlemen were present, represent
ing their respective State Societies:
New York Hon. Henry 5. Randall,
John d. Wing,
Vermont-Col. Z. S. Stowell
OhiO-Hon. Columbus DelanO, Hon.
K. VI. Montgomery.
Pennsylvaaia-Dr.F. +. Julius Lemoyne,
James Slocum.
West Virginia-Thomes Sweeney,
Samuel Archer.
Illinois-A. NJ. Garland, Samuel P.
BOardman.
WiSconsim-Eli StillsOn.
The following resolutions were pre-
sentcd and adopted:
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL
WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
Resolred, |. That the financial neces-
sites of the nation reDder a tariff for
revenue purposes indispensable, in or
der to pay our obligations and preserve
our national honor.
=. That in regulating duties on I'M
ports, Congress should exempt such
articles of general necessity as are not
produced in this country and should so
adjust duties on other articles as to give
fair and equal protection as far as prac-
tcable TO the products of American in
dustry.
3. Considering the compact, extensive
and persistent efforts of the free trade
interes' to destroy American industry,
and weaken our national resources, it is
the duty of all the industrial interests
of the nation to unite in q common
effort to cOunteract this foreign free
trade policy.
4. We regard the present duties on
do al ODD nf fafl
to promote and harlnoniZe the true in
terests Of products and consumers of
wool and wOolen fabrics; VIC therefore
have full faith in the ultimate results
Of this tariff, and insist that it be neith-
er modified nor repealed until time shall
have fully demonstrated its effects.
). That "the interests of wool manu-
facturers and wool growers, being recog-
nized as identical, further measures
should be adopted to make each class
familiar with the respective wants and
necessities of the other"
A mass meeting for the public discus
sion of topics connected with the Wool
Growing interest was held at two
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. The
meeting, which was held in the room OF
the Court of Quarter Sessions, was COM
posed of the members of the Associa-
tion proper, and of large number Of
other gentlemen representing various
Industrial interests.
On motion of Dr. f. LemOyne, OF
Washington county, Hon. Henry 5,
Randall, President of the National
Wool Growers Association, was called
to the chair, and w. +. Greer, Esq, of
Painesvilfe, Lake county, Ohio, was
chosen Secretary.
After briefly stating the object of the
meeting as above presented, DR.. LIE
MoYNE offered the following resolu-
ton:
ReSolred, That the present low price
OF wool has resulted, not from any de-
feet in the present tariff law, but from
the protracted discussions in Congress,
and the postponed enactment of the
present law, thus giving opportunity TO
importers to glut our marke ct with wool
and woolens causing an extraordinary
and protracted ruling of low prices.
In the course of his remarks, the
mover deprecated any encouragement
on the part of wool growers. The arti-
fetal prices of war times had been fol-
lowed by a reaction; hence the present
depression. Economy had succeeded
extravagance on the part of the people,
and in addition to this the Government
had been glutting the market with
army clothing, underselling the manu-
facturers, who we're in turn compelled
to lower their rates of purchase.
Hon. COLUMBUS DELAKo- OF Ohio,
followed DR.. LEMoYNE in a speech of
some length. He was quite-sigorous in
his denunclation of the Democratic
doctrine of free trade, and contended
earnestly for the ideas of protection