, 1870-09-23

war expenditures that result from staud;
arto.es, and the necessities OF keeping lii
4 employed
WOOL AND wHEAT
The Republican Convention in tha $
faal (a1innesota) District has nominate.
candidate for Congress on an anti-nrot,
tive tariff platform. The Democracy
that district hare been badly eien,oraiiz
nS tals action, and have abandoned I
contest. Under these circumstances. n
; Donnelly. a free trade Republican, has a
nounced himself as an Independent cant
date Both candidates are, therefore. au
protection. The St. Paul Pre&x, howeve
IL dolng what it can, in clumsy and ind
rect manner. to defeat General Aver,ll. Il
Aepafllcan nominee, by persuading ne
pie that Tie platform is really for hie
! ! taF'H, thereby giving the impression th
Asef'll Is rcnning on false pretences. he,
is a es'ecimen of its logic:
=" Ho1l.en goods fn this country are cheancr I,
| aay II gold, -ftlattrtly to the average Taves
aoSr thaa .nsx were TO- lsso: that i to sa5,
] r r.
ia ne Cnlred States ~ 1ss0, than the same uonu
0! !anor in 1864. and t,.e reason IS, that the i'm
Mease competition in Wooi.en manufacturers. sin,
nateu W Inc tarih, has had its legitimate and nec
essary effect In reducing tue ,1r1ce OF wnns,
GGoas Almost to the bare cost OF production. M
as 5aat tne american manufacturers profits Of
ported article, is ether tn state de,1bersie IN
Whole subject" .s ~ ''''
What does the st. Paul P,4xs mean by
wcollen goods?" Bnder that general
Term there are thousand or more varieties
OF manufactures. We have goods made
extensively from the coarse wools of. tue
United Stntes: goods made from q mixture
OF thcse with small portion of the finer
WOODS OF other countries, and We have the
third class, made principally of fine wool.
with which small portion only Of tue
coa1:e article is used: and there is still
another class OF goods not made in this
country at all. We have levied a tax which
almost prohibits the Introduction of for
cigl wools, md restricts tue American
manufacture to such goods as arc ,n7;u1r
'nade Of domestic wool The result is,
that: as there is no foreign demand for
our wool at our prices, and rs there is more
Of it in the market than san be used at
home, the wool-grower receives less f.,
us product in 1870 than lie lid in lSsaa,
when the Importation Of foreign woods was
free The fact is, the wool tariff Ind
the immediate effect OF s,,speudiug or
ciippling all American manufactures Of
wool in which the foreign wool was ,,arti-
ally employed, except blankets and car
pets. 1t has cut down the demand and
destroyed the profit Of the wool-erowar
s.y crlp2ling tie manufacture which con-
sulned his wool. But what has been the
Effect upon in,portations Of the goods
made Of lnixed wools9 In 1s6s-Ga. the
OF foreign woollen Goods
to the large sim of :ss:,4 ,i:a0, ,a43,
he the price of these goods what it NAV. il
is necessarily increased GO to 100 per cent to
the consumer hy the tax: because the goods.
E'cing actually imported, have TO ,,ay duty
pf that a11 ornt.
The effect OF the tariff on tie other
class Of goods has been equally direct upon
The consumer. The tax on all articles ma,1o
or mainly of American wool.
ls rrohil'itory. This Includes blankets.
coarser flannels, shawls, cloths for yo,nen.s
oufer garments, coarser garments for
mems wear, carpets, etc AL foreign
goods of this kind are taxed from GO to
lm per cent i'll gold. The price at which
tile foreign article can be imported ami
sold, regulates the price of the domestic
article. Tint this is the actual ease j,
proven by the fact that many varieties are
imported, which could not be done profita.
'ly if the prices Of the American manufac-
a1ers were not fully up to that Of the for
''gn article. These latter goods form the
,reat bulk OF the woollen goods used by
he American people. Tho production Of
vool in NIL paris Of the world has been
'reatiy extended during the last ten wears,
md one result is, that the cost Of woollen
pods IN Europe has been reduced from 20
0 W' per cent. The people of all E,,ro-
'ean countries n7c now able. in couse.
lnence ef the vast increase III the supply |
Il every variety Of wool. to purchase
Eooiiea goods at one-fonrtA lass rost Than
yer before The foreig gu manufacturer,
avlnS an exclusive market of the Tui,ta:
tatcs for the finer goods. sends them lerc
Increasing quantities. The tariff do.,
ut affect him. The consumer has to na,
he svlule tax. The cost Of the other e'as.
u goods, which i'll all paris of the worlc
: - per cent less than ever before. il os.
ct to ol1r American ,nanufac: urers bv III.
'ec!:nc IN the price Of American wool. o. |
vhlch they are the only purchasers. Bu |
hen comes the tariff, which enables him
collect upon oil his fabrics the tax wI,i,l
nc importer pnys. The price of III,
american wooIlen goods is regulated liz
nat Of the imported of the SAINT |
l'1ailtf: as the importer has to pa,
IL average tax in currency Of ::
er cent, his selling price must b.
. pcr cent greater than it would he i;
here was no such tax. The american.
getting the same price as th,
Importer for all his goods, collects from,
1c consumer - per cent more tlan IL,
ame goods conll be purchased for. if M
'lch tax we're imposed.
1uks whichever horn of the tiileun,, H..
I. Pnnl Ire*' may select. the fact i.
that the tax on woo]lcu
oods, both of fine and the lower grades. is
AIT by the consumer. The finer cloths
Que Ut which nrc made in this country.
~ lie enormous tax of 60 per cent il
DID, au unjustifiable extordon. The
Eher productions, amounting in value to
ssersf hundreds Of millions annually, nay
s1lll higher lax, not u dollar Of ,eAich !,
'cftFfd 1y the goeernment. It is iufa-
IONS, not only because Of its magnitude.
ut more SO because it is levied to the op-
resslon of the whole people, for the ex-
us1re benefit of comparatively few cor
'rations and individuals.
The st. Paul Press undertakes to enforcn
argument that consumers do not nav
e tax oil wonllcn goods, by citing The
Ct that the tariff imposes duty Of 90
r cent on wheat, which hns no effect 10
crease its cost. This is true. The dutv
wheat is no protection, because we pro- :
sce surplus Of wheat, which must find
afkes abroad, and the price of the whole
op Is determined by the price Of the sur. !
US IN the foreign market. The duty
ign. bc a dollar bushel, aud j, would
It Affect the price, we bcing exporters Of
c product. a duty on cotton, or a dut1
corn or beef will not affect the do,ocs. :
pflce Of either, so long Us we llave ,norr
eack than We can consume on1 ~, Il
:. aces are regulated By those at Liverpool Il
IL We are not exporters of wool or VOL.
goods We are consumers Of both md
anr add;t;a.. G