New-York tribune., 1871-12-16
TARIFF ON WOOL.
nv nrnRcH GEpDEs.

q. often "A they think IL practicaDio W
inu blow IN favor Of TRANSATLANTIC piouu -.
American shippers and brokers Alno"s ~ T.a.
;ntsrests aimed at IA tho growing Oh "oO''
t,aders have told Us during Oil the yo"~ ~N.:.,
nrices of wool that the duties levied oy Inc H"o
Government on foreign grown wool roa,V
and lessened the prices obtained 10! oui
wool. This insult to ON understanainss tnoS
so often and 40 persistenNy thas IL 10 poesv ~
NAV have convinced sorne OF tnem'eNoeo. '. y" S"s.
:' that Il never deceived any wool grower
70 ot ~ the Immense stocks OF fofegnUow wool
th"t wsre imported in anticipetion OF the wool
tariff worked off, hsMssca and 81 see OF " pToecton
S snS tho rssine Of wool is fast assuming the proper
n"ce in The industry Of the country and prices OF
Woo have become abont as rem'nerating ss OF oenea
oTcnitnrnl staples the cry in favor OF Tree trade
= rsw material is 70 BE- raised in the halls Of legsa
Hon at washington. need not inform the growers
of wool that if it is, successful u VIII oe I'm.
mediately fatal to thom. and ultimately most
dsastrons to our whole country, and most benehciaa
to Australia and BuenOs Ayres
The following extract, taken from a late new
York newspaper shows something OF the drift of the
attack that Is about to be made The writer is
describing the wooen mills in Auburn In THIS o'a'e'
and says: ,..-,v
onehaf being children. and $4,000 yards OF the nnest
cloth goods, such meltOs and casslmeres arc
S1 's
Ayres and Australia. foreign had tho pleasure OF see
Ing the treasurer, VINO tOlu m6 LO ny
smndred s@as Hs sSousa o Australian WOOL last
and ss ns sSsS
ing the necessity Of encouraging the woG-sr1wsrs sy
be no sense 10 putting heavy duty those classes Of
Australian WOOL which can never 90 raisca IN sns con
This extract exactly states the false issue that has
all along been made when the parties addressed were
supposed to be without knowledge a. TO e iac!s IN In
volved Very liberally, it is offered TO grant Int, tne
necessity Of encouraQng the wool growers by heavy
duties on such woos as they can raise and then the
statement is made that American wool-growers can
60 far nothing untrue is stated, and great princ-
ole is admitted. Australian wool must OF necessary h
be raised in Australia No sane man vii, H.n. IT, as
is the very kind Of wool that comes into competition
with the woods we most desire to raise: ..,,.,
1t is stated by this writer that no ioun o a1
qusite ineness Of the Australian wool W aosoi;S
phenomenal which means suppose, that ainericMa an
raised wool is not so fine as sr woo than Is
In the July number Of The Bulletin Of tho National
Hayes, and published in Boston. find an eytraot
from work of William Latham. published in Lon
don, England which Mr. Hayes gives as the history
"a It comes from the manufacturers Of woolens and
therefore must be taken by that interest AZ true anu
conclusive as. in fact believe it tolbe ~, roa,;.h
breeds of sheep were naturally taken there -,
"In forming these f1ocks the Leicester. COtswold,
Lincoln, Southdown Merino and Others, as also the
Spanish Merino and sxony all took their part, tho
English breeds giving size, weight OF fleece ana
length of wool giving useful and T%sll,devGloPod %
animal rs tho basis OF the colonial nocks placing
ing Long and persistent refining on this sound
basis with tho best English MerinO rams lCabaha,
M the anbR SRs sa wh tSs the bsst neneh
ftnS s that Ss Sons Ss a"
Thus these tlocks were founded and they are sun
tho sane sources. Great skill and care have been
devoted to the improvement Of these hooks, the
breeding of sheep has become the most important
rural interest and, consequently. the most import;
race Of sheep have become of great value They are
Of SEo7t end S9ft8sHss ss R sfaps am
pssss sIfn amsd onSs
with the Australian wOOls"
From this account it is easy to know Just what the
case it cannot be finer than that of the Merno from
which it in part sprung. and toward which the
breeders have constantly been looking as the stand
rams, and which is the standard of fine wool all over
the world
importance than it is now. Once the far-famed
Electoral Saxony sheep was bred almost entirely
with view to ineness OF fiber but that has long ago
been given up, even in SaxOny. The improvements
in the processes of manufacturing woOlcns have been
such that extreme neness Of fiber is no longer 40
much in demand but If it there is no difficulty
in producing it in this country Whatever our man.
ufacturers demand in regard to wool whether as fine
AZ Mr.. Chsmberlsins SIesians, or as long ~ the
otwolds our growers I stand ready 70 pr9dnce t anu
est extremes.
The American Merino is the result of demand
ing wool in which strength and other qualities
of more importance than extreme fnensss. Lately
fine woos have been more called for and If the pres;;
ent tariff can remain untouched, this demand will
probably increase Should this be 80, the growers of
wool will be ready to respond promptly to such de-
mand, for they greatly prefer growing fine to grow
preaching for new departure, and our manufacture
will pay as well for fine as they will for medium
grades, It will be forthcoming. For such new de-
parture Mr.. Hayes asks: "What stock could furnish
better foundation for refining than tho American
MerinosT There is mono.
The writer in the newspaper before quoted names
Buenos Ayres woods of those imported by the man
ufacturers he interviewed Let MS see what Mr..
Hayes says of Buenos Ayres WOOL and of the tariff in
connection with those wOols:
The increased duty on woods of the frst-cla was
demanded by the wool growers chiefly to restrain
the importation of the woods OF Buenoe Ayrsa which
pose was accomplished the importation being
diminished to the extent of $4,000 bales In
year. The .ceakness and general deficiency of these
Gs fS: 1 s' m ssG ss rSs
consumers Of cloth have been clearly benefited by
the limitation Of their use while they have been
equally benefited by the operation of the specific
duty, which has made it more advantageous to the
manufacturers to import and consume tho higher
priced but sounder and cleaner woods Of Australia
and New Zealand"
Mr.. Hayes edits tho organ Of the manufacturers
and when he gives his testimony. in the foregoing
extract IN favor OF speco dSty and gives the good
ent duties laid on foreign-grown wool were de-
tS6%lnsd torn 5y Joint oOmmttss Of and
tions Of each interest The National Associeton "f
Manufacturers has, 80 far can learn been faithful
20 tnss 81 Msgrsmsat and has officially interposed in
at hazard Individual manufacturers of wooiens.
acting from what believe to be Q narrow view OF