New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-14
THE DUTY ON WO0L1Ey KNIT GOODS

,,vrTrxc OF KNIr.GOoDs MANUP ACTURERS-PRO-
TESTING AGAINST A MISTAKE IN THE REVISED
STATUTES WHICH DlsCRIMINArEs AGAINST THE
IMPORTATION OF RAW WOOL.
largely attended meeting OF the mempeTs vi ,aio
National KnitGoods Association ana tne hiiau .L
mia Hosiery Association was held YESTERDAY at rIe
office of James JalcOtt, No. los frankuh,st: LUG
object was to discuss the precarouS conullion VI
the kuit-goods interests" OF the COUNTY, e Ia
view of recent decision of the United states ou-
prcme Court, and to take action to nnnenco Colll
gress for their relief. The law oil Io9I lllpoScdd
pound dutieSon raw wools CORRESPONDENTS ~ ID
duties on wOollen manufactured GOODS, anu III a au
ditiOn an ad Valorem duty ol 80 per cent on oto
manufactured article. In the revision OF the STAT
utes in 1878 the omission OF the WoId ,W3ol III III
one of ths "sChedulesO held by the
Collector OF this Port to leave the duty on WOone1
goods 80 per cent ad valOTem, striking OH P3uiu
duties but leaving pound duties on raw Wo9i, , as
well as the ad yaorem duty. The effect OF TINS
ruling was to make the duty on InahulHCt ulcu
Goods from Is to 20 per cent less than on the raw
ma+eral fest suit was instituted TO determine
the correctness of the Collectors ruling, WhlG1 " a.
decided in favor of the Government by the Onlled
States Supreme Court on March 20, 1881. CIT
cular of instruction, based on TINS ueclslon Has
issued by the Treasury Department ana resulted IN
the cancellation of orders for KNIT goods 10 the hls
from the leading houses IN New oIk,
The National Knit-GOods Association, through
its counsel ;. w. Kellogg, hled briefs
Tor rehearng of the case, but the pettioh was re-
tused by the Court in May. subsequently IA Dlll
was introduced III Congress ami Is now pcnulne LOT
the correction of the revised statutes III cOlorHA'N
with the law of 1861 III,
of the country represented. large huinGG t
of letters were received expressing sympathy WIN
the object of the meeting. James Ialco'U, WnU "'o
chosen chairman, maze an auuIcSS' III "Ai''' Nv
said:
We represent one Of the most important industries OF
the United states, which is IN peril The duy mas pecn
taken off of the manufactured article of WOOL but remains
on the material. IL is not new law thaI We HSh
but The continuation OF On old one as Ii mas Deei
stood for the last fifteen year, and under winch uuics
have been paid Under that law Inc hHl,Soous luu.o
try has grown to present magnitude ms Is OI
tariff OF political QuesuOn-lt Is one 01 simple lusucc'
: W Kellogg explained how the original law mad
been modified by an error on inc par u VIC
of the statutes That error resulted III lhPOslns "
duty on raw wool OF 80 per cent al NalOIGih d.
against from % to 81 per cent on .sery' lhere
was now a discrimination III favor OF foreign Ihdiu
facturrr, of fully 20 per cent. 1t would be better
for the homo manufacturers IL they mad Tree uiaue
He thought that when Congress luIly coIhpIC-
hended tue case the bill for the relief OF the KNIT
goods industry would receive nearly uhanilAou'
passage .. ,, -
Charles Spencer said that it would xi be
under the present discrimination against raw WOOL
E. j. Chaffee cOntrasted tho condition OF the work
III the French and III the american iaJ LAY BIC
He said that the home manufacturers wanted tneir
men well cared for and TO become goou GU
zens j y. Carpenter sand that the law as at pres
ent enforced would compel the mlll-owners TO re-
duce the price of their Labor 20 to 80 per cent MI
Cna1ee sand that so Per cent would be nearer the
necessary reduction. Mr.. Spencer SAID that tne
figures should be from % to 100 per cent j. ID.
Allen said that the meeting dld not WISH
to reopen the tariff question nor 10 com
plain against anyone, 1t SIMPLY wanted an obvious
error In the revised statues recufed II. T. spooner
said that tho manufacturers OF New Hampshire
recently resolved to close down their mills unless
| relieved by Congress.
Aresoluionwas ADOPTED declaring that by an error
| in the revision of the statute laws OF the United
States and by recent decision OF the oupIehJ9
| Court the dute collected woollen and worSted
| knit goods were much lower than the duties upon
raw woods, and that the effect Oh Ill s
| decision was unsettling the market and
| threatening the most serious injury to
the kult-g goods industry OF the country ana IequcsE
inc ongpess to take immediate action for the cor
reCtion of the error. 4, -
| specches were also made by several other manu-
| faciurcrs The Executive Committee OF the Asso-
| citation were authorized to increase their number
| for the purpose Of visiting Congress to influence
legislaton and also draft form OF appeal 10 DC
signed by mill operatives aud sent to Congress-