The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-21
WOOL AND woo1n, -

| WOOL AND woo1e, -.
Am Address From tn. NJ.
"'nt'on of Wool e.," '''
CHICAGO, May 2o.-Ts',s
mass me. ting OF wool e rms Ky
United States resumed five itSeh
IL O'Clock this morning an ssssjp
mittee appointed to nrs, Ths
dress to the wool grower ate
try submitted the followiuuath s
To the wool growers and ~:
ers Of the United Note.' sp
GENTLEMEN:-At tho
Convention of Wool NJ
Sheep Breeders of the Uni,sMsa
held at Chicago. tue lSthhe
1884. and which was st,V
delegates from twenty-sevss.aads
a committee was appoint.d.S
up an address to the wool s,ss
the country for the purpose asse
ing them to a proper reaj,a'.s
the necessity that exists for
ate and energetic action if III
rescue the great industry il
they are engaged, from thu
depressed condition and ~
pending dangers of a still nn'
Gus nature. The undersignsdI
bers of the committee firmly l.
that the existing said copdits,
the interests you represent ba,
brought about largely, if M
gether, by adverse Congressi0n,
islation, and that it will not sas.
prosperous until Congress
reverse its action at its last o.
and restore the rates of duty tns
which prevailed under the TAM
81 by which, for the first time
industrial history of the Conn,
equitable relations were estahs
between duties on wool and thm.
wo len goods. 1t can lie conc i,
~ shown that the tariff act Of
year gave to American produces
both woods and WOODEN goods st.,
markets and secured expansc
production, and that through ths.
panded production it gave cons
ers cheaper woods and woolens Il
were ever before known in Ams
and brought prices for all goods
ordinary wear and of many for i
and luXurlant wear lower or as
rs are known In Europe or Ell
where. The repeal OF the tariff Of
on woods and woOlens was not x,
for, as has been alleged, by the g,
sentative business sentiment Of \
country or by any considerable nu,
Der of the American people, but v
brought about wholly Through t
efforts of importers and OIL,
interested in securing in the Uni.
States a market for fore;
woods. aided by a few parties who
sired to make use Of the foreign d
duct, which subdue American u;
kets and menace American produe
upon whom they We're necessst
compelled to rely for nine-teDths
the wool required in this busin
These combined Influences, imp.
Otic and un-American, led 10
passage of the unwi, e, abortlve
suicidal tariff act Of 'S3, to which
frmlv believe may be attributed
0anrpsse0 condition NJ
wool industry. You have, doubtIs
gentlemen, heard much of b
t, uching the soundness of the Dol
Of putting raw materials Uf mann
ture Oh the free list We trust va
will resent such a proposition, when
ever ami wherever made with The in
dignation 1t justly merits. Wool i
the unfinished product of q miNha
dnck owners, who have by yeahd
/ ,teliigent ana patient labor andtu
expenditure of large SUNS Of luoue,
brought their product to its pres.i;
high standard Of excellence. Tools
it simply rs raw material is sous
thing that has been produced sIuu
without cost or expenditure of tim,
or labor, Is an inj justice against which
We trust, you will enter an efetu
protest The argument used in d.
tense of the princip e of prottetc
apply at least as forcibly to wool st
any article on the tariff >chedEs
Growing wool is equal with growiY
food and forests and with the MANI
facture of iron aud steel, the msine
nance Of a commercial nlaripe sli
navy and of a national military.
primary element Of national delrps
i'll war and of tinapcn
security and independence b.
peace. The loss or neglect whic!.
would derange our entire monelsrI
system and place the entire intereGt
OF the country In q condition If ID.
dustrial and colonial v~assalage tohu
e1gn producers Is equally fatal to tt
happiness and unbecoming to tl
dignity and honor of /
nation whose annual incrss
In wealth is now three-told that d
any other nation and whose popuh
ton now gives it the second rnL
among the civilized empires and fir
among the free seIf-goveruiDg ami
enlightened people.
The appeal finally declares wool
growers have q right to ak Con-
gress for q restoration Of the 1neaa
ure of protection and concludes ID
the following terms: Finally BE-
iievlng desperate d.. eases require
heroic remedies, we especially use
you to sustain aC the polls for sys
offices only such candidates
are In favor of adequately proteey
and encouraging the great indr
OF sheep busbandry by voting t
store the wool tariff of '67 or rats.
duties at least as protective as ibis
embodied in that act. Il
The report was unaniDou!
adopted. The remainder of thes
slon was taken up in discu::l!
for united action in u
pending national contest in maSiD!
me power of the wool-growiug ID
1ustry felt. Adjourned.
Vanderbilt In England.
LIVERPOOL, May W.-Eandei9i
.anded this afternoon and procerat'
% London. He Informed u neSf
paper representative that MS ~
ormatton regarding the New lMn
'anlc was incomplete, and there'ys
vas unprepared to comment upon !,
Vanderbilt stated the object Of us ~
,lslt to England was to wituess u"
lnrhY at Enco,n hut tho npXl lGt