The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-08

that In the locality where no lived the
restoration OF the duty oi 1867 was regard.
ed u matter simple, pure and uumiti.sted
justice,
came asking legislation, and when they did.
congress- should give them a respectful
hearing. lie therefore supported the bill.
Morrison ca.Isd attention TO the TACT that
when the tarif commission ended their
months txercises, IL liked the duty
on wool ~ II was IN the law
to.dsy. It's report was approved
by the gentlemen on the other side and
their pro, ective friends. and lew Ia num-
Der on his side ana by the senate: and by u
con 'erence proiessedly OF these gentlemen
the duty 10 the rate at which II stood be-
fore the passage Of the tariff. What esti.
mate WAS to be made OF their professional
lie left 1t TO the country To say, whatever
might 90 the different views
on ,n Tbs question a,,v OF o, p'S gsSi
could not be justly and rightly considered
apart from tue duty on WOODEN foods. into
which wool entered as the largest manuiac-
ture. A bill had been reported TO the
house on the general subject OF tariff, as
well rs on tho rates Of wool and wooden
goods. He would ask the house Tuesday
week TO take mp that bill aud consider the
the re sinder OF his time 10 Hurd M this
was claimed TO be y sort OF Ohio question.
[lnnghter.l
Burd said no opposed this motion be-
cause II proposed 10 restore the duty on
wool and thereby increased the pricl IL did
so directly by increasing the price of foreign
wool required la domestic manufaciu re
The question thus plainly presented was,
ought the price OF wool TO be increased by
egisation? There were three classes
interested In The answer to that question
tho first, those who consumed the articles
made OF wool: second. those who manulsc
tured wooden goods and third, those who
effect on the first class would be TO increase
the price u it's wooden goods, for the price
OF the material OF which the article was
made, could not b, increased
without increasing the price OF the
srtlc'e itself Ought tho price of WOODEN
10. IL to be incressedp To that question
there ought 10 be one answer. At all times
and In ell circumstances In our northern
climate wool vas an indispensable article of
daily consumption. IL was shelter to the
house Less, cOveriug TO tho shivsring and
idel when the light was extinguished. To
working men, artisans and mechanics
labor without the protection OF WOODEN
clo,hing would he insuifsrsble, and their
condition miserable indeed This rad been
than half a million men were out OF en-
poym9nt, and strong men everywhere
were seeirg their families starving
because they could not get t1e
work they were anxious 10 do.
Had the house REPUBLICANS more TO say
than that the necessities OF lie should be
incf eased price? The very proposition
we - n mockery OF their misforiunes. To
pess this bill would he an uniorl ivpable
wong 60 millions. IL was not an ausp-
clous time /, make clothing dearcr to
the poor. IL bounties we're
needed for sny industry, ia Gods name
take them out OF the Overlooking r7sury,
not out NJ the suffering poor. Acc Ause
What effect would IL have on the manu-
featuring interest? That ntorest every.
where was In state of depression. MANY
he'd reduced hours of labor. Many had
shot up for time, few were running
all The time and TO tne iull extent
Of their capacity. IN the midst OF
this depression did the house propose
to add 10 their burnsns ~ increasing the
prica of raw materials. One OF tho chic
causes of the present depr ssion wac the
high price o, foreign wool. 70 the Amer.-
can manufacturers IL w-s nearly 90 per cent
higher that AZ the port OF shipment. Ia
American mllls 600 000,000 pounds
rs 100000 hounds were imported.
There was enough power In the mills to
produce nearly twice 80 much as they did.
The American mills could msnniactu.
COO goo, GOO pounds annually, but the h'gh
dui prevented the Duiactuier from get
ting what he required TO have in order to
make np for the deficiency OF home produc.
ton, ard by this very t.riH he was
kept out from the markets of the world
England sold abroad $40 .Coo0 GOO worth
OF wooden goods annually America cold
abroad scarcely 100000 worth. TO pass
this bill and increase the price OF foreign
wool and the. house would
edo 10 the embarrassment. Every
wool manufacturer would compel
a further reduction of wages and lock still
more tightly against the market OF the
world. This was attempted TO be justified
on the groui d. that the American farmer
would get "A Better price for his wool. This
he denied. What, was the market Tor the
farmer? No man bought wool and brought
clothes. 1t was the American manulac-
trrer who crested the market
and lust as he prospered or was depressed
was the wool high or low Applause. IL
was natural that men IN prosperity Bnoulh
pay better prices than men woom advertity
had oyeriakep. He (Hurd) charged that
the low price of American WOOL was largely
a.tributable TO the high price
Of ioreien wool. There were three
graded OF wool in the market, viz: snper-
fine, intermediary and carpet. OF these
America did not produce the superdne or
the Garnet woods, aud therefore no cu'y on
them could be oI benefit 20 any iasuiei as
the intermediate grade. This was the sit-
natl m. The woods OK foreign countries
md texture and fibre, which
the American manufacturers needed IN
order to mix with American wool. NO man
could make n good suit OF clothes out OF
cloth made W tn A mericsn wool only. Set
foreign wool free or reduce the duty ana
more foreign wool would be imported, snd
that %.Da Would iSr Ame %sss wool every Evsfy
pound OF inferno iiary wool imported
wou,d make more available every pound
raised here, Foreign wool did not come
in competition with American wool, but
was supplemental to its essential value.
From 1Sl7 to 1860 farmers cot cents
per pound lin more 'h hsan r ansy d,s
tariff. In England, when the proposition
was made 10 take the duty Oh wool. II was
eptagonized by the wool-growera, but the
result had been that the price OF WOOL ha1
s.esdily advanced. He believed II wool
were put on the free list to-day with
corresponding reduction 10 GUY or Moolsn
goods the result would be large increase
In manu- factures. a large increase In the
number OF operatives employed, at least a
10 per cant Increase in the price paid the
farmer, aud a reduction Of 20 per cent to
the people who had to buy WOODEN goods.
He had been requested by
the legislature of Onio 10 vote
to restore the duty on wool. he had re-
spscs for the legislature as a body and for
lis Individual mem bers. but he would not
vote 10 make wooden clothing dearer tn the
laporins population Of the country II every
democrat ia Ohio asked him TO DO so. ILond
anplause democrat sidel Concluding be
said, "Woe to party prooosesl 70 obtain
poser by making the expenses oil living