Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-23
Wool.

By the act of the National Legislature OF
| 1867, all wools, hair of the alapaca, etc, i'm.
| ported into this country were classlhed and
| taxed as follows
Clothing wools, such as merino, down cloth
| ing woods and woods of like character, such as
| are imported from Buenos Ayres, New Zea-
| land, Australia, Canada and elsewhere, to be
! Glass / and be taxed ten cents a pound and
eleven per cent ad vaorem WREN valued at 80
cents pound or less, and IL cents pound and
10 per cent. ad valorem when valued at over
| 32 cents a pound,
Combing wools-Leieester, Cotswold Down
combings, Canada long, ETC., also hair OF the
alapaoa, goat and other like anima.s to be
Class 2, and be taxed 10 cts pound and IL
cents ad vaorem when valued at 32 cents a
pound or less, and II cents pound 10 per
cent ad valorem when valued at over 80 cts.
Carpet woods, such as Donskoi, Native South
| American, Native Symrna, etc., to be Glass 3,
| and be taxed cents a pound when valued at
| II cents or less and cents valued at over IL
cents.
| The duty on washed wool of the first class is
/ double that of unwashed and the duty on scour
| ed woods of all classes is three times what it
would be if imported unwashed.
| WOols on the skin were taxed the same and
wool rags II cents pound and besides this all
| manufactured WOOL such as shawls, blankets,
| fannels, carpets clothing, etc were heavily
taxtd-ready-ma clothing, for instance,
being taxed 80 cents pound and 40 per cent.
/ ad valorem.
| The new tariff bill-that passed last March
| and which went into effect on the first of last
| July-classifes wool about the same as before,
but reduces the taxes or tariff on the first two
| classes by omitting the IL and 10 per cent.
| ad valorem duties and reduces the tax on the
| Sd class from 8 and 6 to q and 5 cents. The
| reduction in the first two classes amounts to
about cents pound, on an average, and this
| is what the wool growers of the country are
| at present complaining of. They claim that
| the reduction is seriously interfering with the
industry, and in wool growing Stateg are or:
ganfsing' State and County Wool Growers
the restorations of the tariff of 1867 on foreign
woods.
Some of the prominent wool-growers of this
| county met in this town few days since and
organized an Association, to be known as the
Butler County Wool ol-Growers' Associate n, of
which Mr.. Alex. Hunter was elected President;
| K. D. Stevenson and Josiah NJ Thompson,
Vice Presidents; J. f. Byers, Secretary, and
Thomas r. HoOn, Treasurer. The Association
| was addressed by Mr.. Herriott, Secretary of
the State Association, A. ID. Wier, Josiah
Thompson and VIM. NJ. Brown, and afterwards
adopted Constitution. stating the object OF
the Association, fixing the time Of holding
meetings ETC.. and also passed the following
| WHEREAS. The reduction of the tariff on
foreign woods by the late Congress does materi-
ally cripple the wool growing interests of the
United States, and threatens the destruction OF
our focks; therefore be it
Resoiced, By the Wool Growers Association
| of Butler county in convention now assembled,
l. That we recognize the tariff law as it now
| stands to be an unjust discrimination to the
wool.growers of the country, and dangerous to
their interests and that it meets our disap-
4 proval and condemnation.
2. That we urge and demand our representa-
tive in Congress to vote and use his influence
10 repeal tue prssent law, and to restore the
| tari of 1867 on foreign wools
3. That we ask only such protection from
foreign importations as will enable US to pro-
duce sufficient wool for home consumption as
| marion.
a. That we will cordially cooperate with all
kindred organizations in an honest endeayor to
secure these ends and protect our interests.
1t was also agreed that another meeting of
the Association would be ED next March, the
| President to name the date and place, and that
any one could become member by sending
his name and one dollar to the Secretary, J. f,
Byers, M. D., at Butler,
The wool-grOwers cannot reasonably expect
any relief from the present Congress, as the
| House of Representatives has elected free.
trade or "tarIf for revenue only" speaker, and
Mr.. Morrison, the chairman of the Ways and
| Means Committee is reported to be preparing a
new tariff schedule, putting all raw materials
on the free list