Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-01-19
THE WOOL GROWERS
MAKE a STRONG APPEAL FOR THEM
SELVES AND FOR AMERICA.

MAKE \ STRONG APPEAL FOR THEM
SELVES AND FOR AMERICA.
Washington Dispatch, Jan. Ii.
The following resolutions were adopted
bv the Wool Growers Conference to-day:
The representatives OF tls National As
saciation of Wool Manufacturers. aud Of
the Wool Growers National Association,
sDaakina. rs they believe. for ali persons
engaged IN botn these occupations III the
United States. with only individual cE-
ceptions. proclaim anew their deep con
viction that the protection 10y tariff ~ the
DrodUction OF wool. and If The manuiic-
lure of wool. is demanded by the best In
terests OF all the American people.
The increase in the clip of American
wool from GB.24.9i3 pounds III lS09 to
aJ2uOpJO pounds i'll lSS5, while the i'm
ports of foIeign wool advanced only from
36 2s2. .q:}:j pounds to 1U,5yj1.G pounds
within the same period, demonstrates the
effect of protective duties III promoting
sheep husbandry in this country, and III
thus adding to the sources of national
prosperity and wealth.
The fact that the reduction of the tariii
on wool in 1888 was Immediately followed
by a decrease III the number Of sheep lii
tie country from 50,646 go III 1854 to A.
1854 i'll 1881 gives warning that the abC-
litiou of duties Oh wool would seriously
cripple the raising OF sheep III this cOuh-
try, which is the third producer III guam
titv among tie nations: and would thus
increase the price of wool all over the
world. while the consequent destruction
of sheep would materially affect the sup
ply and the price Of meat, and to a con-
siderable degree of all provisions.
Inasmuch as american manufacturers
furnished IN 1880 S19 per cent. of woolen
goods consumed in the United States, al
though in 1850 only i2.S per cent. of such
goods were produced i'll this country, no
reduction in the tariff can be necessary to
afford the American people a full supply
and abundant competition in fabrics
which enter into use il every family and
for which the prices for like qualities
compare favOrably with those Iii foreign
countries.
The advance in the consumption OF wool
in the United States from 80, 149 630 ib in
1889 to 424.404. .lo9 pounds i'll 1885, under
protective tariff, is to be attributed to the
impetus given 20 the manufacturers by
the raising of sheep in this country, which
in 1884 furnished Sl.3 per cent. of all the
wool consumed here. As means to the
development of manufactures at home
the sheep industry. which has so largely
aided in the development ana civilization
of our vast Western country, deserves
consistent and adequate encouragement
in the adjustment OF tire National raYe
nue..
Under the protective policy the United
States has become the foremost manufac
turing nation in the world, while its agri-
culture has been extended and diversified
by the incentive of the most profitable
markets known to men. Prudence for
bids the overthrow of system of reye-
nue. under which such results have been
obtained. while the wages OF labor and the
share of production paid 20 the American
artisan are far greater than il any other
country.
The Committee here assembled ask for
the continuance of protection to their
own industries only as they ask for con
Sideration to every other branch Of Amer
lean productions They plead for no ia
vOritiSm to particular interests, but for q
broad national policy, essential to the
well-being OF all our people, and contrib
uting to the prosperity and progress and
power of the Republic. They knew that
the abolition Of the duties on wOol, almost
fatal TO our Sh4ep industry, NOuid oeNtfy
damaging to the manufacturers Of wool.
This Committee urges that no reason
can be shown why subsidies should be Of
fered for foreign competition by the re-
peal or reduction of the tariff, and they
suggest that wisdom as well us patriotism
requires that all American productions
shall have the fostering care Of the gov
eminent as the safeguard Of American
nationality.
The two urgently request Congress to
Immediately pass a joint resolution cor
recting the present erroneous classified
tion of worsteds by directing that they be
classified as wOoIen cloths. =
That we favor the passage of the Senate
bill known as tile Aldrich bill, to sup
press undervaluations nf imports.
\ Committee is at work embOdying the
conclusions OF the conference in text OF
a bill to the effect stated III the resolution,
both of which will be submitted to Con
gress at the first opportunity by a com
mittee consisting OF Mr.. DelaQo, of the
Wool Growers Association, blr. Whit
man. of the Manufacturers Association,
and Mr.. Green, of the Dealers ASS0cia-
ti0n