Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-13
CONCERTED ACTION.
An Important Conference of Repre-
sentatiyeS of Different Branches
Of the Wool Industry.
Wool Growers and Wool Manufac-
turerS Not Of One Mind-The =
Captured Flags to be Brought
OPP in the House.
Ccke Makes q s roDc Speeeh in tne nate
Deponncing ths Blair Bni From
EvtEy Point Ct View.
WOOL TARIFF TALK

WOOL TARIFF TALK
Special to the Gazette
WASHINGTON, Jan. l1.-Thirteen dele
gates from the National Association OF
Wool Manufacturers met this morning 70
confer with committee Of five members
esch Of the Wo0lgroweTs and Wooldeai-
ers Associations. These 0mmlttees were
appointed st the Growers and Dealers
Convention hsid here last December 10
meet delegates from The Manufacturers
Association, and Formulate some course
Of action looking TO tariff legislation that
would De advantageous 10 the three WOOL
interests. This Will be lard to do, for,
as one delegate said to-day, the manufsc-
turers want wool On the free list 6nd S
tariff on manufactured goods or even
higher on wcrsted goods; while the
growers want the tar E to remain on the
raw material or ielSe removed from both
the raw and The manufactured products,
aud SIS there sre hundred growers to one
manufacturer, they Can knock the man
ufacturers higher than & kite What the
manufaC turerJ want Yves (X0lained by
Acting Secretary J. w. Ballison Of the
Manufacturers Association who said this
afternoon, awe ere not advocating any
reduction in the present tariff nor is this
conference the result Of the Presidents
message. II Is not OF the law the wool
growers have Cause to complain, but Of
the misc0Lstruciion p!sced upon the law.
They suffer much more ON these unjust
constructions than from the law"
Whcn asked what action was contem-
plated by the conference, and whether
such action when taken would be binding
on the wool trader; he said they were
here merely to Flock over the ground, but
thst the wool Hen always stood by anY
action they took and any action taken here
min be fnel. Mr.. Allison said the wool
manufacturing Industries CT the country
represented $500, 600 600 cspitsl. The
wool growers represented about $780,
030. 600 invested, but the character OF the
investment is such that the capital Can
be converted into some other business.
The committee of wool growers con-
sists Of William lawrence Of 0 lilo, +. A.
Sheppard Of Texas, president of the state
association, Hon. John Mcdowell Cf
PennsylVanis, Hon. George l. Converse
of OHIO and G. II. Wallace Of Missouri,
president OF the state association. The
conference Will probably lxst several
days, and it's expression OF opinion on
the wool tariff will be watched with in
COKE ON THE BLAIR BILL.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, J&n. I1.-Senator Coke
made most powerful end logical speech
against the 3 sir dill, SURPRISING even his
formerly master arguments against this
measure. H. cOrteaded that the bill was
not only ViolsGiVe of the Constitution, but
that it was impolitic and unTise and would
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popular education. The states alone
were chargcable Wiah the duty OF pre-
yiding instruction.. and when the ne
tionel government undertook to do this
it went beyond iss scope and reddled .
with what it had NO COnCeTn. D3ceDd- (.
ing solely upon themselves the etates
were c,usi1g ili;eracy to disap-
pear, and IL the old slave
states the progress CT education had
challenged the admiration of the whole .
country. Congress could donate lands
because the Constitution gave it unre-
with the public lsnds, bu: there was no :
authority 20 thus dispose OF the money
wrurg by taxation from the peo- /,
pie. Il WAS a scheme to reduce the
surplus revenues and thus issten
1t would cause tbs various ststes 70 re-
lax their own efforts and rely entirely
upon nation2l support. Il would fomeEt
race troubles in the south through sys-
tenn OF uiX2d schools. From every point
Of view the MEASURE was irdught with
difficulties sid dangers, and would be
opposed by the speaker TO the last.
THE CAPTURED FLAGS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. - Cnsirman
day, if opportunity fers, the unanimous
report OF the military committee in favor
OF the adoption Of Representative B0u-
tells resolution concerning the DISPOSE
ton OF the captured figs. TIE resolu-
ton has been amended n committee by
SO extending the scope OF the inquiry as
TO whether the flags have been surren-
dered to officials OF southern states that
1t now includes eli OF the states II the
Union.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II The following
Texas pensions were issued to day:
Mexican wsr, lawrence S. Helm, Justin;
William B. P Gaines, Austin; HRS
Specht. Spring Branch. Increase, Thomas
B. Riggs, Tascose
AT WORK AGAIN.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE inter
state commerce commission resumed its
hearing to-day. AL the commissioners
were present.