Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-29
Resolutions Passed by the Sheep Grow
ers at Fort McKavitt.
a Delegate to be Sent to Washington to LoOl
After the Wool nterests-An Amend
ment of the Tariff
Special to the Gazette.

special 10 the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Dec. 2S.-At q
largely attended meeting yesterday at
Fort McKavitt of the wool growers OF
Menard, Kimble, Schleicher and Sutton
counties the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, it is believed that certain in
fluences are being brought to bear upon
congress in arranging a schedule OF
duties on raw wool that will be in the
direct interest of manufacturers and OPP
posed to the interests of producers, and
Whereas, it is the distinct purpose and
object of the protective tariff system to
so adjust the duty on imported articles as
will properly protect, foster and en-
courage American producers; therefore
be it
Resolved, that we send 4 delegate to
Washington to cooperate with other
representatives of the producing industry
in the hope that their united action will
present to congress the true needs of the
wool industry of the United States.
Resolved, that congress be urged 10 so
amend the present tariff as to prevent the
importation of foreign wool under the
terms of "ring waste, - "thread
waste" "tap waste, - "yarn head
waste ''noils - etc. which are now
fraudulently used to evade the proper
tariff duty.
Resolved, that it is largely due to
these fraudulent importations of wool
and the improper classification of wool
that is imported ostensibly for the manu-
facture of carpets and the inequality of
the tariff on wooden and worsted goods,
that our industry has been so seriously
checked in its development.
Resolved, while we admit that q large
portion of American wool has in the past
been inferior in character to the wool
used by foreign manufacturers, it is not
because our country is not capable of
producing fine wool, but is entirely due
to the fact that coarse American sheep
were largely used by American pro-
ducers. When the wool industry first
received such an impetus after the tariff
of 1867 was established and the grading
up of these animals to a standard with
fine wool was necessarily made,
our clips were of an uneven
character, but the larger portion Of
these mother fiocks have been re-
moved, and it is now absolutely certain
that in a very short period of time al the
base Mexican blood remaining VIII have
been entirely eliminated, ard the char
acter of American wool will be in every
respect equal if not superior to foreign
production.
Resolved, as members of one of the
leading industries of the United States,
we are proud of the result of the late
election, because we believe it is clear
vindication of the principles of the Ameri-
can protective system, which we regard
as the foundation of all American pros
perity. We deeply regret the fact that
all our Texas delegates in congress
are opposed to the tariff system, and
having so recently expressed a decided
opinion in favor of free wool, we do not
feel justified in calling upon any of them
to present our claims to congress. We
therefore respectfully request that the
Hon Samuel J Randall of Pennsylvania
and the Hon. William Mckinley of Ohio,
who have been such conspicuous Defend
ers of the system, to represent the Texas
wool-growing industry when revision
of the tariff is voted on by congress.