Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02

a. from so to 20 per cent. duty, and tne'
sre msde up with the advantage OF low ar
priced labor, and other materials
which are important Items in TIN
Cost and ara hesvily taxed by our tariff
Every pound OF wool that can bt
raised in this country will be in demand
st good prices before II Will be imported
{ there is the least prcfE IN it's maruisc
lure. I! Is this demaui snd no. the duty
that makes prices. This f1e wool mus
come to this market in some shape, SIS W.
are the largest consumers IN the world OF
fine wool goods Now these cone slresdJ
manufactured, IS In this Shape 1t pays
less cusy thsn in the raw shEps.
l hope have made the mstter clear,
evtu st the expense Of rather 3 longer
etory tlsn you may care to reed. II any
one point should need further explains
tlor, shall be glad 20 hear from you.
I believe Ih,t under the Mills bill cur
home grown Wools would average better
! prices II any series OF years than under
the highest possible tsrif.
In mp journeys oVec the Ns1gatuck
RsLrosd 1 hsve missed ycu. Am glad
you like Texts so much, snd hope you
will prosper. Il is .Tuiy grest state.
| Yours truly, CEAs, 81. BEACH.
| IN REGARD TO THE KINDS OF WOOL IN
PcRiYD.
The great bulk OF this Is carpet wool
on which the duty is the lowest, 24c per
pourd il valued under l2c per pound and
Sc Per pould il valued over l2c par
pound, designated class 8. OIt Of about
los .000,000 pounds i7n1r.ed for ths ifs
csI year 1885, II $50, 87S pounds we're CT
this kind UNDER ~, average value Under
l0c, S. l2l 089 po1nts we're 0tthis kind ever
10, evacsge value e5cu: 17t', the aver
sgs Gufy CT these YES aoou: %
per cant.
Next in quantity Ia the fle merino
wools, mostly Australian, which is long,
very ne stsp.e, finer than any but 3 few
Individual saGep grown IN this country,
sid tbe lambs wool KEEP entirely By itself
used for special purposes. Mas izs wool
from S0u!h AuericS, which is CT same
snt buyr7, sad tas short
Cape Of Good Hope wools which are very
solt-used also fox special purposes in
feltIrg, ouch IS hats, etc. Tbs long Aus
tralian msriu0 .re mostly used to comb
for making fine worsted fa0rtce. n, MIL
Of sry size could be run with SUCCESS 10
this country depending entirely upon 3
home supply. but mixture Of our best
XN and INK combirg staple makes s
better yarn tnan 81 Austrll!sD, stronger
and more elastic. o. this wOcl-Clsss
imports for tie fiscal year 1856 were
Is, 32l,7ES pounds, value, 81 4,1S9;
duty, 81 437,C4S; or ever 50 per cent.
Class 2-Such SIS Maize, Kentucky, etc,
Combing woods is mostly imported
Wssbe-, as the duty Ia only 10 cent?,
the same SIS for Greasy. OF this s72 739
pounds: LOG. lie duty, $3.50 go 10 the
i'm port for same time. Although the
duty Is less than class prices are COM
parstTely higher.
WOOL IMPORTS NO. 2.
The imports for the next year, 1887,
we're about the same in total value, but
the proportion OF carpet wools increased
to S10,40i 552, against SIS. 1866 57 IL!
1886. and class Clothing merino) asSs
crossed from Sc, $780, 60 in 1886 to 49,
43l ,260 in 1S87-oniy about half. InAhe
same time class increased from 81 ,@E,-
764 to 50. 52S,560, and the imsts If
woolsn manufactures jncressE6 X{roM
S4l 42l, 3l9 to S44 902 SO, With EHeH
Valuations than Were ever known before
In the meantime American mills on fi1e |
merllo woods that die not work shoddY or |
cotton were stopped, and those that did
run made no money. have nc. all the
figures by ma for 1887, snd those for
year ending June 80, 1888. have not
been issued by the department.
II you will write to the Bureau OF Sta
tis.ics, Treasury Department, they will
send you these as soon as GU, and |
think you will find a study Of the returns
will throw good deal CT light on the
business. G. M. B.
Having lost the services Of our type
writer hiss Msyed my letter, which 1
had,haped TO Send you st date