, 1888-11-01

changes whatsoever on sizes OF window
glass up to l6x24 inches square. Upon
sizes above that the average reduction of
tariff is th~ree-eighths of a cent per pound.
In order to understand how extremely
small such a reduction is, it may be said
that 1t amounts to about three cents on a
sheet of double strength glass, 24x30
inches square, such a sheet retailing in
Cheyenne for 81. 80.
Do these facts Justify a 1.-THE of the
Misrepresentation as to the Mills bill?
Not at all. If the glass works at Lara
mic encounter no more serious obstable
than the Mills bill, they will prosper and
grow to the pride of the entire territory.
Let glass works be multiplied. There
need be no fear of free trade. A reduc-
ton of excessive and unnecessary taxa
ton 10 get rid of a boarded surplus, is
not free trade by any means.
GLASSWARE.
Nor does the Mills bill trench in any
degree on any kind of glassware that
might be successfully made in Laramie
City, or elsewhere. Green and colored
bottles. walls, jars, demijohns, ETC., flint
and lime glass bottles and vials, pressed
flint and lime glassware, cut and engraved
glassware, are all untouched by the Mills
bill.
1t follows that there is not the slightest
foundation for the statement that the
Mills bill is antagonistIc to the present
prospective glass interests of Wyoming.
IRoN ORE
Wyoming has mountains of iron ore,
hence we eagerly scan the Mills bill to
observe how this resource is treated. No
change is made. The schedule still reads:
Iron ore, including manganiferous iron
ore, also the dross or residiuum from burnt
pyrites, S4l.l6 on each 800 worth i'm
ported.
COPPER ORE.
1t is a well known fact that the copper
Of Wyoming is found in iron ores, hence
the classification of the Republican tariff
will be understood. 1t reads as follows
Sulphur ore, as pyrites or s%ulphurets
OF iron in its natural state, containing not
more than 81 per cent. OF copper-($25.0 Oh
per 800 worth imported). Provided,
that ore containing more than 2 per cent.
OF copper shall pay in addition thereto %
cents per pound for the copper contained
therein"-S3O. "a per 500 worth i'm
ported. Copper-iron ore is thus protected,
and the Mills bill makes no change in this
respect.
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In %consonance with the idea that certain
raw materials should be imported free
cake soda is on the free list. But the
manufactures from soda cake arc listed
for duty, so that the home market is Sc. |
cured. [ am informed that the soda now
used in the glass works at Laramie comes
from st. Louis. 1t would thus appear
that our local interests are not threatened
In respect of soda, for, If the home soda
cannot be used for glass ~making-and it
has been tried-the article drops out of
the realm of debate.
WOOL.
Wool is the only production of Wyo-
ming that has been put upon the free
list by the Mills bill. There is some di-
vergence of opinion on the wisdom of this
proposition. Of course, it will be con-
stantly borne in mind that the Mills
bill is not yet a statute.
This much is true, however, that a
majority of the sheep owners in Colorado
and Wyoming are in favor of putting
wool on the free list. They have studied
the subject; they know full well how they
would be affected, and they record their
Judgment in favor of their pockets. 1t
would be impossible to got a majority of
the iron manufacturers of this country to
favor the placing of iron on the free list;
indeed, not even 10 per cent of them
would favor such a proposition. Their
interests would be confessedly damaged,
if not ruined thereby. But when the
majority of the men who raise sheep in
Wyoming and Colorado favor free wool,
that ought to be sufficient to convince
other people that the interests OF sheep
husbandry will not suffer on that account.
Among the many reasons advanced for
this is that there are certain fine grades of
wool needed to mix with our coarser wool
to make textile fabrics. IF the manufac-
turers could get the fine, raw wool free
they could use up more of it; they would
require more home wool to mix with it, |
and the result would be that the demand
would necessarily sustain prices as well as
increase the number of sheep in the
country. In this connection it should be
borne in mind that the tariff is retained
on wooden goods and stuffs. 1t may be
added that the wooden manufacturers of
the country are almost unanimously in
favor OF free, raw wool,
A FEW STATISTICS.
1t is well at this point to ask, how
many sheep there are in Wyoming? From
the returns of the various counties to the
territorial board of equalization, the
sheep herds including goats are distribu
ted as follows:
Laramie county .."....... 29,16S 45,067.O
Albany county .."-..~.. 5l,29 9l,9l5.W
Carbon county ....-......l2S,9S 25I,l4i.00
Sweetwater~ county. 1888 72,3S0.0O
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