Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-25
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rpehNn for uievcihnu and Tartf9
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AZ large nesting under the ausp,c.s
OF the Reform olrb In Cooper Union.
New York, Thuraday night Seth low
BSooklyn's Republican ex mayor. made
q foroible address, In the course Of which
he said
Those who favor the attitude Of tba
Senate bill upon this question take Il
for granted that duty upon wool In
oreases the price OF the domestic PRODUCE
! challenge that claim for this reason
among others; The duty upon foreign
woods manifsaily restricts ths extent Ia
which our manufacturers csp be unr.
chasers In foreign markets. The absenoa
Of this competition depreRses the price OF
wool In those markets. Precisely 10 tina
extent Of this restriction, therefore. ina
effect Of orr duty upon foreign wool Ia 10
depresa lite price.
have beard such depression estimated
90 high % 334 per cent. This depression
not only gives to foreign manufacturers.
with whom we compete, their raw
material cheaper than they are entitled to
II, but our domestic wool Ia lowered in
price by the foreign wool, which in IL
turn has been abnormAlly depressed in
value through the operation Of the very
tariff that ID meant for the protection OF
our own wool growers. Domestio wool.
of course, is higher by reason of the duty
than 10 would be, II, without n du,y il
had 10 compete with foreign woods al TO.
days prices; but tho contention Is that.
we'e the duty removed, foreign woods for
the reason given would rise in price. Our
dnHaAaaiA xEsAal
pressing influence Of abnormslly cheap
foreign woois, which II now feels despite
the tarin. In other words, our wool
growers ut present get the benefit OF only
part at the duty on wool. Even this
benefit they get at the cost OF restricting
the manufacture, TINS limiting tho ds.
maud ut home for their own product.
Domestic manufacture Ia restricted BY
the duty upon wool In two ways by the
added cost of the raw material applying
to our manufacturers alone, and not 10
their competitors, and by depriyIng the
American manufacturer Of the worlds as.
sortment Of woods, which 10 the foreign
manufacturer 10 freely avsilable. The
duty on wool increases the cost Of the
manufactured article. Any one who re.
members how the travel over the Brook
iyn bridge increased when the fare was
reduced from cents 10 ~ cents, or how
the volume Of mail matter has multiplied
with every reduction In postage, viii be
able to appreciate how great Is the re-
strictlon upon the uss OF wool, involved
In adding even fow cents yard to the
costliness Of the manufactured product
n WOULD nnaxprT WOOL GROWERS.
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worla's assortment Of wool further limits
their demand for domestic wool By max.
ing impossible many mixtures of which
their competitors avail but whioh TO them
are forbidden by reason OF tbs duty. For
these reasons do not believe thst the
duty upon raw wool succseds In Its pur-
pose Of beneftiug the domestic wool
grower. bslievs that II wool were to
be put upon the free list domestic wool
would rule at better prices than during
recent years. For this reason do not Rp-
prehend an unfriendfy attitude on the
part OF the wool growers toward reason.
able protection 10 the wooden msnufac-
turers In csseihe duty on raw wool should
be removed. Meanwhile the duty upon
raw wool has led to tho system Of COM
pensnting duties in our tariff. That Is to
say, q specific duty of 80 much q pound
or por yard TO represent the duty on wool,
and q further nd valorem duty to repre-.
sent the manufacturers protection. The
effect OF this system cannot but be bad In
both directions. Its effect upon raw
wool has been indicated. As regards the
manufacture, IL Ia like building the in
dustry first upon piles and then upon
stills. No wonder that after all these
years II still needs Al much protection 90
ever. The industry does not rest upon
the ground. II IL sustained In this air, at
grea. cost TO the nation, by main force.
Lot II touch the earth once more; let II
psrtafo of natures gift of free raw
material, and, like the TABLED giant Of
antiquity II will gather strength at every
touch.
TIN PLATES.
Il Ia not necessary to continue further
the detailed discussion Of the two pend
ing tariff bills. There is good Republican
precedent for believing In free lumber
and free salt, which the Mile bill pro-
poses 70 give us. The confederation
which led Republicans many years ago TO
believe III these things remain conducive
with me still. The character OF the Re-
publican demand for the maintenance OF
the duty upon tin plates or sheet tin Is
well illustrated by . headline in Henry
Georges newspaper. IAN Unfortunate
Discovery is the title under which he
alludes TO the discovery OF rich deposits
of tin in the Black Hills. Unfortunate,
because the presence Of this hitherto un-
known bounty of nature, instead Of
making tin cheaper for Us, helps to CON
tinus charge OF many million dollars
year upon the American consumers OF
tin plates. 1t throws good deal Of light
upon the question whether O duty 10 tax
upon our own people or not to consider
its effect In this instance. Tin plates
have scarcely been produced in this cour-
try OF all, but the duty Is retained In the
hope that they may be, thus adding 70
the cost of every pound OF tin plates in
use, whether for domestic utensils or any
other purpose. II will be hard to per-
suade most people that this Ia worth while
or to make it appear rs a blessing, even
though 1t is O result Of the tariff. In fact
it illustrates the great fact that
THE BALLOTS WILL TELL.
The integrity of tho nation is not now
at stake, the supremacy OF tho oonetitu'
ton is not now the issue, but the welfare
of the American people in all the mani
fold bearings Of their industrial life is IN
the balance, and the President as Isee 1t
has calmly accepted the chanceS OF a
doubtful contest for the sake of bringing
the nation face to face with . danger
which 1t must be made to recognize, with
o problem which II must solve. am not
here to prophecy results. But some
things are clear already. Action Of some