Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-26
TINE wooA M4NUF40rUGgns.
Text OF lsosatu,IenS ADOPTED in
B0,toa on tuesday.

BDpLsbtl Oai EUCSuay.
BosTGN, sept. 1B-At the afternoon
session Of the WOO! manufacturers here
yesterday resolutions were presented and
unanimously adopted. The preamble
declares thut il ID the Hepse OF the people
that q revision OF the tariff is necessary
At the approaching session OF Congress,
ana that the prosp eri;y and development
of the woc'ep mmUfecture OF the United
S.ates :, qGire imp3Ft8nt notifications in
the woci Hrd wooden schedules, The
resolutions declare that the National
Association of Wool Manufacturers leaves
wholly tothe wisdom OF Congress- the de-
termination of the rates of duty which
should be applied to the raw material
wool, and 'dOes not demand lower rates
OF duty on our chief raw material
wool, or other materials used in
the fabrication Of our goods, nor upon
the machinery we employ" that the
FoFty-ssysnth Congress reduced the
specific duties upon the manufactured
product SO far beyond the reduction in
the duties on wool as TO destroy their
compensatory character, causing the in
creasing importations OF certain goods to
flood O marker that the wooden rianutac
turers OF the United States should
occupy; that the wooden manufacturers
demand revision Of the tariff in which
here shall in every instance be placed
upon the manufactured product the full
amount Of the specific duty necessary to
compensate whatever rates OF duty public
policy may require to be imposed upon
the raw material; that the wool industry
is entitled to the highest degree Of
protection which it does not pos
sess under existing laws that
as the existing duties afford
nearly 20 per cent less protection than
vas deemed necessary for the develop.
ment of the industry when tho rates OF
1887 were fixed, the association demaDds
an increase in the 8d valorem duties;
| asks for the adoption Of the single rule
Of duty ~ applicable 10 each paragraph
| of the wooden schedule and for The
| abolition Of the system of minimums;
demonstrates that no rates Of duty on
wool can be protective of the Amerissn
grove, winch are not accompanied by
corresponding duties, compensatory and
! protective upon the manufactured arti.
cles s1iiGieat TO enable the A,neri.
can manufacturer TO hold the home
market strongly approves the admin,
iatgaliye action of the Senate Tariff
bill, the most important features o:
which are necessary for the prevention
OF undervaluations and fraud in its i'm
portetions; endorBes the action of Score
tGry Window in correcting the erroneous
classification OF worsted cloths; declare,
that the increase of the dates upoI
wouls used exclusively in the UanuiRe
tnre Of carpets proposed in the Senat'
ill must seriously cripple this on
branch of the WooIIn manufacture
which has fully supplied all the demand
u the home market at greatly Eedueet
pri39s to the consumer, rciemnly nn,
smphat!caliy protests against making th
WOODEN industry any longer the foot bal
OF politics. The members of the as31
Sistion plslge themselves to reBiut an
revision of the taF,F that fails to recGg
n2a Gae needs md welfare OF their il
dustry.
Inc resolutions Wall be submitted [
the aunnal MEETING Of the NatIoaal Asst
eiatiop 70 be hela in Nsw York or Oct;
Ter "a.