Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-02

CHEAllNG IHE WOOL GROWER.
I. is charged that the two recent
decisions Of the Treasury Department,
changing the tariff rates on wool, ere il
puruancs Of an understanding reached be-
fore TIE Presidential election, by y hieL
tics g.eat proportion Of the wooden manu-
featuring iDtoIes. wa3 Induced TO foTego
the demand gor free wool, sni turn in for
HARRISON and high tariff Ell around.
There Is every reason TO believe the
charge is veil founded, for the manufaet-
ure7s cannot get along with high tariff
on theirraw pateIiai and they certainly
would not have sapposted such policy
uuisss with scme such understanding SIS
the above.
Thee treasury rulings are simply jobs
and viii pyoblbly be the auej,c. OF Con-
gressiousl ilqui,y. The f5si, some weeks
ago, b. q jugg'e Of Che words '7Orstsds"
sd "wooisDs' raised the import duties on
very lsrgo line Of wOo,en goods no ss 20
practically shat of competition. The sec
ord Is ihe ruling just promulgated By
which the Jaty On Gns wool, Characterized
as waste, " is reduced from go to 10 per
cent It is capable of being used for any
purpose fer which manufactured secured
wool csl be used. Itoaa b. either cOmbed
or csrded and can be SPIN into wOrstsd or
wcolen yarn.
It's effect on the price Of raw wool may
not be great but it i5 a direct blCk-cap to
tie small wool grower who voted for high
taxes in The hope Of getting q slice.
Both these decisions, reversing precedent
and ihe ruling of the Federal Courts, and
plainly wroag, are, it viii be noticed, in
che interest Of tha wool manufacturers.
To oao case the duty ON the manufactured
article is Increased to the prohibitory
point, AID in the other-Ielaiing TO fine
wool, which comes IN competition with
olr WOOL g,osor5 Of The West Virginia
plnllnllo-the duty 10 reduced from $50
on tins 500 TO 51O-almcst Tree wool
r1is is 10 safety aad reimburse the manu-
fsciule-s who SLOWED themselves TO be
cried" by QUAY * Co. It is asserted
t5at QUAY dictated these rulings. 4
Washington s2soisl to the St. Louis RCpUJ'
De says:
The cleveland Administration caring more
fora faithful. execution OF the revenue laws
chan or Che profits of the Philadelphia manu-
hc.urcr, refused To- let this article In uud its
-.isc cc'1-f and collected the lawful duty of5o
cents per pound. Tic had actually bee me so
prof. able To- import this s., called vase ana
cheat the revenue Cha. In England for "a time
tae price % -lc article was raised above the
u-ica of Che secured wool from which /. was
made. Secured wool could mo-, De sent TO the
United States because or Che a) cents per pound
du.y. while the same ariclc. ulde. the name OF
gsuet.cI waste. could De admitted q, only 10
csltsp-r pound duty. Thi, bogus w5 te, made
o.. highly purified and workable wool, comes i'm
d. d rate Of duty which defrauis The reTeuues
and Che Philadelphia Manufacturers are in
nis wayto geo return Of The money which
obey invested in Iarr sons election through
Wluamaker.
The American w05l grower is one of the lambs
uao wiI be plgczad by the fraud. The quay
parry has cheated him badly. ln ,he lat cam
p8ieu the Ohio sud other Western wool growers
1'uel hands with the mluuas-rrers In elect
as Harrison unle-a compac. which was TO pIo-
Gee. Che mter-- ot bo.h The manufacturers
were to have Che bened, %, an identical c.f sii-
cation O. wo0,cns and Fossteis and the wool
g-owcrs we,e 90 De satisfied with O ruling thar
would ru. Stop To- the Importation or fcoured
wool disguised as waste at the low rate OF duty.
Al effort was made % carry out Che terms OF tie
compact crcay window hat decision
ready chat would have sau, out all Che o gus
waste a~i.dec' arcd thc slrnetted stun sc1ur.d
WOOL which las been sub e1 cd 20 q further p.o-
cess or preparation. and therefore suhiec, 90 "a
duty of sixty cents per pound. at the last mo-
m,ut Gle influence orQlsy wa brought 20 bear
t.e bargain with che WOOL growers Was ,epulia.-
aI and the Philadelphia manufacturers are now
over. They gain al 10Th ends Sc
cu-iutchesrer raw materials i-0m abroad and
here Tor their manufactured goods
90 be worked OIL orr che rro.ecuon-,oyiug public