, 1890-03-20
THE WOOL INDUSTRY.
A Statement to the Protect
icnists.
The new TARIFF SCHEDULE
It Is More Satisfactory Than That
OF Any Bill Previously
Promulgated.

wAsHsGros, March i3.-David Harp
ster, president Of the Ohio Wool Grow
crs' Association, and Judge Lawrence, a
member OF the same association, have
prepared for publication the following
statement, explanatory of the wool
schedule In the tariil bill now under con-
sideration by the house committee on
ways and means; I'VE have examined
for the first time to-day the schedule
providing for duties on wool and manu-.
features of wool. II proposes duty
of II cents per pound ON clothing wool
double on washed, and treble on secured ;
on combing wool Il cents per pound,
and II cents ON secured wool ON un-
washed carpet wools value of II cents
or less, including the charges at the last
port, the export duty to be 3Is cents,
and IL washed, cents, and II secured,
50 cents, ON carpet woods, valued at
over Il cents, the duty ON unwashed is :
cents, double on washed and treble on
secured. IL provides that standard
samples bo deposited in the custom
houses.
"rhe present provisions are IN uch bet
ter than were ever Incorporated In any
taritr bill, and these are the woods that
are just now injuring the wool industry
OF the United States more than any
other. We learn upon reliable authority
that under the law as IL now stand Is
20 per cent. of the carpet woods being
imported will make excellent clothing,
such as was used by our soldiers during
continue to increase in fashion, as
they have during the past two years. 71
per cent. OF the carpet woods imported
would bC used for clothing, and, further.
II clothing wool can be imported rs car
pet wool. at ~ cents n duty of II cents
on clothing wool will not be operative.
and II the cost of mcrino Is not too far
above the cost of carpet woods the manu-
facturers will abandon the use OF mcrino
wool to some extent for the cheaper
carpet wools, thus bringing down the
price of merino wool.
The farmers Of the United States and
the people generally, whose prosperity
Is depe ndent on the success OF our agri-
cultural interests, are to be congratu-
lated on tho fact that Major Me kinley,
and those cooperating with him on the
committee on ways and means, have
proposed q measure of such immense
value. The proposed duty Is an in
crease of per cent per
pound on clothing and combing wools
over the present law. The senate bill
which was passed January 30, lss0, pro.
posed four cents on carpet wOols,
whether washed or unwashed, but the
rates Of the proposed bill of three and
one-half cents ON unwashed, with high
er rate on washed and secured, make
IL much better for the wool growers
than the senate bill, besides which the re-
strictiye provisions of Major Mckinley's
bill, In connection with his administra-
tive bili add much to the protective
features as to all woods, and in these re-
spects are much better than those found
In any previous tariff law.
1--WE now respectfully urge the friends
Of protection for American industries all
over the country 10 appeal to their
representatives in congress to give their
support to this measure, and not to
surrender any one feature of its protec.
tive provisions