The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-03

l. - 4 = #H
p Ph;la'.IS;, iI luz eS"npa'sn, ras Mr. pooke' o.
room and flat,y contralir,sd ' ~. =. s,st" sn.
mtnt, saying that Mr, Kitchenman was
Il life long Democrat, and never had cor
tributed TO the Republican campaign
fund. a5& ~, s.'s5. gi}si' 4! &, ..sl h.
n 1IV Tp,n1Vc-
va IN nn hhA AhlNu. ~. n.
Not u Voice for Free rrude-An Interest.
+, Ing bay for the Wool slen. 81 n
dsl.WAsuIyorox Dac -rhoi woyo o,;l
Mems Commit,co to-day h.,r1 or,,.
ments bv renresenta,;ves of n. wool
growers. Geor,c II Wallace 'of M;s
souri, read a prep,ared pa,er abnnn,;,y
with statistics n ,le,nons,ra,e t,,oo ro.,s' .
I'll, q, ,,,,,n;n, a,,..;. -
-" '"'n'',''s '',e ''ities W i'ii-
ported wool and suggested "a adjustable
tariff which would diminish when wool
was scarce and l,iu,, in nrice and ;ncraoso
wlban Il ~, ,,,,a,t;,,,I s.', :..H,s: 'o
- - ""' oAs''"' A' "'a 'oH ~ prize.
'ic 'l"tie ~ iehsth upon What he de.
ecribed as imperfections OF the present
classifications sov;n, tbo, T., ,y,r,..
n,,,a.,...,,T -, -. W = :, !, ~"
,'''S, i'ssei . e'ote could Do seen pantaloonss
made OF third class carpet wool and sold
a. - oo per pair. The importers Of car.
pei woo!s SAID that this grade OF wool
was l'sea everywhere and Tor all kinds
o. wool manufacturing as yell as carpets.
lhls demonstrated the fact that the inl.
portat'on OF third:elass woods under the
present law is diminishing the produc.
ton Of wool III EAmerica. FL
cosT IN MISSOURI. 4.
Represent,t;v,e F,ouor. .o,,o,s,t;ono, NJ
,us,,s.s .o".' 4ueasoHe" l..'',N =
!" 4''aee c'ose'y ~ 70 the actual cost OF
wool produced In Missouri, elciting the
fact that the land was worth from $s5 to
$40 per scre. and tbat il yould maintain
one sheep per acre. s.,7g .7Es ta5' e oil
!, !; ,nep.essNtEllye carlisle joined IN the
ness that til. iieece aweraoed a.I ahont .o =, ho
The actual cost OF production Of the
wool was about twenty cents pound.
There was no money to he made at
that figure, but there were other consid-
efat!ons to be Needed, such as the ma.
nuring OF the land, the iAct that sheep
cleared Oft bramblss and weeds and
otherwise benefited the farm. .Mr.
breckenridge, having put q long hypo.
thetlGall question respecting the amount
Of prolltin wool growing ip the United
States, The witness replied dryly that he
would lind that subject discussed iu
the Presldents meeRage.0 twoyears ago.
! -: Bennett, Of Boston, editor Of the
American Wool Reporter. was I the next
witness, and said that two petitions
would 6e presented to Congress-one
signed BY $50 persons in favor OF free
wool, and the other signed by 206 per-
sons sl fayor OF an advalorem duty on
wool IN place OIL the present specific
form Of duty. ~ s5tt 4 ,,!,5
WHAT rHry SHOW ;4ss} s3.} 81
con,;n,;n,;, ,;,Git itho a.; 4, ~,
49, s"e y, :" "i.ueS' 1,. s"tu S.'' tl". t!o
pet'nons pGo%ed that the rank and tile
OF smaller manufacturers were gs willing
to express their opinions n regard 10
the wool ,luties as were tho ureat leodars
ol the trade. NJ effort had ,heen made
to ascertain the politics OF the sipncrs ri
The petitionsF RI anvhtar l 4 net;,;on
for reduced duties nnon wool lar ,, the
benefit al the manufacturers who fnr.
nisl our domestic Won crowprs tbe sola
market for tlleir IGeeces would sec,,re !,
great many, sirners among tGot norton
Of our apricultural ponulntion concerned
III the raising of wool. 80 SF,SlssS 4
1.-THE witness next smoke ~ :the odvoJo.
ran, petition IdescrihinvS .the sipners as
Nmo,iit: the largest merchants and mann.
lacturers, and reading letters from OK.
perts iayoripc this system of thrill !,rbey
favored comnound dntipu} m \ mann an.
ures Of wool because Of theilifiicnltv 81
determining their yalue" Int the sama
objection could not be- made to nm adva.
ll6rem dutV III, raw wooi. / os the .nr;cas
were known ali, over iho w;Srld md mn. mn.
LIBERALIZATION could not he nracticnl Il II
answer to a question from. Chairman
Mckinley. witness said that nersonally
| he favored tho adyalorem7 petit;on ~ H.
| was uyetse to radical :rhanGeea and be
on combing aud 80 per cent. on CARPET
wool We would '.t :Balo9rd sufficient SUI n protec
IA IA i,er racasa I a G;hhs hi ~ s roala,
Colorado, took the; stand and ! gave
number a statistics relative to the. cos
of growing and marketing wool lin tht
west. Taking tbs accounts ola Colo
RADIO farm, he showed thatlB, 900 popndl
Of raw, wool :cost the grower about g,
80 cents and, z after SECURING. 4. pretty
rearlyJl9 cents $'9 hi, !5%SG7i
Witness semembered d proposition
n, maze asS siheep grower 70 wager y, ,0ol
anotber owner ttat Harr;uon wo,,h8 ,le'n =! =!