Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-16
CARPET WOODS.
The New Schedule of Tariff on
Carpet Wools is Satisfactory
to the Ohio Wool Growers.
An Army of Boomers Invading
the Cherokee S,rip-Lynch-
:rs Sentenced.
INTERESTING TO sHEEPMEN.
The Tariff on Wool 10 bs Readjusted on
Coarse Woods.

WASHINGTON, March l3.-David
Hgrrster, president OF the Ohio Wool
growers Association, and Judge Law.
renee, Of the same association, have
prepared for public alton the following
statement explanatory of the wool
schedule in the tariff bill now under
consideration by the house committee
on ways ana means:
We have examined for the first time
to-day schedule X, providing for
duties on wool aud manufacturers of
wool. 1t propJ.es duty Of II cents
per pound on clothing wool, double on
washed and treble ON secured. On
combing wool " cents per pound, and
treble on secured wool. On nwashed
carpet woods, value l2 cents or less.
including charges at the lsst port of
export, the 6uty is to be 81 cents, and
If washed 7 cents; If secured 81 cents.
On carpet woods valued ut over II
cents the duty on unwashed is s cents,
double II washed and treble IL secured.
1t provides that standard samples be
deposited In the custom houses and
contains provisions for 'proven" round
lot frauds, sorting "frauds" admix-
ture "frsuds," }" and defines washed and
secured woods. As TO the so-cslled
carpet wools, the proposed provisions
are much better than ever Incorporate
ed in any tariff law. and these are the
woods that sre Just now injuring the
wool industry Of the United States
more than any ether. We learn upon
reliable authority that under the law
as 1t now stands se senty.five per cant.
Of the carpet woods being imported
will make excellent clothing, such a.
was used by our soldiers during the
war. and II shsggy goods continue to
increase In fashion n shey have dur
ing the past ten years seventy five
per cent. Of the carpet woods imported
will be used for clothing; and further.
II clothing wool can be imported as
carpet vol at p cents duty, the IL
cents on clothing wool will not be
operative; that II the cost of merino
IL too far above the cost of carpet wool
the manufacturers will abandon the
use of merino wool TO some extent for
cheaper carpet wool, thus bringing
down the price OF merino wool. The
farmers of the United States and
people generally, whose prosperity is
dependent on the surce-s of our agri-
cultural industries, are to be congrstu.
lated on the fact thst Msj. Mckinley
ana those cooperating with him on
the committee on ways aud means.
have proposed measure Of such i'm
mense value. The proposed duty IL
an increase Of I per cent. per pound on
clothing and combing woods over the
present law.
The senate bill, which passed Jan.
%, 1890. proposed cents on carpet
wool, whether washed or unwashed,
but the rates Of the proposed bill Of
81 cents on unwashed, with higher
rates on washed and secured, make IL
much better for the wool growers than
the senate bill. besides which the re-
slrictive provisions of Maj. McKinley's
bill. In connection with his admins.
trative bill, aud as much as the protec-
tive featuree as to all woods, and In
these respects are much better than
those found in any previous tariff law.
We nov respectfully urge the friends
of protection 10 American industry all
over the country to appeal TO their
representatives in congress to give
their support to this measure and not
to surrender any one feature OF its
protective provisions.