Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-14
THE wool SCHEDULE.
The Ohio Wool Growers Endorse
the New Measure,


WASHINGTON, March 13.-David Harp
6er, president OF the Ohio Wool Grow.
eis' Association, and Judge Lawrence, a
member of the Same association, have
prepared for publication the following
statement explanatory of the wool
schedule in the Tariff bill now under
consideration by the House committee
on ways and means:
We have examined for the first time
today the schedule providing duties on
wool and manufactures of wool. 1t pro-
poses duty of IL cents per pound on
clothing wool, double on washed, and
treble on secured; on combing wool IL
cents per pound, and treble on secured
wool. On unwashed carpet woods,
valued at II cents or less, including the
charges atEthe last port of export, the
duty is to be 311a cents, and if washed Z
cents; ii secured, So cents. On carpel
woods valued at over II cents the duty
on unwashed is s cents; double if
washed, and treble if secured. 1t pro
vides that standard samples be deposited
in the custom houses, and contains pro-
visions to prevent "round lot'' frauds,
"sorting" frauds, "admixture" frauds,
and defines washed and secured wools.
As to so.called carpet wools, the pro-
posed provisions are much better than
ever incorporated in any tariff law,
and these are the woods that inst
now are injuring the wool indus
try of the United States more
than any other. We learn upon reliable
authority that under the law as it now
stands seven,y-tive per cent. Ct the car
pet woods now being imported will make
excellent clothing, sucn as was used by
our soldiers during the war, and if shaggy
goods continue to increase in fashion at
they have during the past two years, sev
onty five per cent. of the carpet woods
imported will be used for clothing. AND
further, if clothing wool can be import ed
as carpet wool at 21a cents, the duty ol
IL cents on clothing woods will not be
operative; and if the cost of merino is
not too far above the cost of carpet wools
manufacturers will abandon the use Of
merino wool to eome extent for the
cheaper carpet wool, tnus bringing down
the prices of merino wool. the farmers
of the United States and people generally
whose prosperity is dependent on the
success of our agricultural Industries are
to be congratulated on the fact that Ma.
jor Mckinley and those cooperating
with him on the committee of ways and
means have proposed measure of such
immense value. The proposed duty
is an increase of per cent.
per pound on clothing and combine
woods over the present law. The Senate
bill which passed January 20, 1889, pro-
posed 4 cents on carpet wool, whether
washed or unwashed, but the rates of the
proposed bill, 31a cents on unwashed,
with higher rates ON washed and secured,
make it much better for the wool growers
than the Senate bill; besides which the
restrictive provisions of Major McKin-
tlde's bill, in connection with his admin
istrative bill, add much to the protective
features as to all wools, and in these res
poets are much better than those found
in any previous tariff law. We now res
pectfully urge the friends of the protec-
ton of American industry all over the
country to appeal to their representatives
in congress to give their support to these
measures, aud not to surrender any one
feature of it's protective provisions.