The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-09

ONE of the features of the new tariff
bill most interesting To the farmers of
Van Buren, county, is that relative to
wool. We publish the following, pre-
pared by David Harpster, of Ohio,
President of the Wool Growers associa-
ton, of that state, and ex-CongressmaD
Lawrence, member of the same or
ganization
We have examined for the first time
to-day schedule X. providing duties on
wool and manufactures of wool, pre-
pared by Hon. VIM. Mckinley, chair
man of the house committee on ways
and means and his associates in the
committee. and heretofore agreed to.
1t proposes duty of IL cents per pound
on clothing wool, double on washed
and treble on secured; on combng
wool, II cents per pound and treble ON
secured wool; on unwashed carpet
woods of the value of IL cents or less,
including the charges at the last port
of export, the duty To be 81 cents, and
if washed cents, if secured 81 cents;
on carpet woods valued at over IL cents
the duty on unwashed is 3 cents,
double if washed and treble if secured
1t provides for standard samples to be
deposited at the custom houses and
contains provisions to prevent round
lot frauds, sorting frauds" "admiX-
ture frauds" and defines washed and
secured woods.
As to so-called carpet woods the pro-
posed provisions are much better than
were ever Incorporated in any tariff
law, 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 it now stands IS per
cent. of the carpet woods being import
ed will make excellent clothing such
as was used by our soldiers during the
war, and that If shaggy goods continue
To increase in fashion as they have dur
ing the past two years, 10 per cent of
the carpet woods imported will be used
for clothing, and further, that if cloth
ing wool can be imported as carpet
wool at p cents the duty of IL cents on
clothing will not be operative; that if
the cost of the merino is too far above
the cost of carpet woods, manufacture
ers will abandon the use of merino
wool To some extent for the cheaper
carpet wool. thus bringing down the
price of merino wool.
The farmers of the United States and
the people generally whose prosperity
is dependent on the success of our agri-
cultural industries are To be congratu-
lated on the fact that Maj. 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 in
crease of cent per pound on clothing
and combing woods over the present
law. The senate bill which passed
Jan. %, 1899, proposed cents ON car
pet wool whether washed or unwashed,
but the rates of the proposed bill of
81 cents on unwashed with the higher
rates on washed and secured make it
much better for wool growers than The
senate bill. Besides which the re-
strictive provisions of Maj McKinley's
bill in connection with his administra-
tive bill adds much to the protective
features as TO all woods and in these
respects are much better than those
found in any previous tariff law We
now respectfully urge the friends of
protection to American industry all
over the country to appeal to their rep
resentatives in Congress to give their
support to this measure and not TO sur
render any one feature of its protective
provisions.