The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-22

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Mr.. Louis Windm ueller. large wool
importer Of New York. wrote recently
70 Senator Plumb protesting against ;
duty on Russian camel's hair and against
increased rates on coarse and mixed
wool. such a. ere used in carpet making.
u was shown by Mr. Windmueller that,
- we have no camels, II would BE- fool
Ish 20 place protective duties on camers
hair 20 build up . new Industry. and
that the same IL true Of coarse carpet
wool. sIncc next to none j. produced In
America Tho only effect OF these
duties. therefore. would be 70 increase
the price Of carpets 70 our own people
In reply 10 this lc tter Mr.. Windmueller
received the following letter from the
Kansas Senator:
UNITED STATES senate.
wAEHfSGloS, d. e.. july ~. 1891
LonIs Windmueller. ESQ. New York;
Dear Sir; J have re sd what yon say about
the duty on Russian cnmel'- hair VIII give
this matter full cons iderat ION. and except
for something which do not now forrsee
viii support the position which you take. !
DO not object 10 the tectinc a ION OF the in
equal ties OF the tar q but have net been
able 10 cnvince my self. nor have ben
WINGED by the reasoning OF others. that
there should be any general increase Of the
dusi~s now imposed. especially upon ART lcies
vhirh % into general consumption among
our p~oDia YouissTu
PREsroS n PLrxR
Il was Senator Plumb who introduced
the resolution in the Senate TO require
the Finance Committee to give reasons
for changes in the tariff. But this reso-
luton called out such : rigmarole Of
glittering gencralities about creating
new industries" projecting American
interests" meeting increased COMPETE
tion abroad, !" and so on, that il would
have been as well IL Senator Plumb had
never introduced tho resolution at all
With regard 10 the wool duties. for ex-
ample. the committee said: The de-
mand from the representative wool
growers OF the country that the rates
upon wool should be largely increased.
has led the committee TO recommend
the adoption Of the classi fication herein
suggested. which il is hoped will result
in uniform and honest classification OF
wool
That is funny Tho wool-growers de
handed" largely increased rates upon
wool. and the committee gave them "a
new classification. hut this was by nc
means giving stone instead Of bread.
foy the new CLASH fication" results in a
large increase Of duties. though the
committee neglected to assign any
reason for that increase beyond the
demand from the representative wool
growers OF the country"
This affords another example Of how
the protected interest az the country are
allowed to write the ir dem ands- into our
tariff laws The theory OF protection i
that the Lawmakers examine the con.
iition OF the country and then decide
| that protection is needed. and this il
accordingly given In point Of fact, the
thing is never done in this way; but the
| hungry interests come fioclring to Con
gress to impose their demands" upon Z
committee that usually knows very
little about trade and industry and is only
| too willing to have its action guided
l BY men who know what they want This
! IS the way tariff bills to defend .'Ameri
| can interests" are concocted 1t is the
1 men who want TO fill their own pockets
who rush before committees Of Congress:
and pirate about protecting American
labor from disastrous foreign compe
/ tition."
As tho Senate committee had no rea
son to give Senator Plumb further thar
the demand OF the representative WOO
growers Of the country" Mr.. Wind
mueller undertook to show the Senato
that there was 10 good reason to in
crease the duties on camel's hair and
coarse wool; and he undertook TO show
up also the iniquity Of the uniform
and honest class fication" which tn
committee said it had given at the de
mand Of the representative wool-grow
ers Of the country"
The present rates and the increase
are as follows on coarse woods: On WOO
valued At IL cents ; pound or less tn
duty Is 81 cents . pornd, which i
equivalent to AGO per cent id valorem
and this is changed BY the committee 4
50 per cent for woods valued It Is cent
. pound o. less; on coarse wool wortl
more than IL cents . pound the duty
cents which i equivalent to 80. IS pc
cent. this being raised in the presen
bill TO SO per cent on wool above I
cents pound.
SO much for the duties but here
where the uniform and honest class n
cation" comes In and effects . doubling
up Of duties in way 70 delight the pc
litical shepherds OF Ohio who made th'
demand The bill provides that
any bale Of wool Of one class contain
any portion Of wool OF higher class tn
whole bale must pay the duty Of tina
higher class; and further. that II an,
sorting Of the wool has taken place tn
duty shall be doubled.
Tn Is what the political shepherd
demanded and what they got MI
Windmucller shows that. inasmuch .
all carpet woods are sorted before i'm
pcrtation. the rates put down in the bill
will have TO be doubled; that is to say
on woods worth Is cents or less the dut
Will be g. per cent on the higher grade
100 per cent Our political shepherd
know how TO make demands" for thci
own interests The plea that the polii
icai shepherds make il, not they hav
any carpet woods TO sell. but that thcs
imported carpet woods are sonnet me
used TO make cloth for the people
clothing which, from tho shepherd,
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