Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-01
zSHINGT0N.
Grain Secures Judgment for His Part
Of the Silcott Defaleation.
statement Explanatory of the Wool Schedule
in the Tariff Bill Now Under Con-
sidsration by the House
Special to the Gazette.

WASHINGTON, March 31.-David Harp
eter, president of the Ohio WOOL growers
association, and Judge William Law
renee, a member of the same ASSOCIATION,
have prepared for publication the follow
ing statement, explanatory of the WOOL
schedule in the tariff bill now under oon-
siderarion by the house committee on
ways and means:
We have examined for the first time to-day
schedule X provided for duties on wool and
manufactures Of wool prepared oy HON: VIM "a,
ways and means, and his associates on the COM
mittee, and heretofore agreed to. 1t proposes a
duty of eleven cents pound on clothing Wool,
double on washed, and treble on secured; on
combing wool twelve cents per pound, ana
treble on secured wool; on unwashed carPe'
woods of the value of twelve cents or less, Incu-
ding charges at the last port OF export the duGy
to be three and half cents and II unwashed,
seven cents; If secured elght ana ms
on carpet woods valued at twelve cents the guy
on unwashed is eight cents, doubled II washed,
and trebled IL secured.
1t provides for standard samples TO be depos-
tied in the custom houses and contains provls-
ions to prevent ronnd-lot frauds, 'sortihg
frauds, !" .'admixture frauds, and DENIES I1eS
washed and secured woods. AS to so-caled
carpet woods the provisions are much oetter
than were ever incorporated in any tarin law,
and these are the woods that are tniur1ng the
wool industry of the United States more tnan
any other. We learn, upon reliable anthoflty,
that under the law, as it now stands, 10 per
cent. of carpet woods being imported VIII MAKE
excellent c lothing, such as was used by our SOL
diers during the war, and that II shaggy goods
continue to increase in fashion as they nae S.
du ring the past two years, seventy five per cent.
of the carpet woods imported will be used Tor
CT othing and further, that If clothing wool can
be imported as carpet wool at two and nall
cents, the duty of eleven cents on clothing wool
will not be operative; that IL the cost OF tne
merino is too far above the cost OF carpet wooIsf
manufacturers viii abandon the use OF merlhV
wool to some extent for the cheaper CARPET Wools
thus bringing down the price Of merinaswool <
The farmers of the United States and'the peosi
pie generally whose prosperity is depeRoent on
the success of agricultural Industries are 70
be congratulated on the fact that Major NC KID
lev and those cooperating with him&Qn the
committee of ways and means have propesed5 a
measure of such immense value. The proposed
IEduty is an increase OF one cent per pouhu on
clothing and comhing woods over the present
law. ~ oo0
The senate bill which passed January %, 1889,
| proposed four cents on carpet wool whether
posed bill of i've and one-half cents on unwashsd
| with the high rates on washed and secured MAKE
it much better for wool growers than the senate
| bill. Besides which the restrictive PROVISIONS
! of Mai. Mckinley BILL in connection with has
administrative bill. add 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 ali over the
| country to appeal TO their representatives In
| congress to give their support to this measure
and not to surrender any one feature or us pro-
|
| MILLS ALL RIGHT.
| Mr.. Mills of Texas was talking about
| the tariff to some fellow Democratic
members on the floor of the house this
| morning. He said the people of Massa-
| chusetts were getting very tired Of the
| high tariff, and it would not surprise hius
| to see that state elect Democratic gov
| ernor and state officers this fall. fell
| low Texan spoke up: 81 wouldn't pay
any attention to Massachusetts, If were
you, Mills, said he; 'you had better
| look at home. Your district is getting
mighty shaky.' OF course this created
| a laugh at the Texas statesman's ex-
pense. But just the same Mr.. Mills has
5000 majority to draw to, and feels very
comfortable politically.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The presI-
| dent to-day sent to the senate the follow
| ing nominations: Alton Angler of Geor-
| gia, United States consul at Rheims.-~sss
Frank D. Allen, United States attor-
| ney for the district of Massachusetts
Frank Buchanan, United States mar
shall for the Eastern district of Missouri;
Clarence d. Clark, associate justice o.
lsthe supreme court of Wyoming.
GRAIN GAINS HIS SUIT.
llsssssEv ARLINGTON March 31.-The court OF
claims to-day gave judgment in favor Of
Representative Grain of Texas in his suit
/ to compel Enlightenment to reimblllse
1Sh3m, for thss wefley lost through the de-
satoatio9 ct eierk silcott. i
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