The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-09
THE WOOL TARIFF.
The Republican Paper FORCES
Some More Statistics
AND is NAILED ONCE MORE.
Il Qucses Republican Assertions to Prove
Republican Assertions And Falsifes The
Official tatsslics Tor Partisan Eject
VIZ oNn REpun1,cAv sax

IN the grease. Choice nne woods are held on ii
basis OF 60 cents secured, and manufacturers
are free buyers on a basis OF IS cents secured
Fine medium Is offered at from IS 10 sc cents
secured. The bulk Of the territorial clip is
Inc medium. Taking average line medium
lsoa.ana at 10 seats rs a basis the free trade
price n the eastern nsrlrcts would DE 10 cents,
the free trade price on the ranch Ia Montana
could not be over cents.-Justice. Bateman
y Co., quoted IN the Tines.
Unfortunately for the Times, however.
lnoay of Wm. Lawrence, Of Ohio who says
the difference between the Montana and
1ureign woods Of like grade is only from so
toys cents per pound, not IL cents, as JUS
tics, Batcman & Co., state.
Both these authorities" moreover are
rgak prcteetiouists Neither is entitled to
much credence, esch being an Interested
partisan. But they differ SO widely that
even IL they were statisticians, their
diverse statements would need great deal
Of recon Citation.
Justice, Batcsnan & Co. declared in their
wool circular of December 1889, that "the
Australian woods, which are mostly in
ported ere at this tine over 80 cents ur-
washed.n
This doesn't quite agree With rhsir pres
ent statement that "iae free trade price II
the eastern murhets,n il Australian wool
were free, '.v0uld Oel0 cents"
Not Only Go Justice, Bateman * Co.'s
words OF 1883 nail taeir present assertion
shout the free trade Doesn't wool, hut a
protection organ adds this singing rebcke
also:
u is greatly 10 BE- rsgrettod that Justice.
Baiein2n I Co OF Philadelpnia should send
letters 10 the daily newspapers containing such
statements as The following:
ne growers Tno are gestine - cents tor
WOO. at their Jams nadsr the Mckinley bill
would get only 80 Genus Tor the same wool ~
ihei: farms under the Springer bIl! or the Mills
bill CT the basis OF me London free wool mar
J Aei, and Inc farmers OF WAYNE county unless
thes arc deceived by falseboods and Dlisrepre-
-een.stO.s. xii rot vote against their own
bread anG butter, arc viii not vote Tor lucent
wool As against -l-cent wool. tbs outside price
which il Is alleged they getting
As Tie duty upon wool is II cents per pound
there are no possible conditions under which
the manufacturers OF England secure their wool
II cents cheaper than those Of the United
States Moreover the great bulk OF the woods
OF the world cannot be imported today because
The difference between their foreign and Ameri-
car prizes is not even equal TO the duty of III
cents per pound. Statements like the above
by Justice. BaJemar & co. have become TOO
well understood throughout the United States
TO require contradiction in the wool trade but
that any established wool house should be will
ing TO lend its signature to such misrepresenta-
tons cannot but be d source of continued re-
gret --fD,eyica7s Wool and cotton Eeporter
Thus do we learn from a protection
source the value of Justice, Batemsn <
Co.'s Statistics AS TO the value OF Mr.
Lawrence's testimony, let US hear William
Whitman, of the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers: III Mr.. Lawrence
could get the tariff he describes, ne would
etfectua!ly ruin the Dest customers of Ohio
wool growers. thus initiating the man who
killed the golden egged goose"
1t is because Messrs. Lawrence & Deiano
know this chat the wool tariff is nearer 100
than 30 per cent but do not want the public
10 know T. thai they tight so Vigorously against
ad v2lorem duties upon wool But the SEQUEL
proves that those men are no true friends Of
even the wool growers whom they pretend to
represent; for while this 100 per cent. duty
keeps the heavy shf in king foreign wool ont of
the hands OF the American manufacturers yet
the same woods are taken by the foreign manu-
facturers and made into goods which are put
into the American Market at duties OF 60 10 20
per cent--l1'ericGa lIoot Reporter.
The reader viii recall that my statistics
came entirely from Republican sources or
authoritative WORKS. Those quoted by the
Times came from Republican psrtisans al
ready discrediJed within their own polit-
scal househo
So much for the value Of the testimony
Of the two interested protectionists Quoted
by the Times. Their testimony is abso-
lutely valueless. and the Times might as
well have quoted from it's own editorial
columns, proving one of its own assertions
by another of its own assertions, as To
prove the claim of one partisan by quoting
from another interested partisan. / could
i'll TIE HERALD once week with quota
tons from Democrats, proving the Demo
cratic position. Continuing, that paper
quotes from two Republican firms in this
city TO the effect that wooden goods are
cheaper today than two years ago. Their
statements are worthless. The tariff on
the goods they mention has not been IN
creased or the goods have been shoddied.
AS well tell the people that removal OF a
portion Of the sugar tax did lot cheaper
sugar, as well tell them that the increase
OF the tin plate tax did not increase the
price OF tin plate, as TO say that woolen
goods on which the tax was increased
were not either raised IN price or lowered
in quality. On some goods the tariff was
lowered, and these. of course fell in price
Prices OF goods have been falling little
each year. ever since the world began, and
Will continue to fall while man is inven-
tive. The Mckinley law assisted the nat
urai rate Of decrease, but OF course, could
not altogether prevent the natural fall of
prices which is always going on and which
goes en- faster in times aud IL countries
that DO not impose protective tax.
1t deserves notice that the Republican
paper altogether ignores such AUTHORITIES
rs those which follow.
WHAT MANY REPUBLICANS SAY.
at is a mistaken IDEA with many manu-
facturers that foreign prices of wool are
necessarily lower than home prices under
protection. They average higher They
would be much higher but fer large and
certain domestic supply. Homo Market
Club {Hepl OF Boston
r. at is ar axiom of the protectivesdoc
that home competition, under adequate
protection. viii insure lower prices.
> The effect of the tariff duties has been
sufficiently marked TO justify the continued
application OF protection TO our wool indus
try for the distinct ana avowed purpose TO
secure lower prices. n-E. Fl. Ammedown,
President of the American Protective
Tariff League and one of the largest wool
buyers ia the country.
at is an interesting fact, deserving much
emphasis OF statement, that the prices of
wool are lower now than they we're one
year ago. This decline was distinctly
promiseo by protectionists during the dis
cus5ion which accompanied the framing of
the Mckinley tariff "-Thomas Dolan,
President of the Manufacturers Club Re
publican and Protectionist) of Philadel-
pni8.
"Au experience of high tariff duty for
over twenty-five years has failed to in
erase the value Of wool, home grown So
different is the character and quality of
wool grown in different countries, that il
WOODS were free, the probable result would
be 10 equslize values the world over, and
: 1t would be found that other countries
would want our wool as much as we should
want theirs.-George William Bond, wool
circular. 1859.
IL 1861, the price of wool was 81 cents,
IN 1870 4G cents; in 1885, which was an alb