New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-29

|
produced in that year amounted to only V2''Vo'oo'
pounds Thus 1t appears that the shoddy produced
In the United states in the year oil lsJo hiu
greater cloth proucng power than all TIE WOOL "hch
WAS produced In the United States for mat year. IL
thus appears that the high protective tam on "ooi
which enacted with tie avowed purpose OF aluihs
wool growers las forced manufacturers to use chcapc'
! material than wool and the competition "hich ~"
| threatens mostly the wool producers OF the country
comes from the ninety four establishments Hahulao'u
ing shOddy the United states rather IMAM IRON "Vo
! grown In Australia and south America
"WOoI manufacturers d rule, III oPueT W bu"iN
| AGAINST over-production do not manufacture goods
/ until they receive orders The domestic "oo '"c'o-
! fore Is confined to a limited market It's only puf-
chasers are American manufacturers. Ihcy purchase
only what they can use 10 advantage. As the Aheri-
producer OF wool cannot sell aDrOdu dI piV~ Il"
must await the pleasure Of the woOIieh
who are his sole patrons, and take such pieee as may
be fixed in the home market which prices VIA ""'9 ,
he determined by the demand and supply Ihsh
protective tariff wool has the direct eNooI Vi i''
ing the demand for American %ooiS'
A. tree sugar has increased the consumption OF sugar
In 1891 1900 "A per cent the report ioohS ioi "'
least an equal increase III the CONSUMPTION Vi "ooo
goods II the bill passes. OF the effect on the revenues
the report saws that nearly so,0oO,0o0 year would
be lost through admitting raw wool free. IL Is mol pos
sbe 10 tell Just what would be the effect OF the iTduc
tons nm woolen goois The report, in closing says !:
alt is not unleasonsD ole ~ assume that lower duties
upon these articles, rs well iedt iiOh Oh more
than half upon all woOllen goods, would cause t'hlo
increase OF importaions; for The reauouon ol 'nv
would cheaper the price TO consumers, anu ,i'''s
Largely increase consumption. Increased CONSUMPTION
Would cali for increao I'd home auiactulc d. Tci i
IL A. n,p0ssibe TO estimate accurately the effect upon
revenues of changes la tariff duties THIS We can s;y
income by me pas sage Of this bill Will he far more
than balanced by the healthy decrease III pupnc "a
pcndture. now impeativcy demanded by every pun
The views" of the minority in oppoi uon to INC
pm ~ MINISTRIES viii study with deep interest
and from which he will derive much profit. \; was
ant with the subject and Will take rank with tne
other able reports on S same e sSSsc of TS a NAYS Nays
snd Means Committee from time to time durng lme
lat twenty years. Never before have The dcspe
Sss s' dealt With and never before
have the Weakness and Impact ca6 Is';rhi ~
NDosed Tis time the friends Of the protective sys
TEN confronted by the same old enemy Oh! 'c
sSrinsap OF course the piless exposure BY the
minority OF tine absurdty and nc9ngrny OF te BRO pro
posed legislation will produce effect upon inc author
Of 1t but Democratic Representatives Wh9 are ~.
wholly and completely da can ~e aam mH te
selves the support of measure which might nave
The minority report says that from both wool
growers and wool manufacturers there comes up ~
ibis Congress an almost unanimous se e., Withn ' le
ver that has passed since the present Law enacted
the OeI ,, OF the 600 n Ssep ana unaef any
ance OF It's permanence, this increase VIII couliIue
rapidly. The number OF wooen US Sle ' marbnery
has been started up 10 snpP ohe new . "p"ps Of for
t BY T1Ge sood 81 old nils long Idle have been
equipped; large numbers of operatives nave feceiNeu
employment and new indusrles never before .ucf 49,
started Not only woolsrowes and wool manu-
fcturers encouraged and benelea by te N. os
hodv NJ
IN these benefits The people of the United states lind
themselves able to secure AL , the wGo9n sr 'Sy
II cheapness Is the thing TO be desired II mas GER
tsny been achieved under tarh whch cnmo %Eo
ity of woellen goods than was possible undef any Po
There is widespread popular recognition:' co1,
tinues this report of the fact that constant tdi,
They unsettIe values even when they DO not reduce
prices, and they breed uncertainty, which mean.
paralysis 10 business enterprise. The nation has NJ
adjusted its business to tariff carefully framed IN
accordauce With the instructions OF te VOLTS - ie
has already vindicatcd itself by greatly eniarging our
field for industrial enerPrse and has a1 u
9sser e wSsn sesed its has been in
raon but ttIs more h%n az Se9 o, us fe eSs d1
apparently dare not trust themselves I" the event OF
The committees bill" the minority says. pro
poses to deprive the wool-gowing industry IN the
United states, at one blow OF the en,s tam pro-
1915. II can have only one effect, the complete ana
final abandonment OF the effort "a prvdnce In hr IhlbI
states the supply Of wool needed for the clothing ~
our people 4 knowledge OF the peculiar condition. Of
the wool growing industry throughout the world In the
last few years fully demonstrates this truth: Fifty
She consumed; Australia, Cape Colonies and South
pounds ,5ta Rroanclion q en-, sc sG0y
This abnormal development has produced gIa1 i,. IN
the supply, under which prices have rapidly fallen.
american woods have neGesssniy svmpatnlzted WIN %ah
parison OF prices shows that the wool tariff has kept
the price Of domestic wool above TIE d level Of G
been potent in protecting orr own CLIP IRON 'ie IN
S fsS sa auT of e n e mi ns G sa6 G
Of our Western states would long since have Cap.
have fallen back into purely mutton supply. The
moment that barrier is removed the extinction of our
focks will follow with startling rapidly.
1T does not mean cheaper wool for the masses but
1t does mean the wiplng out Of great properes, the
curtailment Of our Industrial resources, anl Is a
savage blow aimed at our sgricnursts, without the
prospect Of compeDsatng benefits In any quarter.
somsthing Is due from Congres to agriculture IL -
manufacturing and commercial Interests on this
point the report Of the majority is attacked as being in
consistent. The minority Gays: at IS impossible 10
determine from the report % the majority
what effect on the Price !, Of wGS it ant, d fo%
wool growers do not receive any increase what
In nf te e' a Gr %p' Of by ns %n
! wool dcarcr. has made II cheaper. At the
siVe the domestic manufactures cheaper
material and, consequently the consumers cheaper
wooen coca. Ive'He no oync,
Political exlgency seems T. require that both
the farmer and the manufacturer should be do
celved A double discrimination l. proposed
against the domestic wool grower by making secured
wool FREQ. and thus letting in wool on which ocean
freight rates will give great advantage 70 the for
egner over the American. The BILL therefore, may
be characterized as one not only to dc
but also to build up on British soil, n new and
! important industry to supply the Uni ed States with
secured wool ait the expense Of the large class
| engaged In the occupations OF wOosorng and wool
securing"
| The report In conclusion assails " the chmera Of
foreign markets. 1t says: THE protective policy
OF tho United States Is followed 10 greater
less degree by every important Nation. Great Britain
alone excepted. The proposed abandonment Of this
| policy I'm the United States In the face OF Its
tlnuance and extension everywhere else. wond afford
to Great Britain the outlet for her surplus woolen