Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-03-17
THE DUTY ON WOOL.

10 HAS Not rern y s--impurtatlons
Of wool lave Increased because Our
own Production as Not Great Enough
60 u pply the Rtetitl for the Larger
Amount Of Wo nien Goods hich the
Mckinley Mn Enabled Us to Manutso-
ture at Home.
In the North American Review for
February the Hon. VIM. VI. Springer,
chairman Of the ways and means com.
mittcc, in his article on GLOW to Attach
the Tariff" makes the following state.
ments:
THE imports Of wool for tho ten months end.
Ing October ~, 1890 tho Mckinney b.l took a..
feet October 0, 1901, amounted 10 ss,ooO,ojo
pounds, while the imports FOR the ten months
ending October %, isal- the ten months next
after tho passage Of that bili-wcro over 49,.
NO,0OO pounds, an increase OF over 10 per cen.
tun.
For tho ten months ending October N. 1900.
the imports of wooden goods were valued AZ over
t9,OoOO0O, while those for the ten months end.
Ing October 30 1891, were valued at only 800 ".
90, decrease OF over II per ccutum. II also
appears that the price 81 wool has averaged
from two to three cents pound less since tho
passage Of tho Mckinley bill than IL was when
the bill passed
The conditions described by Mr..
Springer for October remained pract cal.
ly unch angcd till December In consid.
ering his figures we shall extend the
comparison over the whole year, ending
December 81, instead OF over the ten
months ending October 30. We will thus
have the advantage OF later figures and
a whole calendar year, while the pho
nomena he mentions will appear with
out material change.
L. lao 4 Ia Al. Ia
year our imports Of raw woods Of all
kinds were greater than in 1890 by 80,
$50, 800 pounds, about the rate OF in.
crease given by Mr. Springer This is
the fact that seems to puzzle our corro-
spondcnt IL ought not To,
The United States consumes an.
nually about 900 OOj, OOJ pounds OF raw
wool. We grow about onc.half VI this
| quantity, or 800, 900, 900 pounds and i'm.
port all the rest Some Of IL. about
| 100, 900, 600 pounds, we have been in the
habit of importing in an unmanufac
tured form, and importing the rest IN q
manufactured form as wooden goods
The trainers Of the Mckinley law saw
that the great evil they had 10 remedy
was the importation OF woolcns, which
not only displacc American wool JUS
as really Ms do importation Of raw wool
but also the labor which should recciv,
employment making the imported mr.
ticle here. III we do not grow WOO
enough for our own use" they said
then let MS import the raw wool in
stead of the finished product and =,
give work 10 our own people instead o
10 foreigners. They aimed at the 200,
900, 900 pounds imported a, woolcr
goods rather than at the 100, OOl, 90
pounds of imported raw wool. As
matter OF fact the increase w the TART
on woods was immaterial. a uniforr
rate OF II cents a pound was subst
tuted for the two rates Of 10 and 1
cents on unwashed clothing woo
(class ~; uniform rate Of t. cents in
stead OF two rates of 10 and ~ o
combing woods tclass H.
Tho slight decline in American wo,
prices during the last year or two la
been due TO u downward movcmcr
throughout the world, caused by an in
mense expansion in production in nca
ly nll wool.growing countries. II
good effect Of the tariff in shielding on
farmers from this worldwide fall
prices appears In the fact that froi
January 4, 1890. 10 February O. iSg
wool fell ia the London market ~ p,
cent on an average, and only ~ p,
cent In this country between the san
dates IL would be equivalent To u fa
OF 81 cents n pound on pound ot wo
worth * cents as against I cent &
, wool of the same price In this countT
! | not 9 TO 8 cents as Mr. Springer say