Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-11-03
WOOL GROWERS FOR FREE TRADE.
New York Wool Growers Pass Resolutions
Against the Wool Tax.

New York Wool Growers Pass Resolutions
Against the Wool Tax.
The Wool Growers and Sheep Breed
ers' association of Ontario and Livingston
counties at its last convention adopted
numerous resolutions relating to the
business. We publish few of them,
and ask those who may be opposed to
free wool to read them:
Whereas, 1t has been the policy in the past
TOR this association to annually pass stereo-
typed resolutions praying congress to restore
the wool duty of 1867, or its equivalent; and
Whereas, This association finally recognizes
the unsoundness of its last position on this
question, and ever ready to correct any error
into which 1t may have rallen, we beg leave to
submit the following:
First-We recognize that the wool duty is a
delusion and a snare to the wool growers, and
that 1t has been largely instrumental in driv-
ing to the wall an industry it was calculated to
benefit.
Second-Prior to 1867. under the various
changes of the wool duties, the price of wool
fuotuated not in sympathy with the tariff but
by reason of the ever controlling law of de-
mand and supply, the growers having received
high prices and low prices under high tariffs,
and conversely low prices and high prices
under low tariffs.
Third-The success of the wool grower de-
ponds on the success of the wooden manufac-
turer, while the American manufacturer is Sc
rlOuSly handicapped Dy reason OF being COM
PEELED to pay exorbitant tariff taxes every
pound Of clothing wool imported for necessary
admixture, while all foreign countries of any
| consequence have the benefit of free wool, and
| are thus enabled to undersell the manufac-
| turers.
Seventh-England, France and Germany arc
| the only three countries in the world that
| export wooden manufactures in excess of the
| imports of raw wool; in other words, these
| countries, by admitting wool free, have create
| demand for their home wool n Of oil
wool required to clothe their people, and after
| giving employment to labor export more wool
| than they have imported. The United States
1 on the other hand, by imposing high duty OF
| raw wool, has not only destroyed our export
| trade, but SO throttled our manufacturers a.
| to ruin the market for domestic fleece anG
i give to the English, French and German man
| ufacturers the cream Of our markets fo
| cloths.
| Eighth-The free importation of raw WOO
| into the United States would knock out tn
| imports of wooden goods, and would revive tn
| present depressed state Of our own manufac
lures, thus giving employment to labor her
and create an increased demand for our stronl
| woods for necessary admixture.
The closing resolution calls for tn
placing on the free list of wool ant
wooden manufactures Sin order tina
these industries may again thrive" On
tario and Livingston counties are Re
publican counties, and four years ag
they gave large majorities for Harrison
Sheep raising and wool growing is on
of the principal industries of that sec
ton, and when the people We're tol,
Democratic success meant ruin for then
they believed it. But they differ iron
some other people, and are willing to &C
knowledge their error. They have see
prices of their product decline instea
of advance, as the result of high tariff
and now they demand that wool shall b
placed upon the free ist.-America
Wool and Cotton Reporter.