The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-04


there would lie an Increased demand
for labor.
Neither Is !. true that no harm has
come 10 consumers BY the law ~ ls9o
In the first place. the Increased cost Of
wool, n compared with prices In
Europe. has forced the use ~ cotton
and other adulterants 70 . great and
unusual extent; and. secondly. II wooden
goods have not advanced, they might
have been lower but for the duties on
WOOL There i no question among
manufacturers that the act Of 1890 was
intended 10 advance prices, nor that II
was we'll calculated 10 do 50 % the ex-
tent that consumers could afford. The
almost universal fall in prices was
caused Ia very small degree. IL At ali.
by the tariff act Of 1890 The tremend-
ouS losses In the Argentine republic
and elsew mere. the fa;lnre Of the Bar
ings. the distrust caused BY silver leg
islation. the low price OF cotton Ia the
south on account Of an enormous crop.
the failure Of crops in the north and
west prior to 1891. causing dull trade
and reduced consum ption. are the
principal causes that brought distress
and falling prices
What those manufacturers and wool
growers who arranged the wool sched-
ule with the intention Of increasing
prices want Is. no doubt 20 be let
alone, so that the tariff act may pro-
duce under more favorable auspices
the results they expected and worked
for. But the rest that the public need,
Is a permanent relief from taxes which
Cypress both them AMI manufacturers.
which hamper the latter. as every
manufacturer admits, aud which
largely increase the cost Of wooden
goods to the public The read justment
OF she tariff on the basis Of free wool
/ Is perfectly simple; il needs but the re-
moval If the dnties ON wool and a cor
responding reduction of the duties on
goods which were put on to Offset the
the cost Of the wool duties Here is a
eat DO IN 70 every manufacturer OF
wool and 70 every cons umcr.
\ The growth OF the wool manufacture
has undoubtedly been great during the
past thirty years. for the country. with
Y its vast natural resources and enorm-
I Gus immigration. has increased vastly
I in population and wealth; but the
growth Of the manufacture would be
much more prosperous and much
greater with free wool. and its growth
and prosperity mean larger use Of do
mestic WOODS and higher prices abroad
for al competing woods
II Is clear from the statements Of the
National Association al Wool Manu-
fac;urers ani from undou'sted facts,
emphasized BY the vast incr ease in the
imports 81 wool since the passage OF
The act OF isey and By the falling prices
~ Ohio wool. that this country pro
duces practically no carpet wool z
supply the demand for nearly 100. 600,
600 pounds needed by the carpet manu-
factnrer-. and only part Of the cloth
ing and combing woods nee led: and i
= further - be considered that the uss
III wool for so-ca'lcd .-woolens" wouls
H. much larger II the restrictions o
the wool duties dill no. greatly reduc'
the consumption Of wool and argel'
increase the rse OF shodiy and cotto,
in so-eAlled wooden goods
And this Is the case after a loni
series OF years Of high duties on wool
n In the theory Of the new protection.
Iit i laid down as principle that ''th'
. necessities entering into the daily lif
OF the mass Of the people which w
canuct economically produce should b
made free"
On this principle wool should certain
IL BE- made free. u Is most impor
tant article for all the people 1t !
produced in this country in inadequat
quantities. and not in the necessar
2 varieties and qualities Some indis
! pensable grades can be produced in thi
country only under CO 1jitions unfavol
\ able a. compared with those Of othe
q countries. High duties for a quartz
Of a century have failed to produce an
I carpet wool in this country. and hay
also failed 10 produce an adequate sur
: DIV OF the woods needed for the woole
aud wor~,ed manufacture And. q
wool can BE made free with large =.
: duction ia cost of goods and with yer
little disturbance of trade or o: infel
: ference with sufficient protection II
q only reasonable that the changes sul
fyrstrd ia schedule X OF the act Of Isl
should IT, made for the benefit Of tn
whole people
/ ARTHrRT- LYMAN.
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