The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-05-20

Mr. shepard 20 make the
price Of this wool cqral 70 the other
Mr.. Carli>ie--in other words. You
want a duty which will make your
grade II wool sell for As much ia the
market rs the best wsol. II am pro-
duciny an article worth .: a pound AMI
you are producing en- article worth I'D
cents you want % put on duty suf-
ficicnt 10 make your article sell for a.
much a. mine?
Mr.. >heparsi-I think il i the duty ~
the government 20 protect me In that
industry and make II equally rcmunera-
tive as all other industries
shepard was before the committee A.
the chosen representative Of the Nation
nj Wool Growers' association. 70 whom
the association had assigned tie task Of
making is argument concerning that
part Of the tariff vhichrclates 70 coarse
carpet wool. The average value ~ the
carpet WOOL imported-and substantial.
" the entire quantity consumed i i'm
ported--is about II cents pound.
Shepard and the association asked that
the duty should be made - high that
the snail quantity Of carpet wool grown
in this country could b. sold at the
price Of fine clothing wool. or for three
times its rral value.
The committee discorercd that he
owned sl2s. 900 worth 81 sheep and land
The duty upon wool similar % the
vrrater part ~ his clip was 10 cents q
pound Some 81 his remarks about pro
lection have been published by the
committee rs follows:
Mr. Mills Yon say the tariff protects
you % the extent OF advancing wool ~
cents pound.
Mr. Shepard look al il in that
light. sir.
& Mr. Precisely. That 10 cents
a pound j. coming gu. of somebody's
pocket and going into yours?
4 Mr.. Shepard reckon 50
Mr. Alills-The people you are en-
ploying at SIS month are contributing
that 10 cents pound?
4 Mr. >hepard-les. sir.
4 Mr.. Mills-iou are taking that
amount from these poor people. who
are not worth $500 year. You are
asking and requiring congress to levy
this 10 cents per pound upon these poor
people in your favor, who are worth
slas.OO0?
V Mr. Shepard--It Is merely 10 have nv
business equal in remuneration with
other businesses.
\ Mr. Mills-fou are worth sizes. 900: do
you think it Is right for you to require
rs 70 take these 10 cents from these
poor people. which they pay on the
goods they wear. and put it in your
pocket?
4 Mr. Shepard-I think IL is just
4 The committee increased the duties on
carpet wool from "a and soi4 per cent
to 81 and 80 per cent. respectively. but
this addition was not enough to raise
the selling price Of Shepard's 1000
pounds Of carpet wool To the price Of
fine merino. The imposition Of such a
duty as shepard wanted was discour-
aged by the American Protective Tariff
league. which asserted that from 500
70 ]. 200 per cent. Of protection would be
required" and remarked that ''such
conditions Of protection would make the
business an ahsurdity.r Lawrence un-
dertook TO hold shepard by increasing
the duties surreptitiously by means Oh
tricky clauses inserted in the schedules,
but the desired equality remunera-
ton could not be attained Indeed.
the prices declined in spite Of all the
political wool growers could do. and
now shepard has sold his sheep. We
must think that he has deceived him
self As 20 the real cause Of this sale
II was not 80 much his expectation
that wool world be put on the free list
as il was his dissatisfaction and disap-
pointment because Mckinley and his
associates failed 70 impose duty high
enough to make the selling price Of his
coarse carpet wool equal % the price Of
the finest clothing wool-S. y. Times
April =. 1922