The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-09
Tariff Talk.

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hair in most temperate or cold climates to
silk; while much Of the wool product of
southern Russia aud western Asia is so
coarse hat it appears almost unsuitable Cor
any textile purpose, and although now
largely used for the manufacture Of rugs
and carpets, commands SO small n price in
tho hands of the original producers that
none but a half-civilized people can afford
to grow it.
Such is the influence of soil and climate
hat it il said no two places can grow wool
exactly alike. In short it is nature and
not legislation that determines what kind
Of wool a country shall produce, and no one
country can produce to advantage wool O.
all kinds. A fact so we'll recognized that
tho governments of all the great manufac-
turing countries of Europe consider it of
great importance, and as a measure of true
protection, that their manufacturers shall
have the fresst and cheapest supplies of
wool, and no; or merely nominal duties on
T. HpOI Dut lIu5IAHOluK tulS
fact the policy of the United States has
been for many years to l~estrist its wool
manufacturers from obtaining from foreign
countries such supplies of wool as cannot
be p, oduced in their own country, but
which they require to compete on equal
terms with foreign competitors. Not only
opn Autina haovv Iuf IL 10 ri NJ c,,1f for thu
general public to know the amount Of the
duty or tax, as words of such doubtful sig
MITIGATION are used as to make tho construc-
ton Of the statute doubtful, and 50 endless
litigation and rich fees for lawyers is the
result.
The sfeet'of this great enhancement to
his nssdful supply Of foreign wool, and not
understood by the masses, il the induce
ment to lind q substitute in place of wool,
and the profit if that substitution 10 sue
c~sssful. The substitute hitherto in general
use was the ibrous material obtained by
grinding up old wooden fabrics, which is
named according to its degree of disinte-
grafton as "shoddy,' "murego," "wasts,"
"dsvll's DUST" etc. Notwithstanding the
value Of this substitute for certain purposes,
it II estimated that the annual csmbinp
wool product of the United State fell eighty
million pounds short Of what is required to
run the existing machinery of tho country
to its full capacity.
AL agree that shoddy is not wool. What
it is in its primal state may be inferred, il
one remembers that 80 long as a wool fabric
retains its original form it rarely passes
out of use by men or animals, till it has be.
come 80 saturated and so repulsive from
impurities that it cannot be used az q fabric
When tho wool tariff bill Of 1857 was be-
fore congress the executive committee of ths
National Association Of Woo. Manu- f~acturer:
called sboddy q worthless material and
called for more stringent duties on its i'm.
portation. And in the debates in congress
no little eloquence was expended in depict.
ing the calamity and nastiness entailed on
kuO AAA0IAS0n poVPAS IL sAVy W0IS w ~
tempted by %cheapnsss into the wearing o.
wooden garments made Of old rags gathered
from the slums Of 'poorhouses and hospitals
and made additionally loathsome by con
tact with bodies affected by typhus, shil
fever, smallpox and all manner Of terrible
and unmsntionabls diseases. The. recon
mendatiens Of the wool manufacturers wer'
adopted and duties on the imports Of TIL
sccursed stuff were advanced 800 per cent
Mark the consequence. With = clear fsl'
guaranteed them against tho competition o
foreign manufacturers and also dsbarred b,
the heavy duty from supplying themselvs
with coarse and sound wool, the Americas,
manufacturers have tumbled over eacl
other in their eaysrnsss to smanufsctur
shoddy. While raising the duty, on ,shodd,
ths duty on WOODEN rags out Of which shedd.
is made was left unchanged, thus givinl
protection to the manufacture Of sloddy an
giving : stimulus to the industry Of search
ing tie ssh barrel and cutters Of our larg
cities, from which many thousands 0
pounds are collected annually, for on
shoddy mills jams FLE1IAG.
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