New-York tribune., 1892-01-09
WOOL AND THE TARIFF.
a STRONG PROTEST FROM TIE MANU-.
FACTUh.R~
aGIrAIIoY or Tna SUBJECT ~ CONGREs, De
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HED WITH THE rEroFSr SCHEDULE.
Boston Jan. 4 tSpcc.al.-A The twenty eighth an
nuai meeting Of inc Nstion2l Association of Wool
Manufacture held at the Parker House this AFTER
nnon. the following memorial 10 the Lid Congress
was adopted
The Nstloaai A.soc'l.a of Nooi Manufa .t1"r- e'p'
fully petitions tha Lila Congress against any cise "
the tarir OF 1890 particularly Schedule - VI" a' f
lstng 70 WOOL ana wooief and Tor the following as"hs
l. The Of 1880 Ia. been n force hlt hi'e'n
months. IL matter Of genera! agreement NaO H''
years Of prs teal operation az i'qiieu %
determine the actual ta.r uou tn revenue
the tnGG-tf-- -re'lt5 j'r -ru ny
new rate d.ty and upon th" cd,-di'' %. ar4cp'@ "
which such Of ouy Apply A. intelligent judgment
the presft neceasar! " t. aaiS'Jy ieI9ioN -
yet possible.
=. The retention OK wool snl NOoen schedule ii
It's present forr. thcoushy tested can "ei
no injury Wooen EanufaciuIeis Iheie IS universal
agreen.rt among manufacturers that the tom IL NOV"
sccuritIy Scientifically adjusted in H. relationship
betycen the dGtic5 material and the hhIsh'u
product establishes the condition OF prosperity
for the woolcn industry, far dependent upon custom
duties
3. On the other hand injury % consumers has Ie-
suited from the law notwithstanding the fIet That the H.
crease woolen goods by the taln OF lc'0
greater than any other schedule neec'sateu Oy
and illogical dispioportion between the
wool duties and the goods duties III 'he "i'H
in the market price domestic woolen goods. ON the
contrary all the staple woollen goods ana most {" the
fancy goods may be obtained IN the greatest abuhace
less Than ever beioIe III The history
OF the country. except brief intervals of universal
panic and financial crisis. Competing wcolen sUss q
foreign have paid .he increased duties without a
increase pices which those goods are sold t.
ocnsumcrs. Thus fag increased rates have ioIcea
= corresponding reduction in foreign prices
4. What the wOoen manufacture OF the Unlteu SStes
now needs before all else period OF en:re Test fol
tariff agitation aiming at radical departure from the con-
litlons upon which the industry l. no" oigsnlItd ana
70 which has been fully adjusted. The woolsn H.
Gustry Is subjec. ~ unusual and undVodate difcultes
Impossible to provide against, owing TO constant
and arbitrary in the fashions and the pepliS
stste these difficulties added the DOUBT anu
unceftainty arising continual taria agitation stoUW
Destroyed prosperity becomes impossible In I'D
recent has the woollen manufactue
been exempt the loss and damage eugend'led Dy
attempted Of the weoOllen tariff, never uht
the 1890, in the interest of larger developments
Of that industry. Whatever depression has marked the
Industry n tho immediate past has been largely due 10
hi. cause. long this agitation continues slnli"l
depre ssions must necessarily recur.
d. Measures contemplating repeal Of the duties on
raw material the nature Of things De ACCOM-
panied by readustnent the duties woollen GOODS
Whatever advantages, If might accrue our manu-
fsctufers material wOuld De eusct III ''
st instance by the necessity Of readus:nc business to
these new rates Of duty goods We prefer the Sxsc
ing law to the ha2ad and unit led conditions nor
% the experiences the pas: furnish any guarantee s'
lower prices OF wooen clothing "oua iesue
from the removal of the Wro duties such Method
revising Section must be accompanied by de'ehhVa
snslsught upon the soollen goods duties tina: might sun
remain precipsting new contention over the El Ol
Aercer and more character than any our uusS
has encountered since the adoption of ue system Vi '""
pound dutes-a contention likely u extend over years "
beeoms the pivot in repeated political cont'ss duhs
which there could be escape from the eni"ic oi'S'
which prolonged uncertainty would carry with II.
G. We beg u direct attention t. the extraordinary d''
xeopment Of the manufacture in he CUited stats
s,,,ng the thirty wears in which pound system OF
adjusting the and wOoens tah has Deeh IN eAl'V-
encs with variations in csssihca:o- and rates Of o a.
Offering conclusive reason why mat system Nou'" no'
nav be oNerthrown: 1850 our woIlen hahniao'lte'
caosuzsd s5 Y34 pounds Of Wool (oi whleh
so4 per imported per capita Consumption VI
7.IO pounds. In 1890 their SUMPTION had grown 10
about 400, 900 coo pounds ot which ~ pa c''' WIS u
ported) a per capita consumption Of 0i2 pounds. Ihs
o,onorou OF Domestic foreign WOO cenzuned IN our
1ils Increased. while the per capita value o. "oo
goods imported decreased from 81 81 70 % crhs IN
te ordnsry people the domestic msduse'ui0
can now easily supply their cH"re wants ana win uorc
sbich for durability general excel ence are nowhere
turpsssed In 1850 TIE British manufacture was con
hmine 300 900 900 rounds OF wool annually nearly ie1F
times ~ much as In 1880 be bFit'sh manu-.
S,otue CONSUMED 40 900 600 psuhd OF but 10
-, sept more than In these thirty years our
consumption Of WOOL has mcreaeea 90 per
cent while that OF Great Britain mas sio" ou' % pr
sxey been Witnessed. Marvellous A. this eeVe'ophs''
hs been II Will be surps sed by the growth VI t"e hsA'
Hscade IL the tarin Of 1890 remains undi'tniDta IN view
Of these facos which cannot fall u gratNy he NaI"h~
,rs. of patrtotic Congress and in view o. ue reasons
se. forth in petition respectfully represent th''
the arguments advanced % justify renewal o. H' az &
uon OF the wool and woOe> tah are largely i''e mary
or theoretical their nature. are not Os~u u" '"'
real advantage which could result 20 the doac & lhsh
t.ct,r, ,r the domestic consumer woOen god, and
that they should not be given weight ny congress d.
spains; the mischief and Generalization which rhe"1
81 tariff agitation Involves. The manuactursr- fVr ~h"
eis sociaton -p Who believed " comprise
h.ree majority Of the machinery Of the United States -ie
satisfied with existing Tarin law Ihey I'ei ."''
after 20 many years Of tarr agitation. cui"h"'As IL '
,ct Of 1890 they entitled W PERIOD o rest ana 10"
respectfully petition De Let alone, that thE may
prosecute industry i'll and with Iea "A'Oi'
degree Of confidence. . ,
The annual reports Cf the secretary, " d. North
Of Boston, and the treasurer, benjamin FhPPs' VI
Parker Wilder q Co., Boston, were presented ana
accepted The secretarys report speaks of tie value
Of the reunions Of the association "a promoting
feeling of co operation which is much need hnoHs
wool manufacturers Ia matters pI legislation; a an
example OF such legislation ieleeuce Is m~ie - I.lo
OF labor in factories passed by the last Ms'ao hnse7
legislature II declares that the iorinei II 0pH'a.Ne;
would drlve the wool mahuae'unHg lhhusuF 'u' VI
existence. ,., . ,u..
President. William Whitm@n, Boston We prss'iens,
John L. Houston, Hartford; \: {. Miller, lncs
Thomas DOlSn, fmlaocIphia lhc0uvrS - S'nN-'
lhiiadelphl treasurer. benjamin pmpps Boston,
sscrcary, ;. y. ID. North. bosto1i Executive Com.
mit,ee Rufus Frost, Boston Joseph sawyer Boston
Robert Middleton, uucs; D. L. r.nste.n Ne% nor.
John NJ. Carpenter, sew bi'in<Wi'h. \. >. S~harss ~
Fietcher Providence: ID. l.. Goh, lawtaclet; George
sykes, Rockville Conn lanes DobIon, Fhiaaeiphhn
Lewis n Gilbert, Ware. Mass: William il. "iunby'
philadelphia. James rhilIps, 1r, fitchburg: II. l..
James Rockville, Conn; Joseph Netca1, holyoKe, |,
Qrank Z. simpson, Boston. - , ~
commtTtne OF eleven, with Charles A. St0tt, Of
loxeN AS chairman, was appointed 10 have charge OF
the wool manufacturers exhibit at the Worlds FAIRY
ARRESTED on A CHARGE OF ENBEZ1LiNG.