Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-22

nMnly dcnunCintury OF the majority for
creating such deficit and leaving II I'M
accounted for
In discussing the wooden schedule the
saws;
This schedule. as proposed in the COM
lnittee bill. Is Ia some respects most repre-
hensible. 1t proposes 10 destroy At
blow the great industry Of woo. growing,
which now ranks as seventh In the value
Of its products among the several
branches Of agriculture. and which has
heretofore been recognized a. the agri
cultural product deserving and requiring
protection under every administration
and by every tariff act since that Of May
22 1874. Nothing short Of the total de-
siruction OF this important industry can
be counted upon as a consequence OF
placing both wool and mutton on the
free list II Is fact established ly
experience that at the prices for wool
now prevailing In foreign markets our
farmers caunut continue the business OF
wool growing without n yearly loss Dur
ing the past year, owing 20 the impending
threat Of free WOO. and the radical relur'
tons Ia the duties on wooden goodsi
priccs Of domestic woods OF an dcscrip.
tons hive fallen FROM 80 ia 90 per cont
below the price that prevailed year
ago Even at these figures there has
been little market for wool, aud the
farmers have stiil ON their hands this
seasons clips. which. az this time last
= -. were being rapidly converted into
n 10y mills which now stand idle
q %. lle OF sheen has fallen equally
u. ~ value Of the clip The deprc
Il, alue of this species of agricul'
NJ az VI, from two sources may be
cod u mn qtcd at SIO,OODOOO.
ThtNX 70, &c ia the wool mauuinc-
ture 10 YD fccly less radical than
those Hcc, he wool growing indus
try. upon n d IL so largely depends.
1t proposes to rcvolutionize the monufac-
ture of wooden goods hy transferring it
from the basis OF dutiahle materials 10
free wool, change more radi-
cal than any textile industry In any coun-
try was ever forced to make without the
gradual reimbursement. Ignoring this fca-
ture of she suggestion. tho majority
would compel our wooden manufacturers
20 make this leap IN Tho dark Invested of
the safeguard Of specific duties and sub
jectcd to lower ad val0rems than viii OF
set the difference IN the cost Of proluc.
ton. We have secured IN the United
States a magnificent wool manufacturer
industry Ia which over S3OOOuO,OOO q,
invested, making every variety Of wooden
goods, aud employing more than a quar-
ter of u million operatives This indus
try the majority oncrs mp as n sacridcC
on the altar ~ tariff reform.
The time lniuwed by this bill " No
more service than no interval at all
The manufacturer must lose the entlr'
season, for " ne manufactures goods hi'
Toss will be creator than Though he KEEP
the mills closed. The terms of the bill
are equivalent TO an edict from the com
mittcc commanding every wooden manu-
faaturrr TO shut down and 10 keep shu
down until the bin becomes law nnt
turning thousands of operatives into III,
streets. Tho Bill has been carefully de
vised. apparently. for the purpose %
Gripping the domestic manufacturer u
advance Of tho new tariff sn that 1t vii
be left bruised and broken when thl
time arrives for him 10 begin c0mpeti
| tiun for market under duties from six
| ~ 10 sevcnty-hyc per cent less than o
present The punishment melted out 4
| our wool manufacturers for daring {,
| invest their capital IN this useful nn'
important industry u severe and con
dlgn.
The metal schedule Is criticised for III
! substitution Of ndyalorem for specih
| duties, making free number OF ara
] clos called raw material In disregard o
| the relations between the more or les
| finished products and totally inadoqunt
I 1NIAf@ ANf ANNN''t va ''AAt'AA f'.''r'''f
| articles"
! or the sugar report II saws The hount
provided by the law Of 1880 was IN IA
| nature " contract made ly congrr.
/ with each and an persons who shoul
1 engage In the proiurtinn Of cane, b.,
| or sorghum sugar of o certain nccharin
| strength Yet this contract ls now VI
/ tunlly broken The report says! III
cotton manufactures schedule IN the bi
shows the same inconsistency and lnc
Of knowledge on the part ul The framci
OF tile bill ON the inirlracics 81 lplugif
that marked the preparation uf the 9TH
schedules 80 the bin, for the Import dnl
imposed under the existing law j. scorcrI
| sufficient 10 protect American labor af
capital from The heavy imporiations fro
England.
One NJ tho most amazing proposition
Of the hill says the report n that
luminous coal will he put on the free "
and millions Of dollars received from i
importation by the way VI revenue are o.
solutely thrown away Coal has M
value. save as Il gets il from labor. AZ
there nre only few states or ierritor
that Interference with Il win not affect