New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-24
TIE COMMITTEE WOrLDNT HEfR.
50 HE PROCEEDED TO TEACH IT 4 LEsso>-AN
INTERESTING TARIFF INCIDENT oF
TWENTY YEARS AGO

Washington. April p Special several attempts
have been MAD. hy business men IN an rent parts
- me country - point out certain defects IN the
pending Tariff hlI. but 'h'ir alvi-" has no. been
received VITA any great degree - "n'huei'sfn d.
the members - tho Finance Committee. although
e is probable Wat some corrections 'h"v hav" n-
lcl'cl VIII boz made by amrnlu.ont whom th" bill
S. taken 49, f,r consideration in ID" 80 nate ty Soc
tons
This recalls m incident that occurred about
twenty years ago. wncn the 'nriN was being r.
vlsDl. Ou- day a :rtn appeared ~ tie rom =
'h- Committee % Ways ana Means Nh1 saii Be-
WIS curaseI ln o., wool business. arl bad noticed
some defects o. tlc ,ol s~l~lu" which be- w1cll
like % point ont 20 tho committee H. VS. ia-
formed mat al " she n"nu'r- ~ the q. fnfa.'t--
were busy AMI that q would he impossible r
them e. see him lie replied tAl' d. hil come
from Philadelphia on what De believed - be nu
crranl y duty aul patriotism. ana ask'l only
fcw moments - th"l- valuable time The clerk
- The committee Informed ham that II ~au'i B."
Impossible 70 get hearing: that Tho mni''""
understood the wool schedule pretty VOL. anil 3d.
not need any advice or suggestion Tho gentleman
thcn SAIL very co,iy. You may tel ne nom
b,rs ~ the committee thar tlr next 'imr COMO
her. On this business they VII e.aI ,0r No. an!
eminent good deal ~ money"
IT, returned 20 Ihuad paia. arranged for tie loan
started the most trustworthy buyer .n his employ
for south America. WIN ,ins'rlc'i."s -, +. buy
were BOUGHT was 20 hav" Them slaughtered "i'l
ont sl.arInr SOL. fhc.r ctr.as4'r f'r what hc cIlli
get ana ship tAc potts - tnc lu!i~I states or
sailing vessel N.taiu TIE next SIX months Two
large harts ntl~l win e."Dp p".'s over NIL
Ion ~ number. arrived 30 fh" port ~ Inlai"pnl'
from Hu.nos Ayrrs Tho sheep bal been bought
and slaughtered All skinned and me carrlss"'
had bees; s,.i flr nearly enough % pay their co-,
The. Iltv fl. pelfs was l2i. cents each. which
was paid AMI then The buyer set men At work to
shave tno woo from them with r'IDrs A. rr-
suit pc ct about four million pounds u wool mo
The United states r." 81 duty.
The collector Of customs At philadelphia insisted
that be should pay duty on the wool but he r.
flscI AMI pointed out the law which authorz'l
the FREQ admission OF wool on tho pcl, The col
l.ctOr appealed 20 the Secretary ~ ID" Treasury
va, referred the matter - the Atornny-GcneraL
The latter decided that the wool merchant wis
r..hf and that as The law read. one could
bring iu Inshcared sheep prlts by paying the l2's
cents duty ;le pcl's. ~ the duty wool ~
mat tim" 27 cents 2 pound. tho profits w"r"
about a million ana n hair II dollars When the
matter vs. brought % the attention ~ ID" com
nlif'oc on Ways and Means the Wor -hanf Informed
them that he hal gone into the sp culaton 20 "rch
them hv an ohlccflc lesson ~" def'ct 10 ID" laW %"
had come over from philadelphia - point ont 10
them when they snuhhrl him 80 unm-rcifui,y
That merchant was Charles y Ffpulke now a
resident II Washington. and owner OF "a famous
collection u tapestries.