The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-10-05

| through all the SCneuuleS WHICH Ielate
to or are connected with articles ol
clothing, you will be astonished al
the amount of relief which the law
extends to the American people. 1t is
impossible for you at hasty glance
to compare the old specific duties with
the new advalorem duties. You must
have the treasury estimates for a
series of years in order to make the
comparison. But / will venture to
say, speaking within bounds, that the
clothing taxes are reduced fully one
third under the new law, and some
grades of goods reduced more than
one-half. This was rendered possible
from two causes First, by the repeal
of tax upon wool and other raw pro
ducts which enter into manufacturing,
and, secondly, by the imposition Of
two taxes which were new at the
time when this recent law was enact
ed, taxes of which ! will speak pre-
sently.
l pass now TO the third character.
istic of the new law, and that is the
release in whole or in part of the raw
material used by manufacturing indus
tries from Governmental tax. The
tax on iron ore is reduced from IS to
20 cents per ton upon bituminous
coal from rs to 40 cents per ton.
There is no tax upon anthracite coal
and has not been. OF course tariff
reformers insist that bituminous coal
should be on the same footing as
anthracite that it should not be tax
ed at all because it is necessary to
manufacturing industries and may be
classed as raw material, although con-
sumed in the using.
BY the release Of the tax upon wool
an enormous change in American
industries will doubtless be produced.
Woolen establishments, that some
years ago failed in all parts of the
country in large numbers, may be
restored to activity, and those still in
existence, Notwithstanding the diff
culties they have encountered, will be
enabled to extend their business, and
new establishments will be erected
and carried on among us. The result
will be the employment of large
numbers Of men. Even our own wool
growers, VINO produce wool in the
west, especially where they can Craze
their sheep upon government land,
will find the price of their wool in.
creased, because this new law has ex
tricated us from the restrictive sys-
TEN which before hampered the de.
velopement of our manufacturing
establishments. The price of wool is
now going up in consequence of the
passage of this law. Owing toincreased
business in the woolen industry / sup
pose it will be reasonable to say that
the price of wool 10 the American
wool growers has gone up from 30 to
80 per cent. Those of you who have
paid attention to statistics know, per-
haps, better than how that fact may
be. 1t is better for the wool men of
our own country that this new law
has been passed making wool free, so
that their wool can be mixed with
foreign wool in the manufacture of
various grades of goods.
So it is with the makers of iron.
For many years Eastern iron men
have required foreign ores to mix
with their native ores in order to carry
On their business. Just so it will be
With the wool growers of the west and
wherever wool can be produced in
his country. The great difficulty met
with in growing wool in this country
Is / pointed out on former occasion,
IS indicated by single word, and
hat word is winter" A farmer
amongst us has to feed his flock five,
Xix or seven months in the year, sim
ply to continue its existence over the
winter. To do this he has to grow up.
On his farm large amounts of food
which is consumed in the winter. He
cannot, therefore, count upon being
able to produce wool in competition
With such countries as South America,
Cape of Good Hope, Australia and SO
IN. l will finally say with regard to
his matter Of wool, Of which we have
heard great deal, that if no other
esults come to us except the freeing
If wool for the manufacturing indus
ries, and lowering of the tax of WOOL
II and worsted goods, the one thing
,oing with the other, we have received
rich reward for all the trouble, all
he expense and annoyance of tariff
lgltatlon for last ten or twelve years.
'r since Mr.. Cleveland's celebrated
Message in his first administration, in
which he raised this issue for the de.
:lslon Of the American people.
pass on to speak of another promi-
lent feature of the new law, namely,
he income tax upon wealthy persons
md wealthy estates. Why should not
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