New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-12


the wool tariff Last year we sold to Swift e. Co.
Of az the IN dSS at 3 per
a very good figure. as the stock was choice. This
a, Tear e we're rs s. q
for prime large yearling wethers; this year we are
and bought mixed bands OF ewes and lambs at
s. 50 to 81 20 head now they worth 81 25 to
81 50 per head. Such reversal of conditions has
Under date OF November 90 John Paw. Of Salem.
pledged legislation manufacturers have bought what
domestic wool has been sold OF the 1893 clip at an
s 6hd wool brought in @ % S %
per pound: this year tho same wool brought from
washed wool Of medium quality. and With free
wool there will be further decline in price"
PRICES REDUCED MORE THAN FIFTY PER CENT
Henry Coke Of Sapeo. New-Mexlco. writes as
follows under date Of November %: II have been
engaged in sheep-raislng in NewMexlco for twenty
FIVE years and have followed 1t closely. and In that
dine have succeeded in working my herd up to
about 1900 head. My sheep regarded twelve
months ago as worth 50 per head. and could have
sold them at that price. but could not to-day
realize 81 per head for them. Ny annual clip OF
wool aggregates about G00OO pounds. sold
yet sold my clip for this year as have been hoping
that the price would improve. The best offer have
y ye" can ' sec what prospecye free trade is doing
for me. and If the above may be taken as indicat-
you readily see that II would utterly ruin the
business in this country. My case may be taken.
In this section AS example l will state
that band Of LEO head OF mutton wehers was sold
party who sold them had competition on them too
but this was the very best price he could get for
ago for 81 80 per hea! Spring lambs sold twelve
months ago at from 81 25 to 81 50 per head but
now. and in fact they are being sold at this price
Our present rate on wool from here to Philadelphia
the rate from London to Philadelphia is only %
cents per 100 pounds and in this respect we are
In conclusion Mr.. Coke says: 81 have always
been Democrat and have been worker for the
stroy my best interests and those OF the country
in which reside. shall certainly take as active
part In opposing them as have heretofore taken
In helping them"
sLAUGHTERING THEIR SHEEP
From Twenty-Five other States and Territories
besides those mentioned have come protests from
wool-growers bearing testimony strong as that
which has been quoted. II has been accompanied
by other testimony equally strong. showing that
sheep-owners everywhere frightened by the pros
pect Of free wool. sending their sheep to the
shambes whenever It is practicable to do So Thus
Mr.. Hegart. OF Beaver Cahon Idaho writes: The
normal consumption Of mutton in the Chicago mar
ket Is about 5000 head per week. This year. all
summer long and all the ia mutton feeders RS a ,ba
rate OF 10000 head per month at decline In prices
from Is to 50 per cent for Inferior stuff He also
that some OF the railroads have refused 10
cause II was feared that the sheep would not sell
for enough in the great markets TO cover freight
charges. on this point the minority OF the com
mittec says:
The farmers understand that the present wool
market demoraliZed and unprecedented as II Is
is not yet down TO free-wool basis Consequently
there has been rush to get out OF the business
10 the shambles faster than the markets could alb
sorb them From all sections OF the United, states
sheep hnsoandry come reports that fattenns t2r
the market II now practically universal Authentc
y whore the number OF sheep In certain counties
In ohio Michigan and other states has been re-
duced onc-haf and the market reports Indicate
number slauehtere, has been over lno per cent The
losses already cntailed upon our farmers and the
cruel md the harder 10 bear because they have
means accustomed To rely upon the proceeds from
their nocks Tor the ready cash required for their
The minority calls attention TO tho high cost Of
transportation NJ wool from the distant Western
states ana Territories TO the Atlantic seaboard
compared with the cost from London or Antwerp
TO the same markets. and says: "rhe moment wool
becomes free IN. growers Of wool beyond the
Mississippi River would be excluded from our At
laniic manufacturing towns by this difference in
freight rates even II the cost ~ growing the
same one serious effect OF this upon manufact-
uring should not escape notice. Scattered through
out our Western States. and TO some extent In the
South are many woollcn mills hitherto prosperous
which supply the local markets for cloths. ilnnnels
blankets etc. and depend exclusively upon the
wool grown in their immediate neighborhood for
their raw material. When this wool ceases 10 be
grown these manufacturers must look 10 foreign
sources for their supplies that Is 10 say they must
pay the inland freights upon their wool AT rates
which Will destroy their power to compete with
Western mills they the basis OF the prosperity
Of many thriving towns and VILLAGES, They wiIl be
on the free list as by the reduction In the duty
on woollen goods
AN ENORMOUS LOSS TO FARMERS
After n patient md thorough investigation and
fair consideration OF all the facts the minority OF
the committee concludes that: whatever Of sheep
husbandry will remain in this country under free
wool will be n purely mutton industry. OF when
wool will be n by product. The splendid nocks
which thirty years OF adequate protection have de-
veoped will disappear. This great industry from
which have annually come 3M0OoWp pounds or
American wool for the clothing OF American people
will be turned over to foreign nations waiting to
siipcrsede u.s. The $50 100000 TO frjo0o0oo which has
annually accrued 10 our farmers because OF It will
go henccforth TO others and one OF the most valua
ole diversihcatons Of our agricultural industry VIII
have been permanently lost 49,
This conclusion does not essentially differ from
whom Chairman Wilson probably holds In higher
esteem an authority on economic subjects than
he does Mr.. Burrows of MICHIGAN. who. II IS un,
dcrstood. prepared the review or me Propossd
schedule OF wool and woollens in behalf OF the
Der OF THE Quarterly Journal of Economics Pro,
fessor +. W. Taussg discusses the duties on wool
and WOOllenS. ana makes TWO important ddillSSloS
concerning the probable effect of free wool upon
the American wool-growng industry one Is that
growers Of fine wool dn the United States would
find the lower price to which they would nave to
submit hard. and might be compelled TO slaughter
their sheep and leave the fied. The other Is that
the fall In the prices Of medium woods on account
OF removal OF the duty would increase the
tendency substitute tillage for pasture in those
regions where tllage Is possible. and to keep sheep
for mutton rather than for wool"
Professor Taussigs frank admissions offer srilt-
Ing contrast tc this expression found In the report
OF the ma ory Of the Ways and Means Committee:
with free wool we anticipate a steadcr and better
market for the American wOol-growcr." Neither
Professor Taussg the American wool grower
seems to anticipate any such result and the minor
ity Of the committee after thorough investigation
heartily agrees with them this point
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