The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-09-20
The 9eulutrat.
About Wool.

The San Francisco Examiner has been
intervie wing dealers in WOO! and wooiens
to ascertain what effect the new tariff law
will have on their business.
Harry Z. Wise Of Christy, Wise Il Co.
says:
1.-THE effects of the bill have been excel
lent and they will be better. 1t has al
ready been demonstrated that the cry that
free wool would ruin things is merely
crude political lie. In the past sixty days
wool in the grease on free stock has ad-
vanced froml1 to cents pound, depend
ing particularly on the staple. This ad-
vance applies to the territory woods of Ore
gon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and Utah :.
The increased demand at better prices is
directly attributable to two reasons: First;
he great manufacturers feel sure that WOO
az long ago reached bottom and that it is
bound to advance; second, the settlement
of the tariff puts business on definite
basis. Foreign woods cannot ruin us, for
the reason that even the advanced price on
territory wools is lower than foreign goods
can ever compete with. Then another
point to be remembered is that there is now
an increased demand for foreign wools, a
demand so brisk thatit has already sent
up the price abroad. Eastern manufact-
urers engaged upon the more popular fabric
into which foreign woods are woolen are be-
hinl in their orders and many are running
over TING to compete the orders. So, you
see, the foreign woods have not hurt US and
they will not. In fact, in spite of an in
creased price of foreign woods, the ad-
vances on territory woods exceed them
think that the handwriting on the wall is
plain. As the bill develops in its opera
tion its full advantages will be enjoyed
more and more on this coast and through
out the country:
by next year there may be slighi
drop in the price, incident to the return Of
the market 10 its normal condition, bui
the volume of business is certain to b
greater from this time on than it has evel
been, and though the earnings may be
smaller percentage of the whole, yet th'
gross will be greater than in the past
our Bos on house advises us that there i
the strongest kind of a feeling in the mar
ket, and tha. the firms that have lately
made enormous purchases are the most sue
cessful in the United States. One hous'
lately bought 100000 pounds of Mon
tana wool and 100000 pounds of Eastern
Oregon OF largely increased secured
blsis, following heavy Australian pur
chases
The price Of clothing, however, vii
not 90 higher, because great competition
will put it down. In fact, there is only |
few pounds of wool even in fine, heavy
suit of clothes. On a $50 suit the woo
costs about 81 The protective tariff, how
ever, redounded tothe benefit of manuiac'
turers and enabled them 10 keep up prices
believe that untaxed wool will esiablisl
the industries dependent upon il on stabl
and hourishing basis insure to consumer
betteriand cheaper clothing, and create al
increasing demand for American wool
The good effects of the bill are far-reach
ing already, and we have only begun t
realize them"
). o. Hoffman OF the firm of Hoffman
Alexander & Co, manufacturers and i'm
pCrters of clotaing and proprietors of tn
Oregon Woolen Mills in Salem, who la
been making thorough study OF tn
tariff on wool ahe the effect of its removal
says of the Wilson bill:
Congress has at last done tire countr.
some good by admitting wool free-goO'
that will be felt not only by the manufaG
turer but by the consumer, inasmuch a
wool il now about as cheap as cotton, an
instead of putting shoddy material i
clothing the best imported wool will b
mixed with American wool, and the re
suit viii be a much better class Of gooC
for the same price now paid for an inferit
article. This will naturally create com
petition and will have the effect of estal
fishing new houses all over the Unite
States.'