The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11
WhAI TiEY WANT.


The American fFrtrftfve s~o
After the Earth.
To or ran ~ sac American Protec-
tiv. Talif lea NJ sthe American y on
omi,u ,upi.,.ci an article on WOOL
d..iynci In .,art 70 s.oT thai there
ought ~ hc a Aigh duty on tAs cheap
and coarse woods which are uscu IN
| MAKING carpets. and which are import
ed ssr the good reason that they are
| not produced in this country. More
than - per cent. of the wool imported
| in 1896 was Of this class. the carpet
M ..cr's raw mr.crial. and the IMPOSE
ton o. q lu.y GA Arch wool has been
one Of the rrratest absurditics OF
American tariff legislation. The old
duty was even increased by the NC
Kinley act. and in 1898 the Mckinley
law on this raw material was equiv
alcnt to almost 30 per cent.
The American Economist asserts that
our climate is adapted To the growing
Of superior carpet wools.' What
country NAV he able 10 do climaticai'
w." IL continues. lis of little impor-
lance. however, If the financial side OF
the problem is not advantageous. The
fact seems To be plain that we do not
produce our own carpet woois- ana the
) reason seems to be plain. also, Wis.,
that there has been less money for the
producer in growing the cheap, course
(: grades than in growing the fine ones. I
4 and by its comments upon a letter
from wool dealer il leads the reader
G to infer that there has been less
n money" in growing carpet wool simply
!, because the duty has not been high
enough.
No tariff that the American people
o could be induced to impose could make
an intelligent American wool grower
use his time and labor in keeping
4. sheep whose coarse fleece, suitable 10
carpets, must always and everywhere
A. be worth much less than a fleece
s. fine clothing or combing WOOL
So long as he should not be forbidden
50 nv law to nse the same time and labo
~ in keeping sheep whose fleece mus
he be worth at least twice as much Bu
he if there are people in Asia VINO ar
ut willing to grow that kind OF wool. tn
country may fairly buy their wool an
derive benefit from their willingness
supply it. Does the league believe thi
SC any practicable tariff could enable u
I'd. wool grower in this country TO sc
in coarse carpet wool at the price OF M
VIC clothing wool?
Has the American Protective TAR
- ,eagre FORGOTTEN what il said not lor
IA ago in this same weekly organ abo
mt the tariff ou carpet wool? IL So y
he will refresh its memory by directil
its attention to the following, It's ov
She utterance:
IN The assertion is again advanc
ia that the United States is capable
i" producing the bulk of the carpet wo'
ito uscd in the country. We think this
I've an unfortunate position for the W.
IN. growers to take; for 1t Is very Tar III
4 an rndisputed truth that the ioV
ned grades of carpet wool can be produs
was in this country except under such c.
has ditions OF protection as wo'
make the business an aosuro'
r;ed II is well known that
lowest grades of carpet woods
fo- from wild sheep, and could never
~, produced in this country at cost
rroduction which would require II
IL, 900 To | 900 per cent. of protection.
49,. would be far better 70 concede
:, !. truth. and endcavor to reach
bination with the carpet manufac
~. ers based upon reasonable ana
statement of facts"
Will the tariff league now. using
own estimate, recommend the imf
ton Of duty Of "from 500 to l,ooo
~ cent" upon carpet wool. in order
~ domestic wool growers may be enc
..,sS aged to produce carpet wool "u'
such conditions of protection rs w
make the business an absuriity?
.;a The Mckinley tax on the coarse
:. net woods of Asia has been cut on,
- il will never be restored. N. \. II