Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-08


by rongrees on Imported wool, w6olsns
and sheopl Tho price OF tnb woo.o aud OF
tpc. 4hesp has cofrespondinsly increaoed,
md the wool producers and sheep raiscrs
have received the benefit thereof.
We call attention to the fact that the
duty imposed upon wool and sheep by the
act OF 1890, advanced the price OF wool in
this Territory, TO about eighteen cents per
pound, and sheep to 10 per head also,
under that act the number OF sheep In
ere lsed during the three years Of It's exist
ence 80 per cent. aud the wooden product
dust had reached the sum Of
1854 .00) 900 pounds, aud the number OF
sheep had increased to nearly 10. 1000. 900,
having an average va'ue OF " O6 each
that, by the repeal OF all duly on wool and
the TO ~iuction OF the duty on sheep TO 20
per cent. ad valorem, from seventy Ave
cents per head, the value Of vol had de-
preciated Co about six cents per pound /;
the actual difference between no duty and
the duty imposed under the act OF 1850,
while the price OF sheep has declined
throughout the entire union, nearly so per
cent. and in this Territory fully go per
cent, SO that sheep, to day, in the Terri
tory OF New Mexico, under tho present
tariff act, command only about 81 per
u6hu, UT iO5S III DObu WUOt uVu IN Suotp VI
about two-thirds OF their former value.
At the end of the fiscal year, June 30th,
1894, there were in this Territory at least
3 1900, 900 bead OF sheep, Yielding an annual
product Of about 10, 900 600 pounds, valued
at 10 0U0. 900. During the fiscal year ending
June 30.h, 1895, 1t is estimated hat the
income from wool did not exceed $500, 900,
thus showing a net loss to the wool-grower
of 80, 900, 900 on wool alone, while the de-
pracsatfop NJ GO par had m TIM 4 nm 00o
sheep las entailed upon the sheep-raiser
Of this Territory a loss of about So 600, 600,
or a total loss to this Industry arising from
the present tariff enactment for the year
ending June 30th, 1895, of IS, 500, 900. with
the certainty OF annual loss of s., 500 900
additional, while the present tariff law
shall ema in force.
WHEREAS, 1t Is believed that these re-
suits have been brought about by the
operation OF the present tariff laws Of the
government, whereby our woods and
wooden manufacturers have been brought
into competition with cheap foreign pro-
ducts, chiefly among which Is sHoDDY,
manufactured from cast-off and worn-out
clothing and rags, frequently infected
with contagious diseases, each pound of
which takes the place Of three pounds OF
healthy, unwashed wool, of which shoddy
for the tiscal year ending June Goth, 1894,
under a duty OF thirty cents per pound,
there was Imported only 104 8S5 pounds,
while during the fiscal year ending June
Both, 1895, under a duty OF 10 per cent. ad
valorem, Ia, 779 $50 pounds, or an increase
Of 140 per cent, which shoddy took the
place of over A. 900, 900 pounds OF unwash-
ed woo.s.
WHEREAS, Phe act OF 1890, while 1t to a
great extent rendered protection to the
wool and sheep n Industries, was neverthe-
less defective in many particulars. and to
such an extent that great frauds could be
perpetrated under 1t by means OF under.
valuations, skirting, sorting, and adj
mixtures, to reduce Values importing
secured woods as washed, and washed
woois and unwashed and better classes
thereof as lower classes, which defects
should not be repeated in future legisla-
ton; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the wool growers, associa-
tion of New Mexico: That the depressed
condition Of our wool and sheep indus
tries in this Territory, and In the whole
United States, demands the enactment Of
such tariff legislation by congress as will
furnish ample protection to those indus
tries against all foreign competitors, and
restore them to their former state OF pros.
perity. '5ss7atsa
To that end, we demand a q 1t, specif,
duty of ten cents per pound on all i'm.
ported unwashed woods, and double that
amount on washed woods, and treble that
amount on secured woods, and that such
provision be Incorporated in a law as will
prohibit the advantage taken under
former laws by means OF skirting, sorting,
admixtures to reduce value. importing
secured as washed wools, AMI washed
woods as unwashed woods, and better
classes as lower classes; that we object to
each and every enactment which imposes
an ad valorem duty and insist that every
duty shall be specific, and that the duty on
shoddy shall be pr0hibitoryy and we de-
mand further, that a duly OF not less than
seventy-dve cents per head be placed upon
all sheep imported from foreign countries.
RESOLVED, That II Is the belief of this as
ISOLATION and the wool.growers Of New
Mexico, that by the enactment of such
laws, not only wi be regained in New
Mexico, and throughout the United States,
the prosperous condition enjoyed by our
sheep and wool industries, during the
ending June 1893 and 1894, but, that
a per. cd of five years under such
the United st .tes will be able
to supply all the wool Consumed by the
people in this country.
RESOLVED, While we demand protection
Tor the sheep and wool industries of this
we insist that the same can only
be fully brought about by an adequate,
duty placed by legislation,
all wooden fabrics imported from for
,ign countries; that we believe the manu-
and the producer must both be
protected, SO as to secure the full benefits
tn be derived.
RESOLVED, That this association will in
upon the most rigid enforcement Of all
sanitary regulations against scab, and all
other diseases. We recommend thai the
sanitary board be requested to devote
more attention to the sheep interests in
connection with the excellent services that
hey are rendering to the cattle industry.
ResolUed, Thai this association requests
he secretary of the interior, under proper
to be established by him, to
the use OF the Pecos reservation,
all other reservations in this Terri
by the sheep.owners, for the purpose
# watering and grazing their sheep there
IN, during seasons Of severe drought, as
being a use which can do no harm, but
will contribute to the preservation Of
.imber and the prevention OF forest fires.
MAX NoRDHAUs,
Chairman.
Sol LUNA,
Tuur urCnnc /