The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
WOOL GROWERS DISSATISFIED.
The Reduction in the Schedule Is OBJ
j~ectiOnabIe to
CIV Clark. in New York Herald

B. Percy Clark, in New York Herald.
l saw by this mornings paper that the
tariff was reported by the finance commit
tee to the United States Senate, and that
it has lowered the tariff on firSt-class woods
from II cents to 8 cents per pound ana
on the second-class woods from II cents to
8 cents per pound. This morning a New
York paper, in commenting on the wool
schedule, stated tina the wool growers
were satisfied with the schedule thus re-
ported.
nave come on from Montana the larg-
est wool growing State in the United
States) at the request of the wool grow
was one of the flock masters at the last
meeting of the Wool Growers Association
of Montana, which drew up a set OF reso-
lutions, which were sent by it to our
United States senators and representatives
in Washington. which United States Sen
ator Mantle had placed on record in the
Senate. 1t requested a 2-cent-per-pound
tariff on wool in the greasy, "a cents per
pound on wool washed and skirted, and 81
cents per pound on wool secured, etc.
| wish to state that the schedule as re-
ported to the United States Senate is not
satisfactory to the wool growers OF Mon
tana. and / believe that / may go further
and state that it is not satisfactory to any
wool growers in the United States, from
what conferences l have held with them,
both in the East and West. and this is why
l make the foregoing statement.
We the wool rover demand the sched-
ule as passed by the House on the first and
second class of wool. and We are also OPP
posed to the bill not taking effect until
July 1, thus permitting this years (S9D
wool clip of Australia and other coun-
tries to enter our market before that date,
flooding the home market and annulling
the effect of the tariff on wool for at l4ast
two years tto come. We therefore demand
that the bill take effect Immediately upon
passage and when the President has affixed
his signature. The rest of the schedule, as
far as reported by the papers seems salts
factory.
The Republican party must remember
that President Mckinley can, as they we'll
know. credit his election TO the wool grow
ers of the country, and all of the doubtful
States were brought into line by them. In
this last election they were his Stanch sup
porters on account Of the pledge made at
St. Louis by the Republican party that it
would put a high tariff on wool and give
us adequate protection. Now, the wool
growers demand of the Republican party to
fulfill their pledge. and if it does not |
will prophesy that the party will sound
the tocsin Of their d~efeat-a free-silver
Democratic President will be elected-a
thing to be deplored.
We wish it thoroughly understood that
we will not accept any compromise; we
mand that the Senate change the schedule
to that as passed by the House ia the first
and second class of woods, and we shall
ask our senators from the West to oppose
the passage of any bill which does not
meet with our demands. We have had for
years to take the small end of the horn in
every tariff bill, and now we only ask for
a fair schedule.