Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-06

OF lu9 WOO1 4uSot@C-A1 ~
Opinion Of the New Wool Seized
ule-Pledges to the Wool Indus
try Not FulAned-Opposing In
terests Receive Every Consider
ation-Msans Ruin to the Sheep
Grower.
From the Enquirer.
Beuefontaine, Ohio, August S.-With
out doubt the most eminent authority
IN the country upon the wool industry
of the world is Judge William Law
renee. Of this place. An extensive
wool grower, general agIiculturist and
statesman. he has devoted more than
e0 wears 10 the cause of the tiOckmas-
ters and the many questions OF polltl-
cal economy closely related TO their
interests. He served 10 years IN Con-
gress. from 1860 to 1877, with lapse
OF TWO years: was First Comptroller OF
line Treasury from 1880 to 1850; has
been a Common Pleas and District
Judge Of Courts; was President OF the
Ohio Wool Growers Association Tor
four years. position which he holds
NJ present. He is an ardent Republic
can, Of Wing extraction, and has Oeen
A FAMILIAR FIGURE
in the campaigns Of the party for more
than a third Of a century. The Judge
is one Of the largest wool growers
IN mis- section of the country, and
his tireless efforts to ameliOrate the
ills of that industry have been prompt
ed by the sincerity which can come
only OF personal experiences. during
his long career he has delivered proDa-
bIv more than 100 speeches before the
WAYS and Means Committee and upon
the floor Of Congress on behalf OF
the wool growers. This is not TO be
compared. however, to the great VOL
ume of literature which he has given
10 the world upon the same subject
In his library are to be found OOks
aggregatirg over 200 pages relating 10
the wool Of America, number Oh
which have been published under spe-
cial acts Of Congress.
Ia view of Judge Lavrence's POSI-
ton. therefore, it is q matter OF no
little moment as 70 what his opinions
are relative to the features of the new
tariff law affecting the wool grower.
An ENQUIRER representative called at
the Judges home to-day TO ascertain
his views. and was accorded a very
lucid and exhaustive explanation OF
the new wool tariff, as it is regarded
by those personally engaged IN the IN
dustry. In justice to Judge Lawrence,
it must be said that, as a Republican,
ne defended the tariff law, exclusive
of the wool schedules, in most elo-
Ouent and able manner. But when II
came to wool the Judge said:
TUE NEW TARIFF
Does not fulfill the Republican pledge.
10 is Que to truth and CandOr 10 say
this The wool manufactures, and
especially the carpet manufacturing
influence. was so great in Congress
that the new law Will soon fail to give
wool growers needed protection, espe-
cially in view OF the prospective de-
cline in the wOrlO ) price VI sOOH''
Hon C.. II. GrOsvenOr, a member OIL
the committee that reported the Dill
90 the House. said. in a speech IN lndI
body. March %, 1897: If there Is one
article manufactured in New England
that will not secure a tariff protection
i'm this bill far above ad yalOrem
rates of duty on American WOO, 90
MOI know what that article Is. So
then il is the plain duty OF the Wool
growers of the West 20 accept TINS
schedule The bill on which he maze
the speech was quite as good for WOOL
growers as is the new law. This speech
Gives a view of the better protection
given to New England industries than
20 wool growers. 1t is 10 be hopeu
that defects in the new law may soon
me remedied With that end in view
I will name some of the defects. l
cannot concur in the view OF General
Grosvenor that it was the duty OF wool
growers TO accept the proposition.
think wool growers are entitled to as
annie protection as the New England
manufacturers.
DEFECTS EXPLAINED.
ct viii say:
81 Shoddy. &c.-The Mckinley act
Of 1880 imposed a duty of 80 cents a
pouad on shoddy. noils and wastes.
Vet some we're imported. The new
law reduces the duty to % cents. evi-
IDENTIFY to aid imports. Every pound
of shoddy is equal to three pounds
O T average unwashed merino WOOL,
nose. worth more than new secured
go The duty of 10 cents per pound
on wooden rags IS too low. IL is so
drawn as 10 admit wooden yarn IN
knit goods. made and cut for the pur-
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