Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-06
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Hearing on the Wool Schedule in Fro
gress Before Ways and Means
Committee.
JUDGE LAWRENCE TALKS VERY PLAIN
Averred That McKinley's Election Was
Accomplished by the Wool Grow
ers-A Significant Silver Threat
Session of Congress.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The hearing on
the wool schedule OF the proposed new
tariff brought many farmers and manu-
facturers to the ways and means commit
tee room to-day.
John g. CLARK, of the Washington county,
Pa, Wool Growers association, spoke
strongly of the effects of the free wool
clause in the Wilson law, which he de-
clared prostrated the wool business in
the United States. The experiment of
free trade had been crime. The value
of lands had declined and the sheep men
in all parts of the country had been driven
from business. The sheep raisers asked
only moderate duty that would enable
them to continue business.
The Democratic members OF the COM
mittee probed the witness for some time.
Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama, asked If the
clothing for workingmen had not been
cheaper under free wool.
To which Mr.. Clark replied that most
Of the clothing sold now was shoddy.
Importatons show shoddy had increased
under the present law.
An hour was given to Judge William
Lawrence, president of the National Wool
Growers association, to present the re-
ouest of that body. His statement was
an exhaustive review of the wool industry
under the different tariff rates during the
last half century. The Wilson law ne
declared, stopped one-third OF the WOOL
growing business and closed half OF tne
mills of the country. There had been no
adequate protection on wool since 1870
MI. Lawrence averred that the election
of Mckinley had been accomplished oy
the votes of the wool growers in half
dozen doubtful states, who would nave
voted for Bryan and free silver had they
not considered protection on WOOL more
important than free silver.
If this protection was not given, ne
continued, there would be free silver
congress two years hence and IN -FOUR
years more free silver president and
congress. -.
The Mckinley bill, as it came from its
authors, had been moderately protective
on wool, but the addition of the skirting
clause and the ad valorem rates made 1T
disastrous. Under the Wilson law the
number of sheep in the United States had
decreased 100000 year with loss OF
$60,00O,OO0 according to official statistics.
Unofficial and more accurate hgures
proved that the loss had been 17S, 100000.
Mutton sheep which should be raised IN
this country we're being imported from
Canada. The schedule asked BY the Wool
Growers association was IL cents a
pound on all Merino wools, "a cents on
washed and .25 cents on secured Austria
lian, unwashed wools to be considered &c
washed. Ga account of its superior light
ness; they said, the Australian had the
advantage over South American, losing
comparst,vely little weight 10 washing
The dropping of the skirting clause wat
asked, as to secure its advantages, partt
of the Australian wool imported amount
ed only to half of the fleece. To do away
with this clause, it was said, would give
employment to 5000 men In this ooun
try.
SESSION OF THE SENATE TO-DAY.
Less than q score of senators were II
the senate chamber when the senate con
vened to-day.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, secured the adop
zion of q resolution directing the score
tarv of state to send to the senate state
ment as to the action of the president O
secretary of state touching the recogni
ton of any foreign people or power as 81
independent government and correspond
ing action of other branches OF tn
United States government,
Mr.. Pettigrew, OF South Dakota. &c
cured agreement to resolution caliini
on the secretary of the interior for
statement of the amount of subsidie
paid by the U MON and Central Faolfl
railroads to the Pacific mail STEAMSHIP
line.
Mr.. Call, of Florida, spoke on his Cuba
resolutions, introduced yesterday COZ
cerning the condemned Julio Sanguill
at Havana.
Mr.. Call said that the report from tn
state department as to the killing Q
Charles Gown omitted many importar
features, which would have disclosed ths
Consul. General Lee believed that Cow
had been tied to tree and chopped I
pieces. AZ showing facts in the case, M
Call road letter from gentlemen
Havana whose name he withheld.
The Joint resolution requesting Grei
Britain to pardon Mrs. Florence E. MAJ
brick was indefnitly postponed in tt
senate to day.
Washington. At the close of NJ
Calls Cuban speech, the senate agreed
his resolution asking the secretary
state for all correspondence in the ca
Of Julio Sangully.