New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
protection, which the law was designed 10 give
Them and which they were supposed to ENJOY.
FRAUDS IN INVOICES.


They complained also that the legislation OF 1894.
which fixed the dividing line Of woolen cloths to be
assessed for duty at so cents pound was not wnerc
4, ought to be- The temptation to drop the invoice
value OF consignment cent or two peio" !"
cents pound when 1t ought 10 be one or two cents
made difference Of y per Sent IN as i've well a dis
honest mportations While the manufacturers were
strongly opposed nd valorem duties. they were
40 Sy espeps That was impossible
wholly to eliminate ad vaosem ra uaSs consider
able relief the ,pecihc rates acting as checK on
Mr. North corroborated Mr.. Justices statement
in regard to the fall OF domestic prices o, WOO anu
the advance Of prices Of foreign wool Under me en
wnSn Re sa 1ba o a4
facturer. The ratio Of four pounds OF unwashed
wool to one pound OF cloth was not correct t, one
ment. He complained that people in general could
not be made 10 understand that the compensate h 'o
lection given to the manufacturer: For example
when the equivalent ad valorem OF the spe'., ~
official tables the manufacturers were said to be re-
ce.vng % per cent protection when as mat tSe
had paid months before on Imported wool.
by Judge Turner concerning the present ati,une o,
WOOL The gist OF the replies was that the manu-
facurers are now. as they formerly were 30 ,r ,as
wool, regarding them as proper and necs ssary
OF h S Of So es wool S5 sae to
ufacturers some advantages that they did not ENJOY
when duties were imposed on the WOOL dhsy uIsa
considerations Summing the matter up ne sain IN
but reasonable duties wool. but do mo- favor
all the restrictions contained In previous tarin
schedules"
THE IDLE wOOLLEN MILLS.
Thomas Sampson. OF watervile. Me, who de-
scribed himself IA woollen manufac urcr repre-
| I'M Herr addressed
m,tee. He declared that existing conditions. II
allowed to continue three or four years longer.
would stop the last spindle cardng machine rnd ara
edge there to-day no less than thirty ide
wooen mills on the line OF single railroad re
stand" be enacted. Mr.. Sampson appears to be en-,
in any or that ndny wSch had %
creased largely in The InitTd states since were
now compelled to draw their supplies Of raw ma,
teria chiefly rags, from abroad and TINS mater .,
What else IN We do we are to Supply SUI asked
priced goods without using shoddy,n he did in,
link s9Odd S9S no e. sa yys
Mr. sampson was followed by 5 Muhln@user o III
terias for shoddy goods The number of hands
to 5000 a month. and about two thousand four
hundred grades and varieties OF sn0ddy s peS
Of wool that har Msba ,ssn on
and from that down TO none at all lie Is STOUT
defender of shoddy. which he regards as prime
duced in the world to cothe that portion of man
kind which wears woolleu clothes nod DINO that
"shoddy was enormously called shoddy.' and he
applied to the mannfacure long - Ss %nm
mittee The use of shoddy had been iatsey IA
creased since the removal OF the wool dut e daw
their supplies of raw material mainly from lofegn
a imported rdSS-Wnlcn
BILE at the rate of 10 cents pound under the law
Wool OLA and i Of wool He gave
mittee to understand that when the wooen III, IN,
able obtain plenty of raw material TO supply s
than the th n e eTlsns rom
shops This material was superior TO ana IN ev very
compelled to import to supply a greatly increased
demand He denied that the shoddy manu- a., tuIe!s
Customers. each one OF whom knew just what he
was buying What the retail clothing dealers did
vi" In reply to questions by Mr. McNlillin he said
The country were among his customers-somc were
list of his customers TO the committee
NEEDS OF THE CARPET INDUSTRY.
As chairman of a committee appointed by the
carpet manufacturers. ex-CorGressman John SAN
ford OF Amsterdam, y. Y. then submitted writ
ten statement setting forth the conditions and
needs OF that important industry. There is reason
believe that the carpet manufacturers regard
disfayOr
by Mr. justice, of Philadelphia. on carpet woods
In response to request OF members OF the coh-
treasurer OF the Arlington Mills. submitted some
interesting and instructive statements respecting
Ausrraan neords ne ar,res Submitted by Mr.
Whteman were taken from the books or ms com
pany and represented actual facts lie SAID ha
they imported many million pounds OF Aus,ra mh
percentage OF the fleece taken off in the process
OF skrY hyGTRs in kred Austria
liam neeces amounted to from % to 81 per cent ana
skirtinS on neeces worth l2 cents pound the
Increase of value on account Of skirtinG ranged
20 cents a pound respectively. it averaged per
cent, which he regarded as = fair averase on on the
entire importation OF Australian skirted heeces.
FROM THE HAT MANUFACTURERS.
T. Rnke OF New-York appeared in behalf OF the
manufacturers OF wool hats who complain of the
existing classified ton. under which wool hats
which are manufactured from clothing wool are
placed in the same category as blankets and other
manufactures of the "second-class and sometimes
only % and 35 per cent ad vaorem. These articles
as aanneis and other goods manufactu red from
woois of the first class 40 ana 81 per cent cent 40; na
per last year. and the domestic industry was
threatened with unfair and runous connection
lively colloquy before the former had finished his
statement the latter insisting ana the former de-
nying that the cost of hats to consumers would be
increased by The PROPOSED chhGe OF naSnS 1ha
and Increase OF rates MI iNihhc 'Npidi,ieu 'ndt
the ma nufacturers were anxious to keep their ma
chncry and labor employed. and that the mills
had been idle the greater portion of the years 1883
and 1896 With the facts to back him. Mr.. Rinke
seemed 10 have considerable advantage of Judge
Wurner who depended wholly theory TO
what would happen in case OF an advance OF the
rates OF duty ,,,, ,
advocate the cause OF the manufacturers OF woollen
STorstcd goods He complained that the former
who used combing woods exclusively. had been un-
caIrIv discrmlna ted against in favor of the latter
Who now used large quantities OF second-clasS
wooIs in their industry. and who were also pro-
,ected bv a duty on noils. which by-product
OF that industry , , ...
,ronondcrance OF mpor;ations of woods OF the first
- piass over wools Of the second class. the former
amounting to 100000 pounds last year and the
,n,,nr r. only 10 OGOr0 pounds in round figures
.rh;s .oct uos new to Mr.. Brown