The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-07
JUSTICES VIEWS.

Mr.. Theodore Justice of Philadelphia, a
dealer in all grades of wool, spoke for the
consumers, who. he said. had been injured
by free wool. In one year there was a
loss by this schedule alone to the Amer
lean people of 1926 coo 600. The loss to mill
hands and laborers by free wool had
been about SIS. 900 600 during the last year.
The woolgrowers of New York, he said.
had lost on an average $3.50 per annum
while saving on clothing about So.
Speaking of wool as a munition of war.
Mr. Justice called the attention of the
committee to the condition in which the
country would find itself in case OF war
with Great Britain If the American wool
clip decreased as it had been doing; and
he pointed TO the condition of the con-
tinental troops under General Washing
ton at Valley Forge and to the condition
of the confederateS during the late war.
In discussing the various tariffs he said
that under the. law of 1861, the wool in
dustry had prospered and increased, and
e it had remained in force until 1895 he
asserted that American sheep at the rate
of increase while the law existed would
have produced $50, 000. 900 pounds of wool
annually, or sufficient to supply all our
demands The law of 1888, he character
lied as the worst ever enacted as far as
the wool interest was concerned. Under
it the number of sheep had decreased II
9er cent in five years. From 1888 until
President Clevelands election the in
dustry, under a 10 cent rate, had pros
pered. A 10 cent rate he considered ade
quate. The industry again suffered from
1888 to 1896, the number of sheep decreas-
ing % per cent in those four years. While
the industry abroad had increased.
CARPET WOODS.
In his opinion the term carpet woods
should be abandoned and wool costing 20
cents per pound and under should be
classed as third class. Quantities of
such woods were now being used iii
blankets and clothing. Whatever duty
was placed on this class of wool, would
be purely for revenue and would not af
feet the industry in this country. The
wool section of the Mckinley law was
growers and manufacturers.
l.. reply to a question by Chairman
Dingley, he said that the demand for |
cheap clothing increased under the Viii |
son bill. These clothes could not be made |
lf wool so the demand for ShOddy in |
creased. The demand for the cheap ma |
erial was on account of the reduction of |
wages. Under the Mckinley law a good |
WOOL suit sold for about $40. Workmen |
made sufficient to buy them. Under the |
Wilson law wages diminished and the de- |
nand was for suits worth about -. This |
accounted for the advent of shoddy.
MOSES DIFFERS.
C. c. Moses of Bath, Maine, an i'm
porter and manufacturer, said that if the
curse advocated by Mr.. Lawrence was
Idooted it meant death to the manu-
acturer and would restrict importations.
Delegate Catron OF New Mexico, SAID
orr had produced some l6,OUO,0OO pounds
II wool per year. Under the present
av. the production had decreased, as
lad the price. The decrease in the latter
tenn was about IL cents per pound.
MR.. SMITH OF LAYTON.
]. w. Smith of Layton Utah. president
f the Nyoolgrowers association, stated
hat what Delegate Catron mad SAID OF
e condition i'll New Mexico applied to
is state What the wooigrowers OF
Jtah wanted was fixed tariff, $50
pec:hc duty on wool
w. II. Brown, manufacturer of Phlla-
elphia, asked for a duty OF 10 cents on
ans and waste.
John Ridgeway of Philadelphia spoke
Or the wool sorters. He hoped that
yhen the question of skirtin- Wool
an.e up the worKmen would be remem-
cred. He wanted an additional duty on
his class of WOOL, which would give men
ere a chance TO sort WOODS, and not
aye this done abroad.
Mr. {. NJ. Hogg OF Ohio, manu-
lecturer and wool dealer. advocated Il
Conservative bill.
The committee adjourned until tomor-
DIV. when the manufacturers OF wool
iii be heard.