Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-29
D THIRD GLASS WOOL RAISED In THIS TERRITORY

better than I do, and | know wei
enough for my own satisfaction, tina
there are two sides to the question O
bringing in these light Mexican cattl
and the passage of them through tn,
grass and grain of New Mexico to tn
great markets of the east. But tn,
trade in cattle between the Unitet
States and Canada will go on, and w,
believe that revenue fully equal tn,
amount estimated will be collected up
on cattle that will come in from Can
d under the provisions of this bill
The gentleman may have a differen,
opinion about it, but that is the expla.
nation which l give on behalf of the
committee.
Now, let us goTo wool.
Mr.. WHEELER, of Alabama-Before
the gentleman leaves cattle Ia I ask
him a question?
MI. GROSVENOR-If it relates tc
what I am talking about. l am talking
seriously now. GAaughter.)
Mr.. WHEELER, of Alabama-It
does. | have received a great many
communications stating that a large
industry has grown up among the
western farmers in importing Mexican
cattle and fattening them for market,
and it is claimed hat this bill will de-
stroy hat industry.
MIR. GROSVENOR-That may be.
They have been importing these cattle
under a duty Sc low hat practically the
two countries have been thrown to-
| gether in hat respect.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, I pass to wool,
and | var to say to my friend from
New Mexico, who doubtless has knowl-
| edge of the products Of his own terri
tory, that there is no carpet wool pro-
duced in New Mexico; none whatever.
l want to say to him, further, that
there is no carpet wool, I mean as an
original, complete fleece, produced in
the United States; and therefore the
| duty upon carpet woods covered by this
schedule is purely a revenue duty, and
is not so high as some gentlemen think.
One gentleman, who claims soma
knowledge on this subject, asked me
and / was amazed at it-why we should
put such an outrageous duty as 80 per
| cent ad valorem on carpet woods. He
asked: why do not you put 6 or Z
This 80 per cent applies only to carpet
woods at or under 10 cents a pound, and
a large majority of the average i'm
portations into this country come in at
between 6 and s cents a pound, so that
my friends suggestion of 6 or Z cents a
pound would be more than 100 per cent
ad valorem, while the bill provides on
these grades only 80 per cent ad valo-
rem.
Mr.. FERGUSSON-If I got it too
high, I would like to have 5 cents per
pound.
Mr.. GROSVENOR-I am not refer
ring to the proposition of the gentle
man from New Mexico at all.
Mr.. SMITH, Of Arizona-I wish to
ask the gentleman a question for in
formation. There are a great number
of sheep growers in Arizona who follow
no other occupation than raising
sheep for the wool, there being no mar
ket for the mutton. Now, what is the
rate of duty proposed in this bill on the
wool of the common, small merinO
sheep-the grade of wool produced
from the sheep that III over the plains
and mountains of Arizona and New
Mexico?
Mr.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cents up
on the unwashed wool.
Mr.. SMITH, Of Arizona-Eleven
cents per pound, specific?
Mr.. GROSVENOR-Eleven cents per
pound, the exact duty under the Nc
Kinley law.
Mr.. SMITH, of Arizona-That is
enough. if we have got it. (Laughter.)
Mr.. GROSVENOR-Now Mr.. Chair
man, a word further about carpet
woods, and then I am through.
The CHAIRMAN-The time of the
gentleman has expired.
Mr.. GROSVENOR-I ask unanimous
consent that I may continue for three
minutes longer.
There was no objection.
Mr.. GROSVENOR-The carpet woods
covered in this schedule are specific
ally named in paragraph 1862, as fol-
lows:
"Class 3, that is to say, Donskoi, sna-
tive South American, Cordovia, Valpa-
raise, native Smyrna, Russian camel's
hair, and including woods of like char
acter such as have been heretofore US
ually imported into the United States
from Turkey, Greece, Syria and else
where, excepting improved woods here
matter provided for"
That is the carpet wool section, and
there is not a pound Of wool produced
in New Mexico that is affected by it.
Now, one word further. These car
pet woods can be divided into classes,
which I will enumerate in a speech that
I am going to put in the record, not
having time to deliver it. I will show
that there are some 16 or IS classes of
these woods, with separate names, and
of those woods the importatfons under
the Mckinley law, which provided for
the lower bracket at 80 per cent and
the upper bracket at 50 per cent-there
was so little of the so cent woods i'm
ported that the total importations I'M
der the act only raised the average to
SO and a fraction per cent ad valorem.
So that in point of fact, while we do not
affect the wool product of the United
States particle by this paragraph.
as I have shown, upon the whole i'm
portation of carpet woods, for the bene-
ht Of tho manufacturer of narnotr and