The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-12-29

ana eoufhern lumber Boz faci an kinds
70 undrtssed lumhe. but nxes the AZ.
oro and IN Oregon ana yellow pine
reduces Dc over forty pes cent The
duty un coit0neeed ou S. reduced about
nfiy per cent On bacon and many ~
the food ,,r f'ucts % IS reduced by iwea
ty per ccnt. on paranlne wax uargeiy
IN demand thsre) she chargcs were pro-
hibhlve and the duty snow reduced
hfiy per cent and me Aforo reduced
By s2k per cent on canned salmon and
othcr canned goods tbe r-duction Of
duty is 20 per cent and the Aforo 10 re-
dueed by varying pcrcentarvs. from
90 20 % per cent on wlndmins uargely
used rsere) there IL reduction of duty
q 20 per c1it and of Aforo 90 per cc'it
ON dred or evapormcl fruits (appica
etc..D the duty is reduced 20 per cent.
on cotton ducking. white or colored the
Aforo is r@duoed 33 i-3 per cent. One
twlne and cotton rope th, duty 10 reduc-
ed 20 per cent and the Afor0 90 Ia per
cent
ION the other hand she Argentine
g.. rnment demanded reciprocal con-
cesslona on the few articlce she sends
% this market Among these was wool
and American wool growers have cx-
prca'ed fear thar this would prove In
furious to the domestic iucrcst
The total import 20 wool in the Unit
"a states far 1899 from all countries was
70. 562 0oo pounds. OF thla from the Ar
reutlnc came only 1851 00O pounds
which is a. very small portion of our
aggrerato mportat. on. 10 appears that
our aoolen factories require. mote
wlths and'ug hch dutics. certain
amount of foreign wool DO supplement
thine domestic product There ls no
prapoasi for any reduction ~ wool du-
tlee u favor of any other foreign coun-
.try 20 .s also evident shat the proposed
reduction fUr Argentine Nools alone
can have mo- effect IN our market prices
The majority 81 the wool Ia of the very
coaraost class Cor carpets, etc) which
o. not at uli or but little supplied in thle
country III other countries imposed the
same high tarin with ourselves upon
raw wools imported FOR manufacture
this reduction % duty would turl the
tide Of wool supply 10 the United states.
HUT other nations have adopted the
policy of free admission of wool. Con
scqucntly. thc Argentine wool seeks
the Europcan free markets France.
Germany Belgium. Gr,at Brisain. italy.
ETC. and viii continue 60 DO 20.
The statistics for n months of 1885, .
shows that during that period the
Argentine exported tsi .iSi baics of wool
OF thie over $50 900 bales went 90 the
free ports Of Europe In addition 10 the
absence ~ duttea In the wool manufac-
turing countries of Europc Argentine
woods tend thither because fraghts ar
cheaper there than to the United Statss
by about 80 per cent. Early in Novena.
her. 1893. tho prices of unwasied WOO
(ciass one IN London was III pence. ui
(sayl q cents per pound. In New Yori
came date. with duty added. u was 2
cents. That ~ 20 say. the price of clas'
one Argentine wool an0at In L0ndor
was % cents. against IA oenas aiioat 81
New York which shows abundant rca-
son FOR the wool seeking the British
market rether than the American D
also Indicates how lRtle danger there 4
of tho small reduction made ~ thil
treaty ln our protective duty on wool'
lprbducing either any reduction 81 price
in our market. or any increase owe
present imporatlong. n is estimates
az the treasury department that so pc
cont ~ our whole importation is %
coarse or cordoba wool which we do no
produce to any extent
THIS concession on Argentine WOO
veas made rot because 81 It's effect upoi
our amount of importation, for that Wal
he nothing against the free markets o
Europe. but because IL was one OF tn
only three articles of Argentine expor
on which reciprocal relations could b'
made and one without which that re-
public would not consent to the con
vention