Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-03
HEARING ON
TARIFF ON 0 WOOL WOO
Grosyenor, for Ohio Woo. Grow
ers, Said to Reduce it Would
Be to Destroy Industry.
FORCED TO MAKE ADMISSION.
That Reduction in Number of Sheep
In Ohio Wns Due in Part to
Increased Value of Land.

/ NO. - t's>, ti'ia,.l Sc m. si
increased Value Of Land.
|
Washington, Dec. During consid-
| Grafton OF the tariff on wool. woollen
manufacturers and CARPETS. which was
! begun by the house ways and means
| committees Mt today's hearing, Gen!
| c,,.H-s,5r 1,.. r,,,,,,,o ~ ,oo,,cress-
Charles q. SirosVenor, iotliset ootlst
| man from OHIO, appeared LOT th u; W H''
| growers OF Ohio
| ny,,, ca,,,t rad,,ce the duty on wool
!, H.
rs II STANDS Mi Wits f't - ~
dustry," he told the committee. Inc fhe
| Industry IS now fairly profitable
Ciens z, rosyenya,. aid that Under the
-. -, -; III ~, ,,,s,.s.,.,,
low Fute OF uu ~ Oh M WIZ, i5'tIt =
| the Wilson. BIZ the number OF sheep
raised In one county OF ohio decreased
er,,,, i z, non -, 10 mn, ,,,+ IN vcsrs
cposvrNop MAxEe s,tAsllrMTiss1oNl.
/, ~, ~, ! ~ n, i. ~ ,,isso,,ri
i. II e \. : ..ti.s ~, - 49,.
later secured the ADMISSION lrot from slie
former representative from Ohio that
~, ..,a. ~ ~ 4, s,,+
.'i's fsauce'on WIS ' sla''. = e. :
Ohio.
C,.n c.r,svanor ,ssa,ted that the
.,s... -. -, q. 4,,..j
oi Woo' VIII .tis
Dingley tariff was enacted. He SAID
thar n reduction in the tariff on wool
Ia =, :, t,o ,,,.i,ee ~ c,ofb,nf n,
i,N.' nc y - y 80 RI.
ms country cheaper. ven. Ir r,Ie =
said nc favored tarlff revision ana Vot Z
d.ior II.
Ire sheep breeders OF New oTk
We're represented by 4. ~. LANA OF
Avon, ~, " Iie claimed that the pres
emit tariff on WOOL IS the lowest under
the sheep industry can survive.
Theodore Justice of philadelphia, VINO
claimed that he represented the con
sumers;S SAID that the existing tariff Is
satisfactory as revenue producer.
y Archbol Moore. q WOOL grower OF
rosa,+,nn th r.'i 1d rn WOOL srowers both
spoke gailnnHst any tariff agltat1or as
tariff.
VOICE FROM RosTON.
William Whitman OF Boston, repre-
senting the National Wool Manufactur-
ers and the American Association Oh
.Woollen and Worsted5 manufacturers.
spoke against any tart ffagltation as
being more harmful 1n@lts seffects5 than
could be compensated Tor by any
changes the woollen industry may de-
sire. He said that there Is no woollens
monopoly or trust, and that feduc-5
tionrin the tariff would result IN re-
duction in4wages.
Nearly the entire afternoon session
| was taken up IN tho questioning OF
| Mr.. Whitman R2epresentatlve$5 Crum-
packer OF Indiana read statistics which
| showed that 7 the duty on cheap blan-
4
per cent; that the duty on cheap Wors-
I ted equals l3i per cent ad Valorem, and
| 100 per cent on cheap dress goods.
/ R'Do&Sou believe moro than 100 per
cent d uty Is necessary 70 protect. any
manufacturers or wooliens! XII asked MT.
Crumpackef. Is55 .-iis
Mr.. Whitman again exposulatedy that
the reduction+in. duties tn%ould be disas-.
trous to the woolien trade.
Non NO; IE2lE1 r. r,ArTrcurr
II.
Chairman Payne asked Mr. Whitman
to file statement showing Why a uni
form duty of 46 is proper:
Champ Clark of Missouri took up
the questioning and endeayored to get
the witness toFstate the average earn
ings of the woollen Industry. Mr.. Whit
man would not Voucn for the accu-
racy OF some figures which he@quoted,
giving the average dividends at from 8
10 per cent. he admitted tnaLF ne ue-
sired protection rather on account of
the uncertainty ofiithe future than be-
cause ofnanysurgent necessity for 1T at
| thisF'tinie: Mr.. Clark questioned Mr..
Whitman with regard to the part he
| played In the framing OF the Wilson
| and hDingleyittariff dbtlls, securing the
| admission that Mr. Whitman had been
| very active IN suggesting the wording
Of various ragraphs.Mfs is'ii
| The placefyou getstn your work Is
| not IN heshouse of representatives or
| in the ways and means committee, but
| 1t is infthe senate,risnt it?" inquired
| Mr. Clark : tiii So
| No." replied Mr.. Whitman, but I
! know what you have before you. 1T Is
an anonymous pamphlet"
| The pamphlettrto which he referred
| was later placed In the record at Mr..
Clorkss request. and he gaver:the name
of the author as Frank p. Bennett of
Boston. IT purportea Ito inform the
present ways and means committee as
70 chow tariff laws are framed" and
chow an exorbitant duty upon wool
tops was concealed in the Dingley law
by the coming manipulation ;of SIN.
n nd yVtlio Whitman do