Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-06-19

the law specifies. American woods
shrink when secured an average Of 81
per cent, or in other words, it takes
$50 pounds Of our grease wool To make
l pound Of secured wool Foreign
woods. as now imported. shrink in
securing just about half Of what our
woods shrink Therefore, the importer
who buys foreign wool pays II cents
duty on the grease pound. but he gets
from this pound about twice as much
secured wool as he gets from a pound
Of our wool; therefore. our wool grow
ers have an actual protection against
foreign woods of about 5 To 6 cents per
pound. instead of IL cents. as the law
specifics. The wool grower nas been
blamed with a duty of II cents. when
in reality he receives only half Of il.
This light shrink of foreign woods is
due to their inferior quality and to the
fact that the present law allows the
heavier parts of the fleece to be thrown
out, and permits washing of Glass >
woods. without increasing the duty.
If the House passes its bill placing
the duty on fleece wool at 20 per cent.
this will give the growers n actual
protection against foreign woods of
from > To ents per pound. which in
reality is Nc protection at all Since
the democrats assess the duty on the
value Of me imported woods. it neces-
sariiy follow" that only the lower
grades of yrools will be imported. for
the duty on them will be less than on
the higher quality of woods. In other
words. this tariff encourages the i'm
portation Of poor woods.
Wool can be grown i'm Australia
South America and Africa for consid-
erably less :hIn half of ,vha. il costs
to produce it in this country There
fore, without adequate protection, our
growers will soon BE driven out o. the
sheep business and if this democratic
bin passes. t..e va'ua Of the American
sheep will shrink s15O,OOO,OOO in less
than five years.
We have in the United States. ac-
cording to government figure, over
100000 sheep that last year pro-
duced 330.000.000 pounds Of wool. I'm
der the present tariff law the sheep
of the United States have Increased
1917 per cent in number and PAS per
cent in value in the past II years In
ed last year 100000 mutton that had
a powerful influence in keeping down
the price of other meat foods
The tariff on wool has never had
any influence on the price of clothing.
and everyone understands this " no has
taken the pains to investigate it.
An allwOOl suit of clothing which
YOU buy from your tailor for $40. or
from the store for s25. if Of the usual
summer weights, cOntains-if il be all
wool-just ~ pounds of wool as il
comes from the sheep. For fine Merino
wool our growers now receive about Is
cents per pound and. figuring pounds
to the suit, il would make the wool that
went To make a $40 suit of clothes cost
just S1.2S. This is all the wool grower
gets out of the suit. in spite of the
tariff. You can figure this out for
yourself. The average suit Of clothes
requires 3 3-S yards Of cloth: the cloth
weighs from 10 to Is ounces per yard.
There are very few suits OF clothes
regardless Of what they may sell for.
that the wool grower gets as much as
81 for furnishing all the wool that
goes into them. At present prices
it is almost impossible to put 81 worth
Of wool in a summer suit The value
of the wool contained in the suit is
so small that it is never a factor in
regulating the price for which the
suit must be sold
THE tariff on wool has saved the
American people hundreds OF millions
of dollars. for it has built up in this
nation a sheep industry that furnishes
our people annually with 1916. 200, 900
pounds Of the best wool in the world
American wool is superior 70 any i'm
ported wool. and clothing made from
il will wear from % to 65 per cent
longer than cloth made from similar
grades Of foreign wool The only rca-
son for using foreign wool in our
clothes is that it may be purchased
cheaper than domestic wool. Australia
and South America recognize the su-
periority Of the American wool-produc-
ing sheep. and in many instances they
have purchased from US sheep for the
improvement of their foreign flocks.
7 have been told by manufacturers and
wool eXperts-men who have spent a
lifetime in the business-that foreign
woods as imported did not compare
with ours in wearing quality. Our gov
eminent recognizes this fact, and in
letting contracts for all wooden cloth
ing-for both army and navy--specifies
that nothing but American wool shall
be used in their manufacture.
This tariff agitation has cost our
wool growers s5O,O0OOO0 in the last
year. Our wool is now selling at Lon
don prices and our growers arc being
driven to the wall Our woods have
gone down over 90 per cent in price
since this agitation started. and if the
price of wool controls the price of
clothing. you should now be buying
your clothing at from 20 to % per cent
less than a year ago. This tariff agi-