The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-03-16
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ed by well-known woOl-grower from
Justice, Bateman & Co., wool commits
sion merchants of Philadelphia. AS
will be noticed from its perusal, the
writer exposes the inconsistencies of
the officials who are advocating a re.
duction II .sa wool tariff, and places
the responsibility for prevailing low
prices In the wool market souarely
where it belongs:
Philadelphia, March IL, 1911.
Dear Sir:
Yesterday we succeeded in interest.
ing manufacturer in the fine and
fine medium grade of your wool. esti.
mated at about 10000 pounds. After
considerable dickering, we sold .ais
wool at 1914 cents. We made a hand
fight for 16 cents, but as this manu-.
facturer was urgently solicited by Bos-
ton dealers to 60 there, where we knew
he could do quite as well, or better,
and the wool being perishable proper
ty. we thought it best not to miss this
opportunity. Besides, there is feel
ing that with the menace of tariff
reduction by the extra session of con
gress, prices are likely to be lower, and
as We would have sold if the wool lad
been our own, we made the sale. Tr I'm
our previous experiences in securing
old woods in which moths had started
we decided it was best for you to sell
the wool, rather than to have it sc,u--
ed, or eombed into Top.
President Taft has been an expens-
i've luxury to the wool growers, for
without any knowledge of the facts,
he declared in his Winona speech, in
September, 1909, that the wool duties
were unjustifable and should be cut
down, and such wool as yours has de-
clined nearly one-third since that time.
Such Insurgents as Senator Bristow,
of Kansas, the late Mr.. Dolliver, of
Iowa, and Beveridge, Of Indiana, at
once began to quote the president as
authority that wool duties were mex
eusably high, and always asserting
that they were protectionists, they
carried conviction. The latter was
probably highly paid for articles on
the subject of wool and woolens by a
weekly magazine which claims cir
culation of about one and one-half
millions. These insurgent senator's, al
ways claiming to be protectionists,
have been continuously harping about
Especial interests, meaning of
course, growers and manufacturers of
wool.
President Taft has discovered that
the very worst graft of all the special
interests was that by which the gov
ernment circulated highly paid for ad-
vertisements in magazines at loss of
$50, 100000, which takes more money
out of the treasury than has been paid
in in five years by the custom house
revenue on imported wool.
Now that the president has exposed
the graft in this particular special
privilege of distributing the product
Of the magazine factory, these insur-
gent senators are in a great state of
excitement, and you will notice that
they are defenders of these special in
terests in congress. There is no more
reason why the government should
carry the products of magazine fac
tories at loss of s60,000,00 than to
carry your wool to the mills that we
it, The money lost in carrying these
magazines that have made war upon
the wool industry would go long way
toward giving the people penny post
age, in which benefit everybody would
share.
We will close out the other grades
of your shipment as soon as we can,
but the menace of the extra session
of congress, with the avowed inten-
tion of ripping open the wool sched-
ule, has given wooden goods buyers
cold feet. They refuse to order goods,
the value of which may be lessened
before they can dispose of them,
hence, the mills are without business
and are closing down. This, of
course, contracts the sales of wool, and
as a good deal of the wool on hand is
old, it is perishable property, and is
being pressed to sale.
The newspapers report very gen
era demand from all sections of the
country for immediate action on the
wooden schedule. and other schedules
having to do with the necessities of
life, and the president is aware of this
demand. 1t has reached him through
resolutions passed by legislatures,
through petitions, through newspaper
comment and through magazines. Yet,
none # them are experts, or have any
knowledge of the fact that the com
mittees of the last congress passed
over the wool schedule, because judg
ing by former experience, they could
not reduce the duties without destroy.
ing an industry, and eventually in
creasing the cost of living.
The losses in wages to wool-mill la
Dor since President Taft made his un-
fortunate Winona Speech has been
over $4,000, 900. The loss to the wool
growers in the value of their sheep and
their wool, will prbably double these
figures.
New England mill man in this
office last week, said his loss on the
wool he held was $250,000, and that
some Of the losses Of the Boston deal
ers would not be covered by these
figures.
Now all this loss of wealth does no
body any good. The loss Of wages to
the wool-mill workers is loss to the
nation Of ten times the amount of their