Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-10-20
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by the wool tariff do not extend to
all kinds of wooden manufacturers.
The gain from This particular robbery
Is almost entirely monoponzed by the
wohed industry which is controlled
by the American Wooden Co., o.her-
wise known as the Wooden Trust.
The canded wool industry is not only
denied all chances to share in the
Spols. but is itself being robbed and
ruined by this protective measure.
/ As 1t comes from the sleeps back
and is received at the mill, wool con.
tains a widely varying amount of
grease and dirt. Some los may con-
sist OF threequarters grease and one
! Quarter clean wool. Other lots. one
quarter grease and threeQuarters
clean wool; and no two lois shrink
exactly alike. A duty of IL cents
pound amounts in fact to "A cents
per pound of cleanwool, if there is
% per cent of grease present; and
to only IA. 2-3 cents per pound of
clean wool, if there is % per cent of
grease. The result is that the II
cent duty on wool excludes the heavy
Shrinking woods from the country.
The woods required by the carded
wooden industry are The short, heavy
str'nking grades. This explains one
Ir2ason why the specific duty on wool
/ is a serious burden on the card wool
en- industry and bears lightly on the
worsted tnade for which the light
shrinking woods are chiefly adapted,
Deprived wholly of any supply of
foreign wool the carded wooden in
dustry is forced 10 rely on the do
mestic clip. which provides less than
half The wool (clean weight) used
In the country. This domestic sup
Ply is sin further restricted by the
fact that worSted machinery has been
steadily developed so as to comb and
spin shorter woods for worSted goods.
This is a second reason why the
canded WOODEN industry is placed at
a disadvantage. IT,
The products Of the card wooden
industry are necessary in onder to
provide the people with warm cloth
ing at a low price. They are pre-em-
lnentny the clothing of the poor and
of those in moderate circumstances.
The effect of the present law has
been 10 make cotton, instead of card
ed wooden cloth, the substitute for
the higher priced worsted, and thus
deprive the consumer of an adequate
supply of warm clothing at a mod
crate price.
The natural results of these condi-
TORS are now in evidence. The
wonsled industry, supplied with raw
material subject 10 low duties. and
diSposing of it's products in a market
In which its competitors are handi-
capped BY heavy burdens or from
which they are wholly excluded. is
enjoying phenomenal prosperity.
On the other hand the business of
the canded WOODEN Mills has in a
great measure been ruined by the
conditions that are stimulating wors-
ted manufacturing, Many of ,hem
have been driven out of business.
Prohibitory duties on heavy shrink.
ing wool and wool by-products force
the consumer TO wear clothing made
not of American wool, but of cotton
and poor shoddy. Both the wool
growers and the consumer of wool
goods are defNauded.
Canded wOolens are used to make
the low-priced clothing which are
bought by the poor.
Combing wool, SO called, makes the
worsteds which go into the clothing
of the welltO-dO.
While all kinds of wool are appar-
entity taxed the same, as matter OF
fact the tax is much higher, in some
cases four times higher, on the cloth
Ing of the poor than on combing wool
used for The clothing of the wento-
do This result is Drought ABOUT Dy
placing a duty of II cents pound
on unsecured wool. The manufactur-
or of worsted for clothing of the we'll
tc-do gets as much as 500 pounds OF
secured wool from 1000 pounds of un
secured wool. while the manufacturer
of carded wooden cloth for clothing
the poor gels as low as 200 of scour-
ed wool from 1000 pounds of wscour
ed wool. And yet the tariff tax on
the 1000 pounds of unsecured wool is
the same, $40, in each case.
Thus the tariff on secured wool
for clothing for the poor runs as
nigh as So cents a pound, while the
tariff on secured wool for the worst
al olothac which tho welltD-dO wear