The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-11-27
YEARS.
Of \

oolmanufaCturers meet at Wash
ington, ID, c.. and agree upon a tar
If on wool and wool goods
April, lS66-The wool growers rec
commended a tariff on wool to the
United States revenue commission
March 2, lS67-A Republican cen
gress passes a wooden tariff law
substantially the same as that rec
commended by the wool growers and
| manufacturers.
January, 1850 Agitation for a
revision of the tariff The National
Association OF Wool Growers op-
poses any change in Schedule X,
| but favors tariff commission.
February, 1880 The president
and secretary of the National Asso-
citation of Wool Manufacturers inter-
view the president CT the United
States and obtain assurances as to
the personnel of the new commits
sion
March, 1880 - The National Asso-
citation of Wool Manufacturers rec
| ommends the passage of the tariff
commission bill without amendment.
July, 1880 The National Asso-
citation of Wool Manufacturers circu-
lates among manufacturers a petit
ton which says:
THAT the manufacturer should
have a protective duty sufficient to
| offset the high cost of labor. inter
| est and taxes; that the present tar
iff (Schedule ~ should continue
until special and minute information
from experts shall indicate the
changes that can safely be made;
that the best method of obtaining
the required information is through
the Eaton tariff commission.
May Is, 1882 - A tariff commits
sion authorized by act of congress.
May. 1882 John l.. Hayes, sec
rotary of the National Association
of Wool Manufacturers. appointed
president CT the tariff commission
Later he was made chairman of the
subcommittee to prepare the wool
en- and worsted schedules.
December, 1882 - Report of the
tariff commission sent to congress.
March 3, 1888 - Tariff bill passed
increasing some rates in Schedule X
and making reductions that did not
help the consumer
October l, 1890 = The Mckinley
bill is passed by Republican con-
gress, increasing duties on wool
goods. The duty on worsted tops,
manufactured by William Whitman,
president of the National Association
of Wool Manufacturers, is made
equal to the duty on finished cloths
August 81, 1894 The Wilson
bill, passed by Democratic congress
becomes a law, revising Schedule
X, with free wool and ad valorem
| duties on goods
March. 1897 S. NJ D. North,
secretary of the National Association
| of Wool Manufacturers, is admitted
to the secret session of the senate
finance committee during the franz
ing of the Dngley bill April 4, 1897,
North writes to William Whitman:
Il am the only person whom the
committee allows in it's meetings"
June 2, 1897 William Whitman
writes to Secretary North, who is at
tending tariff sessions of finance
committee:
We all depend upon you to watch
closely our interests"
July 10, 1897 William Whit
man writes to Secretary North, who
is attending tariff sessions of fin
ance committee:
81 depend on you, dress goods,
yarns and tops"
July 25, 1897 The Dingley bill,
with Schedule X practically unchang-
ed, becomes law.
1898 - The National Association
of Wool Manufacturers presents So
900 to S. N. d. North. its secretary,
for services in connection with the
revision of the tariff.
June, 1908 - Agitation for a re-
vision of the tariff The Republican
national convention at Chicago pledg-
es the party to revise the tariff to
equal the difference between the
foreign and domestic cost of pro-
duction plus a profit This is prac-
tically the same as the proposition
laid down by the National Associa-
ton of Wool Manufacturers in July
1884, for the revision of the tariff
September &c, 1908. William
H. Taft, Republican candidate for
president, makes the following pledge
in a speech in st. Paul:
Il am here to plight the faith of
the Republican party, in accordance
with its platform, that the revision
will be honest and exact, according
to the measure stated In the plat
FORM"
August 5, 1909. A Republican
congress passes and President Taft
signs the Payne Aldrich bill, which
leaves Schedule X practically un-