Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-03
Facts About Wool Tariff
AS 1t Affects New
Mexico

In October 1911 Mr. Levi A. Hughes then progressive re-
publican no" candidate for cecor the Taft ticket wrote
letter to the people of New Mexico he made these stale
ments:
1--WE state boldly and openly that Schedule X is ndeensible
During the past ten the average protection on New
Mexico wool under that schedule amounted to 3 cents or
about one and a half pound
we can thus see that the actual protection New Mexico
wool grover has been practically about per vaoe
We the law passed by the last democratic representatives
and by the democrats and progressive republicans pro-
v"ed duty OF menynine per ad vaore nearly three
times as much as the real actual working protection under the
present law.
Ten years experience with Schedule shows it to be a
Shell Game rugged up fool the wool grower oveproec
the wooen manufacturer 1t gives practical benefit sheep
raiser while makes us all pay double prices
ing and blankets
These fully by the statistics gathered
b, Mr. Tat's tariff board
In the early part this campaign Mr. Hughes and the stand,
pat republicans loudly proclaimed that this 20 per was
sufficient to protect the wool grower and that if became law
il would rum that industry
When confronted with his statements showing the fasity
oi this claim Mr. Hughes explained that while his
was true ruin would 70 the wool grower through
quay Of protection given him bl democratic bree times
as much under the present awbm because he no
market that the manufactures by higher price
afy pad 70 the grower under the proposed bill and the reduction
in his protection thereby made would be put business
and unable to buy at all
Mr. Hughes and his party friends hard please Last
year the present law robbed the wool grower the benefit Of the
manufacturer This year the proposed democratic law ruins the
manufacturer for the benefit the grower
This clam is both false and absurd Under present law
according Mr. Hughes, the has pay wooll
only and hall per pound would i'll
there protection The compensate hm
Tor the enhanced price gets tariff Of ~ pound his
product 1t requires four pounds wool make the pound the
manufacturers product In order compensate him
of and hall four pounds OF wool
the manufacturer gets "A The grower gets about
per the gets about per addition
this compensatory duty the gets
ad vaorem protection upon the Wecncc
calze the Of production here and Europe This percentage
and everything that make up that value Europe The wool
itself according Mr. Hughes only about per
here than there
In this country the total labor in the manufacture Of
WOODEN goods only and no-s per OF the value OF
the product The manufacturer given. protect him against
cheaper European labor so 90 per of the total value the
European product which Includes the price of the material labor
and all with production The total protection
wooen products averages 90 per according the and
The tariff boards report The average wages paid the American
Woocn Mills which belongs the wool s. 90 per week
10 heads Of families employed by That declares dividends
which average Is per OF the capital employed
The democratic bill proposes to reduce the average duty on
WOODEN manufactures 40 per This would allow the
the full OF the instead of the differ
nce between the here and abroad and IN addition about three
This 10 per average tariff arrived after
full report Mr. Tail tariff board and
agreed ample protection the manufacturers by on, the
democrats of the but by republicans like LaFoete Cum
nngs Bcyedge Boa others who firm believers the
protective tariff but who do believe that Americans should be
bed under the cloak of protection for the benefit Of the
rrnlent, but of the trusts h
1t is foolish suggest that under these conditions there will be
10 market for wool ..s