Evening journal., 1918-09-17
GAnNER,s coAr srmL SAFE.

A PPARENTLY Representative Jack Garner. OF Texas
"A is still tho Job with regard to mohalr. The
War Industries Board has decided not to fix the price
OF that product and Jack is stll able to tell his
sttuents that no get his goat. Failure OF
representatives Of the mohalr growers and producers
associations TO reach agreement with tho government
on price for this Falls domestic clip Of mohalr" is
given out by the board the for not now fixing
the price II represented TO the chief Of The wool
section that tho cost Of production around one
dollar pound" and that price less than eghty-nve
cents per pound would be runous" "the government
did not feel Justified in paying the growers the price they
were asking and did not want TO do the industry an
injustice The board ends Its statement by expressing
the hope that advantage Will not be taken OF the sit
uation, and TINT profeerng the part OF spectators
VIII not force the government 10 take further action
II the producers were willing to accept fifteen cents
less pound than the cost of production they ex-
hbited a brand OF patriotism which quite refresh
Ing and II sincerely TO be hoped that sordd specu
lator will compel the government TO- penalze the
cent producers by future prlce-nxing That would be
discouraging to patriotism.
The favorsm shown to cotton by the Southern cot
ton ring which dictates the policies OF today matter
with which all familiar. But this mohar business
likewise hath evil smell. Prior to 1913 mohar was
classified in the tariff laws syoo class two with its
appropriate protective duty. When the Democrats
drafted the law Of 1913 NOW in force they wound I'D
for their hardest swing the wool-growing industry
Of the North and West but while they were winding up
Mr. Garner, OF Texas member Of the Ways and Means
Committee. snached mohalr from danger and had II
placed on the dutable list at fifteen per cent All other
wool was smashed gaeywest into the free list As
late Serene E. Payne declared commenting on this
feature OF the bills They raise goats the United
States. There are 100000 OF them They say that
100000 Of them in Texas and Texas must have a
duty on goat hair" That a bit exaggerated as
Arizona and New Mexico have quite number and Cali
forna has few. But Texas raises seventy-nve per
cent. OF them.
That mohair costs dollar per pound 10 produce
in these crying times though the growers
appeared willing accept eghty-nve cents is asonish
ing, In view Of the fact that late 1914 they were
glad to get twentynne and Onehalf cents for accord
ing 10 the Census Report 692s 622 pounds of mohar
used by the domestic manufacturers that year represent
ed total cost Of S2O5s9O The Of this favoritism
toward mohair compared with the treatment given wool
is well indicated by the Census figures The quanatity
OF mohair used by manufacturers 1914 over i9Oi in
creased 1853 cent and the Of the manufacturers
increased las per cent, while the quantity Of domestic
wool used by them decreased sixteen per cent and the
cost nearly eighteen per cent indicating how both manu-
facurers and producers by Democratic laws
for these changes in percentages recorded mainly
during the first year the Democratic tariff law was in
force. And the Census figures OF 1914 not take into
consideration the amount OF mohair which
came into use for the manufacture of the new palm
beach cloth
However the administration has observed no such
serupes with, regard to fixing the price on WOOL and
Communicating the supply or maintaining fixed price
on wheat and other products OF the North and West
while cotton is permitted to go the limit in the market
and on Change Mohalr, strictly Southern product
is the little brother Of the Southern staple The people
can like this act lump f or oust the South from |
control of Congress.