New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
,ew Wool Tariff
Menace to Public,
purkhardt Asserts
|. .,,,r: Clothiers' Head De-
orr. Ire. So Duty Would
r,.ormousIy Increase the
p,;ce of Wearing Apparel

....si pi.yoicA % ne 4ri0nHe
r,,vcTON. y. c. June %
BurEhardt. of Cincinnati.
'.''l' ....,Ssn, Of the National As
-.rt' - Retail Clothiers. address
g,i.i'a ..,,s y. Carolina retailers here
( ~ .,,,ckes the SO uer cent ad
etsy' s-.v on wool proposed IN
si:t1 Ill row before Congress.
or ss,- that Il made law 1t would IN
saii.s rrice o. clothing enoTwons-
80 .ss market with tor f'tric,
s'0r isstfy consumer strikes, and
.r ~. - destructive competition IN
3, ',..' stole history Of tariff leris-
. " ,ss sneaker declared. no
4 - ,.,ors proposal 20 flch from
~ ~. ~. u-dc- cover OF indirect
= he money which rightfuily
ST., ..,-s,r n the consumers pocket
! r'.- kesn devised
,, y. 'Iysikhard;s speech follows IN
$50, general knowledge of
'h,-.,.;es = which have been re-
= .bv thc tariff trainers 20 mis-
- S.iude Us and The consuming
- .stre cannot IN any adequate
80, ~ borne N upon our minds
81 .hs srccisc duty. proposed by
-. ard Means Committee, means
= Hs,,, and cents upon the many
- imported wool and the in
- --,-es q the same classes of
-. usol ,h2. bencAt the producer
4, saue or larger measure.
scheme to Loot Public
-. occurred content OF wool has
,s,,;ed rs 4 basis upon which 20
s.,.. the scheme % concealed loot
- he public. IL affords the op-
--.i.v 70 jugcle with the matter.
-, ~ ,he Fact that in this slid
I. rae. applying TO twenty-rine dis
=. ,lasses ard grades o. imported
- .ss rate cf duty. based upon the
~. rite. varies 20 such extent that
y ,s,s gives 10 notion of It's mean
!, u vsloFer.
=, American production 81 wool
f. :. s-e-ihird o. this country's re-
r-,-sa;s. Foreign woods must sup
u y. o:her two-thirds Of our needs.
t..sT cone 20 this country woods vary
es'g !. quality but quite as greatly
~ essli.y o. grease and dirt ad-
~ hereto. which must be removed
y.-, manufacture into cloth.
=, rs;e of SO cents applies 20 d
rr:snhle importation Of secured
-i orly but leaves wide open the
.ra rank fraud. practieed IN manip-
.e.s the grease woods 70 reduce
-.o1 secured content K IS esti-
f.s spon me highest authority that
~ range Of nriees for wool in
l.s... IL 1911. vafying from e 10 81
"a pound would, at the proposed
r,... duty. vary from 81 per cent
2. highest 10 so per cent on the
rs.
n, Startling thing Is that upon
-s-srs Of America will fall a bur
y hf. .sr in excess Of the ascent
,.r proposed. inasmuch as the for
n cost o. two-thirds Of the wool
30 0. our consumers will increase
q ,,a @. our domestic ono-thlrd,
~. worked into clothing. BY direct
rrlll per cent. based upon con-
.x.sn Of about 6.750.OOO pounds.
=, lower the grade OF wool the
,,,r rate - takes under the sliding
"a. { duties. By far the largest
,.s;.y o. our foreign wool purchases
y T,'sscnted by the lower and me
L. races which takes the higher
y c. duties: therefore the American
c.zer Is deliberately swindled, mis-
X az mocked by the assurance that
! paying but SO cents duty, when,
sinattcr O.. fact. nearly ss per cent
Z A-erican consumers must pay the
.,1,ous high tariffs or wear clothing
i.s from mixed wool, shoddy or
b, substitutes.
-Ds.sr,oration of quality Of cloth is
! natural and inevitable consequence
;.e present proposed wool schedule
Il adopted the high aim Of cloth
3 20 make quality their guiding
z ma-. be relegated TO the limbo Of
lost."