The Washington herald., 1922-10-01

charging the caroeQ "ool manu-
facturers with trying to gain a
commercial advantage through
prejudiced publicity relating to the
recently enacted tariff on wool.
Representative w. r. Green, Iowa,
one OF the House tariff conferees.
yesterday made public a letter to
them containing an analysis Of al
legged propaganda and refutins
charges made by the wool manufac-
turers' associations.
Representative Green's letter fol-
lows:
MY dear Sirs: For a long time
have wondered how some people
kept out of the lunatic asylum and
my wonder has increased to aston
ishment since l have seen your let
ter to Mr.. Treadway and Mr.. Moir's
letter directed at Mr. Longworth
and myself and 1 note. especially in
Mr.. Moir's letter. positive asser-
tions as to which the real facts are
just the contrary, and your assump-
tion that you know all about tariff
matters and bills and that Con-
gressmen know nothing in relation
to them.
Aided By Experts.
Tn preparing the wool schedule
we had the assistance of the best
experts in the country. On this
schedule In particular the tariff ex-
perts sat at our elbows. But of
course you know more than any Of
them You know more than Sem
ator Smoot, whom you say knows
nothing about the subject, although
he has been a large manufacturer
of wool. large buyer OF wood. and,
until the Underwood bill went into
effect (the bill that you would like
to have continued) a large grower
of wool; has taken part in the
making of previous tariff bills, and
is recognized the country over as
tariff and especially as a skilled
wool expert.
You say that Senator Smoot, my
self. and the members Of the two
committees do not know what is in
the bill. OF course not. We mere
ly wrote 1t and discussed It word
by word and line for line. The par
ticular provision with reference to
carpet wool when used for cloth
ing, that you have been writing
about, was dictated by Senator
Smoot and voted In the Senate bill
by the Senate committee.
Charges .Unmitigated CALI
"Tha conferees, including myself
discussed 1t in the conference
where, like every other change that
was made by the Senate from the
House bill. a vote had to be taken
upon il. The provision in the
emergency tariff with reference to
wool / wrote with my own hands,
but, according to you, I must have
been unconscious when I wrote It;
Senator Smoot must have been in a
trance when he prepared the other
provision, and the Senate commit
tee and the conference committee
must have been asleep when they
discussed 1t and voted upon It; for
all of us, according to you. know
nothing about It. For unmitigated
gall this is only equaled by your
egotism with reference to your
knowing all about everything that
nertains to wool and assuming that
no one else knows anything about
1t.
Nor are you any more JUSTIFIED
in your criticisms of Mr.. Treadway.
Every since the wool tariff has been
under discussion, not merely on the
street and colloquially, but also in
the press. on the stump, and in
Congress, when anyone talks about
the tariff on wool he means the
tariff on clothing wool When he
means the tariff on carpet wool he
mentions 1t especially.
Old Custom, He Says.
This has been the custom from
as far back at least as the Mckin-
lev bill, and even now when one
talks about the Payne tariff on
wool he means the Payne tariff on
clothing wool Mr.. Treadway. in
the remarks which you quoted.
spoke first of the tariff on clothing
wool. Then he changed his ex-
pressions so as to show that he was
evidently referring to carpet wool.
asked him a question. and that
was all I did, as to whether he was
referring to carpet wool, and be-
cause 1 asked that question. with
a view to having Mr.. Treadway ex-
press himself more definitely, you
spread about over the country the
statement that he did not know Of
the provision in the Senate bill with
reference to carpet woods and in
duIge in incoherent rantings about
the lack of knowledge of myself
and other Congressman with rela-
ton to the provisions Of the wool