Show THE INDUSTRY FREE RAY RAW MATERIAL THE TRUE BASIS OF protection borne facts concentin Conce ara detles on imported wool are arc wrong because they nav hale not production the dry goods economist on oil dec lc began a series of articles on practical tariff blakin haking to show as it sta stated ted edi uli what atwould would bo needed to place our upon subs substantial tantia equality with v their european competitors the first paper restates tho the ar arguments ni in favor of free frea wool some oatlie of ti le facts are interesting to many not connected with ith the woolen woo en industry indris try since the duty ou on anwa unwashed sh ed wool has varied tried i from ten to twelve cents per pound fiellin yielding I 1 a pro protection action of about GO per cent la in spite of this duty imports have stu increased from pounds in to pounds in 1691 9 nor has the production of wool increased as rapidly under tinier protection in the united states as it has increased in the other counti countries ies of the world where it lias had no protection since esgo the product of the united states has i la n creased from COG 1013 to 2 pounds 5 per cent the increase since in tho the other comparatively new countries of the world has been from to pounds an average of per cent the increase in australia lias has been pcr percent cent R river platte districts per cent cape of good hope e per cent these three districts produce two thirds of the worlds supply pounds the writer mr S hawking then explains v why by it is that this count country ry lags behind it is because oz of conr poor wool growing gro climate and because the duty on Y wools has dc depressed pressed our manufactories manu factories and compelled them to buy less american wool than if they could purchase freely abroad and mako make nu all linds of fabrics lie ile discusses discuss cs the absurd tax tas on carpet wools a tax intended to protect something that never has nor never will ill desist t here bere the camel goat and aad alpaca ad astry i industry ile he shows how tho the duties operated to raise prices price of manufactured goods here and to give cheap wool to foreign manufacturers lie he thus recapitulates the first article the duties on imported wool are consequently economically wrong first because deca use they ha leavo avo failed to stimulate tho the growing grov ing of wool in this country in proportion to its unlimited resources second because i it t is a gross gt OSS injustice to compel the consumer of goods mane maele of wool to pay twice over the duty paid on imported wool in consequence of the growers inability to produce within 10 per cent as much as the wants of the country require third because domestic manufacturers are prohibited from buying such wools as are most desirable to their uses and are compelled through the tax on wool to buy such wools as aro are not always suitable to their wants and the requirements of the goods they manufacture fax ture fourth Fourt li because domestic manufacturers through being compelled to buy wools of light shrinkage buy the dearest wools and aro are oppressed by the competition of the foreign manufacturer Y who he is not hindered by a tax otwool on wool from buying the cheapest wools in the macket fifth because the tax on wool gives to wool a fictitious value and renders the use of inferior substitutes as ants a question of much easier practice for these reasons taxed wool has been tried and aad proved a failure any rati rational system of tariff revision must therefore have tree free ool as tho the basis and chief factor of protection to the woolen industry editorially it is noted that these facts contrast with president harrisons ciari recent ara licked but ru lu stich to it bio high gh tariff message and it is remarked that thear the argument merit for freem free wool ool is irresistible |