Show 2 Tariff on Sugar Wool and Other Ij I Articles Artices Important in the West i 1 Mi Albert Clarke of or the American J i Academy of ot Political Social Science at HI Philadelphia offers an excellent paper in The Protectionist touching the the much mooted question of ot a re revision re- re vision islon of or the tariff Dy By way lW of or Introduction in In- In ho says tS t'S For Fot three years Ca there has been a i growing ro ing demand for fOl a revision of the tariff an and now that the time occasion is hs riper than It J was wm revision has been laR 3 agreed upon an and the preliminary I 4 work begun I have havo been trying all aJ the while to have ha e sonic some Immediate revisionist nie Ille e a bill of particulars bi hut but without success except that a few f have la c said tho the Iron and steel duties arc aru too high wool un und amid woolens re rc- re- re i quire o the lie lumber pulp I I and paper papel duties should be bc repealed I or 01 r reduced all aJ Important row raw materials ma mn- s hould bo o put In the thc free Cree hit liel I liH and reciprocity should he be promoted MOM Iol of or t these these- sU suggestions ge have e been i m m-ido m in lii genc general rl terms and JJ by not c c in lii the thc industries pro pro- posed to lo In In- effected Time The lime lImu Is now at hand when tm suggestions c mu l become be be- come conic to be of an any ulu value TIme IllI following paragraphs ut of es es- es 8 interest to lo mountain Intel peo pie arc here pre presented II Hides ides of or Cm Cu lie Ull The fhe agitation of this his subject two Iwo r r three years ago quieted down U II after the Democratic leaders in fn congress gave ga notice to lo tho thu shoe that they would woul not nol consent to a 1 rc- rc pe 1 of oC the thc 1 lit per cent duty without a n guaranty reduction in the pi Ices of or shoes shoe hoe A a time the shoo and harness hame 8 In In- In have hu greatly prospered d the time duty is ig not considered a L serious ellous bur hur- den and the agitation nH for its repeal was ivan t r largely political Ono One or of time tho worst effects of the time duty dUly grows out of or th the drawback on exported r. leathor Tim Till foreign buyer demands llen R anI and U usually us II- gets ets a conee ion of or the tho whole 0 or a part of this drawback and thus has an all advantage over 01 tho tim domestic huyer huel A largo large manufacturer of or shoes su suggests that if the dut duty can cannot cannot not mot be he repealed the tho drawback hn hind had better heller be Paper mill and The h hed hearing of the tho Mann committee went far enough to convince con con- vince Inco the majority that lint th duty lUty is not riot responsible for the time nh advance In In Jn price and that If IC it was vas repealed or reduced foreign exporters and not domestic lIc consumers would get tho limo benefit The Tue demand mand for repeal was wL 5 ma made e by well advocates advocat s soC of oC free trade who had of or the American Newspaper Publishers Publishers' Publish cis ers ers' Association and and although h the then n association gave them authority to attack the duty time the facts had not then been developed and man many of or the members now sustain tho tio committees committee's In the general revision there ther may mar be sonic some change chanc In the Iho duties lutler but hut no change chane is probably which will willaim aim a blow at tho pulp and paper in 1 p Su II ar HI Strictly this article docs loes not nol belong beloni in the time foregoing table of or imports which have Increased because sugar imports orl have ha declined but I wish to tc I call attention to tho limo fact that the they are arc still large arAc Our sugar beet leet pro pro- hin ha hap increased to so rapidly as to Indicate a a. continuance of or present duties dutIes' f. f In oi there were ono fifty with the dally lally capacity of ot tons of ot beets The They were lo located 10 o In jn fourteen states and territories In Jn live five years cars there was and amid Increase of 70 O per cent in Iii the number of es establishments es- es per cent in tho the cap cap- ital per cent In tho tim number of or wage earner carner 1 7 per cent cont in tho the thoC C LT uld Uld L ai 3 p per JUU r cent In fn tIme tho of or ho tho nil thIs tJi In i Ho 4 tr- tr freer reel Imp Importation of lit cane sugar from our out insular possessions and trout rom Cuba rhe The only demands for t reducing duc- duc ing the dutle's s aro are from or competitors und null tho they aro arc much less ICES in insistent than they were a few cw years ago ao because tho the Increasing supply tends toads to reduce the price Wood 00 1 and aUll Manufactures of Thero There has been a a. great leut demand for reduction or repeal of tho the duties on lumber on account of or the tho large larse adVance ad ad- I vance ance in Imi rice price and a fear that we arc too too rapidly using up our supply It is now admitted however howe that tho l price Is nut not cha to to the duty I for II it remained the sumo sanie sometime after the duty was enacted and if tho time duty vero to ii be he taken oft off tho the price would remain the same sullie while the de- de is hi great greut Tho rho only effect to re rc- rc peal peul therefore would be that our tr would Jo lose o the time duties au and amid foreign orel n exporters would save ave them Jt it f should hould bo hL ad added e that this would slightly conserve conservo our JUt forests but only at nt the thc expense of employment Lo Logs s for boards fin am and pulp puli arc mc already y admitted ad ad- duty ut free Where hero s is forestry Jac there thero can cun bo ho a fl Jar largo large annual cut without e exceeding the tho growth and it would sc-em sc that this hits is Limo Iho direction which the time legislation should take lake rather rathmer than thaI repealing the duties and turning ono 1110 of our largest Industries over lo to Canada In 1906 there were in all ull parts of oC time the country 1 1 7 saw w wand and amid finishing mils with a a. capital of or 1128 Il S employing w wage c earners and anti turning turning- out a product valued at nt SOO This does docs not hot include o the tue great industry of logging log log- ging In which there were wage wase earners to whom 95 were paid In view of the time magnitude of th industry its existence in ever every State statu and territory tho Limo means which are arc coming Into use lice for tor preventing waste wastefUl fUl and amid time the planting that Is taking place besides tho time that u u. repeal of ot duties will not reduce the price puce tho the only recent SUI suggestions of or change change- Inthe in inthe inthe the tarin are arc to lo offset any ony e export duty duly which the Canadians may place on logs los It cannot be mown known in advance anco precisely what form this should tal take Wool Wooi ou and Woolens This is iM a a. most schedule in inthe inthe the lie entire tariff because wool growers gt must bo ho protected PJ and manufacturers must bo be O allowed an and extra July duty to compensate for it ft The hc present schedule is 15 the thc result of or years ears of conferences conferences conferences con con- battles some have havo called culled thc them nt between the thc rowelS growers and the manufacturers and of ot long lonh study by y experts anti and u by committees of or con con- gress While some romo of tho the manufacturers would like lower duties particularly particularly par par- on carpet c. wool and while dealers as well as manufacturers would like to lo substitute an u ud ad valorem duty duly for a specific dUI duty oh on hea heavy shrinkage wools HO no that they would not havo have to pay for grease Ica e und and dirt yet the oC or agreeing are aro HO tW Jr great 1 that most of them the sa say they prefer prefer pre pro fer a continuance of existing arrangements arrange ments menta to lo the evils that the time know what of or In products which have havo to lu compete with cotton goods Ji like e hosi hosiery r r th lIl time wool duty uty Is Ls said to force a a. Jar largo large o use of poor Ioor shod shoddy but just t how itow Li to remedy it and still protect wool is an un unsolved problem I Notwithstanding other t nr of I agriculture have been 1 i increasingly l ll au and tempting sheep husbandry hug bus bandry has hns hel held Its Sis own and gained g moderately as a result of protection Tho The gain gum In would have o been much lanI larger larg lan er cr especially in England Now York and Ohio but for the tho dog nuisance An increase c of or Sued sheep for both wool ool and amid mutton is almost desirable hence in Iii time tho interest of or consumers tariff changes chan of a discouraging character should not bo be o made Time The woolen and md worsted manu manu- facture has haa made gratifying progress pm s In 1906 the time capital in It yi was waH the wages paid 70 and tho the value of or tho the product the thc last item Hem showing a a. gain aln of S. S per cent in five tho years in ill this thu quality product pro- pro duCt was was' equally marked some of or tho the mills tills now turnIng out cloths that I with tho the beet beat broad abroad anti and at al lower prices IL It remains true as demonstrated b by Senator Aldrich in lS that if It tho the whole duty on wool were added to r he time cost of or a u live five pounds suit that ord ordinarily retails for 20 O it Jt would increase the cost only about seventy seventy- live Ivo cents and most of or it be shared b by bytho bythe the tho manufacturer and dealer |