AMERICAN TARIFF

Evening Star, Issue 18031, 27 July 1922, Page 4

AMERICAN TARIFF

SENATE AND WOOL SCHEDULE.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,

WASHINGTON, July 25. The Senate contiuued_ an all-day (battle over tho wool schedule in the Tariff Bill. Senator Wadsworth said he did not complain a-t tho per cent, duty on nno wools, since this increased the rate only from 33.6 to 43.3 per cent., while the proposed ad valorem duty on coarse wools would mean an increase from 82.5 to 183.3 per cent. A rich man’s clothing, therefore, was increased only 60 pea- cent, on price, while a poor man’s clothing was raised from 75 to 100 per cent. Senator Wadsworth declared' that the woollen industry was one of great importance, and should he protected; but very little coarse wool was produced in tiro United States. He added that the proposed duties would arouse the animosity of millions who were not‘engaged .in agriculture, resulting in a revulsion of feeling and bringing about the destruction of protection for the farmer. Senator Wadsworth concluded that the interests of tho wool users in the United States were more important than the interests of wool raisers.—A. and N.Z. Cable.