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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1889)
irttwrtrwii i m- ii'V" i t f i hi itm r-f- Daily Democrat CAKPET WOOLS. The Manchester Union, in speaking o! this subject, savs : The Boston Commercial Bulletin makes some poet-election observations on carpet wools and the duty thereon which would have been mighty interesting reading a few weeks before election. It figure out that if the carpet mills of this country ran full time they would require 171,000,000 pounds of raw material yearly. All of this wool, or all but four or five million pounds, representing the refute of the American clip which can be used as filling and only as filling, must be imported, as wools of the carpet grade are not raised in the United States. Of course the mills have not run on full time, and a very considerable por lion of the wool used is washed before im portation. Still with such a capacity it must be evident that of the 85,000,000 pounds of carpet wool imported in the last fiscal year, but a very small proportion could be used for any other purpose thin . for carpets. The Bulle.in, after indulging in brief praise of the high protective tariff principle in general, proceeds to present the case of the carpet menir. the following concise and intelligible manner : "The tariff revi sion of 1SS3 made so.-ne sharp cuts on car pets. The specific duty .which is supposed to affect the duty on the imported raw ma terial,was cut from five to twenty-five cents a yard. It must be remembered that in this case, the commodity being wholly import ed, the price of the manufacturer's raw ma terial Is enhanced to the full extent of the duty. By the same revision the ad valorem rate, (the actual protectlon,)was reduced to 30 per cent. It has been 35 per cent. "The present Senate bill as amended and passed restores the five per cent but in creases the rate on the raw material sixty per cent. Whether it be because the car pet trade has enjoyed a smaller ad valorem rate of duty than the other woolen indus tries or because manufacturers have been hampered by the duties on their raw ma terial, or especially because there are too many carpet looms in the country ,or from a combination of these causes, the fact re mains that there has been more trouble and loss of money and employment than in almost any branch of manufacturing. Yet this industry is selected for attack by Senator Allison. who has secured the adop tion of amendments raising the duty on carpet wools from two and one-half to four cents and from five to eight cents a ponnd, an increase of duty of sixty per cent on what we do not raise. "The most attractive clause in the Mills bill to the carpet manufacturer, indeed to the clath manufacturer,was the clause glv ing them a sufficient protection on their product and free raw material. The Mills biil took from the carpet manufacturer the specific duty, which barely covers the en hanced cost of raw material,but it Increased the really protective duty, the ad valorem duty, to 40 per cent. Thus with free raw materials the carpet manufacturer under the Mills bill was protected ten per cent better than to-day. As far as the selfish interests of the carpet trade were concern ed the Mills bill was the most favorable legislation that could have been asked." Some ef the carpet men, like A. T. Ly man of the Lowell carpet company, were frank enough to declare for free wool, but a majority opposed it, and now the Bulletin laments that "they now find themselves stabbed in the house of their friends.' even counts it "fortunate for the carpet in dustry that the Senate bill is likely to fail in the House. All which, although com ing from a trade journal of acknowledged standing, sounds wonderfully like the sen timents of the "free trade," "pauper labor,' "pro-British" newspapers which it heartily opposed throughout the late campaign, Nearly all the figures published as the totals of the presidential election have been incorrect. The following are given as the official vote compared with that of four years before : 18S4. iSSS. Democrats 4,874,986 5.539,966 Republicans 4,851,981 5,440,406 Plurality 33.55 99.560 It will be seen that Mr. Cleveland lacked just 440 of an even 100,000 plurality .There were .48,171 Prohibitionists and 144,745 votes for the Labor ticket. This legislature will appropriate at least $1 50- 000 more than any other legislature that ever convened in the state. The people are watching Even the Oregonian sounds a feeble,sickly arning. On the 14th of this month Oregon, as a state, ill be 30 years old. CURE FOR NICK HEADACHE. Tta vmi want a remnlv for B'llousnesd. Pimples on tho (ai-e, and ft sure cure (or sk-lc hevlftohe, aak Dr. Gum and Son, the DruirgiaU, (or Ur.Uet.ni's Live rills, try a done, samples (ree lull Dox cent, That bill of Condon's for the support of the State University should not pass. Let mem bers look into it. Do not tax the people of the whole state to educate a few young gentleman in and around Eugene City. Fair dealing gentle men, to the tax payers of the state who are not able to send their boys to the state University, There is no more justice in taxing the farmer in Linn county to pay the tuition of some yonn; man of Lane county who attends the State Uni versity than to pay his tuition at the Willamette University. FRESH Grass ami Garden of all kinds at STEWART & SOX'S, Hotice of Final Settlement . NTnltnA l herabr eiven that the under signed Administrator of the estate of Simon w , ttyorson, decease", unw hla final aiyount with ttis Clertt or me Coum.y Court for Linn county, Oregon, and that tha Coutv Court has fixed the 9th day of March, 1889, at toe hour of ten O'OIOCK, ft. m, lor aemrinKULueuuuuB iu iuo same and for settling sa'a esis'e. u, r. aiAson, K, Wi athebfokd, Administrator, Att'y for Adm'r. CITY DRUG STORE. DRUGS, BRUSHES, PAINTS, BOOKS, OILS, ALABASTINE, ETC. A complete line of ARTISTS' MATERIALS. Prescriptions and Receipts Care fully Prepared, GUISS &SON. E. F. Sox Pre C H. Stewart, Sec. Albany IRONWORKS, Manufacturers of- STEAM ENGINES, GRIST AND SAW MILL MACHINERY, IRON FRONTS, AND ALL KINDS OF HEAVY AND LIGHT WORK, IN IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS. Special attention paid to retiring all Kinds 01 macninery. Patterns Made on Short Notice, CLOTMG For Fall and Winter RE MOVED George W. Smith, SUCCESSOR TO W H. MC.FARLAND, II.. moved t. the Sender- ftf"" " " Tenns'ii, where he has the lamest and finest .took ol Stoves and Tinware In the County .TOO WORKPROMPTLY TJOiVE. -AT- L. E. BLAIN'S. Rubber Coats and Boots, Shoes The members of the legislature who vote for the pending bills in that body providing for the building of scores of local wagon roads at the expense of the state will have cause later on to regret their course. These bills are clearly unconstitutional. Republican extravagance is coming to the front again. The shirts Mr. Harrison is to wear in March, his inaugural shirts, so to speak were billed to him at S 150 per dozen and no discount for cash. We will wager his grand. Cither's shiits didn't cost that much. On the 26th of April Odd Fellowship in the United States will be 70 years old. This anni. veisary will be more extensively celebrated than any other in the history of the order. OVERCOATS.-FineAssrotment, Pea JacketsChiiicliilla. Astrachan Pull Line of Duck Suitings, ALL GRADES WOOLEN OVER SHIRTS i Big Stock Cardigan Jackets, HEAVY MERINO AND ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR. Winter Gloves and Mittens ALL WEIGHTS LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES. UMBRELLAS, HATS, ETC. LtBt but not least a large stocky CtOTNIMC AND FURNISHINGS X JE5 BX.AIN NEW GOODS NEW SMYRNA RUGS AND PORTIERRES. NEW TABLE COVERS. LINEN TABLE SETS, NAPKINS TO MATCH, A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF LINEN AND SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. FINE LACE HANDKERCHIEFS. TRUNKS AND VALISES. SILK DRESS PATTERNS. COLORED AND SILK WARP HENRIETTAS. SILK UMBRELLAS, Boot and Shoe Department. IADIES AND CENTS FANCY SLIPPERS. CENTS FINE SHOES. MISSES AND CHILDRENS FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS, FELT SLIPPERS OF ALL KINDS. CROCKERY DEPARTMENT CHOICE NOVELTIES IN!DECORATED GHINA- TEA SETS. FRUIT PLATES AND SAUCERS. DECORATED BEDROOM SETS LAMPS, SALAD BOWLS FANCY PITCHERS FANCY CUSPADORES CAKE DISHES AND A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF NOVELTIES IN CHINA Samuel E. Young. Albany, Oregon ft
