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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
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