Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1888 — ARGENTINE WOOL. [ARTICLE]

ARGENTINE WOOL.

Amount Shipped from that Re public Decreasing, and the Why of It. Consul Baker, in a report to the De partment of State in regard to the wool production of the Argentine Republic, says the amount of wools shipped from there to the United States annually is becoming less. The cause of this, he says, is in a great part due to the fact that United States tariff unintentionally, but very unjustly, discriminates against such wools from the Argentine Republic in favor of those from Australia, New Zealand, etc., our system of computing the duties making no allowance whatever for the fact that the dirt and grease on the wools of the Ar gen tine Republic is fully 70 per cent, greater than tnose of the former countries, this excess of dirt and grease being required to pay the full tariff rates for wool. The only wools from the Argentine Republic, which it is now possible to ship under our tariff, are the “criolta,” or long carpet wools of the Province of Cordoba, which are’shipped from Rosario, and which amount te about 10,000,000 pounds annually.

J Don’t Like Mr. Bandall. The Andrew Jackson League, of Chicago, at a meeting, Wednesday evening, adopted a resolution requesting Speaker ’ Carlisle not to appoint Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, on the appropriation committee, alleging as a reason therefor that he has always been inimical to the true interest of the Democratic party in -its endeavors to inaugurate tariff reform, to which it is committed, as expressed in the President’s message. Arkansaw Traveler: It is mighty hard ter er man dat neber wuz in trouble to be yer true frien’. It takes a frost ter ; sweeten de wild grape. Detroit Free Press: One need not be in the ring to have a large circle of acquaintances.