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...Manufacturers. Chairman Hawley explained that, when the base rates on raw materials were revised upwards, it was necessary to give a higher "compensatory" rate to manufacturers using the raw material in their production to keep the proper balance of protection. The rate on high-grade raw wool was jacked up from 31¢ per Ib. to 34¢ with corresponding increases on finished woollen articles running through the whole schedule. These increases to manufacturers made the farmer rage, since they tended to continue the existing tariff disparity between Husbandry and Industry...
...mysteries of Pink (as opposed to Red) salmon. U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries O'Malley officially opened the campaign with a lecture on the Pink salmon, obligingly giving special attention to its eatable qualities. He pointed at what all experienced salmon-eaters know: that no dyed-in-the-wool salmon-devourer will ever be afflicted with "deficiency diseases" (scurvy, beriberi, and goitre) because salmon flesh contains a high percentage of iodine, best prophylactic against such diseases. An orchestra played sea songs and chanteys "to carry to listeners a romantic conception, of the salmon industry." There were no references...
...Grundy that Prosperity can flourish and blossom only in the garden of Protection behind a high tariff wall. To cultivate that garden, to keep its wall in good repair Utah's senator is prepared to give his all. With dutiful zeal he pleads for high duties on sugar and wool. With the political zeal of a stalwart Republican he demands protection for?
...Wool worth...
Last week the wool ranchers and wool manufacturers bombarded the Ways & Means Committee about Schedule 11, the wool tariff. Count through the alphabet to the eleventh letter and it is K? the famous Schedule K of 1909, the issue on which the Democrats carried the House election...