Word: wool
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEBATE OF DECEMBER 19, 1889.Question: "Resolved, That the woolen industries of New England cannot permanently flourish unless the duties on wool are reduced...
...spite of excessive duties on woolens the manufacturer is unable to retain the home market; the amount of importation steadily increases every year.- U. S. Almanac, 1889, p. 318; Whitman's pamphlet on Free Raw Material, p. 19; Bulletin of Wool Manufactures for November...
...duty on raw wool handicaps our woolen mills. (1) With it manufacturers cannot have their choice of wools.- Speech of Mr. Morse. H. of Rep., July 12. 1888; speech of Mr. Springer, H. of Rep., July 19, 1888. (2) The actual expense of producing woolens is, in general, excluding cost of raw wool cheaper in the United States than in Europe-Congressional Record XIX 6198-9. (3) Including the cost of raw wool however, the expense of producing woolens is cheaper in Europe than in the United States.- Ibid...
...Wool growers and Manufacturers, December, 1871; Wool Bulletin...
...stock of London street and driving gloves in the mens' furnishing department is good now-much better than it will be after a few weeks. The Society has a good line of knit Scotch wool gloves in various patterns...