The American Wool Duty
It is undoubtedly a disappointment to these colonies that the attempt to induce the United States to open their ports to colonial wool should again j have failed. We had strong hopes that *he wise and liberal views of the President on this question would have | teen given effect to by the Legislature, but it seems that the protectionist element is still too strong. The majority this time, however, is but a small one, and there is good hope that before very long the position will be reversed. Free trade principles have made great progress in the States of late years, and the woollen manufacturing interests are languishing for want of suitable raw material. This, it appears, cannot be supplied by home production. Our wools are looked for almost as eagerly by a, large, influential, and growing section in the States, as we long to there find a free market for those wools. It would be an immense relief to our wool growers if a direct trade could be opened up with America, and wool admitted free of duty. The present disappointment must not; dja» courage them,-— Post*
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 74, 23 December 1886, Page 2
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192The American Wool Duty Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 74, 23 December 1886, Page 2
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