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The Report of the Tariff Board on Wool and Woolens
The Report of the Tariff Board on Wool and Woolens
Article · 12 pages
A 1912 review article by economist F. W. Taussig of the U.S. Tariff Board's four-volume report on wool and woolens. It discusses how the Board calculated the cost of wool production in three U.S. regions (general farming, western range, and Ohio), the case for or against the wool duty, and the Board's recommendation to assess duties on scoured content. It also covers the woolen manufacturing section, the compensating duty system and Schedule K, and the reliance of American worsted mills on imported machinery. The content is tariff economics rather than technical textile material.
The Tariff Board and Wool Legislation
The Tariff Board and Wool Legislation
Article · 34 pages
A 1913 economics article analyzing how the U.S. Tariff Board's report on Schedule K (wool and wool manufactures) related to the six competing wool tariff bills of the Sixty-second Congress. It explains why the Board did not recommend rates, then uses the Board's cost data to compare the La Follette, Underwood, Compromise, Penrose and Hill bills against the protection needed for raw wool, tops, worsted yarns and woolen and worsted fabrics. It contains many statistical tables of production and conversion costs and duties.

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