The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-25

His argument that unless the tarIi
IS maintained the wool men will no,
pay their debts, shall not answer: no
his wheat aud cattle price argument
since 1t is not the business of any
cit zen TO say what occupation another
shall engage In, but SIMPLY to protest
against supposed system If aiding
one INDUSTRY at the certain expense OF
iothers.
The following will do for the present
He says A few years ago cows sold
mere Tor $50 per head; now they will not
bring $40 A horse that few wears
ago sold for $50, cannot be sold today
for $40 A little later, Now that the
supply OF horses and cattla is greater
than the demau3. it follows that the
price goes down; bnt how can this af
feet Utsn? On the same principle that
the dog wags the tail. and not the tail
the dog"
From Report No. 48 of the Depart
ment o. Agriculture, for 1888, we learn
these facts: The total value of the
horses, mules, mich cows, cattle ,she-p.
and swine in the United States i, So 600.
VO0 600 OF this amount the shseD fur
nlsh nearly 800 000,00O-or 3 per cent.
The total decrease of sheep last year
was per cent. And this decrease OF
per cent of 3per cent? O012) is the cause
OF the variations in the price of horses
q cows! Certainly, in this case the
tall ways tile dog From the same re-
port we learn that the average price OF
horses for t. past 10 years was S68
and for the last years $77. In the
states that have most largely ceased
grow ng sheep the prices are as follows:
New York S97. Pennsylvania S83, Ohio
S3I. MIchiga" S8l, Illinois ST low S73.
Wisconsin SIS. In Titan where it ia |
beileVed that sheep have Increased. the
p'1ce OF horses l. $40. Now, which |
causes the decrease in the price of |
horses, the decreas- or the increase in |
the number of sheep?
Cattle were highest in 1869 $3.50 in
1870, declining till 1879 to $3.50. rising
annually TO 1873, the average hen being
S23 % and declining constantly since
standing now at sl7.79" Here again
Uish cattle are below the average, while
IN the a6ove named states, the cattle
are far above the average.
In sheep the lowest prices in 90 wear.
were in 1879. Like cattle thew rose
Till 1888. aud have since fallen, and the
presenf average is $o.05 less than in
The depression of 1879. The average
Juan sheep IS 81 81. And with the
above facts before him, nv opponentl
argues that people should raise sheen
instead of horses and cattle.
AS student Of economy. it is INV
right. If, indeed, rot my duty, to Law
before the public the facts Showing how
utterly unworthy of special ENCOURAGE
nent is tina elevating industry known
rs wool growing, which, with farcical
craven IS, my opponent compares to
ne noble occupation Of the ancient =
hepherd kings; and while nothing is
urther fr n my hopes or intentions Il
han the destruction of the wool-in- /
lustry." and the consequent ruin of
many good citizens, could wish that
hose reaping the high profits from this
Industry would share a little of the
'rotits with those uufortunates that ara
q their employment.
The most abiect labor on the CONT
ent is that which is hired for pittance
y The flock masters in all this region
rest of the Rocky Mountains Isolated
'riorn, with the ten ptations of solitude Z
nd the SINS of Sodom upon if. this
sbor IS supposed to plead for a con-
nuance OF its high prosperity (which
never saw III tariff resolutionsp'
John p. Irish.)