The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-10


great part to the reduction of the tariff
of 1867 in that year, and to the fact that
as land becomes valuable, the sheep II
Large aocks decrease. The idserease in
number since 1884 has beenal ,0W, COO,
making, q diminutionuof the wool crop
about 5000 600 pounds. worth about
81 ,000 COO, which amount would. have
been distributed among the merchants.
and wage earners of America, and, gen.
tlemen, all this industrial prosperity
has been reached through protection.
Thi country has tried free trade, end
what was the result2 Why, the
merchants and manufacturers of Eng
land flooded this country with wooden
goods, our infant industries were para,
lyZed, mechanics and other wage earn
ters were thrown iout of employment
| for our factories were closed soup
houses were opened in our great cities },
the country became bankrupt That.
gentlemen, was the result of free trade.
Take the tariff,off the raw and manu-
featured article and tile UNITED States
is poorerthan Any European country,
becausaherltreigh ara SO much higher.
IWodl isibrough1f from Australia via Eng,
Hand to RNewtYork and Boston, over
GOO miles, for less than 7itsis carried
Wages are twice as high hsra as in
England, @ and in. many departments
lfoar land five times ashigh, their money
I altebes characterization in the United
States The merchant, the farmer and
all classes get their share sW baE Il {
Pace wool on The free list and all
tthls money will he AIKEN out OF circula-
| tisn, the. cheap and pauper Labor of
| E ,rope, willomanufacture our goods
TIA English and Scotch lords will
swamp this country with cheap wool,
raised Gu cheap lands by the LABOR OF
seffs. Our factories will close their
doo7s to their employees, skilled men
aud women will stand idle ION the
streets, waiting for employment, the
coyote will howl on the hut that was
i oace;the home of the contenteds shep-
herd, 10 longerwill the farmer be abie
to sell his pr duce for cash to purchase
his family supplies, distress will prevail
everywhere, and the people and the
, nation will be bankrupt, then will the
free trade party (when too late) realize
that their fallacy is humbug
Already, can see the fat jolly old
English manufacturer, rubbing his
hands AMI wetting his lips while con-
TEN plating the easy manner the wool
has oeen pulled over the eyes OF Grover
Cleveland, already in his mind 60.000,-
600 of people to clothe, and 60 900 600 of
people TO manufacture for, already new
looms are being placed in position,
ready to make cloth 10 cover Us. already
the American manufacturer IS curtail-
: ing bis expenses and wtthd awlng his
, branch esta blishment-, in anticipation
of the influx of cheap and pauper made
goods. Iii ,.,.L5lu. 81. .t-.G..s. p
Surely the spirit of Golden must have
guided the pen that wrote the
message that now lies before me,
for no man, with a knowledge OF the
yastless Of, his country, Of her wants
q and her necessities, could ever be so
reeresut to is duty to his country as
to build up England's industries at the
! expense OF his own. IN 10. Ss-..f. ~
Australian and South American wool
can now freight their WOOL 1900 miles
and pay duty of IL cents to IL cents
I per pound, and make wool growing
profit BILE. Will not The placing OF wool
On the free list give them an; additional
profit OF 10 and II cents per pound and.
reduce the value of your own product
correspondingly2 Every practical Eng.
lishman knows the immediate result Of
4 Mr.. Oleveland,s policy would bslan in
i crease of English ex2orle to America.
This is why they hail it with hallelu-
ijab.- 1t will empty . r"u pock. is,
TO fill Englishmen's. llM destrug
Cling American industries cripple
those which are prosperoL> 1t will
make England the srbiter of American
prosperity. ,.,.-- ,.,,,....l...... %
Place wool on the free list, and the in
telligent American mechanic 10 no bet
ter off than the poo, ill-clad English
man.
Place wool on the free list, end in
stead of dollar day it will bs shil-
Hing. .tt -
Place wool on the free list, and in
stead of relieving, it will increase our
burdens tenfl ID ,.a- .r
Place wool on the,free list, and 1t will
flood our warehouses with the produc.
FtionL OF the half-starved and pauper
labor Of EUROPE. isl. sf r.tzI
Place wool and other products on the
free list, then open your aoup houses TO
the great cities poor, as yen did in 1857.
Knight further discuss this question,
MIR. President, and tell how England
has reduced re and to vassalage, by
destroying her great manufaet ring in
teTests. England is D nation of shop
! keepers, and II is her policy to destroy
the manufacturing interests of other
countries, that she may manufacture
for them, but time will not permit IA
to speak further upon this matter /
will close with the hope that the WOOL
growers of Utah will agitate this ques-
| ton, pour into the ears of your repre-
sentative in Washington your griev-
ances lay aside all other political issues,
know no Democrat or Republican, but
each work for protection and the others
good. 9g ~ ~ ee-ari
|, Protection made us the most prosper
GUS people on EARTH and protection
will continue to prosper us, regardless
of the President and others to the con-
trary.p M. 81
AT this juncture = .-,-
AN ADJOURNMENT WAS TAKEN
until 1.30, in order that the committee
on resolutions might have time to con- |
slider the matter referred to them. Ia 81