The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-11
MORE ON PROTECTION
Nh. Thompson Again Replies
to Prof. Paul,
AND HIS TALK IS GALL WOOL
From His Standpoint the Stock In.
dusrries Are Reviewed in a Read
able NJ amer.
To the Editor of THE HERALD:

In THE HERALD of February 26th.
Mr.. Paul makes another vain attempt
to correct his former contradictory
figures. The first point Mr.. Paul tries
to make is that 1 use bad grammar.
Has it never entered the upper story OF
the Salt Lake professor that the readers
of THE HERALD discovered that long
before he did, 1t must be very humll-
iating to the professor to have to write
over three columns Of his Intelligent
stuff. in vain effort to demolish, as he
is pleased to term it, three-fourths OF a
column written by one so unlearned;
and one article be answered twice, be-
fore he thought he had done justice TO
it. Like the mad bull that has killed
his victim, he steps back few PAGES
and watches, and if it moves, attacks 1t
again. So with the professor; after an
svering my first article, he folds his
arms and leans back and watches, and
III this position he sat nearly two weeks
At the expiration of that time, ne DIS
covered there was yet life, and, brute
like, attacked it the second time. But
to solace Mr.. Paul, 1 will inform him
that we are going to have an academy
here shortly, where 1 expect to learn
better grammar, and then would sug-
gest that Mr.. Paul join a primary
arithmetic class, that we may not
hlunder so in the future. Now, will
Mr.. Paul please let US know in his next,
what connection good or bad grammar
has with the growing OF wool, or It's
price? Does it not show rather weak
cause when a writer has to resort to
personalities, in trying to gain his
point? ,.
article, but must do so sparingly, lest
encroach on his grammar. He says
Upon losing his vast army OF figures, u
etc. Ihave not lost them, but, on the
contrary, l have them in black and
white, and will once more quote them,
or part of them Mr.. Paul says IN bis
first, 1--WE conclude were we to remove
the whole tariff on wool. and then pay
the wool-growers $50, 000,00U as s
bounty. we should save to the country
over S75, 900 600 each year" Now, how
in the name of common sense, IS the
professor going to save that amount
when the whole wool production OF the
United States does not bring tha'
amount laid down in Boston, imported
wool included2 Does MIR. Paul expect
that foreigners will give us their WOO
and paw US besides? There are nc
chemicals and dyes to mix IN with this
lot. as it was wool and wool only. Your
"etc," in your next won't stick, as there
is no place for 1t. Right after the word
wool, come the words, land pay the
wool-growers $50 600, 600 as bounty
Now, does the professor mean to pay
| the wonl-erowers a bounty on dyes
chemicals and score Of other things
Would it not be good idea for Mr..
Paul to look q little closer home tor
green people? Perhaps | can aid him
little by relating the following: We
had, so,ue years ago, an Indian boy
here; he had been bought from the
Indians when babe; as he grew up he
imaeined he was whittier than his white
playmates, and used to call them
indians. One day, however, he climbed
on a chair, and took a peep into the
mirror. He at once got frightened,
and ran to his white mother, told her
he had seen an Indian in the glass, and
sure enough he had, and very dark
one at that. Now, professor, when you
are searching for green people, just look
in the glass, but be careful lest you get
frightened, as the Indian boy did.
Mr.. Paul LAM nts the fact that have
not seen The inside Of any work on
70 10
inevitable that Mr.. Paul should come in
possession of such cranky works that
are so lf-contradictory? II l had
them in nv possession, and got the
same results from them as he does, |
should at once consign them TO the
flames, 1t would be much better for
the professor, if he knew something for
himself, and did not depend altogether
OF his standard works.
1t seems impossible for Mr.. Paul to
understand how the 500, 900 000 will be
lost to this country, if we import our
wool instead OF growing it ourselye
The explanation, in short, is simply
this: when a country imports more
than it exports, it is poorer just what
ever that amount is; therefore, If we
import 5000 worth of products to every
500 worth we export, we will drain the
country of its surplus cash quite as fast
as the Treasury is draining it.
But, says Mr.. Paul, 1--WE will buy this
wool for gold and silver from our
Mines" Will the professor please
point out single mine that will pro-
duce more gold and silver under free
trade than under protection. On the
contrary, if the tariff is taken off lead
one-haif of our gold and silver mines
will close down. And again, 'we mus
grow more wheat, and for the extra
cash we get for it, buy this WOOL" We
have been growing more wheat in the
past. but have got no extra cash for it
| In the last few years, we have increased
| the wheat production % per cent. 1t has
in the same time, deprecated IN value
25 per cent; thus while we have in
creased the production of wheat 1C0,-
COO 600 bushels, it's purchasing power
has not increased one dollar, and
| further increase of this production II
the future will have the same effect a!
| in the past, and the above will apply te
| cattle and horses as well. I Go not ex-
pect, however, that the above will con-
vince Mr.. Paul,
| Convince free trader against his will,
He is of the same opinion still.
Mr.. Paul says: 1.-The price of west
ern wool will not be lowered if thu