The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-07
THE CONTROVERSY.
Mr.. Thompson Comes Again to
the Front.
A KNoTrY, GNARLED QUESTION.
Some Pretty Strong Talk. in Which
There May or May Not be
Much Logic.

Mr. Paul, in his last, says that used
better grammar. ] am sorry l cannot
return the compliment as to his tigur-
ing, as he re-asserts that S175 600 600
can be saved out Of $S1 Zoo, 600, by
simply adding a few thousand dollars
in dyes and chemicals, to the latter.
But Mr.. Paul has not said a WI ! in
his last, about grsenness. Ny referring
him to the glass has had the desired
effect. He, no doubt. found there the
object of his search. Mr.. Paul tells US
in one of his articles that the protec-
tionists are selfish, etc. He meant, of
course, that the free-tr aders were all
pEilanthropists, and yet he seems to
have an AK to grind. He is continually
pulling for the cattlemen. am of the
opinion that the professor has a calf of
his own that he wants protected from
the sheep. Now, have nothing against
the csttlemen; on the contrary, am
glad they are here; there is plenty
room for all. I want the cattle indus
try to remain in the Territory. want
the wool industry to 60 on. want the
mines TO continue, that we may have
something to export, that we may be-
come rich. Mr.. Paul, however, tells US
that this exporting makes us poor.
would also have the sugar industry
established in the Territory, even if it
took twice SIC, 900 of our taxes to start
it, providing it would be permanent.
What we want, and v,ry much need, Il
to establish new Industries, not Ge-troy
those alreauy established, as Mr.. Paul
advocates. Instead OF our young men
having to go away from home to seek
employment, where they very often
furm bad habits, we should try to give
them work at home even If we should
be under the necessity OF exporting The
products Of their labor and thereby get
some Of Mir. Paurs imaginary poverty.
What the farmers OF Utah need Is
local market for their wbett, and that
they can only get by establishing lew
industries, or, at least, retaining those
already here. Take the wool industry
alone, ana destroy it, and put he wheat
on tn market that the sht epmeu con
sumo directly and indirectly and the
wheat will at once drop to export
prices, which to-day would be 50 cents
per bushel, as against rs cents per
bushel-the Salt Lake price. are Is
where the producer would lr the
greatest loss. But, of course, neap
wheat Is also the professors ga.n, as
that will lower the price of his dump
lings.
Mr.. Paul continues to cling to the
erroneous idea that our wool Will not be
lower with the tariff off than at present |
Let me quote from the editorial columns
of THE HERALD, March 29Gh. It says:
Henry George presents an pnansw + |
able argument against protective
tariff. when he says: The duty on |
every imported article raises the price |
of that article to the full extent OF the |
amount of the duty Faid, and also |
raises the price of the homemade |
article to the same extent" The logic |
is conclusive, and should be convincing |
with all consumers. The above quota
ton is correct, and just what have
maintained all through. Now, THE |
tariff is 10 cents per pound, it increas, S
the home production to just. that
amount; then lake off the tariff, 81 d
pound, which wi / bring it down to 5
cents per pound. Now that he above
quotation is from Mr. Paul's own party,
it ought to convince him that he is |
cranky on one point at least. 70 show
that our wool will not 90 down to |
cents per pound, when the tariff is of. |
Mr.. Paul quotes The following pric at |
foreign places OF export: Buones |
Ayres, IA cents per pound; Peru, mid |
ding quality. % cents; Cape IF Good |
Hope, "a cents; Australia, Port Philip, |
average place "a cents per pound. The |
above prices range from IA to "a cents |
per pound; this wool sells in Boston |
from 30 to 3S cents p pound, against |
ours from Is to %; now, take the low
est price. Imported lowest price, 80 |
cents per pound at Boston, against |
ours az Is; then take the 10 cents tariff |
off the foreign, and it brings it down to |
% cents per pound; it is worth Is cents |
per pound more than ours, which would |
bring ours down to cents or pound |
in boston; then taEe off the cents /
freight and com mission, and IL caves us |
l cent per pound for our wool here.
The above shows the professors ut
ter ignorance of the subject he has
brought so prominently before the pub
lie. He thinks wool is wool, and all the
same. Mr.. Paul, like the man who
talks too much with his mouth, writes
too much with his pen. If our WOOL
growers could be compelled TO grow
wool for from to 10 cents per pound,
and our manufacturers 20 make cloth as
cheap as foreign manufacturers do,
then there might be some sense to his
talk. But it would only be few years
till the wool industry, under free-trade,
would be totally destroy ed. and then
we would look in vain for cheap wool,
and as for the manufacturers, they |
would fare the same as the Turkish