Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-30
PROTECTION IN UTAH.
Some Thoughts on Ile subj Ct by a
Thoughtful Man.

The total result, OF % years Of high
protection Cor lnh was Go reduce tue
wealth 90 her people from s-I3 uer
lead 200 1880 tG slsn pur head in 1870.
Then clmo q change. TINS railroad
had arrived. Ny iaihcr working gt
tuu bench could now cara enough Ia
one hour 90 buy moro Imported hats
than my sisters C0uld braid in throw
IuyH. The EpluuiuE wheel was laid
aside. Tho knitting needles had to be
abandoned. The Wick Yr fush light
gave wuy 90 tlc lan.p, which, Ia
turn, yiylIud 20 the electric light.
An imported stove imuJvUI the Tor
mrr fireplace. While knives, fJfks,
duhca, hHt-, clothing, furniture, books,
window glass, tea, coffee, sugar, spices
HuJ other pt1luCt- OF thu whole world
poured rapidly 10. Did they take
away our money! ~. But traiua
loaded with dried FRUIT beef, bacon,
wheat barley, ores from mines and
other home products rolled away.
OH Sister 5g-Aul-So, whoeo boys had
taken the wool from the Sleeps back,
alter which She md woven u into
yarn or cloth with the spinning wheel
ami hand loom, now found that by
selling the wool sho could buy more
cloth than she could weave out Oft, 30
that Eho was relieved OF that labor Of
love. 1huy 10y shr was tho tailor for
her own family, but not being skilled
IN the science Of measurement with
tho tnur, that she was wont 30 nay thu
cloth upnu the n8of, have hur
good man stretch himso.. out upon IL,
while she marked or cut out the pattern
NNHNa IHHHHIHNU'ss
uhomn Industry was stopped, for her
husband Win a few days' wOrk In the
field could produce aud cell enough TO
buy more clothing than she could
weave aud make up Ia month. You
know The result Of the comparative fee
trade ushuTrd in boy tbs railroad. lE-
/ stead OF losing all our mouoy, a. pfu-
trrti1nisls -sIl We must 70 we imported
J these vast quantities OF gul1r, you
know that money u much more
abundant now than II wW theu. AMI,
what DO SIN better, a dollar will pur-
chase twice or thrice a. much now rs
then. Sow our uttIr ones HrO well ioi,
housed, clothed aud Hgh0uiCd. Then
they were not. Now your home II
] or1amcntrd o. built with aIticluA from
/ almost every corues Of the globe. The
l busy hum % Industry Increased with
every carload Of goods that came 10 "a,
Tor we pfuducrd goods the ears inurt
carry on the return trip, Protection
| teaches that the cars came loaded aud
| went away empty. Did thCy| NO.
/ do they today 20 away cmptyI No.
| VIII they over go baCE emptyg Not
while the golden grain shall ripen Ia
abundance ON our huayen-hlessed fields.
/. Not while our gr.st mills hum. Mt
while our mountains, with their hearts
ofguld, veins Of silver, HluuWH Of lead,
ribs OF iron and flesh ui coal shall yield
their treasures 20 The strokes " our luz
durtry. Not while our cattle and
h0rs,s anu sheep shall roam over our
] thousand hills. Not while our self
suppufuug enterprises shall last, for
! tnry arr really the only ones that can
aud anything 20 our wealth. Not
while human hearts shall beat Gnd
human brains shall plan, aud human
aEll shall conquer our vast fesOufce1'
Not while tue brave, ylr.uOus, Indus
tri1u8 sons OF Utah shall live and labor
los the welfare of chaste daughters
nnu noble women, Never can TIA.
/ time ana condition COME, never has
DO come, which our mistaken iuuuls
| 0maguu hos been always here-ihe
condition OF importing without eN'
| porting.
What says the cpnsu5 In regard to
our prosperity under the c1mpafallveiy
Ifua trade brought iu 10y the raliroads1
Lot us examine the tactti i0f iaols ara
stubborn things.
uulaxoI properly per head Ji pJpula'
ln.Iuu Loo 1870 was tlsU. Iu lasO u was
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