The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-06
A sHoDDY ARGUMENT.


AS sample of The kind of "argu-
ment' dealt out to the multitude as
showing the bad effects of Democratic
rule examine the remarks of a speaker
put forward as a convert to Republi-
canism, for the purpose of capturing
certain class of voters. He is re-
ported by the Tribune in this way:
"As an illustration of the pernicious
effects to be observed because of the
threatened passage of the Wilson bill
by a Democratic Congress, the speak
er directed the attention of his hearers
to the Deseret Wooden Mills, now
closed, and whose former happy opera
tiveS are begging the necessaries of
/ life from more fortunate friends and
ers to cast their votes for Varian if
they had any regard for self and home
interests
If the speaker knew what he was
talking about, which we very much
doubt because we believe him to be an
honest and sincere man-even if he
has found out that he is Republican
he was trying to pull a little more
wool over the yes of his audience.
But he probably did not understand
the effect of his argument nor the
facts in the case.
The alleged effects of the threat
ened passage of the Wilson bilr' were
to bring wool down to nearly half
price. That would furnish material to
the Deseret Wooden Mills at cheaper
rate than it was ever offered before.
Did that close down the mills? Where
they unable to operate because the
cost of the material to be made UP
was cheapened? That is a sort of back
action never known before in business
or it is-well, a Republican argument
But there is another thing to be con-
sidered in looking at the gentleman's
striking illustration" of the workings
Of the Wilson bill before it had become
a law. That is, stubborn fact that
! knocks his Illustration" into very thin
air. The Deseret Wooden Mills were
closed down before the Wilson bill was
projected. They We're closed down be-
fore Cleveland was inaugurated. The
intention was to shut up in January,
1898, but the factory was kept going
for few weeks longer to properly
wind UP its affairs.
So. when the new Republican tells
such a yarn as that about the effects
of the Wilson bill, he had better strike
out Wilson" and insert Mckinley .
and he will come nearer to the com
mon sense of the matter, so far as any
tariff measure affects il.
/ People who think will find on exam
lination that the wooden mills in this
| territory which, in several instances,
had to suspend operations before there
was any change of administration, and
under the full operations of high pro-
tective tariff, were not so much affected
by any legislation as they were by the
failure of the people to buy their goods.
If the Republicans who are crying out
about home industries would wear and
use only home made articles, there
would be no need to point to closed
wooden mills as an illustration of
anything.
A well known Democrat and a Re
publican met on the street a few days
ago. and the latter commenced to be-
rate the Democrats for opposing home
industries. The Democrat stood the
nonsense for while. and then exclaim-
ed, Look herel This coat, vest and
pants are home made. They were made
up from Provo factory cloth. This UNI
derwear was made of Provo flannel.
These are home made shoes. Now what
have you got on that is not imported %
The Republican was mute for awhile,
then turned it off with a laugh.
The kind of bounty and protection
and assistance that our wooden factories
and other home enterprises need is
home patronage, if we may use the
term If our merchants will buy those
goods and put them on the market,
and the people will purchase and use
them. home industries Will flourish, but
not without.
If there was an assurance that there
would be a demand for home made
goods. there would soon be a starting
up of factories and workshops. But
when they have goods piled up and no
purchasers, they have to suspend or
lay out money for nothing. There are
Deseret Woolen mill goods on hand
today after the factory has been closed
down nearly a year. That tells the
story and the tariff yarn of the Repub-
lican convert is the poorest sort of
shoddy and the baldest kind of cam
paign fustian.
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UTAH AND NEVADA AGAIN.
The bill introduced by Senator Proc