Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-04
TIE WOOL TARIFF,
Senator 'KaHtlb's Plea In lhe Senate
for Protection.
he OBJECTS 10 TUE SCHEDULE,


WASHINGTON, June A.--Tha Senate
met ii am, wi h o view to expedit
ing the tsriG bill. Two sleschos were
announced Tor the day, one by Man.
Tie (sllvtr Rel ublioan, NJ MY, on the
wo schedule OF the tariff b,n,and su-
lher by Butter (Plp.) N g.. on he
joint RESOLUTION TO mend the Conslilu-
ton 81 a. to givs Congress the power
10 impose income taxue.
Mr.. Mantle was recognized at the
opening OF the session anu addressed
the Senate Tor two hours. He said
there Ind been no opportunity for
pres inting the wool growers side OF
tie contc ntion In the otDer branch o.
Congrees for the reason that owing 10
the brief time allowed for debate the
wool schedule had never been reached
a. that body. H. preseutsi fully and
supported with numerous tables and
STATISTICS the wool Rrowers' size of the
controversy and showed the enormous
losses sustained by the wool growers IN
the depreciation In value OF sheep and
wool uuring the past Elk years.
He declared that by reason OF
enormous importations in anticipation
Of the enactment OF o tariff law, the
woolgrower would not receive much
benefit from protective tariff for four
years to me.
He asserted that whenever a tariff
law is to be enacted the powerful
manufacturing interests Of the county
with their compact anu effective
organizations are always on the ground
anu Ia the committee rooms pressing
heir claims and pushing their IL.
terests while the farmers and WOOL
gro wers anu Producers OF raw mater.
ials generally are an isolated and
scattered class, from the nature OF
their vocations, and thus lacking In
eff. olive orgauization; hence iu the
psst their Interests hau been neglected
and they had not received their Just
snare OF protection.
The great majority Of woolgrowers
of The country are, he said, proteC-
tiohists and Republican,; most OF
them are Delivers In the free coinage
OF gold anu silver independently by
this country buI the question Of
protection anu free cjiDage have
been divided In the last campaign, TIE
wooiRtowere accepting The pledge
contained in the Republican ngtional
pihuViM VI ibSht VI 'hLupie pfOtectiOD
Tor woop' and believing the protection
to be the paramount iesue, cast tn cir
votes In the doubtful statee Tor Mckin-
ley and elected him.
The tariff hill as IL parsed the House
and as now AM n cd y the Senate, h g
said, utterly tails /, meet the ex peola-
tions OF the wooigroweis and 10 re-.
garded by them largely asa repudis.
ton OF the Republican pledge OF sample
protection for WOOL"
The woolgtOwsrs Of the country, he
continued, are Indignant over ibis
treatment Of their Interests anu he
warned the Republicans that they
must change the proposed rates
or they would lose the support OF tn is
numerous element In ensuing cam.
psig ms.
He asserted that the Mckinley law
had not afforded the necessary protec-
ton to the w0olgIowers and quoteu
statistics to prove the assertion. He
charged that IL was full OF loop-ho Ies,
permitting fraud and evasions, anu
was especially emphatic In his de-
nunciati0n Of the ad vaIorem duties
proposed on the third clsrs woods.
The senator quOteu Senator Aid.
rich's statement that the proposed
Senate !ates would give from 10 to 20
per csnt more protection to the WOOL
grower than he had ever received
u der any former tariff and produced
statistics TO show that the proposed
rates were much lower instead or he.
ing higher.
He enumerated the objections OF the
woolgfowers Ds folio WI:
Ito the elk lrting clause.
2.-To The al valorem duties Oh
third class woods.
a. To the admission Of washed
wools on second class without pa yment
OF additional duties.
4.-To the admission OF washed and
secured woods oD the third class with.
Vut the payment OF additional duties,
5.-To the imperfect CLASH d caiions
which permit evasion.
THE INCOME TAX
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator
Butler, ID The course OF a speech on the
income tax, referred TO the "ipdecent
haste with which the pooling bill was
urged Immediately after the recent de-
cision Of the United States Supreme
Court sustaining the antitrust law.
Senator Gull m, chairman OF the
interstatt-co IL meroe ooDsmiltee, re.
sented this statement, saying that the
pooling bill was not being pressed
with iadecent hasIe anu that sucn O
statement was a Misrepresentation OF
toe facts.
Senator Chiffon, q member OF the
Interstate commerce COMMITTEE, In
urn differed In toto with Chairman
Cullom and said tn !, pooling bill had
Uot been seriously urged until alter
the recent decision ~ the Supreme