The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-20
SCOTCHMAK'S VIEW OF
AMERICAN CONDITIONS
Criticises Our Laws and Then
Declares His Country VIII
Initiate Them.

nr W Thompson OF Edinburg. scotlahd'
md n eradunte OF the university there ls
e,,cst AZ the Wilson, and Is cattle sneep
and horss EXPERT with scientific turn 10
IL nil Speaking In general woy nc so'u'
.,your cattle. sheep aud horses are hhe' IL
cannot bc denied. but with the eeht'eino" ""O
spoke on the oubJeet Ia this morning lf'oo"o
l agree that your stock men err In inc hat'er'
Of selection breeding and feeding. iou, peO
nile should never attempt 10 Iatten catt,c %, III
corn; IL Is too fatty ana neaHne' 49,
tho digestive organs.
How They Feed Cattle.
"po,..s that ,t rsoulres from six 10 nlno
months 20 put O range wlntered steer IN mar
kctnbIc shape on corn. Now. IN the oiu cOoli ,p
try use oil cake and roote; 'nae eSo,i,sb m in
twelve weeks what your methods 'aN' - e
TO do ,-,os T., ,
prosperous part of II. but you arc az boiuS
too fast, and thero must come an enc W ~
You have taken our markets ifosn Wo,, '0 bayn se,-
tod tho land question, and all oy your re-
marknble tariff laws. 49,,
when Mark Hanna came 10 US. over therc
and enlisted scoes OF mlllons OF our capitsl 10
build up American industries. ana tnen re-
turned TO make tnIin laws more s,o,nsem, sore nv;
he boxed us up. and our statesmen nave no.
been oblc to lift the lid yet But things are
about TO change
They're Waking Up.
"Our people, slow move. and wodded TO
precedent. awakening TO the Iact thot tree
trndc has ruined us, and arc coming around 10
protection. We have the whole OF South AZ
rica draw upon. and can furnish inc
element of cheap labor without having aliens:
because Zulu women cnn and DO Work better
than the Zulu men. and outnumoer inc men
largely. The slmo climatic conditions obtain
there as here. and, given n protective thrin
lnw We cnn make "juclI0 and drokeH' OF your
markets Public opinion In England, Ireland
and Scotland Ia working UP to the pitch OF
protection. and II Ia In the nearby prob1bll-
ltics that shall have protective law. with
such a law South Africa easily supply
cepting cotton. and then where viii you be-
II We had protective tarin over there, We
should 10 sending you frozen beof md decld-
uous fruits rather than be looking 10 you for
thom.
Lack of knowledge,
II amazed at the lack OF scientific
knowledge displayed by your average stock
man. With your possibilities. your people
ought to produce much moro than you do.
Your protective tnri1 law has reduced the
value OF land in Ireland to tho average price
OF - per acre. because OF competition through
tho net OF protection, but thoroughly scien-
tinc culture OF your land would reduce our
knowledge We cannot tight your taTin law.
Under good conditions when landlord and ten
ant laws prevailed with US, and before your
wonderful Western development pluttcd tho
markets OF tho world, tho land In Ireland was
worth all a cruel and crafty landlord could
squeeze out OF On enslavcd tenant. Now. even
II that law obtained you could outbld US in
any line, because OF the fnct that our manu-
lactured products, by which live. must pay |
duty to you, and your produce without import |
kets
Hho T.