, 1906-07-25
WILL STAND PAT.

ley tariff. This suits Wyoming. Any
tinkering with the tarif would certain
ly affect Wyoming Industries, because
OF the fact III IL is wool, hides, cattle
and coal that the people of the east
find fault about. They would like to
have free wool and free hides, in order
that New England manufacturers
might be able to make a greater mar
gin of profit: free coal, in order that
the banks of Newfoundland may send
n cheaper article to the New England
coasts, and free cattle, in order that
Argentine, Mexico and Canada may
the more closely compete with the cat
tle-raisers of the west.
The stand pat policy means a con
tinuation of the present splendid trade
conditions. 1t means that those who
have built up their business under the
existing rates win not be compelled to
adjust their AFFAIRS to changed condi,
tons. A change in the rates would call
for a change in all the business AFFAIRS
of this nation. 1t would meal a seal
Ing dow in the prices of all articles
now manufactured and being held eth
err by the wholesalers or the retailers.
II would mean a readjustment between
the employer and the employe-wages
would be reduced to meet the reduction
of the tariff.
Last year the trade Of the United
Stntac raanbad tho HIGHEST ppint IN ifu
history and prosperity existed in every
state of the union, proving in the most
conclusive name that the policy OF
the government, as eXempliied through
the operation of the Dingley bill, is con.
ducive to good times. If there is a
laboring man in the nation who is not
working at good wages 1t is because he
is too lazy to do so. If there is a bust.
ness man who is not enjoying good
trade, 1t is because of poor manage
ment.
Wyoming, through its republican rep
resentatives at Washington, has ev-
err stood for a continuance of the pol
icy of protection to all our industries.
In the closing days of the recent SEES.
sion of congress Senator Warren made
an able address upon this question, pay
ing particular attention to the duty
upon hides and wool. In the midst of
his argument he was asked by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, "If the duty
OIL boots and shoes were removed
NynnlI tho ratfla rnfGnrG tLa fnrpNAru
who are interested in the duty on hides,
then consent to a removal of the duty
on hides" to which he made reply,
The farmers and stockmen, in my
opinion, are not seeking for a removal
of the tariff on leather or on boots and
shoes; they stand for that tariff as we'll
as for the tariff on hides"
In other words, there should be equal
ity in this matter of protection. We
should all stand together as against
the foreign nationas.
In concluding his remarks upon the
question, Senator Warren said:
The stock raisers and farmers do
benefit very directly by the duty on
hides. l will call attention to one con-
dition. Fol- a few years preceding the
time when the duty was put Upon hides
cattle raisers in certain states in the
interior, like, for instance, the state of
Wyoming, could not get enough for cat
tie hides to pay the shipping expenses
alone from the ranches to market, and
business cpncAruS IN which 7 bo pnapa1
to have some interest at the time new
er shipped a hide for many, many
months. The hides from cattle killed
for home consumption were taken off
and thrown away, because the freight
TO market amounted to more than the
total sun We would receive for the
hides. In fact, the junk piles around
the ranches, and even the prairies,
were strewn for a long season with
these valueless hides.
Since that time the price OF hides
to the farmer has ranged all the way,
net, from, perhaps 81 to IS apiece. |
do not say that the entire increase is
due to the duty. Some part of it is
no doubt due to the changes in bust
ness. But l do say when we had no
duty hides in our country for a good
space of time were worth absolutely
nothing, and ever since the imposition
OF the tariff on hides they have been
a valuable and quick asset
The ~permanency of protection as a
national policy rests largely with the
American farmer. When he arrives
at the conviction that protection is be
ing withheld from him in order that
the profits of manufacturers may be
swelled, then the end Of protection will
swiftly come.
"Mr. President, our tariff laws when
framed by protectionists have never
been made to favor one state, one sec
ton of the country, or one industry.
They never will be. We are all so in
terdependent that an injury to one in