Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-20
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RAISE IN TARIFF
Cost Of Production Has In
creased Since DingIey
Act Was Passed.
PREPARE BRIEF in PROTEST
committee Appointed to Submit Is
sues to Ways. and Means Com
mittcc in Washington.


At yesterday afternoons meeting OF
the wool growers at the Commercial
club, the following resolutions Were
adopted:
Whereas, The cost Of the production
of wool in the west has materially in
creased since the passage OF the Ding
ley tariff bill; now therefore, be lit
Resolved, by the Utah Woolgrowers'
association in mass meeting assembled,
That we request a raise in the tariff,
on wool. and ask our representatives in
Congress to la Dor for Il raise of tariff
IN the wool schedule; and be it fur
Their
Resolved. That the chairman appoint
and petitions and decide on other.
means of bringing this matter to the
attention OF those representatives.
This resolution was presented by j..
c. Mackey Of Granger, and passed
without a dissenting vote, after Chair
man Callister had read u letter from
National Secretary Walker urging this
action. a committee was appointed
consisting of u. FL. Callistcr, j. c..
Mackey, G. B. Stewart, and Dr.. IA.
NJ. Rove, OF Ogden, who are meeting
today in Secretary Stewards office, to
prepare brief for presentation before
the ways and means committee of the
house Of representatives. at Washing
tOn.s
Speeches We're made by various sheep
men present. who brought out the fact
that the Australian sheepmen will APP
peal. before the ways and means COM
mittee to argue for a reduction in the
wool tariff so that they may ship more
wool into this country, to the detrilnent
of western interests.
MUST FIGHT.
Secretary Stewart of the Utah Wool
growers association said:
''We have got to fight for our exist
ence. We demand nothing unjust, and
only want what is right, the protection
OF a western industry that has pros
pered in late years and grown to im-
mense proportions against outsiders in
foreign countries. The cost OF produce
ton in the west has increased % per
cent since the passage Of the Dingley
tariff. We have to pay more for our
sheepherders, and have to pay for the
ranges for the sheep to Craze on.
whereas the ranges previously We're
free. The cost in the production of
eastern wool has not increased at all.
Eastern sheepmen don't understand the
conditions in the west. They have
iff reduction or for higher tariff, for
they will not be affected very much
either way. 1T Is different in the5west,
for the big wool industry will be broken
II the tariff rate is lowered and foreign
wool is allowed to come In and flood
the market. The cost of the produce
ton of wool in Australia and big South
.I, ,t,Ia Ia M ~ 1,a
compared to that Of the west They
pay lower wages to herders. and it is
lower for them all around. The wool
industry is mighty. factor In bring
ing money from the east into this coup.
try and, II destroyed, will affect all
lines Of business here"
A WESTERN BUSINESS
Thomas Z. Austin said: 'Thc eastern
are not troubled very much
over this proposed reduction, because
wool growing is only a side issue with
them. The wool industry is a western
business mainly, and the big bulk Oft
has steadily been travelling west for
the past dozen years. Whereas. the
middle west was tho big wool raising
region Is years ago, the clip in that
section does not begin to compare with
that of the far west. tha mountain Sec
farms back there along with cattle,
hogs and other farm animals. They use
the sheep to keep their farms In good
whereas it Is an industry in
itself with US men who have big tlocks,
and we depend on it for our livelihood.
We want a higher tariff AS 1t Is,
there are 200.000,000 pounds Of foreign
wool shipped IN this country now under
the present WOO! tariff, and the pro-
duction or this entire country only
to a00,00000O pounds. If the
foreign sheepnen, can compete with US
to such an enormous extent now, what
will they do if the tariff is lowered?"
MEETINGS. BEING HELD.
President j. E. Cosgriff Of the Com
mercial National bank explained the
national wool storahousc scheme, and
said:
Idaho pledged 100000 pounds of wool
in the meeting in Boise a few days ago,
and that was only 100000 pounds less
than the amount that was allotted to
the state by the company The Sheep
men subscribed their money for stock
in the company very freely. Another
Is to be held in Rexburg, Ida,
next Saturday to interest the sheepnen
in that section of the state. and / have
received assurances that l,0Q0,Go0
bounds OF wool win be pledged there
Tho Idaho sheepinen all see in the
establishment of a great central mar
ket in Chicago their relief from the grip
OF the commission men who have
wrenched their profits from them for
the past years. Wyoming has not yet
been invaded by representatives of this
project. but as my home and sheep are
there, / know that the same wave of
will sweep through the
Cheyenne@is the geographic
zeal center of the wool raising industry
of the United states and they are all
in favor of this project as the most
effective method of getting rid of the
commission men. There was to have
been a meeting in Sheridan. Wyo., to-
morrow. but it has been postponed I'M
til Saturday. Other meetings viii be
held III Laramie next Monday. Raw
lins on Tuesday and Rock Springs on
Wednesday,. Meetings will also be held
IN Helena and Billings, Mont, to give
the sheepnen there the opportunity to
Join the movement. Not a single Sheep
man In Idaho opposed the project We
expect to haNe5thei wherehouse building
erected eflrly n.aSt year. and then tho
2l,OO0,OO0 pounds of western wool will
commence. 10 come ill., / am a. sheep
man and have studied into this propo-
sition, and am confident that 1t will be 4
q great thing Cor the western wool
growers in the future.
= 49,
MONEY FOR STATE CAPITOL.