The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
WOOL SCHEDULE PUSHED.

WOOI SCHEDULE PUSHED.
Senator Aldrich is carrying things of
with high hand on the wool schcd-
ulcs. In fact, his work in this dircc.
tlon is practically complete. OF
course. Aldrich is acting chiefly in the
interests Of the wool manufacturers
Senator Warren. on the other hand.
while agreeing substantially with Scua-
tor Aldrich, is taking care of tho wool
schedules proper, and the combination
of the two interests has carried the
committee propositions through by n
substantial majority in every vote
Senator Cummins Of Iowa, being chal-
lenged by Mr.. Aldrich. expressed thc
sentiment that he felt certain that the
wool manufacturers. with the possible
exception of tho cardcd-wool manufac
turcrs, have received inordinatc profits
under the present schedules, and that
is the general opinion of the Republican
Senators who are called insurgents. but
who seem on this matter 10 have de
cidedly the better Of the argument.
pear 10 have made enormous profits in
the magnificent market open 10 them in
TINS country rs their MONOPOLY, and
| they take. from time 20 time occasion
TO squeeze the wool.raisers Just as they
dtd last year, so th3t a general move
ment was forced upon the ilockmasters
10 act in their own defense against
the woolcn manufacturers. i'm the way
of storing their wool in the East so as
10 bring the manufacturers TO terms
and concessions in prices.
1t is not true, as matter Of fact.
that tho reduction proposed by the
'msurgent' Republican Senators
would cripple the wooden manufacture
of this country. 1t would curtail.
somewhat, the iuordinate profits men
toned by Mr.. Cummins. and there is
no reason why those profits should not
be reduced 10 fair level 1t is 10 be
remembered in this connection that the
combination of traders is cifectual in
the handling of woolcn goods the same
as IN other articles of commerce and
trade; and there is a tremendous diff
ference between the manufacturers
prices for wooden articles of apparcl
and the prices charged TO the persons
who buy at retail that apparel for
their own wear.
The political phases of the matter
were touched upon on Friday, by Scua-
tors Cummins and La Toilette. Sena.
tor CummIns directly CHALLENGED the
party faith of Mr.. Aldrch in pursu-
ing the course he was doing claiming
he was leading the Republican party TO
destruction by his course in disregard
ing the pledges of the Republican Ma.
tlonal platform last year, and mnin-
tanning higher duties in place of lower
duties as the people expected from
those pledges. Senator La Toilette
challenged the right Of Mr. Aldrich to
lead the party, because his course had
destroyed the confidence Of a considcra.
bic number Of Republican Senators in /
his judgment and good faith. Both
OF these points are politically import |
ant, and Senator Aldrich should have
did. II is easy for 4 man with the |
brute force of Il substantial ma iority |
at his back, TO override party pledges !
and reasonable considerations. bearing |
down opposition by sheer weight of |
numbers; but this very overriding is !
liable, presently, TO deprive him of his
brute strength Of support. And
Judicious. careful leader does not defy |
tho reasonable views of his party asso-
cIates; he does not want 10, and cannot
do so with inpunty. IL he does defy
them, so much the worse for himself
and his party.
We could have hoped that the Sen.
ate mad come 10 vote on the income
TAX proposition on Friday, AS il had
promised TO do. We did not consider il !
at all certain that the Senate would
vote this proposition down. However.
the more the Aldrich vote is solidifed.
the oftener the vote in solid pbalanx
is arrayed in support OF Aldrich, the
more it is likely TO continue SO until
the end And now. we suppose that tho
vote Of Friday, postponing the vote
on the income tax proposition for
week, that is, until June 18th, is indica
tive Of the defeat of that proposition.