The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-21
THE CARDED WOOL MEN.

ing, lhat they charged Smoot with
dlscourtosy to them, and that one of
them said Smoot inquired OF him why
he didn 4 go into worstcd, and said that
lie was going to do so himself.
II appears that the cardcd wool men
have had the cold shoulder turned to
them by the New England manufac.
lurers, and that they are not getting
their due protection from our ultra
protccnonist majority in The Senate.
lhey give vent to their cause in a let
ter to the public, which is signed by
MI Arthur Whcelock, is printed in the
Springfield Republican, and which reads
AS follows;
II is three months since Mr.. Taft be-
came president OF the United states. and
-, ~ d Ic" weeks he will probably be
oaIcd upon To sign or veto a tarIfi bill
convened for that purpose He sought
% %.lnd obtained election as president on a
p'"STIin' '@Tbn containing this tarifr pledge:
nc true principle of protection is
bcst maintained by the imposing OF such
uulicS as VIII equal the difference be-
anS INC cost of production at home
pfont 10 American industries"
| assuming that present indlca tious will
pc verified, the bill TO DC presented soon
,ya iya i.i signature or veto will have sched
pIsCtCaIly IN the same form in which il
now appears in the Dingley law
hr, mat iorm % orisinated in 1861 and with
put n brlcf interruption has remained
the law Of the United States for i2 wears
Sihcc that time. That tariff schedule
agp,1Ncs the American people of a sup
ptS "l Wool TO protect them property
against cold and damp and the rapid
anu cAtrcmc fluctuations of temperature
IN our climate. 1t admits at low duty
inc inc wool needed for the expensive cloth
1t prohibits by high duties the wool and
M Moy-products needed for the low-priccd
clothing OF the poor
II forces the people of small means TO
wear clothing made of shoddy aud cot
ton, which lacks durability and which
docs not protect the body. i'm this way
reducing The vitality of millions and iu-
ErcaSIhS The raVagcs Of disease.
IL mas prompted tho growth of powerful
"orStcd yarn combines which have prof
tied lnordinately by low duties on raw
the products they sell.
1t has crushed the competitor OF the
worSled trust, the cardcd woolen indus
needed for cardcd wooden goods
II has laid an additional burden on the
Cardod WOODEN industry by imposing pro-
hibitory duties on wool byproducts, the
material for the cheap clothing FOR the
poor; while the worstcd trust has prohtcd
by these duties because IL has . large
quantity OF these by-products for sale
1T places on worStcd tops "A higher duty
than that on the finished cloth.
1t has been so clcverlY drafted that It's
[SFUrs Ia % arc confined to the spinning branch
gage in the weaving Of worstcd yarn and
buy their yarn from tho spinncrs find
those favors withdrawn.
lie Will soon have to decide whether
this schedule * shall by his signature of
the Payne bill have a new lease of life. |
or whether by veto congress shall be
called 10 do justice to the American pco-
pie The people who made him president
of the United States after he had spoken
these words: In 1897 tho DmElcy tariff
bin was passed under which we have
had. as already said period Of cnor-
rial development mas greatly changed the !
conditions under which many articles de-
scrbcd by the schedules of the tariff arc
now produced they Will soon know
whether hc. Will sign bill that continues !
in force a schedule framed, not In 1897, |
but in 1857, and which is robbIng the !
many for tho benefit OF the few. They
will soon know whether hc Will sign a |
bill that continues in force a schedule Is |
that has built up and is enriching the |
worsted spinning trust, not only by cN-
tops. yarn and hy-products IL has for |
sale but also by excessively low rates |
on the material--wool-it has TO buy: that |
also imposes n duty many times the |
value of the wool for the clothing Of the |
poor. and a duty less than quarter OF
the value on the wool for the clothing |
of the rich.
speaking these words, in the flush OF VIC |
tory at the polls: III we only keep the |
word of promise TO the ear and break IT
to the hope, We shall he made account |
able 10 the American people and suffer
such consequences as failure To keep |
faith has always been visited With. Bet
ter TO have no revision at all unless we
aud ihnrT,iNy
wise the tariff on the basis promised ny
our party" Whether he Will sign bill
In which tho tariff on wool and wool
goods violates every promise of the tariff
platform on which he was elected.
1t is only by his own act or failure to
act that he can make himself guilty ol
his signing or falling to veto Il tarin
bill in which schedule * has not been
thoroughly and honestly revised.
Prima facic, it is a good case. These
men nrc entitled 10 have the mantle OF
protection thrown over them quite rs
much as the other handlers of otnei
men S products Why is it NOT extend
ed to thcm'
The letter of Mr. Wheclock s IS an
one. 1t shows plainly that
the present tariff proposition IN the
Senate is against the producer and IN
favor of tho favored monopolIstlc man
1t has built mp the worstcd !
spinning trust and Smoot says that he |
is going into that trust; and by reason |
of the wording of the ancient schedule !
of over forty years ago IT rs robbIng
the many for the benefit of the Few.
The country is being educated in the !
tricks of the manufacturing favored |
classes as never before, and as never
before il is finding out that the trusts |
and combinations have had things their
own way by reason of obscure and
tricky clauses in the tariff bills, through |
which they are enabled TO rob the pro.
ducer Of what they call ''raw ma
terial' with one hand. aud the con
sumcr Of their "finishcd productS'
with the other.