The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-23
CArsE nT nEPKEssION.

a decidedly unfavorable one for both
wool growers and wooden manufac-
turers. In addition 20 natural adj
verse conditions that affected the
sheep industry. there has been
senseless agitation for revision Of the
tariff. beginning. OF course, with
schedule X. wool and woolens.
The annual wool review issued by
the National Association Of Wool
Manufactures calls attention 20 the
uufavorable conditions now prevailing
and places emphasis upon the part
played by reckless politicians who
have created more or less OF furore
over revision OF the tariff Tho con-
.clusion reached follows:
The year 1910 was one Of distinct
prosperity I'm European mauufac-
turing and OF brisk wool and
wooden trade a1 over the world.
except fin the United States or I'm
those markets directly affected
hv the American situation.
The low prices I'm the domestic wool
market and the idle machinery
IN American mills simply re-
teresfs that the new AldriCh-
Payne tariff should be over
thrown almost as soon as it had
been enacted before there had
been any fair chance for am act
uHL honest test Of the law I'm
operation
There you have the whole matter I'm
a nutshell. s year OF unexampled
prosperity for the wooden manufsc-
turers OF England and corresponding
depression in the United States. the
rockmastcr and the manufacture
suffering alike. with the machinery
OF the New England mills idle there is
mo- demand for the raw material and
the wool is being stored I'm the ware
houses or has been sold at a sacrifice
iu competition with the cheap labor
product Of Australia.
Naturally enough. the situation is
regarded as exceedingly grave by the
wool growers OF the west. the pros
perity OF the intermountaiu region
depending iu large measure upon
the prices obtained for this staple
product
ON the heels or the losses sustained
by reason OF the severity or the winter
ON the range and the drouth OF last
summer. supplemented by the tariff
agitation. comes news that new and
| strange disease has broken out among
the nocls iu Nevada. which adds 90
. the seriousness Of the situation.
Truly the wool grower has almost
reached the climax OF calamity.
. IN the debate on the Cummius rcso-
luton. introduced for the purpose OF
/ opening the door To- tariff revision
schedule by schedule. Senator Hey
burn OF Idaho said.
rr YOU ever open the doors t1 The
consideration OF this question OF
single schedules. have you
Thought where it would land us-
Take. for instance. tine one that
tue papers are talking about--the
doned FOR being soncvrat geo
graphical fu presenting this
thought. the single state boz which
live produces nearly six times
as much wool as an OF the Ncw
Euefard states. We produce
several times more wool than
Sew England and the middle
states combined. That is raw
material The manufacture
want 10. They can take the duty
of of DO. There are three states
lying side by side ont there which
produced over 65.000.o00 pounds
or wool frfs year. and iz that
wool Io compete iu the markets
of foreign couutries or I'm our
own country with the wool of
foreign countries under "a fine
spun theory Of bare pittancc OF
profile
The theory Of aTccrtaiuiuE tho diff
ference OF cost in production at home
and abroad. with the allowance Of a
small margin OF profit for the home
grown product. might he all very wen
Too there was any certainty that the
real difference could be asccrtaiued
and the small margin OF profit made
sure. Under present conditions the
wool growers would probably be glad
TO break even and waive the question
of profits entirely.
Regarding the effect upon business
while the proposed tariff commission
.is securing tho necessary data upon
which to base recommendation. SEN
.stor Hepburn said.
The distinguished senator from Mas
raCnusCtts lMr LodEc1 has -uw-
Eesfrd. and 4 made o. note OF BE-.
that n results shall show that "a
tariff rate o. too low. DO ought to
Do raised. When the results
have shown it the merchant is
bankrupt Tho raising OF the
tariff might benefit his heirs. cE-
ccutors or assigns. Nc would not
benefit him. The harvest would
have been ended so Tar as De is
concerned. That g. not the rule
OF government. Government fe
not TO- deal with yesterday. but DO
must deal with today and tomor-
row. and tho tornorrows that fOl-
low. and no legislation can De
accounted wise which undertake.
to devote itself merely Co the COR
rrctious 81 The mistakes that
were made Yesterday. Let us
bear that iu miud-that after On,
mistake fs made Do ie too late. so
Ear a- the parties Interested ar,
concerned.
Here again the Idaho senator has
gone 90 the root of the matter. IF the
agitation is To- continue two or more
years. or perhaps indefinitely the bus
Iiness OF the country viii be paralyzed
. and r,rorrhnrf aud wool r-~orr-or ,rft-e