The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-08
That has Utah beat a block. remcm-

That has Utah beat block remem-
Der when twelve OF us went to school
all at the same time. Wny. Theodore
Roosevelt comes along here in the
sunrise OF the twentieth century and
begins to preach anti-race suicide. My
father was practcing that doctrine
fifty wears before Roosevelt was born.
lApplause)
But would like to live in the west
j attended tho State Wool Growers
association at Cheyenne, and since
that time | have been minGlinG with
the men who raise the sheep and pro.
duce the wool In this western country,
and | could not resist the temptation
10 compare the conditions which pre-
vail in my own country in sheep.rais-
ing and in this western land Out in
Ohio each farmer has flock of from
30 to 100: seldom that a farmer liv-
ing on farm of so to 100 acres has
more than 100 sheep. In my district
! don't suppose there is a single flock
of more than one thousand sheep, and
that is In the southern and hilly sec
ton Of the district. When we get
through tending or sheep in Ohio in
the evening-tide, VIC go to our home,
1T is warm and comfortable, mother
is there with the knitting; father is
there with his paper, the children are
gathered about that great democracy
Of AmeTlca-the fircside: all is peace
and comfort and happiness. Not so
with the man who raises the shcep In
the western wilds. He is out on the
hillside or on the plains, beneath the
beaminS sun of the summer. resisting
the wintry tides of the present time
Yesterday morning it was my ploas-
ure TO fall in conversation with man
who had been born near the battle
field OF Gettysburg, where the COM
bined energies of two great sections
of this nation met In mortal combat.
He was a veteran of that mighty col
fict and fought on many battle plains,
and carries with him today three
wounds received in the defense of his
flag, He tells me that great almost
as the danger OF warfare, as trying
as were those times OF civil strife. is
the lilc OF the men who must guard
his flocks in the weather through
which we have just been passing,
(Applause.) | am told that many men
in the sheep business are not In ut
IL Is incumbent upon them TO guard
their flocks, and while we are here
In comfort and clothed in warmth the
men who make it possible for us to
be clothed In these garments OF beau
" and OF usefulnesS-theya are out en-
during the hardships OF the winter.
AL hail. say. to the man that guards
his flocks in this winter time! CAP
plause) He is a hero. (ApPlnuse)
And | say that my admiration for that
man is unbouDded
II am going TO discuss for a short
time today one OF the great fights that
the woolmen of this nation has had
in congress. 1t became my duty. rep
reSentins a wool-growlng section. to
take an active interest in this fight
/ want TO say here that we received
able assistance from the officers of
} the National Wool Growers Assocla-
tion of America. The first two men
/ met in this fight when I reached
Washington were there with the fire
OF conflict in their hearts and the
scent and CLEAN OF victory In their
eyes. and they never gave up the con-
test until IL was won ! refer TO these
two stalwart gentlemen upon the
stage-President Gooding oil the Ma.
tional Association and Mr.. Walker
(Applause) And you realize there
has been little change In Schedule
e. from the Dingley rates-most OF
them have been retained From 1867
To 1889 the increase In wool produc-
tion was 80 per ccnt-from 16S. .00O,-
900 TO 30S.000.000 Then, In 1888, they
said the woolmen of the United States
were getting too rich, that We would
have TO have a reduction on wool, so
congress met In 1883 and they did re.
ducc the tarift on Mool-they cut this
down to ten cents, That wasn't the
worst feature OF 1888 There was A
loophole in the law tnat allowed this
commodity right here-this is known
as slubbing waste'-worth more than
secured wool. but uDder the law OF
10 1883 not only that came In as waste
but this came in as waSte-worth
three times as much as secured wool.
and II came in under the Law OF 1855