The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-08
Representative in Congress
Makes a Hit With the
Delegates.
HAS TRUNKFUL OF WOOL
TO USE In DISCUSSION
At Conclusion of Address. Ris-
ing Vote of Thanks Is
rendered.
CBy a Staff Correspondent.) }

ONDEN, Jan, The woolgrowcrS
wanted somebody to talk tariff to
them, and they got him, He is Ralph
D. Cole of Ohio, representative in con.
gress. He is full of tariff and he has
a trunkful of wool in various stages
of refinement of various grades. This
trunkful of wool he used with telling
effect in illustrating his points and
mailing them TO the cross. He talks
like two houses afirc and said moro
words in an hour than anyone could
read in a day. He is a forcefu speaker
There is not any question about that.
He had his audience whore the wool
is short from the jump of and he kept
1t there He gave the woolgrowers
good, old-fashioned tariff talk that did
their hearts good. They showed their
appreciation Of him by extending him
rising vote of thanks and putting
in three rousng cheers for good meas
ure. Extracts from Mr.. Cole s tariff
talk follow:
First Visit to Ogden.
Mr.. Chairman--This is my first visit
TO the city OF ogden, and l would love
TO live among the. mountains. I have
lived all my life In a level land, and
while while the bou1diess plains are alluring
solemn grandeur about these western
mountains that is inexplicable. imposing
and impressive,
l come from the greatest wool -produc-
Ing section OF Ohio ! was born and
reared on farm. and had been engaged
with my father and many brothers In
twcnty-three years OF age. In my fathers
house arc many children. ] am the thir
teenth member Of a family OF seventeen
children. applause and cheers. Cry of
Look at Utah!D That has Utah beat
block / remember when twelve OF us
went to school all at the same time. Why.
the sunrise Of the twentieth century and
begins TO preach anti-race suicide! My
father was practicins that doctrine fifty
years before Roosevelt was born CAP
plause.)
Bur would like to live in the west,
| attended the State Woolgrowers as
sociatlon at Cheyenne. and since that
time / have been mingling with the men
who raise the sheep and produce the wool
In this western country, and ] could not
resist the temptation TO compare the con-
ditlons which prevail In my own country
in sheep raising and in this western land.
Out in Ohio each farmer has flock OF
from fifty to one hundred: seldom has
farmer living on farm OF eighty 10 ono
hundred and sixty acres more than one
hundred sheep, In my district don't sup
pose there is single flock OF more than
1000 sheep, and that is in the southern
and hilly section of the district When
we get through tending our sheep In Ohio
in the evening~tide we go TO our home;
II Is warm and comfortable: mother is
there with the knitting; father is there
with his paper; the children arc gathered
about that great democracy of America
the flreside-all is peace and comfort and
happiness.
Hardships of West.
Not so with the man who raises the
sheep in the western wilds. He is out
on the hillside or on the plains, beneath
the beamng sun OF the summer. or re-
sisting the wintry tides OF the present
time Yesterday morning II was my pleas
ure to engage In conversation with man
who had been born near the battlefield
OF Gettysburg, Where the combined ener-
gies OF two great sections of this nation
met In mortal combat. He was a veteran
OF that mighty conflict and fought on
many battle plains and carries with him
today three wounds received in the de-
fense of his flag. He tells me that great
almost as the danger of warfare, as try
ing as were those times of civil strife, is
flocks in the weather through which we
have just been passing. | am told that
many men in the sheep business are not
in attendance here today, Why? Be
cause 1t is incumbent upon them to guard
their focks and while we are here In
comfort and clothed In warmth, the men
who make II possible for us to be clothed
In these garments OF beauty and OF use
fulness-they are out enduring the hard
ships of the winter, All hall | say. to
the man that guards his flocks In this
winter time, He is a hero. And say
that my admiration for that man is un-
bounded,
Assistance Rendered.
II became my duty, representing
wool growing section, 10 take an active
interest in this fight. l want to say here
that we received able assistance from the
officers of the National Woolgrowers As
sociatlon OF America. The first two men
| met In this fight when reached WASH
ington were there with the fire OF con-
fIict in their hearts and the scent and
CLEAN OF victory In their eyes. and they
never gave up the contest until IL was
won / refer to these two stalwart gen.
tjemen upon the stage-President Good
ing OF the National association. and Mr..
Walker And you realize there has been
TIttle change In schedule tx" from the
Dingley rates-most OF them have been
retained.