The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-05
CLOTHING NO CHEAPER.

The American Sheep Breeder is
those who are attempting to ruin the
wool growers of the United States. It
was a Democratic Statesman" who
once said that he would go out OF his
way TO kick a sheep. and the rank
and file OF the party have always
acted upon that principle. Fairness
or Intelligence is not expected from
the Democrats in tariff matters.
But the Insurgents and pro
gressives'' have been brought up in a
different school Of political economy,
and the Sheep Breeder pays its re-
spects to these misguided men, as
we'll as the National Association of
Clothing Manufacturers in the fol-
lowing spirited article:
That Washington crowd of sheep
haters, headed by La Toilette.
Cummins. DOlliver, BristOw. Bey-
eridge, ct al, commonly known
as Insurgents" or Progress
siYes," have certainly no claim
for support from the flockmas-
tiers of this country. Their con-
wool and wOOlens) in the Sem
ate, in public speeches, in maya
zines. in the daily press, etc,
have cost the wool and wooden
industries OF this country a cool
10000. 900 already this season,
aad the loss is just about equally
divided between wool grower and
the manufacturer.
Now comes the National Association
OF Clothing Manufacturers, who
at their recent meeting set up the
howl. The duties on wool and
compensatory duty on cloth must
be lowered in response to the
popular demand OF the American
people" Now, will these cloth
ing manufacturers please tell US
what difference il will make to
them whether the tariff on wool
is reduced or not? These people
tried TO buncO the public last
year when the tariff bill was
| passed.
They are trying the same game this
| year. They know full well the
duty on wool never made one
! cents worth of difference in the
! price OF clothing. II wool came
in free, the people in this eOun-
/ try would pay just as much for
clothing as they do now. VIII
these gentlemen kindly advise
/ the public If the price of cloth
ing has been reduced since the
first OF January? Have they sold
their goods nickel cheaper since
the price of wool slumped or
cents a pound? Not much.
/ The one unfortunate feature about all
this wool tariff talk is that the
| consuming public may believe
] statements made by clothing
manufacturers and politicians
! when they tell them Ga false
hOod) that clothing T. high be-
cause of the tariff on wool.
While the tariff bin was under dis
eussion a little over a year ago the
clothing men raised the price of their
goods. although the rates of the
Dingley and Payne bills are identical.
Since the passage OF the Payne bill
the wool market has been persistently
hammered and the Sheep Breeder
does well to call attention to the fact
that while five or six cents a pound
has been knocked off the price of
wool clothing remains at the same
high figures.
II wool were TO be placed on the
free list tomorrow the result would
be the same so far as the clothing
manufacturers are concerned. The
wool grower would be ruined, it is
true. but the price of clothing to the
consumer would be no cheaper
The people of Utah cannot be
buncoed into contributing votes fol
the purpose of tearing down one OF
the greatest industries of the state.