The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-08

years. what would it do TO us in a PC
rlod of twenty years? Your flocks de-
stroyed. what percentage OF the out
put OF the wool of the world have you
destroyed? One-eighth You destroy
one-eighth of the wool OF the world at
the present time. when the output OF
every other nation Is decreasing, and
the price Will be practically the same
as II is at the present time; with
much more limited supply, with an In
oreasing demand the price of wool In
the course of time would be just about
what IL is today. But what have YOU
done in the meantime? You have de-
stroyed the f1ocks OF the American
wool-grower and at the same time CIV
on to the American consumer no ben
eft
Then there was another PROPOSE
ton. | am not going 10 show you
now, because I haven't the time, how
the wool of the world is falling Off,
but YOU would be amazed at the sta
tistics from Europe The wool of En-
gland Is falling of q per cent and of
Germany 10 per cent from other ma
tions in Europe. anywhere from g TO
80 per cent So with the falling of
in the supply and the increased de-
mand you will see where the American
consumer would be placed
Then there was another PROPOSE
, ton. and that was that on the greater
shrinkage wool was placed a tariff of
about seven OF eight cents. and on
the wool of Ohio. or the less shrink
age wool. a tariff of eleven or twelve
! cents. Now you know how that would
operate Every pound OF wool that
was shipped into the United States
would come in under the seyen-cent
rate We have on the statute books
! two rates for wool of the third class.
one is four cents. one Is seven cents,
During the operation OF the Mckinley
law 95 per cent of that wool has come
In at the four cent rate. and the other
five per cent has come In at the seven
cent rate. So you have attempted TO
discriminate In that manner between
the different grades of wool produced
in the different sections of this coun-
! try, and you have every pound of wool
! practically shipped into the United
! States under the lower rate am not
| in favor OF these determinations,
| either for or against any section of
the United States. We are one people
here, we are one nation, one blood.
! and we must stand together or we
must fall together (Great applause
/ And never by my vote or my voice
! VIII I discriminate against one sec
! tlon of the country as in favor OF an
! other. (ApplluSe,) | como from Ohio
! We are between the East and the
| West We understand the East. we
! think We do: we sympathiZe with the
West: and so, Standing there as we
/ do. between the East and the West
! whatever little things | can command
In or out OF public position shall be
for one country, the whole country.
| Applause)
1T occurs to me as vital as the life
Of the wool industry In the United
! States Itself. and that is this; That
/ the production of wool In America
must be nationalized (Applause) 1t
must be nationaliZed for two different
! reasons. We have been falling OFF.
I Now. let me preface this by state
! ment. Not during the next one hun
! dTed years Will the American produc-
| ton OF wool oYertakc the increasing
: demands OF consumption; and any
| fact or any element OF fact that may
have been lodged with the wool grow
ers Of the West to that effect that we
eastern men may take up this profit
able industry, put you out OF business,
Is all foolshnesS. You can produce
wool here better and cheaper than we
can there, and if anybody would be
run out OF business We would get the
first passport TO the other shore.
(Laughter) I make this statement
in advance: that by no possible means
can American production OF wool
overtake and surpass tho demands OF
American consumption Now. why
should this great industry be nation
alized2 Why should We take it back
into the East, where 1t was. and in
the Sorth. and all sections of the
country? Simply because we do not
have the votes 10 protect IT, Take
the other sections-you have a great
many senators ont here. but You
haven't so MANY representatives. BY
the waA. let me pause here IN contain