The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-13


Men work along in harmony for g
number of years. and then some of
them want to enrich themselves at
the expense of the others. This is the
true explanation of the attitude Ct
Messrs. Cummins, Dolliver and Bev-
eridge. The farmers of Iowa and In
diana, many of them, at least. believe
that the rest of the country should be
tributary to them
They would sacrifice the interests
of the whole United States in order
to derive an advantage for them
selves. Their present purpose is to
strike down the wool and lead indus
tries of Utah, the lumber industry Of
the northwest, the steel industry of
the east and all industries outside thu
state boundaries Of Iowa and Indiana.
The states Of Iowa and Indiana are
exceedingly prosperous at the present
time, and it would be well for the
farmers to call to mind the story of
the dog crossing a stream on a foot
log with piece OF meat in his mouth.
He saw the shadow of the meat in the
water below, made a grab for 1t, and
lost his dinner. How many men lose
the substance by trying TO grasp the
shadow
Yet that is precisely what the farm
ers Of Iowa and Indiana are trying to
do. They vainly imagine that by
stopping the wheels of industry. clos
ing down the mines and driving the
livestock to the slaughter pens, they
would be benefited.
With hundreds Of thousands Of men
out of work, It Is undoubtedly true
that prices would be cheap for while,
not alone the prices of manufactured
articles, but also the products Of the
Iowa and Indiana farmers They
work necessarily would be without
money to buy. and the last condition
of the farmers. would be worse than
the first.
Dolliver, Cummins and Beveridge
know all this. but they prefer to trim
their sails to catch the wind N their
home states instead of boldly standing
up for what they know to be honest
and right. The farmers are foolish,
but their leaders are hypocrites.
The present tariff rates are as low
as the country can stand. If the Dem
ocrats and Messrs. Dolliver, Cummins
and Beveridge have their way, and
more tinkering is attempted in the
near future, the conditions predicted
by Moreton Frewen will arrive in
short order.
You are" said the British political
economist. contemplating an extraor-
binary proceeding when you talk OF
lowering your tariff wall. Can't you
see in your trade statistics what is
happening? You are taking more i'm
ports than you can pay for with your
exports to say nothing of at least
$500. 100000 a year Of drain which
does not appear in your statistics. I
mean the drain Of money to pay ocean
freishts, to pay interest and dividends
on foreign investments in the United
States, to make good the money whicl.
American heiresses take abroad when
they marry titled foreigners, which
American tourists spend abroad, and
which is sent abroad in postal orders
by wage earners to their relatives in
other countries. All this foots up into
hundreds OF millions every year."
But the Iowa aud Indiana farmers,
led by their three insurgent senator's,
are trying to lower the tariff wall in
the hope of deriving an imaginary adj
vantage for themselves, the old story
Of losing the substance by grasping at
the shadow
Where would Utah be with free
wool and free lead. for that would be
the inevitable result If DoIliver. Cum
minis and Beyeridge had their way?
The Republican party of Utah stands
squareiy with President Taft on the
proposition that the Payne-Aldrich
bill is the best tariff bill ever passed. :"