La Junta tribune., 1911-08-12
WOOL INDUSTRY IN COLORADO.

true test of simon pure breed of
republicanism is blind and unfalter.
Ing advocacy of the principle Of pro-
lection of 'our infant industries. In
the minds of other people 1t is very
apparent that the business of pro-
tectins our infant industries has
been greatly overdone during the last
decade and some of our infants
have attained such huge proportions
that they not only browbeat but seek
to enthrall and engulf the very crea-
lures that so proudly boast of their
parentage. One of the infants has
been protected" for the last half
century. and has been receiving trib-
ute from every man. woman and
child In this broad land OF ours This
infant industry racket, so far as the
woolen industry is concerned, has
been worked long enough. and 1t is
about time that the fledgling was
putting on the habilaments of mans
estate II 1t ever expects to. Just
to what extent the people OF Colora.
do are Interested In the wooden in
dustry is very lucidly explained by
correspondent in recent issue of
the Colorado Springs Gazette. The
great family journal subscribes to and
endorses the deductions made and
hnltnAHA h.a - \ Nr.sI
at are practical and so convincing
that no good republican who believes
in the doctrine OF square deal and
the governmental policy that insures
the greatest good to the greatest
number will even attempt to refute
the arguments made. The CORE spon.
dent says;
Let us see how these wool and
wooden taxes affect the people OF Col
orado-how they touch our own pock.
cts. II he has the money, each of
those persons buys woOlen goods and
this helps to pay this tax. An expert
enced wool grower in Colorado has
told me that there are about 900
persons who are interested in grow
ing wool In the state His esti.
mate is probably high enough. We
have no wooden manufacturers. Con
sidering the interests OF our own peo-
people who are heavily taxed for the
benefit OF 1000. But the 900 per.
sons receive only small par, of
the taxes paid by the other 699 900.
"One OF our most successful mer-
chants has advised me that our poo.
pie spend for all kinds OF wooden
goods at least slj each per annum.
That makes an aggregate Of $40. 300
600 per annum for the 700 900 pco.
pie Of the state. The tariff tax
about doubles the cost of wooden
goods. so that We are paying i0.,oO..
900 for goods that would cost MS S..
250.0 II there was no tariff tax:
that is. We are paying $3.50. 900 In
tariff taxes on wooden goods.
Il believe II Is safe To say that
our wool growers do not receive more
than 100000 extra for their wool
because OF the tariff, and that thi
workmen who actually make the
goods do not receive more than $500
O0o In Increased wages b,Caus. of
the tariff. ! am writing only OF Col
orado wool growers aud OF woolen
goods used In Colorado. II We pay
s.. 10000 In tariff tax aud 100000
Of II goes To the wool growers and
$500 900 OF II goes in increased wages
10 the workmen who make the goods.
then the remaining 1850. 600 OF II
goes Into the pockets Of the eastern
wOolen manufacturer for the
goods. but for extra profits. We pay
the value of the goods In addition TO
these extra profits.
Now. II there any reason why
We should pay that sum. or any other
sum Of money. AS gratuiiy 10
those wool"n Manufacturers Tn"
only reason that know OF Is that
they want the money a statute
Of the United States allows them To
tax" 1t out Of our pockets and put
II In their own pockets II Is Who'll.
ly aud grossly unjust Such process,
might b. called statutory larceny. 1t
Is a statutory process whereby 81.
550.0o is taken In small sums from
the pockets of 7oo.o 900 Colorado pco.
pie aud pu, into the pockets of a
very few hundred eastern manufactur'
"rs. and without any return whai.t.
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