The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
W00LGROWERS' SECRETARY
TALKS ABOUT INDUSTRY
Mcclure Declares Producer
Does Not Reap Benefit of
Protective Tariff.
BY RALPH M. WHTEsIDE.

! congress. Not the least notable reform
| inaugurated was in connection with the
Congressional Record Heretofore that
| able and enterprising publication has
led off with speeches never delivered
In congress under the time" honored
"Ieave to print custom But now this
is to be changed. The actual proceed
lngs of congress hereafter are to be
given the best portion In the paper and
the ''leave to print speeches are to
go in the back of the book where no.
body need look at them if they don t
want to.
Naturally the senate proceedings are
to take precedence and will start with
the front page. 1t is now within the
limits of hope that in time further
reform will be inaugurated and the
Record will actually be a verbatim re-
port of what happens in congress.
1t would seem that the government
does enough for a statesman when it
pays the postage on his campaign docu-
ments without doing his printing as
we'll. If the fleave to print part
should be cut off it would save many
thousands Of dollars in the expense of
the government printing office for
which the public gets no returns what
ever,
Government Trains Aviators.
wrote recently of the work which is
being done by Uncle Sam Is air men and
ventured the opinion that when the
time came for the test of aerial war
fare the United States would not be
found lacking. Added proof of the
soundness of my proposition IS found
in the announcement that the young
aviators at the government school are
IL ,,lA IL y-
They are looking for q satisfactory
searchlight that will enable them to
guide their machines over the country
surrounding the aviation field without
danger, Moonlight flights have for
some time been discussed by the young
officers who comprise the first genera
tion of army birdmen, and the expert
ence to be had from expeditions after
imaginary enemies will. it is thought
portant part of the night flights is the
selection of searchlight and fuel that
will be reliable, compact and easily
operated.
SO far the search for light has been
confined to acetylene gas, which can
be carried in small tanks, but there has
been talk of the invention Of special
fuel for the work that will enable the
aviators to make flights of almost in
definite length.
When the night flights are started
it is planned to keep bright bonfires at
each corner of the aviation field, for
even in the daytime it is difficult to Sc
lect q smooth place to land In this
way, it is argued, there would be no
chance for an aviator, confused by the
darkness surrounding him, to lose his
bearings and be forced to descend
either in ignorance Of the ground or to
ro,noip in Fliobf Till down A oaoroh
light attached to an aeroplane could
be operated by the aviator or by pas
senger.
Is Washington a city overcrowded
with professional men7 There are 1900
registered physicians in his city. ac-
cording to the report of DIR. Henry s.
Pritchett of the Carnegie foundation;
there are more than 500 lawyers, in
cludiug government claim agents, pat
ent attorneys and others; $50 members
of the Architectural club. of whom less
than 80 per cent are established prac-
titioners of their profession.
Most Of the professional men uphold
the view that the young professional
man should not stay here. A few, how.
ever, say their field is not overcrowd-
ed for the right sort of man. but say
the ordinary physician or lawyer ba
not as good chance to earn good in.
come here as elsewhere
The Woolgrowers' Side.
The secretary of the National Wool
growers association, S. w. Mcclure, of
Gooding, Ida, says with reference to
the tariff on wool:
'fTbe last census shows that there
are more than 50,000,o00 sheep in the
United States, owned by more than
100000 persons, These sheep are es
timated to be worth s250,00O,00O, and
the lands upon which they Craze in pri
vate ownership are worth $300,o00,000
more. Surely an industry representing
an investment of $3.50, 100000 is a mat
ter entitled TO recognition at the hands
of congress
"Last year our sheep produced 32s,-
100000 pounds Of wool. worth $780, 900,
600. and 75O,000.00o pounds of dressed
mutton. worth $75,0o0.000. These two
items alone show a production from the
sheep industry Of sl35,oo0,ooO for the
year 1910,
"The history OF the sheep industry
of the United States clearly indicates
that il cannot be successfully main
tanned without the protection OF tariff
on wool
off we accept fourteen ounces as the
average weight OF a yard. then an all
wool suit of clothes would weigh just
three pounds. II requires ten pounds !
of average American wool TO make J
three pounds of cloth of this weight.
Therefore the average suit of clothes
contains about ten pounds Of unwashed |
wool Our western woolgrower has sold
this years clip Of wool at an average
of not more than 16 cents pound, and
probably not more than ID cents
pound Accepting 16 cents as the aver
age price Of this wool. VIC find that tho
American woolgrower is receiving tho
magnificent sum Of $l.60 for furnishing |
all the wool that goes to make an all |
wool suit of clothes Of average Amer !
ican weight
"Your storokeeper charges from $40 |
to $40 for the suit and your tailor will |
charge you from $50 to $50 for it. !
With the present price of wool there
is not suit worn in Washington today. !
regardless of what it cost. that the