The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-03
And All Because of His Vot-
ing TO Kill Sheep and Wool
Industry in District.
MILL WORKERS, TOO
And Also the Mill Operators
Part Company with Him
in Like Manner.

We take for our text these classic
and prophetic words, set in bril-
liant framing by the intellectual
giant" Mr.. Congressman Davis, in
the presence of an audience at the
Carroll Club in Wheeling:
Il have no doubt that in order to
defend the action of President Taft
in vetoing these bills, we will be in
troduced to some very old friends.
AS to the wool bill. for instance, the
dwindlIng tocks of West Virginia
sheep will be called on once more to
bleat applause at the action of the
president"
President and penetrating, not to
mention prophetic, Mr.. Davis. Al
ready the sheep upon thousand
hills and in as many fertile valleys,
have become aroused and interested
in the economics of the campaign.
The tariff is ever topic to engage
their concentrated interest. They
are protectionists every last one OF
them, and they remember the Will
son panic of 1893 with a clearness
that speaks well for their mental
vigor as well as their historical
knowledge. The old rams have told
IT to the lambs and it is a much
moutned tradition of the tribe. In
BolPeep land where sheep Craze ana
grow fat, 1t is taught that there are
no enemies in the underworld OF
sheep except Democrats and dogs.
The "dwindling focks" are being
heard from. They are speaking
through the sheep herders. the
sturdy farmers that raise them, the
men who find wool-growing under
Republican prosperity times quite
profitable. They approve the Taft
vetoes; do the "dwindling fiocks" as
Mr.. Davis surmises they wouf4. and
they disapprove very much his vote
against them. In fact, their disap-
prevail has become SO pronounced,
angry and uproarious that Mr.. Davis
is frightened, and sees dwindling
chances of getting back into Con-
gress as a result of his tariff votes.
Fortunately, for the sheep, they
have not dwindled either in number
or value because of Mr.. Davis's vote
in opposition to their welfare. For
you see, Mr.. Davis's vote did not
count against them, as he would
have had it, either before President
Taft's veto or after it. so, bad luck
for Mr.. Davis and good luck for the
sheep. There are good many of
them left in the First district and
they certainly are making lot of
noise and kicking up the dust at the
present time.
Permit us to introduce Mr.. Davis
to some old friends" There were
9iO,3GO sheep in West Virginia last
year. and their value was S3,4OO,-
901. In Mr. Davis's district, the
First, there were 177,OO4 OF these
"old friends" and they were worth
$674.43S. They were scattered
about the district prettily evenly in
each one of the eight counties.
Brooke had 15,152 of them valued
at $52,753; Hancock $3.50 of them
valued at s25,252; Harrison 24,597
worth $S5,5S6; Lewis $3.50 of the
value of $l42.SG2; Marion 1881
worth S42.53S; Marshall 47,25O
sheep worth s19O,251; Ohio 1886
valued at $7O.56S; and Wetzel IL
229, worth $64,623.
So the Importance and value OF
this particular industry, while not
as valuable and important as the
tin mills, the great potterles, the
glass factories. and the iron and
steel mills against which Mr. Davis
cast his tariff votes, are yet quite a
factor in the business OF the First
district 1t is second to none. it is
rational to assume. in the minds OF
the men on the farms who are en-
gagged in it. These men have been
protected by the Republican party's
great policy which makes it possible
for them to receive from twenty-five
to thirty cents per pound for their
wool as against fourteen cents per
. pound under the Wilson bill. and
} sheep about half the price they are
now. Naturally, these men watch
this industry very closely, and they
are everlastingly opposed to having
; representative in Congress who
votes dead against their own per
: sonal interest every time he gets a
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