The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-14
HAS CLAIM UPON
UTAH'S GRATITUDE

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The President has a claim on the
gratitude of this State for the manner
in which he has watched and protect
ed its interests. Had the President
not welded the veto ak last summer
the wool industry, one of the greatest
in Utah, would have been sacrificed,
and utterly ruined; the effect Of this
blow would have been felt by every
individual in the commonwealth, no
matter how clearly disassociated with
that industry he may consider his for
tunes to be. Every merchant in the
state, every bank, every employer OF
labor and consequently every laborer,
would have found his prosperity ma.
terially lessened.
The mining industry of Utah needs
a good protectionist in the White
House. The metals bill as passed by
the Democratic House SO reduced the
tariff on lead that 1t would have been
impossible for the Utah industry to
have competed In the market with
that mined in Mexico by cheap labor.
The menace to this great Utah bust
ness was SO deadly that leading Demo
Gratis were moved to protest to Wash
ington and the officers of the Salt
Lake Commercial club hastily dis
patched a telegram Of protest to the
Utah congressional delegation. Stand.
ing firmly upon his wellknown prin-
ciple with regard to tariff tinkering.
the President will not permit the lead
tariff to be reduced until the matter
has been investigated by a capable
commission and the exact facts as
certained. The mining interests IF
Utah ask no more than this; they de-
mand only the protection to which
the industry is entitled and no more
Concerning the inevitable effect up
on the sugar industry Of this state II
the free sugar bill which has passed
the House should become law, 1t
ought easily to be understood. We
have the word of those who are in
the forefront of that industry that
free sugar would absolutely destroy
the western, factories, and that the
millions of dollars that are paid here
in dividends, in wages to workers,
and to the farmers who grow sugar
H. d., h. e,,f,,
Both the metals and sugar bills have
been blocked in the Senate by regular
Republican senators; with them
stands the President, who declares
that these measures shall not become
laws unless 1t is demonstrated that
they will not damage any American
industry.
Utah and the other western states
need a good protectionist as resident
of the United States. The common.
wealths which produce raw materials,
which produce more largely than they
consume, and whose prosperity de,
ponds directly upon receiving good
prices in the market for what they
have to sell, cannot afford to play
politics. They must have a protective
tariff, and in order to insure its con.
tinuance they must support for Prcs,
ident the candidate who is aligned
squarely with the Republican party
and who has in the past shown his
understanding of the situation and
disposition to help. OF the tariff re.
cord Mr.. Taft in connection with those
products upon which Utah and the
other western commonwealth depend.
but little need be said. He has in
CURED some opposition in the eastern
states, whose citizens are cousurlcrs
rather than producers, because he has
favored the west Shall this great
empire west of the Mississippi refuse
10 dc as much for Mr.. Taft as he has
core for Il?
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