The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-02
And All Because of His Vot-
ing 10 Xiii Sheep and Wool
Industry IN District
MILL WORKERS, TO q
And Also the MIL Operators
Part Company with Him
IN Like Manner
3 WORKERS. TQ q

II. We lake bOF. our Text -guesS S4sbse<e4S
and prophetic words. set in a bril-
liant Framing by the intellectual
giant ar 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 vetofne these bills. we viii be In
PRODUCED to some very old friends.
As to the wool bin, for instance. the.
dWindling locks Of West Virginia
sheep viii 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 a thousand
hills and IN as many fertile valleys,
have become aroused and interested
in the economics Of the campaign.
The tarin is ever topic to engage
their concentrated interest. They
are proteetionists every last one OF
them, and they remember the Will,
son panic Of 1893 with a clearness
that speaks wei for their mental
vfgor as well as their historical
knowledge. The old rams have told
1t to the lambs and it is much
moutned tradition OF the tribe. in
Bo-Peep lana where sheep Craze ana
grow fat, it is taught that there are
no enemies il the wide-worid OF
sheen except Democrats ana dogs.
The .dwindling Jocks are being
heard from, They are speaking
through the sheep herders, the
sturdy farmers that raise them, the
men who 1in6 woo1-growing under,
Republican prosperity times quite
profitable They approve the Taft
vetoes, do the s'dwindHng hocks" as
Mr.. Davis surmises they wouE4, ana
they disapprove very much his vote,
against them. On fact, their disap-
proval has become so pronounced,
angry and uproarious that Mr.. Davis
is frfzhtened, 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 nor
count against them, as he would
have had it, either before President
Taft's veto or after it. 50, bad luck
for Mr.. Davis and good luck for the
sheep. There are good many OF
them left in trE First district ana
they certainly are making lot OF
noise and kicking up the dust at the
present time.
permit us to introduce Mr.. Davis
tn some old friends" There were
s1O.S6O sheep in West Virginia last
wear. and their value was $500
eO1. In Mr.. Davis's district, thei
First, there were 17I0O4 of these
..old friends" and they were worth
s674, ABB. They were scattered
about the district prettily evenly in
each one OF the eight counties
brooke had 1852 of them valued
at $50, 1873. Hancock $3.50 OF them
valued at S25. 252; Harrison 1857
worth SS5,5s6; Lewis $3.50 OF the
value OF SLAP, se2; Marion 1892
worth s42.53S; Marshall 47,25oI
sheep worth s19O.251; Ohio 1885
valued at $7O,56S; and Wetzel ~
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 pOtteries, the
glass factories, and the iron and
steel mills against which Mr.. Davis
cast his tarin 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 or
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
a representative in Congress who
votes dead against their own per-
sonal interest every time he gets a
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