Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-05-09
Carrying Out Their Program

passed the house of representatives. 1t went
through with little excitement and without amend
ments It is part of the democratic program
already mapped out and therefore, caused little
excitement when the vote was announced.
There is still hope that absolutely free wool
will not become law. The senate may hold up
the wool schedule and return it to the house in
July. and as a compromise duty of Is per
cent may be agreed upon.
1t is claimed that the free wool talk has al
ready cost Utah 81, 900, 900, while other western
states have been struck equally as hard
We give some opinions on the wool question
which may be of interest at this time. 1t will be
interesting to watch the future and see if any of
the predictions, both pro and con, come true.
Congressman Ashbrook of Ohio says
1--WE demand that if raw wool is put on the
free list, manufacturers of wool also be put
there. There is no valid reason why the farmer
who raises the wool should be hit and the manu-
facturer who uses that wool be protected. If
the farmer is to be hit, manufacturers should like
wise suffer. To put wool on the free list without
treating manufacturers of wool the same way
would not cheaper the price of wooden clothing"
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.) Free
wool means the destruction of the focks of
American sheep" Thus. according to the
secretary of the Nationl Wool Growers Associa-
ton. will be destroyed "a $3.50 00O 600 indutry in
the Western states"
According to the last census we had in the
United States 500, 900 wool-growers. owning g.
900, 900 sheep worth 1892 0000 In addition
to the value of the sheep we have the value of the
lands and equipment needed to maintain them.
which amount to $3.50. 00O, 900. Therefore, the
aggregate investment in the sheep industry is
$3.50 600 000 This is more money than is in
vested in all forms of wool manufacturing in the
United States
Free wool is going to an initiate this indus
try as effectively as if Congress had passed
prohibitory law against the raising of sheep in
this country" exclaimed the Denver Repub-
lican, which adds that "in the matter of wool Col
orado is the firing line in the matter of beet
sugar. live stock. and ores" Under the present
tariff. says the Republican. woo-raisng in Colo
RADIO brings in $1,5OO.OOO year.
Advocates of free wool on the other hand
contend that it will not destroy the wool industry
in this country; but that if it does an industry
thatscan not stand on its own feet after all these
years of coddling and protection, lacks an econ
omic excuse for it's existence; and that if the
wool rasers loses out the general consumer will
be the gamer.
The Providence Journal, an independent
paper, thus sums up the case
OWlng 10 the great increase In the Value OF
wool abroad. amounting to from so per cent to 80
per centssin the last ten years, and to the fact
that values for domestic wool have not increased
in like proportion, several grades of domestic
woods are even now within 10 per cent of an
export basis. Certainly no great decline can be
expected on.those grades comprizing more than
one-half of the United States clip. and this APP
plies to the sheep that are raised primarily for
the wool and not for the meat, that is, the So
called territory woods from Oregon, Montana and
Nevada.
ut should be remembered. too. that the de-
creasing number of sheep in this country has
resulted in large advance in the price of NUT
ton and lamb to point where in many locations
the value of the fleece is secondary considera-
ton. These same tendencies of decreasing focks
and advancing prcies for wool are true the world
over. and it is reasonable to expect still further
advacnes.
"a careful study of the facts will lead to the
CONCLUSION that except for temporary dearrang-
ment of prices brought on by the fears of timid
holders. no great drop in the price of domestic
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