The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-08-07
HAPPY NEW JERSEY

HAPPY NEW JERSEY
Western commonwealth seriously
injured by the provisions Of the I'm
derwood bill may enjoy vicariously
surcease from pain by contemplating
the situation in New Jersey, the
home of President Wilson, the
real author of the measure. or all
the states in the Union, New Jersey
is best protected against foreign com
petition by this proposed law. Eighty
per cent of the aggregate total value
of commodities manufactured or 9th.
erwise produced in that state is pro-
tected. and only twenty per cent Of
its products is compelled to meet for
eign competition on the free trade
basis. From that high degree of pro.
lection, the proportion in the other
commonwealths varies largely down
to Arizona only 9 per cent or whose
aggregate value of product is pro-
ected, with ninety one percent on the
free list.
President Wilson Is the real and
actual author of the tariff bill. Speak
er Clark, Chairman Underwood and
other influential Democrats surrend.
cred their opinions in Difference to
his. This is not a matter of opinion
but of fact, as a comparison Of the
present Underwood bill with that OF
the tariff legislation passed by the
previous House will show. The con.
clusion to be drawn Is a severe re
Election upon Mr.. Wilson.
The state from which he halls, and
10 which he pays allegiance, is given
measure of protection that exceeds
all others in the Union. The author
OF the new freedom who glories in
his ability to remove the artificial"
basis upon which American prosper
ity is based, withholds his hand only
when his own friends and neighbors
are concerned. -.-
West Without Friends.
A careful analysis of Underwood
bill made by statisticians shows that
the great manufacturing states have
been shielded at the expense of the
commemorative that produce raw
Not only are their manu-
facturers protected, but they are fur.
Their assisted by the removal of pro |
lection from the raw material they |
must purchase and which they con |
vert into the finished product. Mass.
achusetts, one of the great manufac.
turing states will enjoy protection on
siNty-tive per cent of the aggregate
value OF its output leaving but thirty.
five per cent subject to the unshelter.
ed competition of foreign goods, New
YORK will have protection on seventy.
one per cent; Pennsylvania on fifty.
eight per cent; Illinois on fifty per
cent; Connecticut on eighty.seven
per cent; Indian fifty.four per cent
Mary and sixty-three PEI cent.
In this distribution of injuries 20
the west, and benefits to the east.
Utah fares better than many of the
other western states. Forty-five per
cent OF tne aggregate value of the
output Of Utah products will be pro.
tected W thout protection on ffty.hva |
per cent. Wyoming is only twenty
per cent, protected, Montana thirty
i've per cent; Idaho forty.
hree per cent; Colorado foTty-hye per
cent, Arizona nine per cent; Nevada
twelve per cent. A comparison with
these percentages with those Of the |
states will convince
the most preludlced or obuse
that the west is without friend in |
the high counsels of the adminlstra.
ton.
contrasting the great granary OF
the nation west OF the Mississippi
river, and the industrial section east
of that Father of Waters, one finds
that an average of ffty.four per cent
or the total value Of the output Of the
eastern section is protected by the
Underwood measure, while only thIr.
ty nine per cent of the total produc.
ton west OF the Mississippi is protect.
ca from foreign competition. OF west
products a automatically exact ay.
erhge CT sixty one per cent Of its tot.