The New York herald., 1922-07-31

The wool duties In the McCumber
tariff have been made and are being
driven through the legislative mill
by United States Senators who are IN
the private business of raising sheep
and growing wool. The States OF
these sheep raising, wool growing
Senator's have enormous ranch hold
ings and grazing lands OF the pri-
yately interested Senators but rela-
lively a very sparse population Of
citizens and voters.
In other words. the sheep raising,
wool growing Senators of half a
dozen or so States, containing cou-
pie of million or so people are slap
ping insufferable wool duties on the
consumers of all the other States
representing a population of more
than 1O0,OO0,0oo.
There is Senator SMoor, who was
in the wool business in Utah, and
Utah has a population Of less than
100000.
There is Senator WARREN in the
wool business in Wyoming, and Wyo-
ming has population Of about
100000.
There is Senator GoopINo in the
wool business In Idaho, and Idaho
has a population of some 100000.
There is Senator SrANFIELD In the
wool business in Oregon, and Oregon
has a population Of about 100000.
There. is Senator BuRsuM In the
wool business in New Mexico, and
New Mexico has population Of
about 100000.
There is Senator CAMERON in the
live stock business in Arizona, and
Arizona has a population OF about
100000.
There is Senator ODDrE in the live
stock business in Nevada, and Me-
vada has population Of about $4,000.
These sheep raising, wool growing
Senators represent in all their seven
States a population in round. num-
bers Of about two and half million.
The city of New York alone has
twice the population Of all th'se
States of the sheep raising, wool
growing Senators who are making
wool tariff bill to be paid by the
consumers and voters Of the whole
country.
The State of New York has more
than four times the population Of all
those States Of the sheep raising,
wool growing Senators. The State
Of Pennsylvania alone has three
times as many; Illinois two and a
half times as many; Ohio twice as
many.
Massachusetts, has a million and a
third more population than all those
States Of the sheep raising, wool
growing Senators. Michigan has a
million more. New Jersey has six
hundred thousand more. Indiana has
four hundred thousand more.
Look at the following table con-
trasting the wool growing States
with some Of the wool using States
end see what 1t means. See what
It means in the power of the few to
wool tax the many. But think what
it means in the power Of the many,
when the national election comes
around, to vote out the crazy tariff
Of the sheep raising, wool growing
Senators. Here it Is.
Wool grow Popu- Wool consum. Popu-
ing States. Iation. ing States. lation.
oregon %. 100000 New Y'k. 1o,5oo.ooo
Utah 10000 Penna.... s.75o.o0o
Idaho -. 100000 Illinois :. $500. 900
New Mex. .ss0.OOo Ohio 80. $500. 900
Arizona 100000 Mass. -. 1900. 900
wyoming 100000 New Jsey a.2oo. 900
Nevada 49, $4,000 Indiana :. 1000. 900
Only political madmen. regardless
OF their economic intellectuals, could
fail to ask themselves what the vastly
populous States, where the insuffer-
able wool tax will be paid, will want
to do at the ballot box to the extor-
tionate tariff OF the sheep raising