The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-13
GREAT INTEREST
IN TARIFF ASSN.
Response of Nevadans to Call of J.
Sheehan, State Chairman, IL
100 Per Cent, With Pro-
ducers Fairly Insistent

Great enthusiasm has been mani
Tested by producing interests of this
state in the proposal to organize a
Western Tariff Association to be
formed and to function similarly to
the Southern Tariff Association,
with the avowed purpose in mind of
preventing the tariff from becoming
the football Of politics. Not only
that, but from it all it has been
learned that there is a positive de-
mand that the tariff on commodities
produced in this state be fixed on a
reasonable basis that industry may
be stabilized and put on a firm
foundation that will take it out of
the practical gambling class in which
it has been placed during recent
years by varying tariff schedules.
In other words, the growers of cat
tie, sheep and wool, as well as the
producers Of metals from Nevada
mines, want the tariff on such COM
modities fixed so that business men
may visualize to some extent the
amount Of profit which may be
counted upon for a period of at
least few months in the future.
And SO it is that probably every
other business and working man of
this commonwealth will want to see
similar result, if it is possible to
attain, for the reason that all busi-
ness and all working men are af-
fected by variations in the tariff and
would prefer a steady diet of rea-
sonable prosperity rather than
feast one year and a famine the
next.
All of this is gathered from a
sheaf of letters and kilograms re-
ceived during recent days by Sena-
tor J. Sheehan of this city, who
since his appointment as state chair
man of the Western Tariff Associa-
ton, has devoted his efforts dill
gently to the work mapped out for
him when Prayer Miller, sent to
this city for conference with the
senator from the Offices of the as
sociation, was here. Mr.. Miller il
also an executive officer of the
Southern Tariff Association and in
consequence has the subject well in
hand, and his visit to this city was
Tor one purpose of imparting to
Senator Sheehan some of the re-
quirements thrust upon him along
with the honor of being named as
state chairman.
One of the first duties of the
chairman was to devise ways and
means OF raising Nevada's quota of
funds to defray expenses of the
first Western Tariff Congress to be
held in Denver during the month of
October, which purpose he has ac-
complished by the use of tele-
graphic communication with various
state industrial leaders and bankers.
Among other things Senator
Sheehan has named on the state ex-
ecutive committee of the association
George Wingfeld and w. H. Sim
mons, both of Reno, he of course
constituting the third member. One
other committee named to take an
active interest in the workings of
the organization within this state.
made up Of bankers whose first duty
1t is to raise necessary funds, is
made up as. follows: w. w. Chris
tian, Austin; Carol Henderson, Gold
held; II. c. Clapp, Carson; John
Henderson, Elko; F. M. Wightman,
Fallon; W. c. Pitt, Lovelock; Rich
ard kirman and w. A. Shockley.
Reno; F. o. Stickney, Yerington
II. F. Dangberg, Minden.
With this flying start the Western