Show UTAH TO FIGHT FOR RIGHTS tJ from Tn o On One to prevent rC recommending lower un Immediately mcd lately Secretary St Stewart took the tha matter up with Congressman Howell I who at once sent a telegram to tim the committee asking the thc members mom meat here her to 10 h hear iI representatives of th the tho Utah Slate State It has been r reported to mo me that tariff r reduction will wilh III put man many Western out of ot entirely and greatly injure hundreds of ot otHers declared Secretary Stewart t The I Ea Eastern congressmen and Eastern I sheep raisers mb do 10 not itol understand the conditions under tinder which the tho Western Vestern sheep Shed raisers ar are arc laboring They do donot donot donot not realize how profits h have wc been impaired Jm Jm- paired durin during the last lat live five years The pastern sh sheep ep raiser owns his own grazing ground and his cost of production production pro pro- i has not been Increased On tho the other oilier hand band the creation of oC the tho forest reserves has cau caused ed the I cost of production of or wool In th tho th West cst to leap Imp sl skyward n I believe If it we t can Cl the thc Eastern lawmakers I to 10 understand that they will not lower tho the tariff schedules We reo must o havo the support of oC all growers however however how how- ever to mako the right ht Impression and we are arc endeavoring to got get It I 1 will call a meeting of oC the Utah State at nt once and within with with- in a a. week we will have selected a a. representative to appear before th wa ways s 's and means means committee Other associations have been instructed instructed- tl to todo do 10 likewise and will lose no time In Getting g their members together ami ncI selecting representatives to appear In II their behalf I. I I The Time Tariff on omi Wool ool When the tariff on wool was fixed about five years ago ugo the Western Vestern sheep raisers especially those In Utah Wyoming Nevada an and Arizona were to graze their sheep without co cost coston t ton on government ground Then the forc forest for for- c est cst l reserve was created anti and the wool- wool grower brower was forced to pa pay from C G to toto 10 to cents a a. head to for 1 summer grazing Cor for their sh sheep ep in the forest reserves Many lan were forced to either purchase t. t r TA S for o amid andt apr ni 15 l profits t to be he severely Cut cut ut as it the cost of ot the running of sheep anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where from 25 26 to 60 tiO O per cent The Tho l land grants given l tO the tho Union Pacific railroad company through some omo of the sheep raising c country Jn in inthe tho the West Vest prevented man many wool growers grow grow- ers from grazing their flocks free frer Now man many of them item have to pay the railroad company for tho the use of the land Many ran of the tho small sheep misers raisers rais mis- ers have c no ranges os of their own 11 and have to depend upon rented one Their profits have been Leen lc lessened more marc than tho profits profits' Lc of or those who own their ranges If Ie the tho tariff on wool Is lowered and foreign wool growers nr are permitted to ship great great- quantities of their product into tho the United States the thc price of wool will drop to a a. figure that will trill cut Western Vestern growers grower profits to almost nothing and the thc hie renter rent rent- er will be practically forced out ot of business it Is declared declare Fight Curtis Laud Land Hill Bill Th Tho sheep raisers of the V West st ar are I I also lighting fighting the passage of the Curtis land leasing bill now len pending in congre con coil gre gross gress s. s There are arc a few fe spots slots throughout through through- h I out the Vc West Vest t where a limited number of sheep ma may bo grazed part of oC the year al' al without charge Tho The bill 1111 will witt sweep that u advantage antage away and mun many sheep lai raisers would lose much In iii profits as a result Because B of the Hie foreign competition tho question of ur tho ho cost of or production has haB become mc a a. I most Important one Olle with Western growers who d declare chue that they ar arIn are arc arcin in such mch a position that they the will willbe willbe willbe be unable to bear an any additional hard hal ships They fear feal a a. lower tariff most or of all all however and amId mean to leave no flO stone un unturned turned to prevent such a n move being made by our national lawmakers |