Show A it STRONG mm asi s I 1 t the central utah wool company protest against free wool clear and concise statement about this great industry congressman bur our row rows informed on the status of wool growing under prospective tariff revision MATI UTAH dec dee 14 13 1693 TO THE J 0 or THE THC OF or REI TIM IME washington D C DEti tSin by request of u B bitem item ina A co C of plula phila delphin ve take pluis uie ili m hand ins 1119 ou her herewith euith answers to the questions question propounded by thun in III elation relation to the wool industry in lit ahn lection section we ave alo hand you account of sales mado for ua u by ft nil able business lion house e of chicago fron from which you will ill of e liow low b andl idl the ia alit same chhue ehtel would lla lime e bold oll at our last t a r nt froin from I 1 b to 17 per bead vt u NN ill notice froin rout tin thi FO pales sales that to da tin are 6 atlow low anny o li 0 ing bash wo we trust the tile information given will faid buu in theaese the ause of bisti 0 to une cille of lie tile hint alad largest industries in lit our cun cintr tr and hope crown our 0 rtin nin vry ry truly outs L UT til WOOL co prea TITTLE trena trens alms 4 bee see 1 L A abat it t E directors Direct ora av W G NI E I 1 s tj amt pov P ov ovar three hundred wool grow growers ers question QUEST IOa AND I 1 what la is the tile condition rondi tion of the tile wool growing industry in ili our see sec lion tou and the tile efat t t of tho tile arte wool agitation for alic past 1 BIX six months upon tho 11 oa ans I 1 alio llio ho wool industry in lit thia this territory prior to 1893 was ili it i t cindi condition tion and tho tile grow tra EN pre doing fairly will til the affett of tilt arto boil agitation for the tile lait KIX mix lh 4 or inore has at t U juaa y raiser aud and our territory 2 stat state the reasons why ou oil prow grow wool na cheaply liere here as its it ian call bo w grown in ili austral IA lit tile argentino republic ISe public or the anpo of good hopt eliere hero for M U inra under frt trie e tride they lim n grou a wool shipped it half ni alft a round th tho burld mul st B id ld it in ili london nt at less than one half of tho the prices obtained ID iu the united stales under a pro tan tart I 1 for the same grade and quality of american wool aus ali there are many reasons why wool ool cannot be produced as cheaply in thie this section as in foreign countries we pay for bert lers from ma to M 50 per month chear ing coeta costs from A 4 to cents per head transportation of aels by rail la is from 7 to 9 timea times higher than by water which the other wool producing countries enjoy and the f fo annual losa loss to our fills asked by agid winters inters and wild animal reaches nt at least 10 per cent tho an a early cost ot of running 2 sheep the usual nui nut ber in A it fl about na as follow follows to 2 herders nt W M per 8 month each board for or earne 16 1 trine lr month nth shearing hearing at I 1 to ac pay say 5 cents 00 and twine tind and baking riff jf JT ool 11 I 1 ipp in 1 twice par ear be too bla 11 I 1 2 ZOO tase 2 liend head anlu tion holl 50 W file Fue horts 1 46 00 batup equip timit 1 S tom oata mits winter att fiad d and frt simo GO 00 L LOM 11 b by I 1 wild atil maliq and 1 I I 1 poverty werty 10 vt r rent cent at total va 2 20 ciki ITS 9 by wool oil ott 2130 shot 1 G 6 iba the wr ax r head its at be per ib lb present price virice fo for best lest wool lobo 00 indrea a kt 35 ix pt r ce n t or lambo pro babi 1 ay lit libed isa 00 total 1867 loee los due to anticipated deac legia legis lation not count ing tune or interest on oil capital indebted linel teo S 37 0 3 please state what wool ou on oil the farm or much during the vast s ason in ili comparison with lir prenola erious seli senion sr ans 1 netti netted nettia A in GO 60 por er cent leff aa thit this year ear than ally pr im i n i ou 3 atar tar I 1 state what your aur bixl would ouli net you on on oil he the farm after wool is put on oil the free list and prices fall to the present london or free trade feyd which is from front ac to se per pound below arc sc nt prices ana ans if wool v ii placed on the tile arte list and arid prices fall to pre prent london prices or arle trado trade lel leid our wools would bring us on oil the tile fault from 3 to arx k I 1 per e r I 1 pound 0 o find S plenge gi e your our experience a durin during I 1 the past vast season Lason si and state wather ther the tile prospect of free wool w ba lias 4 ho 0 o stimulated the u IN to 1 had m to the befit f eliat vi ool grow grom ing would ahme anywhere in the tile united states under free wool and why ans it T wool ia is admitted fret free ol 01 duty luty it will not be 10 prible for the tile industry to exist in lit his rocky mountain region the prospect lun demoralized demoralised to suc I 1 all ex tl but it t that in lit many cases are no a bankrupt see As ays 2 if it is reported reir ted that sh hep shep ep are being s sent eitt by the million lot to b be slaughtered in ili the face of state inputs by the tile friends of freo wool that free wool ool would gia 0 o n great to the tile why then are the sheep being slaughtered why ans aus thousands Thou sanda of gone goue to the market lt cauce of the low price of wool growers were compelled compel comp ellid kd to part with ith part of their flocks in ili ordel to inet moet obligations the ol 01 ob tamed for wool tins this season not being ample to pay running ex benses clipping from drones journal chicago showing condition of sheep market attached 7 explain how you ou can compete without protection with tile australian condition hichi which are elul lent to lie ile per pound advantage over wool grow growing ingin in the tile united states an it will be utterly im cimpoesi impo esi ble for us to compete with the fort fimian ign wool ool prodoc or it if the tle n for the nason that fai illeen gra out 0 nt nil nit tilt ear the pasture ia ig better hetter t acre in ili winter than in ill summer tho government finace the tile land sinks the tile well welli i and anti leases tile lands in lit large tracts for lesa less money than we pay pa in ill taxes alone 8 please state tile coat of rai my wool in ill your seti motions oll ana ans lat reference to 2 2nd if ahert is no for the bettar it is 13 mily n question of a very few years jintil wool growing is n thing tin ng of the tile post in ill utah 9 please state what the condition of your business would be v m ith the mckinley McKin loy duty of lie ile per pound re removed mosed ane ans if the present eckl mckinley 11 I 1 ey duty is re remold removed w wool ool rai raising in the will go democratic 10 in order to sae 75 on oil each uit suit of clot clothes lim could ou nf of foni fori to take lie ile per pound poun 1 les 1 es than was obtain obtained p 1 it 1892 for un washed wool please gire give the reanna rea ons an ans accords Accor Accord dg ng to good muthu ariy riy n y the scoured cost of wool it the average suit of clothe clothes would be but about cheaper under arce trado trade than protection it id is plain that ilia t ill li in is small redu reduction tion would not nearly the I 1 I 1 cents per pound rf on wool therefore abe object of cheapening clothing for the masses by removing tho the tanti on oil wool would b be defeated and slid thie this griat of labor and anti res revenue denue destroyed 11 II please give tile alue per head of sheep in bour a section to da in on ith thir value at this time last ear and give the ennio can w cf of the change in value ans the av of in 1592 wasa 75 25 caused by le lev r prices of wool acet rolee sales of sheep sold rold ia in chicago lu irett from front nor 2nd to loth attached 12 please Pleas estate whether there was a good demand for sheep at ebli t ne me last year ear and give the stale state of ilia lh demand this year and the tile reasons for the change if any ally ans the demand fur for eh all cp op anat year waa was good and more than the supply tho the acason for this cliance cha ithe chicago democratic platform it 1 PI nse state if ally nil comador con isider I 1 ablo bit reduction in lit tho tile of sheep has beta ninde in ili your our auntry country since tilt freo free wool ool came in and if so why n and nil also alo state ahat lim be come of such sheep ns lim e bi en sold art all I 1 lluria lit re ha lias bi bit t ik i it material rt during thu the senoa ill the of slit sire ep spring ww re extra licar and thou thousand sandi loaft been in ili Oi linlia kansa 4 city find lid chiago cilita 0 o cause ansiger 1 I 1 it I 1 afas the pr opt of fre fn e wool oil caused tilt bankrupt i 3 of any wool grocers who lime aten prosperous if so state the proportion of those so injured who beretti fore were fol sol elit m the freb fret wool prospect hns has virtually b 71 7 per cent of the growths in lit these part parts and a large largo of the busi bust 1 hoists lire tire much effected phrot gli the tile of nien men to illert their obligations 15 has wool here heretofore I 1 aid the exi ens of thu the farin arm or ram h and lina has 1 failed for tile first time this y t nr ar to do it iu u han aine e wool growers in ill nn fin cases been compello d by b their ert cn ditora to sell jimr tilt ir sheep 0 ing lo 10 tho failure of tl e proceeds eda of the wool to meet their gloats am yea yes wool has pa the running heretofore nai lini lin 1 i for file first time this ilg leavo ria and irlo to 17 be ei re buted to creditors TUB tim citizens of manti should agitate tilt question of netting getting the tile ireta outside the tile cit the tile high fitt N and floody has 0 causti the depreciation of property iro perty r least one half in the past h he e years ears A state of colli coin int nt dread nud and uneasy nesa ness preN 1 everywhere during the hood flood every eier letle littlecloud cloud 14 19 watched matched with u fore life and anspro property are at the tile men inert of the flood floods of destruction public improvement im prole 1 is delayed and beneral bust ness ltd awaiting the tile action of the council in attempting to avert these disasters let ei every era citizen sign a petition to the council praying tor for relief make A channel outside the city for carrying way away flood anil and dabris place the cit city 3 upon uvo a it sure baas regardless of cost and pace and prosperity will every e cry abera prevail THE journal ev s ke re overrun again eiter e iter adly diy reaching rea clung nearly 1 niti etten thou fuad and the four days run foots up u 1 a bout buty sixty four our thousand fifty six thousand for last lait week and thirty thousand the same time a year ear ago alia panicky hoode floods arc are costi costin u owners very iery dearly lots pf f sheep not realizing enough to pay tile lost of getting ettin hem them to market need iw be said to pros t t that hat lie tile tua by the I 1 I 1 ilson I 1 1 son bill 14 proving to T bill I 1 equally na seeping on nil tho the farming in in |