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Show WOOL SOPHISTRY. The Democratic organ says that much wool sophistry is being aired in the present campaign. This is true. It is being aired by Democrats. The facts are all against them. They have cot to fall back on sophistry or go out of business in Utah. The Herald is obliged to claim that protection does not increase the price and widen the market for Utah wool, j or to join tba Kepublican party. It prefers the former alternative, and bo does the Republican party. Can the Herald answer these questions: Why 13 the price of scoured wool in Philadelphia nearly twice as high as the same article in London, if not for the reason that a duty of eleven cents per pound on grease wool protects the Utah product against low foreign prices? Why has the number of sheep increased in-creased under a high tariff and decreased de-creased under a low tariff and the menace men-ace of free trade? Why have "nearly one million sheep owners vo.ed the Kepublican ticket for fifteen years," as that horny-listed horny-listed sheep man of Logan, Frof. J 1L Paul, says, unless protection benefits the American wool grower? Why did the price of Utah wool go down to nine cents per pound when the Democratic house had passed the Mills free wool bill, which the Republican senate subsequently knocked in the head? Why did men who are now Democrats Demo-crats in Utah sign petitions begging congress not to take off the duty on wool during the Mills bill era? These are only a few questions. The people have them firmly fixed in their minds. Facts cannot be dislodged by sophistry. We invite every voter to study the matter for himself and than if he wants to take his chances in selling sell-ing wool in competition with Australia and Africa let him do so. We do not think he will, however. |