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Show 1111 1 pjilTl Wssftgo of New Tariff jjBwill Ruin Industry MILLIONS TO .Ptkrouxtajn empire Wm Discusses (he Present ifctflfioii Going on in Congress. 'iSBuseenbarHi of Spencer, Idaho, fc nrtfidcnt of the National .HL&socintton. a prominent mem-National mem-National Woolprrowers as-and as-and a conspicuous figure in HE sfruccle sheapmcn of the imikinjr against the proposed rf the wool tanfr, registored 'Hoiel Utah yesternay. Mr. irth has ist returned from a ii jtav at. the scene of hostil-Wblneton. hostil-Wblneton. D- C, and is now (to Mexico on business of a isked ns to fho condition of Li wool situation, both from ,oini of the tariff agitation Effect on the market, he do-i do-i a virtual "deadlock" had I it about, which gave prom-iuuinjr prom-iuuinjr until the tariff re-ion re-ion hsil been definitely ud-ivav ud-ivav or the other. He also it If the proposed revision f as passed up to the sen-house sen-house in tho form of what "schedule K" should be-lactnient. be-lactnient. the sheepmen of ou!d he absolutely driven ncis, while the west would strv which has always been source of real revenue, s It Big Question. 6tion of the tariff revi-aid. revi-aid. "is one of vital imperially im-perially to the ?reat west, cr that needs carcful study cd investigation before it red with equal justice to Vet in niv opinion the only that arises is that of cor-niany cor-niany inequalities and posies pos-ies of the proposed ' sched-iniportanr sched-iniportanr is tho question y has it agitated tho entire t in niv opinion it cannot settled until next Decem-:ot Decem-:ot a matter that congress ouch and dispose of in a That has already been 1. It will require "mouths jple probably don 't realize iJO.onO.000 comes into this fear through the sheep in-I in-I it stays here. It is not una industry, which pays s io eastern and foreign The product is raised nd the return must of nec-hacl: nec-hacl: here. In raising uttoh. the mountain lops cas are used,. which would wasted and without bring-:nne. bring-:nne. Conditions in other. t Dialer are exactly the same lit to the extent of the in-1 in-1 Sill Wool Industry, frthiris of the sheep industry ftKnfrv exists west of the Mis-jiver. Mis-jiver. If the proposed revision push, it will positively kill the f and injure tho great west to Pt inconceivable degree. The w- of sheepmen would not be fern their hands to something Wt those that could would on-tt on-tt fields and increase competi-&!f competi-&!f the western states would i immense, solid revenue. But jioniitry thinks it best not to sheep industry or any other TM important and essential to paoawealfh, the matter is in That is really thfl question. Wtep industry t. be saved of ' general supposition is thai the t make big money. In years ft. that may hnve been true. 1 however, v.-ith standard data ;B,fithnt under tlio present artel ar-tel even there are few men in I'-ry trho are making more than lucent on their investment in K 'wer tariff would positively jSSW11 one and all out of business. MHein, and especially during the IVjFnrcs on hav and food, labor, H?' freight rates on wool and Hi ive advanced so materially .""Eeijmvc been so restricted jK; margin of profii h;is becn Fi' low, fo low, in fact, that BElsnues "r arcly cx'stin in jK 0ost f Clothing. tMFr oftcn claim that they aro pay a tribute to the wool-JKaw wool-JKaw It takes 3 yards of i? make the average suit of .2! avrrac wciRht of actual, oured wool in that material Rjourfeon. ounces to tho vard. Kv 18 uouig bought clean" for K 1? .cents a pound. From JEm iV" eas,ly estimated how Kir woolraan in clothes. BHKurcr ,":iiiis thafc lho oMhe" "'n-10 pr0SCnt :lr !B5rfiLiwn" nicanfc to protect kiR?w?rs and sheepmen. V trvt'f. fe mnF to cnrr' tiB) thn ' i tlus country as com- j11!0' and Australia, jHft.r i',s a),0,,L 0 cents ou the Mim W"1"? cre,"fc the ) n "er tho average cost is Htrodupf ",ca"s t,,at the Bl In 1' nrl the labor and F'orZWn ?noopmen will ho IK'iol??, rai T1'11? "ndoraell thorn. Jm'n Li0"Lis 1,,ia the pros-,4WB pros-,4WB ,8-bascd on 'grease' 'on - 'fic,0ntifilJ unjust, tho i Q,R c-half the pro-Kl pro-Kl arri.n0olRrowor ovc nlcr 'H, WooIb ,b " cents to H?qtaiitv u '""Proved so i?kerS' t can be prov-pdH prov-pdH ? ,i u,'pwnco is made Mlrt BJhie wool bo- Ptfa TesJ nly 40 l)er cent, and .inp i no foreigner is RMn thn u.(h,,ty oC 5lA eonts ,r i J0'1 an, tlio Amori. K, Retting ony JiaIf lho protection that the arrangement proposes pro-poses to give him. The correction noc cssarv. and which must eventually conic' in order to save the industry in this country is that tho duty should .bo placed on tho assay value- or the scoured, cloan wool. All wools tho world ove tiro bought and sold on the scoured basis. , . "Tho proposod revision puts a duty on imported wool of 20 per cent of the value of wool in the foreign mnrket, which means 2i or 3 cents per pound, or a reduction on tho present nominal protection of S cents per ,,0Vij.jJ0 iar;nj agitation has hurt the prices among both manufacturers and growers to a vast degree. No pno knows what to do. The industry has 'actually been put on a gambling basis with all its attendant evils. Buyers won't buy unless upon tho foreign basis of value, and . tho sellers won't sell unless they havo to, because thoy aro hoping against hope that congress won't bo so blind as to ruin the Industry. In-dustry. The whole investigation in tho east on this, the sugar industry, the lumber businens and other industries, is resolving itself into a proposition that will d0 more to injure tho west than anything in tho history of the country. It must be stopped." |