Show mm ON mi tho tendency ol 01 a protective tariff ia twofold first it builds up home industries second it mates the articles protected cheaper this is an axiom of the protection doctrine and it is believed that very few arii clos can be cited that have not grown cheaper under an adequate protective tariff than they were before the duty was added the operation of this rule has been somewhat obstructed in regard to wool though the salt lake herald and some of our local politicians argue with a good deal of vigor that our sheep men are not getting as much lor their bool now as they did during free trade be this as it may we are inclined to think that wool will become much cheaper than it is it the protective tariff is allowed to re maince are inclined to this belief bacasse a healthy home competition in the wool industry is growing up one cause of the continued high price of wool under the protection era is that our manufactures have grown so rapidly of late years thus causing a constant ly increased demand for wool in 1860 our wool clip amounted to GO pounds and our woolen manufactures amounted to the census of 1880 showed oar wool clip to be pounds and our manufactures increased to so it will readily be seen that though our wool tariff has greatly built up our wool industry the increased demand for wool has kept up the price this one fact remains however our protective tariff on wool has been the cause of the steady increase of a very profitable business for the banners of this country while the countries ot europe formerly raised most of tho wool employed in making their own clothing have witnessed an almost total collapse of their wool interests once their farmers had a few head of sheep on the farm which they kept with profit but now that custom is a thing of the past since wool raised on the great plains of the argentine lle public and the extensive tracts in australia has flooded the markets of the old world these countries have grown dependant under free trade in wool while the united states has grown independent under a high duty now which is the better to be ablerto produce your own clothing throng hont or to be dependent upon some other country of course the former condition suits you best well then espouse ho principles which tend to make your country independent not dependent |