Show decline of our sheep industry A contemporary wrestles with one of our tariff comparisons it says the industry declined from in 1892 to in 1895 because one year ago last spring the baring brother failed that made money scarce and a consequent decline in prices tha whole argument ig predicated on a wrong premise the baring broa failed in 1888 before the time of the figures given that disposes of the panicky argument bat republicans do not need to rely on the value of adeep to show the decline in the sheep industry under free trade in 1893 there were according to goYer ment statistics head of sheep in this conn try in 1895 under free wool that number had declined to in 1893 under tha mckiniry tariff the average price par head was in 1895 the willoa tariff tho price had inclined to par head tha abol crop a similar decline iho wool clip waa pounds the estimated wool clip this year made by the national association of bool manufacturers ia only pounds measured by the standard rade X X ohio the price of wool fell in the boston market from per pound in 1893 to ibata in 1895 all the official figures go to show that one of americas leading industries ia baing ruined by frea trade foreigners are now our material for clothing when it should bo supplied by our financially de farmers in 1893 we imported only pounds of foreign wool laist year ai the government go statistics show we imported still as our tariff teachings today tell the arm trade has also enormously increased the importation of ehod diep daring the year ending june we imported only pounds of shoddy rage wate etc but during tha fiscal year ending june 30 1895 the importation por tation of that low grade stuff bad inore aBed under free trade to the amount of ibs an increase of over 1000 per cent how do the good people of utah like a political doctrine that doc such harm to home industries the people here hava been taught to rely on their own resources and raise all possible po sible products from the history of the territory they have been told to maiee their own wool and make their own clothing how ean that and adem the tide flood of free trade bringing such as we hava shown in the hape of shoddy and dragt froza t t i foreign good people of utah stand by the policy of the pioneers the found tra of utah As president joeph F amith saya it is your only temporal salvation to sustain homa indu atrie |