Show Protect iea OH wool the republican national platform of 1896 upon which president mckin ley waa elected distinctly promised the most ample protection both for wool the product of the industry of sheep husbandry 33 well aa to the finished woolens of th emill that promise must be redeemed aln the face of the protection offered to both branches of the woolen andus try however the sheep men and manufacturers have gotterup gotte a difference on tho schedule that has ed congress and gives promise of provoking a fight the differences are as follows WHAT WOOL eba WANT 1 on ef 1 on clau one the firca and ec of the value ond class a decky of ot 16 cento per 12 cents per pound boand or less ga double on washed duty of 8 cents per treble on scoured pound on wools 2 on third over 16 cents per coola sometimes pound 10 cents duty double on but asad in washed treble on the manufacturing ot clothing S on class I 1 wo daty of 8 cents per coola of the alue pound OB they now 0 10 cents par compete with and pound or leea 8 supplant the of cenac por pound merino and down on coola over 16 double if conto in 11 trebas if cents per pound biourd duty 3 an addition 3 on class chaa arti rt i t per pound on all aratea of skirted wool the act of 1890 on wools valued 13 ceata par or leea 32 per cent and 60 per cent over that value the wool growers really have an advantage in the fight now on if their caca is ably presented they simply havo to show that what protection they ask for is necessary for the growth of the experience of the last four yean ought to make that an easy matter for the once flourishing industry has been growing so unprofitable mil liona of sheep have been killed off just what it takes to maintain the abeel industry in the united states can now be proven to a certainty and that amount of protection ought to be given and no more we feel that in view of the platform utterances the republican congress can be trusted to do the fair thing notwithstanding the apparent desire of the eastern congressmen to want to favor their section in protective legislation and ive the west the hot end of the poker A compromise may be the result and in that case sheep men will be cut down some but at any rate the hardest days for sheep men in utah are past their business will have eom profit in it after this year we donot expect much better rates for 1897 for there ia today enough foreign wool tutored to keep the factories running for a year were not another pound grown or imported |