Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-03-20 | Page 9 | Wool Commission Merchant Declares Wool Tariff Agitation is Disastrous

WOOL CO.'ll'JSSIO.'i MERCHANT DECLARES WOOL TARIFF AGITATION IS DISASTROUS WASHINGTON. March Ml The affect of the tariff atdtatioa upon the wool growing Industry of the west pre ml see to be disastrous la that Industry, according to the views of Theodore Justice, a leading wool commlaakm merchant of Philadelphia Philadel-phia Pa., who la now In Weehlngton-Iq Weehlngton-Iq coaversatloa upon this subject. Mr Justice said: "President Taft has been an expensrve luxury to the wool growers, for. without any Knowledge of the facta, be declared In his Winona speech that the wool duties du-ties were unjuatiflabie and'should be out down, and such wool as yours baa decreased de-creased nearly one-third since that time. "Such Insurgents as Senator Brlatow of Knn-.ee, the late Mr. DoUlver of Iowa and Beverldge of Indiana at . vnce began be-gan to quote the president as authority that wool duties were Inexcuaably high, and always aaaerting that they were protectionists, pro-tectionists, they carried convlclloe. The letter was probably highly paid for article ar-ticle on the subject of wool and wool- ; ena by a weekly magazine which claimed a circulation of about owe and one-half millions. These lnaurgent sen a tore, al- ! ways claiming to be protect Ion lata, have been continuously harping; about "special "spe-cial Interests." meaning, of course, (row , rs and manufacturers of wool. Case of the Mifulne. V "President Taft hag discovered that the very worst graft of all the special la tereeta was that by which the government govern-ment circulated htghry -paid -for advertisements advertise-ments In asagaalnes at a loss of 10.00.-000, 10.00.-000, which takea more money out of the treasury than haa beea peJd In la five rears by the custom houae revenue oa un ported wool. Now that the president has exposed the graft In thia particular special priv-lleare priv-lleare of distributing the product of the magulne factory, these lnaurgent senators sen-ators are ta a great state of excitement, end you wMl notice that they are the defenders of these special intereeta In congress. There la no more eaaon why the government ahould carry the prod acta of magazine factorlee at a lose of Wo. 000.000 than to carry wool to the mills that use It. The money lost In carrying the magazines that have made war upon the wool Industry would go a long wav toward giving the people penny postage. In which benefit everybody would share. Rays Kxtre, Session a Menace, The menace of the extra session of conrreas, with the avowed Intention of ripping open the wool schedule, haa given woolen goods buyers "cold feet." They refuse to order goods, the value of which may be leaaened before they can dispose of them, hence, the mills are without buslneas and are closing down. This, of course, contracts the sales of wool . and as a good d eal of the wool on hand la old It la perishable property, and Is being pressed te sale.