Show SUGAR AND SHEEP the labor of preparing a revision of the tariff in conformity with the democratic plan has hag been completed and the document published in outline as it will be presented to congress at the coming the changes have been sufficiently sweeping to satisfy satiety almost any one who can tolerate the principle ucille of tariff in any degree the parts of the hill bill which most moat interest utah are its references to sugar and wool the sugar bounty is to be disposed of in installments instalments the process of reduction to begin in july 1895 and to continue at s given rate till 1902 when the present bounty will have been wiped out wool is placed on the free list ital the united states wool being thus brought into competition with the products of australia and routh america may have to succumb but in this regard the real can scarcely be any more disastrous than the speculators have made the anticipation besides Beside og the probability Is that the price of mutton will rise sufficiently to make an object still in localities suited to the business whether utah was ever a proper place for sheep and would now suffer much if the industry went down the NEWS will not attempt to argue at length there are two sides to the sheep question and much can be said on each wool growing has indeed made some of our citizens wealthy and yielded a considerable profit to a goodly number it has brought much money into circulation and has ha made possible home aured goods but on the other hand the territory at large has hae undoubtedly suffered buffered some by the enterprise the anti sheep men dog do dare clare bowly boldly the opinion that it has hag been damaged to an enormous extents extent which way may be overcome by time or may prove to be irreparable they printout point poin tout out that twenty five years ago our ranges were capable of sustaining ning without perceptible degeneration hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses while today they are practically barren of grass the sheep have dug it out by the roots of course there are extremists on both sides sheep men who act as though they own the earth and farmers who really do own a piece ot of it aud and to whom a flock book of sheep is a provocation to nightmare all will agree that sheep culture is a splendid thing in its place the local controversy is as to whether its place is in in utah HARD TIMES there to is no question that the times now are bearing heavily upon many people particularly those who have been thrown out of employment by the general depression in business there are many however and some of them com complain p lain most loudly who have not really felt any inconvenience from the business dullness but look upon it as a veritable boon because it has given them a fashionable opportunity to check much of their former extravagance an instance in point is that of a well known official who occupies a rented city residence A short time ago he removed from an elegant dwelling in a most fashionable part of town and established his family in a less pretentious mansion nearer the suburbs asked the other day the reason for the change he be replied hard times but your salary calary is the same sly yee came hesitatingly as the official began to ponder over the subject As it to is paid regularly as ever where do the hard bard times come in well 11 1 1 frankly replied the gentleman the hard times gave me a needed opportunity to reduce the expenses for style so I 1 took it and not any earlier than I 1 should have done this to is but one of many instances instance where the stringency has been a real benefit it has pinched some strong men but it has also strengthened many weak ones of akie latter are those who have cut down expenses pennes ex in style but there are others who have bad to cut down in actual necessities W why by cannot these theme be made sharers in the benefits of the others othe rao we suggest as a proper observance of thanks giving that those whom the hard times have enabled to dispense with unnecessary extras now come to the assist ance ot of those who need extra necessities it would be a graceful act to take some of the means saved from extravagance and dispense it where it will benefit and bless the duty of those who have means to spend is that they should if possible spend more freely than ever in times of scarcity large hearted broadminded broad minded men and women do not draw themselves into a nutshell when others are compelled to pinch diduch but come forth with a double portion to relieve the needs of their fello tello wafa |