Show A letter ji washington ashington D C J it ne 10 isau as on i peter Thomp thompson soll ephraim count county utah B U ia deir friend interesting letter of the bath alt here and I 1 take pleasure in replying ing to n direct and suggested inquiries t the silver question que atlon is not riot n i question 0 ot I 1 iding in any sense it would make no arence to me whether utah produced i ounce of sliver silver or not IN ith my pros pro 3 1 it I 1 knowledge and beliel belief on tha the subject money I 1 should be in lit favor of 0 tree free and nt cm eer and gold b the united st stites tea aa a ing of the first importance to th pro era of materials in ili this county countr ra we what YOU o 0 so about veople at home ID ho would have noti ou believe ro re Is d athi login aein utah but in mining ining 10 this is apart from the reil fht wool ool r in utah is much more interested in celoie than f bu he a araga miner ml kit it products of tho tile united which v aich wid sold in fit competition alth fill tha the Norl df dads ats ot of similar r tire directly hi li dand d and affect affecter el our hiving a rold at indira joa loo kno knori I 1 believe bellee ill in a protect protective le son wool ld hah h chough to t heap out foreign ign product or only permitting it finer infer ahre to make up bilat alint little do men may be in lit oui out a onn 5 a clip and to a t tit it only upon cuch ouch terms a as ill loe 8 ty and profit proof to tho flock misters the united states lam al roin abor I 1 the ri of 11 so hint that we jr I lorce force up the price of c asiatic and arolean against which no ll 11 it t could be passed b an nn congress Con eress bild protect ua us m halle title produce a basis and sell to us on a gold m 1 theresi deriving practically all froni front us judge from the undertone of a 5 our let T thatchat that what ou on really want lantto to knon ci ia in although vou did not ask ft it in on rea is terms is this hait will vill be Utti attitude tude on protective barill it if the op natty comes conies to cast a ote upon th this Is le ont in answering this with pr tc candor ador I 1 do not ask ou on to hold nold my IRI to be as suggested by ul letter etter but am perfectly if fling that shall read it in any public meeting publish it in an ne newspaper shaper if ou on so 0 fairi M every constituent of any man 8 in pew has a perfect right to ask and to e a ord reply aa touching ouch lag attitude or benator a ade adeo on nani ana public question location fist I 1 ani ain against all nit sectional alike the dingle measure it added xe protection ro t t c 1 tion to the last which il it yead 7 bad i nearly i e arly enough for its ring ng industries anti it offered a mere ease 0 ot protect protection on to the es est t bilich which lor for its raw material I 1 it become a iia it w hive irive been more inore burden than a profit to the lockmar 1 on this point 0 ilor tor mantle myself in self anti ahe site ing e by tho the emerial nt of the tile N bolero v T association surely neither on nor valli arn other fair minded winded mail in ili utah old choose to countenance the tile hetti helping ng protection rote cllon on artiles nr tiles 17 for of getting a inere arille one or tio briw binate rl it hen bs b for or the right it full rea re 0 tit IK cn of the dut on an wool and other ra trial erial I 1 ill it iro drobai baI bp apt t eu cured red ond oad I 1 inma am f r tile linw lit of high lill ill h 0 s on o raw mastri alit of i lili lik li it 0 I 1 ie IS d 1 us t tia i q chir f thlu I 1 mean as 1 adut at duta niti ns vis 1 I cropo ed bv then thea t A dd uart ita hie the a I 1 I 1 tinn of n i cl tue cathi it 11 re getil til n N to our it k i ti ter 1 1 hn hillh li hi iral roil licefi und ulli r the ull lart i arting clause clane of 0 the mckin mc kin 1 I 1 i i no an hn hit I 1 t it ism trl 1 tt be bunau ra 11 t vote for orieth suh i 11 it cang u r idar i 1111 lit N ro I 1 ha haio the vote 1 tort or I 1 v r ra s n it ata t t d I 1 n t it e f n re az lel I 1 nis I 1 nm atilt 0 opposed P posed to the ian ion i in sui ll 11 1 mould cl viol grovern to the extent of 0 up Ws r pound it wo we li hid id secured f lei aj I 1 is I 1 r otto 1 which ensor As oft 1 y th h degley rt ley bill the chell ae a as 11 is 1 L I 1 lit hav tt 81 r stan durd would hn lin t j been tatt lurch cheaper chen per and would baull d such inch protection w e should ha e applied tor in 4 protection the f fact let that wo ve were etsil leilh bin hilt not reilly rec receiving elving i t alln n nt a tj centa cents ly pr r cound would be w n i id up as i barrier to our su J lashno last ata no rd I 1 am ain no in divor ot of a general atit la 17 firn ilk roni front tree free A 4 Protect protective iv a tariff idles the a a al country had bad taws laws enable afew a few to aggregate us ul I 1 X elk alves that wealth to the tile ruin rula of 0 2111 just iscil is stem stern by w aich hie h wealth shall e must accompany protection by which I 1 11 t 1 14 a 1 I ita balth debtor itt it orul it in I 1 I 1 it nation 3 I 1 I 1 lion f dollars to I 1 ul itria it it r creditor nit I 1 r it 1 to thein v I 1 I I 1 NN oil tubs f I 1 tin i nur f ic I 1 1 N irk l I 1 a ti 1 worl 11 t I 1 M tit t tia 11 it moi mot i I 1 i i tn 1 I 1 n 1 I 1 0 blida I 1 r 1 I 1 t lir it s ir arr 1 1 r I 1 I 1 r it fill 41 r I 1 id if it lirtha rt ht I 1 I 1 I 1 it I 1 ai a I 1 it tl I 1 f lu ur k it k I 1 I 1 t w m rk rl oh tir d bt t it is ing KR g tr t r r I 1 ar IL I 1 J 14 to t 11 it tit anacon dumn unit n W it it I 1 w it t ila hap u urn r r I 1 pro lucati 44 01 ap aa 1 tl it ca call t c on alil al othar 1 an nit I 1 it is to ur i to ime liae them wi 1 in ili april t as i abit sul pose that ha me 0 ac 0 to rl I 1 t r n on prinell it n orcut ocoa eai cland t i be at tit least that thea a of flo 0 arief whereby we e are compelled led to give to their consumers twice as much of our pro product luct in order to procure tl would hae had hen f begin in to incur our indebtedness to thorn them at tile close au of 0 war lou IOU mill therefore see wh I 1 feel that protecting protect in tariff is 1 not more important than the tree free and unlimited coinage of 0 sit er and you will see how inextricably the welfare ot of the wool producer Is 1 iny in oled in thia this question 1 he question aty arise in i our mind atter after reading the foregoing ore eoin statements 1 2 and 3 why I 1 should be willing to i ote ot for a high protective tariff on wool ool and other raw materials produced in the NN nest est without that the free ree coinage question shall also be in that issue f he ans answer er Is implied antho in the fore ore going hol tiR but I 1 will vill reiterate it in simpler terms Y k gross injustice waa as deneto done to ra raw materials b DJ the pro provisions igloos of the il it son german gorman bill which is the revenue customs law laa of 0 this countr that imposed coin piri high duties on manu tinctured goods and made wool free it M be but simply justice to restore a proportion itel high duta dut upon wool v ool and othar mi materials at lit once ka lem ing the irions ii of the country properly pr bilin ceil in our belati in n to hie tile tirl tariff ff IR ig M hily title I 1 holato na TI present lesl lews I 1 all 1 ali nl v i vote against 1 such a measure as the dangl j bill I 1 ote for fora a nie tsure the real pur pov of which ja latosi to xiva vt I 1 ito to protte lion to our raw aiala in anlu dudinK ling wool ool I 1 r rill ill not vote for or a emeril en eril protEct tho lo t tint crift trift lic cac pt following follow fol loNin inh otobe oto be associated ass ocla with it n bill chith will illde do Justi ceto the nion N of ll 11 e auntry i 1 I he lie o 0 foregoing forego ini is t ritten hurri hurriedly pill is I 1 have out t low few to spare from preying ng duties during these hours ot of the tile ses session slon I 1 should have hake deferred irit writing tog to yoa yon until more mor e 0 opportune time but felt that the friendliness driendl in ess which lias lial existed between us and the ness of 0 30 our U r manner constantly toward me det demanded winded immediate in n I 1 must engage in the un gr telous task of correcting misrepresent lations which I 1 vo been set afloat by a I 1 locates of tit eold gold standard stin dard and by the men who favored the tile narrow selfishness of the guinle Uin le bill to simplify the matter I 1 will design ite tte these mistakes mist alces as er bors and accompany each ith its proper rectification first error that ree revenue nue was vils needed to pr the countr country from bankruptcy answer the treasury bad had more than floo ot of surplus and nod anything which would tend to lock up more of the peoples money there would be an injustice and a La lamity it Is true that this money had md been procured from rom the sale ot of bonds but there was no assur assurance anco that the tile passage of the dingley bill would discontinue euch such bond belling selling and the people ot of the united states would be saddled with a system which took from them in their hour of greatest need a considerable pr portion tion of their circulating medium second error that the dingley bill proposed propos pd 1 a I just increase of the tariff duties as they then were imposed ba b the theil NN it aon son borman bill answer hils was not riot so on some ch claws ches es of manufactured roods the dingier lf bill ell even a n higher tariff than mas secure arofo 1 b the mckinley bill and as proof of it I 1 cite on oa to that clause ot of the tile dingle bill which that the duties proposed ll b one n ot of that measure on certain manufactured goods should not riot be ir tt than lanthe rates of duty lu in tile McK itile bill shon shoving ing thereby that the tire trainers framers of 0 that measure expected that b its text tho the duties could be carried higher tit thin in the rate i in the mckinle bill and leading the tile batles imposed in other sections not subject to this lestric aln while title on oil raw materials mati rials the autv was only gaslight increase or oer nilson aloon and gormin bill and no here nair coin wl I 1 it the duties imposed I 1 li the mckinle bill 4 I 1 third error that VIP dinglo dingle bill would could ini o 0 I 1 A tariff of 6 GG G cents per i pound noun 1 upon bool wools thereby ral int the 1 1 1 11 cents price s to aj or pound 1 anser n r I 1 ahe he di bill proposed L dull dut ot of tj 0 ter cent of the tle mckinley dut which on id be 6 6 cents per POU pound 1 but buti ll 11 also re stored tho the op ration of the tile burti ig clause under w aich nl ili is abl shown bi mr la I fenre e Preg ilent of the N ool growers wo the actual protection accorded to such as ire produced in ut rutih ill would hine hit a iwen been oni jonii I 1 11 cents per pound so that at beat the in crease crene in P pice ice tee nad it ben b en full equal to tile caltro cotiro protection would 0 aid bao auten a little more than 1 cent per pound and ind till this r 11 IF would have been overcome by the ft that chinese ch inese wools aro are b ing more ore a and nl more largely imported as st we ve on a 0 gold basis it and datolo di tolo long and ind china i ro duaei on a silver bliver basis the teiei vv will ill have the po vcr ver to oer coine an such and sell n lt in our market protection trilling and furco orco our wools ta to nt t their a own it price in m etthena ghetu there fourth F butth error that it brought up for or I 1 consideration con antho in thu benale benat ethe the Ding lel bill aull boull luve havo been amended lo 10 ge kie denler cre itar p protection tion to wool br by I 1 ol 01 claue t the h ie 0 operation e ra ili of 0 tho the it ahe h t bill and b a air actual in IT tit u ba b idalin i in t li f largely 11 ad val re I 1 1 I as i hill the ill di D i 1 ell ir r L I 1 o 0 11 f r i inelda r in 11 am all 1 i ll 11 I 1 I 1 would 11 hiie IND t i ts it II t i rn or not nt tit n n t abl I 1 r of of title Is i it i I 1 i st it s morrill 1 I 1 i 1 0 11 in III itt tt on of I 1 I 1 t tl t till III in ti 11 ars f 4 1 r I 1 in ili ili 1 s it it un on june J ison J n lit atit d IO artion 4 A I 1 I 1 tl I 1 I 1 I 1 LU tun attai iamb t 1 tin 1 eruct tit il thi rrene r t tit coin com I 1 it nettei I 1 lie on oil I 1 na nn to sup u ort tile lie bill It houtan td nd not ns as a matter of i it i fi ns to floour i our attitude chich I 1 Ih ii grah tilt esteem that ot a de doted frien 11 I 1 to utah mid anti the it nud aud it n man of 0 tine common in iii mell e ns as exper experience Jence I 1 ri rt aest that ou N ill r cl 1 r 0 cate my frank aa b nit air ering tle I fol 1101 olat inz df direct questions ae As a ler N aich do ou du preter prefer to t ilo n tariff of 1 65 5 venta per pound on w ool without the ity fly of 0 ler gettine getting an better tar tarl tit or to walta anait a little tinie until vo k a c an tin get a just and proper st 91 tariff ot of 10 or 15 cents I 1 ier er pound on our western estern ti wools As a wool ralser would you tou be content with I 1 ba cents per pound protection on wool for the american Atner Ican producer while by ur or cruel nit abid Ign ignorant money 8 eastern stem we are paying IDO percent per cent bouat bount to producers of 0 wool ai A i a citizen ot 0 the great 1st ast would you docent ent to any tariff which gave great advantage tage to the last and anti a to he mim in other word for or the sake of 0 the crumbs bih s ell fell from the table 0 of protect prote ett d manufacturing interests would iou hae haie doted for tho the dingler bill either to dir it U or to pas it As ali a patriotic otic balle believer er ift the destiny ot of i our flunory fLu itry do to you not thinht that the tho laranio arno int issue of these times is to iret get I 1 latr he nek of 0 thi this country out of 0 the halter which tha the financiers of tire tight icing 1 about us in mothr word words la is not the in most important to duty of our today the it increase so lar far as legislation it nn n d do it ot of the price of ill products of 0 11 laumin u toil toi 1 including raw materi its so tit it lien 0 me o Bellu broad its must do to to the extent ot of millions eath each near car noa receive a just retarn farour tor our abor labor and obtain tho requisite of ex chanvo with fill which to chell dh charBe arg e our obligations to 0 t lie world wa rid I 1 lest st we ve be nine raine I 1 h b a cont stanlly 11 I 1 alth fully ours FRAN J J CAO A Os C lr |