Show Sheep men make mako plea for reduced freight bates rates the general depression and not over aver production or like methods Is responsible tor for the present bankrupt condition ot of the sheep industry this was the essence of 0 the test mony presented wednesday ot of last eek by fred R marshall execl alie th e secretary of the national wool growers association at the interstate commerce commission hearing on freight rate increases being conducted in the newhouse hotel in gait salt lake other bitne ca include prot prof M 11 II Bau erwi as distant agricultural economist university cf of mon montana lana M c claar former tec c rotary of the idaho Wool growers r and the colorado state assoc association aaion mr marshall told of the tile dp depress ress ed condition of the industry tn in arlona new mexico and washington exhibits ere presented by professor Bau tending to show the income decre decreases in the sheep industry in montana since IOU 1028 taking the figures of 45 oat outfits lItAl operatic rig approximately head aroln professor wor derson showed that the income reburn or vr o r head dropped from 2411 24 in 1928 1923 to k a loss of at 57 cents in 1931 the rate of return on the total investment decreased from per cent in 1828 1928 to 9 mir is 4 7 per cent in income return per head on cattle aas as til 1175 75 in 1928 and 80 cents in 1031 the me rate of return on the dropped from 5 6 per cent in 1028 2928 to a minus I 1 per cent in 1031 1931 agures F ruris pren presented ted by mr mir claar dis clowd clad that the return per head of sheep in idaho was to in 1028 as compared with a loss of 2 IS per headin head in 1831 1931 the sheep investment per head in idaho as 2721 and the rate of return on this Ini investment estment decreased during the four year period to 1831 1031 from 6 03 3 per cent to a minus 20 1 per cent |