Show wool wol sen wo dorrita Warr rrita HELENA mont nov 20 special to tribune tho wool growers of montana are almost in a panic over the threatened f placing of wool on cn the free list by the democrats of congress the extraordinary tra ordinary losses from the severe weather last winter and the ruinous prices that have prevailed for wool and mutton sheep sine bince e the election of a congress hostile to the mckinley tariff have bave driven thom anem almoite into bankruptcy they are to a man up in firms arms in protest against an adit editorial orial in the helena independent of november alle alleging ginZ that I 1 many amany of them strongly strong lv favor the tha putting of wool on the free list as the best means of making a steady market for the montana product aai ai ving living prices but not one of them bo ao far as aa we have learned believes bili bil evea ieves the mckaley McK law to be of any use to the wool growers al though although there are those of course who believe in some boma degree of protection copies of this editorial edit arial was sent to all the sheep men of the state irrespective spec tive of party or size of herds and their opinions asked of it As may be imagined they made haste to reply promptly and of scores score of answers i in baud band not one supports the contention of the tha newspaper on the other hand han d without exception they declare that free wool would inevitably wipe out oat the sheep business in montana the threat of it alone haying shrunk the value of their investments from six millions million sto to two millions |