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Show SjmBEPMEM OF UTAH SAVE MONEY ttM.fa"t!" cxclulmcd C B. Stewart, sec- L j iik' f 11,0 Utal1 Stat0 Woolgrowerfl itflBtotollnn. when he was shown the JJBl'501"" anioiincenient of tho action of rt$K '"ratatc commerce commission In &rtE''r' rttI,rond lines to chr.de I" their 33Btnl tvehl J-ate 0,1 wot1 ,n bales and sjrSKfr foris May 1 in order that a new mro eiu,lable to tho wcBturn wool fKfl"' mIfc'nt De oracrl by the commla- Iat lu certa,nJy 8Teat ,iews ror tlie rBte srowcr3 of the lnlcrmountnin ro-l''Bwi,aT,d ro-l''Bwi,aT,d WlU caUB0 rojolclng. That Is THk a srcat many millions of dollars &'R6 sheepmen. 'b i espected that we would get the jonbut the news that tho com- (Contfnunri RATES Oil WOOL TOO HIGH, SAYS PRDUTY (Continued From Page One.) mission has officially determined to give us the reduction is most gratifying. "Utah produces 15.000.000 pounds of wool annually. The production In Idaho is 20,000.000 pounds; In Wyoming. 40,000,-000 40,000,-000 pounds: in Nevada. 12.000.000 pounds, and in Montana. .IR.OOO.OOO pounds; a total to-tal of 123,000,000 pounds. The rate from Utah and other mountain moun-tain states shipping points Is $2.13, while that from Pacific coat points to the Atlantic At-lantic seaboard Is ?1 flat. "A reduction of 15 per cent In the freight cost will mean for the woolmen of the five western states that lead In wool production, an aggregate of more than "MOO.OOO a year, divided as foltown: Utah. $47,02;;. on a. basis of 15,000.000 pounds production; for Idaho, "563,900 for 20.000.000 pounds; for Wyoming. Sl.tT.-K00 Sl.tT.-K00 for Its 10,000.000 pounds; Nevada $38,310 for lt: 12,000,000 pounds, nnd Montana ?115.000 for Its 36,000.000 pounds. "The reduction will enable wool growers grow-ers of the mountain region to compete more successfully with the Pacific coast growers and will give us a better look In on the eastern market In ovcrv way. "The reduction will add that $400,000 to the revenue of the growers without taking It from the pockets of the consumers. con-sumers. That 5400.000 revenue Is padded profits for the middle men and will not affect the consumer. "The freight reduction could not affect af-fect the consumer materially, as there Is only about $1.50 worth of wool, talcing It at Its raw value. In a $40 suit of clothes. The reduction would be. therefore, there-fore, about I cents on a complete suit. "The reduction comes, I believe, as a. result of the wool rale hearings which were held In this city by Special Agent Prouty of the Interstate commerce commission com-mission when Bheepiitcn from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming. Oregon and Nevada were beard and presented the producers' side of the wool business. "I am confident that the sheepmen made such a strong showing at that time that the commission was most favorably fa-vorably Impressed. "If the new rate dates from the time the notice Is given by the commission It will effect this reduction on all of this year's shipments, even including the early crop from southern Utah. It Is one of the biggest and best things that has happened to the wool Industry, and the sheepmen will rejoice." |