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Show SHEPNi PROTEST 1I01O HIES Secretary McCIure Goes to Denver to Combat New ! Freight Schedule. To enter protest against a proponed advance ad-vance in commission rates for handling sriecp, and a'ahust a propowid advance of 2o per cent in wool freight raLes (,-on-teni plated under t he new connolidated i freight ratea .schedule, iSc-crtdary S. W. McCluro of the National "Wool growers' association will leave for Denver today. Vosterday tho secretary wired the protest pro-test of the association to tlio fcdoi-al focJ adminibtration against a proposed advance In the price of cottonseed cukn from 560 a ton to .f7 a ton, f. o. h. Toa.M mills. Tho AM-jocbition takes the fctand that If thc-re Hdvarieen are allowed the cot f,f prod in: t ion of wool and mutton 'Will be-to be-to increji.seJ tiiat tiie co eminent will (It her have to nilo w t he Miieepmen an advance' I price for wool and rnuitou or the production will tavc to suffer. 'J'he liriit mat I er to be taken up in Tenver by Mr. MeOure is that of the proroei ad'iirn e in coinmiK:ion fees by tin- commission ban filers of sheep. The present commission for handling a carloaJ j of sheep is and the '.ouhiiI;mod men are demandirie; an Inereas- of SIS a car. "Thp .'iHi-cicIation laJien t lie stand t hat the jiresent couimts.i'Ion fee is ample,'' ."aid M r. McCIure, "and It is KOinff to liht any advance in this Item of cost." The i department of arieulture will hold a i hearing in Denver, Monday, to take up the matter of the ad vane-, and Mr. M'-; M'-; 'lure wlJ on hand to represent the ! Nation-til Woo!j,'rovej s asso iaUon and I the heiTPi'n of the coiiritr.v in a strenu-1 strenu-1 oum objection to tiie ;idflii. ! W hile in Denver, Mr. ib-'durc v ill ap- I pear 1 efore tfir i n t er- tat e coniroerre co;n-I co;n-I mission and prou-t against tiie propo-ed 1 arivni'i'O in wikjI frt-ii;ht r.tte.v. The mo-' : posal Is to change the minin.tjni weiK'it j of a carload f wool. In :j-fout cjirs. !r"in to f')0 pound.", anJ to plo : wogi in I si than carioad .lot-? m brst i;la', ! ii. -dead of M'.''.t!'l eias-. wht'h will ad-!.mce ad-!.mce th.; r.tic about per cent, acoord-j acoord-j inu to Mr. .b t'iure i Seereiary .M'-i'l ire vv:tertiay re ejvod ft I wire froni the federal frxl administration I Mating l.'iat lh pri'e on cot tor-yer j ca-.e. , f. o. b. Tp.- in:!!", had bei-n tutd for ; th:-- M-.ir at 57. An immediate w.m pro- t --1 .-tiralrit-l t'.is pri e wa.t lorariJivl by I -Mr. M ''lure in beh vif of tiie wfi;ruft- t-T' ll- U'ilOII. Tiie prh o ftxeo la."'. yi-:j" .is ' h ton, ar.d tiie a--o- !at:ou . onte:; that thih Is a fa;r prif e itnci t'-at any advance t:i: yuar : r:ol u rrari I 'i If I- eMlilitel :!;at a)K-i:t l'V-" r;irlo-ad. of th:,- iruwi are iiH'ij i,-.' f-hi.-enrneri in 1 t he 1 1 on i-rn t-1 t u-n r: t ry i-.ir i-r e.-d!:ii:. And :(.'. M i'i l:1 dc 'are? mt 1' I thf .'.'!. a ri' e :n pr: made 'Tiiitr'Tt : t v. :' f i . i-.i ii ;.:!. '.i - p In 'his - - ' linn of ti e ,-r,i;:.rr v.!.i t.- prohlaUrd from liilriC t' :i ci.i.-v: of U '-i. 1 |