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Show :.;3L: hbii jrzn fight 1 1 0;iRAILROADS ; Sweeping Kedoctlons on Western Wool Rates ' . . ::r: AsKed. . ' - . v V- r , ' - : SPOKANE. Waalu. My 1 Intr reduction-) In freight r4t on wool pn4ucd in th territory trtrbin from 4 th Csnatlan lvajr,dry to th Mexlr&n i lvrir and west from tho llooOtiii rivor f to ChtriMto. FhilB'lelphtfc. Bim. Now J . York. B 1 1 1 mora o.rHl othor tulwn uh) I Atlantic on. hoard point oro itouBht in thi proodinico just inatttuied bfor th lntrstat rommtiTt oomirilMilon toy tbo 1 National W'ooigrowero ftwociatlon M 2 which FYank.R. Oooilng. nnr o-f o-f rnor or Idaho-, it pmident. f In maklnjr th forrffotnn anmiinemnt f Frank H. MoCiina. traffln axpart for tha p-of, in tha faiTKHia Spnkana rata raa 1 and aulta In Colorado. Novada and Or- iron, who haa baan ratatnaiS by th crow-1 crow-1 a eommaroa caunaal. said In aa in- j trv)w: 1 Tha caaa jrmaiiMi to b on of tha j moat Important petltlnna thin far pr anf M to tha Intaratat rommerca com-! com-! mtnkn. in that It practically attarka th j e en bound achadulaa of th bifhar In-trtor In-trtor rharg a aa compar! to Pacific cmat oittco aa tha Intarmnnntaln ca , aitaxkad tha waaibouad, rata irom tha, , aut. With tha wool achadul ravlaad i downward tha whoia fabric of aaatbound f rata la iir.pritd. ! llamltud of Boslnssa. v Tha total prod act Ion of wool In th rnttM States" for tL9 was .H.IMU'J . pounds, of which Tt per cent was pro-I pro-I ri'i ed in eleven of tho Pacific and north-! north-! -t and southweat states, and M pai cnt weet jf the Mieaniirl river. Practically Prac-tically all of this product Anally landi I In htcaa-n. New Tork. Boaton or fai t aistera wool market a and tha woolgrow-, woolgrow-, er f as to stand tha traoaportatlon coat. ' Tne wool produced In the western oontrv la sold in the' condition It li r-d and la called wool la the graaaa,' i v ann-h la meant woo) from which for- - n auhstanr-e has not been removed 1 e trane prefer to buy wool tn sacki r- hr than In bale, as tho sacked wool "s of randy lnapactlon and grading. --'-m wo.il te eub)eot to heavy s rnihage, rangmg as high as 7 per fnt in Idaho, but on thta tho woolgrow-er woolgrow-er haa to pay a transportation charga. r nn which there la no ret urn to him - tne carrier or other source, te flight charge from all Paclflc r --t ci-'r-s to Boston Is II a hundred hit from eaetern Owon w esh-n. esh-n. If mho, Montana, t'Lah, Nevada, Ing and other states In the aame I -I. hundreds of miles nearer Boa-" Boa-" 1 e rt'e la I? 11 a hundred pounda, II rA h.teher than from coast polnta --t m the wootrrower to get a i of pure wool to the Boaton market 1 tne watern territory la s.3 cents ' -ul 1. wnne tha raliroaile will trans-i trans-i in cloth from Boston to the 1 1 -r r . f or-v for 1 . 7a cents a pound. , t - rw product pays a tranapor-n tranapor-n ' t , e of nearly 10 per oent t'ien tne manulaniured article. ruin-arta Invariahly have sought i f'om tiie tm'iiUw) fourth section of " ' to re--time rommerre on wool "s hv p ti g appitcat ions with tha ' rom'"'if coniminmnn to al--in to dtinua tte hittoer inter- 1 me r'.riiKe. Thee appllcsitons ' tv the carriers v. ill he heard at e t ine sa tne pro-VHl,ng Jor S u in ratea as flicd by wool C -ana, . - re'' appear to havs a sort ' -fi. mis reverence for the - "1 !-,; hsve placed on Wo.l 1 1- of thia they are prepared " t-iue to prevent any chanae in j n't- 'i, fcani.g that ahomd wool 1, ,! i It would open tne suhieot a tL i.r .1 reciaseirK-ation of ths thou- ..f o"i-r arii'-it-a enumerated In the i,"irriiiotiB. wool being con- -1 the konote' In tha elase.ricatloa e plea of the carriers Is ths old. ' c y tt water competition, when the t ik t' t no wool la rained along tha . , f i hf.i(l-ra. Practically ail of the wool - t. 1. n In tlie Interior. hundre1a of f".m the co-i. We ho.d. there , hm the exowawve rates charared for 1 t!-5irirportetifn of this product over ' r,t! sa m -d at th ocean Una is a 'my and un awttil. 1 fe ft. c-a reia hen g sir acted from -Ar-.w r0rrs in the western country rr,xm,.'e l.'.W "0 yesrly. and this Is - h ' it for wnu-h tiie batiie la he- ffH.a. t to save tha Amertan flock-vr flock-vr im-ri rum. tins sum la dl 1 am-xg rt'unr tranaportatton com- a, i' e re' i' iton to ea-'h carrier t .1 he n a tt .! e to the enormous ern-1 ern-1 wi.i-'ti the carriers secure annually, tn tue i ard-preased flockmaaur tt i, h ivftt'-n. i atl(tnal S'oolrnwers ease will r'.t n''a wMe attention. Indtca- a are there he several hearlnss 1 by the l'il-rate com mere com- ii u l d'Ht-rmit parts of the coun-v coun-v sn.1 eaut. to gather all -the ta and f ira avatinhle. so aa to en- t c riuinssloners to artva proper "TmriaM'-n to this questinrt, nifh a jo much to every Individual of tha 1 hatf-s becaua of the wide use v d 10 tne manuiactura of naoesaary naro to Wool Industry. (- . -Wfth the extinction of ths fmckmst- -r of th l"uii"d citstea. esoeciaily In e ri 1 1 1'-ti utirler complaint, wool - -t. wt.n -1 vmr bevond the reach of the - e tiuitvluxal. kven now the World's e of p In the last Ptteen .,1 im 4f " ' . whPa tha r puiation incrMHH 1-0 o -t n (h as me i it is cir f n these fir urea ri TH'-m that ti (--is the people by feti "4ini"H of t a carriers In charg-! charg-! t'.e ti'.r exceaalve freight r " tuat aie n -jbttive to ths lodus I - rir-krr-atera of the United fltatao. nr"v t . in tne country west , , jv,.sn 1 Hvr, ar engaged In a .-.'ate t- t,e f.r eauiteni- the 4 1 e wotMfrruwera face a ra-v ra-v n 0"WB.v1 of stheftule 'K,' the SgU t n t t wtii. h haa already caused a i , v m imp in the price of wool of this v mr s pr.-.-ietion, and on tha other hand t . r roads are charaing exeeve rutee f -r trie wMifrn areas of proiltietlon to t ern mark 'a. In view of these farts ' outlook for tho woolgrower Is not b.ht." - r |