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Show i iro ncwi Lmwe!sj rryun si itit rn - era I demand from all sections of the country for tmmedtsts action on the woolen schedules snd ether schedules having to do with the neceaaltlea of Ufa, and the President Is aware of this demand. de-mand. It has reached htm through resolutions reso-lutions pa seed by legislatures, throurh petitions, through newspaper comment, and t h rough magasl nee. Yet nme of them are experts or have any knowl- of the last oongreaa passed over the wool schedule., because. Judging' bv former for-mer experience, thev could not reduce the duties without destrovln an Industry Indus-try and eventually Increasing the oost of 11 vine. Losses Bine Winona Bpeeck. "The losses In wages to wool mill labor la-bor since President Taft made his unfortunate unfor-tunate Winona apeech haa been over t&o.-OOO.rtOO. t&o.-OOO.rtOO. The loss tn the wool growers In the value of their wool snd sheep wilt pmbablv double these figures. "A New England mill man Tn my office of-fice last week said his loss on the wool he held wss $250,000 snd that some of the losses of the Boston dealers would not be covered by these figures. ' "Now, all this loss nf wealth has done nobody any good. Ths loss of wagea to the wool mill workers Is a loss tn the nation of tn times the amount of their wagee. The loss on sheep and wool haa not cheapened the price of wool and mutton to the consumer, nor do we find the retell clothier willing to charge any leas for a suit of clothes. I recently asked why It was thst the duplicate of a S12.M ettlt which he exhibited ex-hibited before congress wss still betns sold at the same or a higher price. The answer was. that teople were willing to nav for it, and. after alt It waa only a reasonable profit." CIVEPSIZESTO EKC0U2ACE COASTLNG . NEW YORK. Mareh 0. The Iater-Boroucrh Iater-Boroucrh F leva ted Hailroad company haa inau(ruratei a sew piss to save power n the elevate! railroads in this city. . Pack motoman has clock attached to his train, whirl. rentera the s mount of coast in dose by hint. A motorola a ' ens day last week coaetedl for thirteen) minutes of his thirtv five minute run. Ttiia is the record. The comtany grivee rab pr17.es ear a month toi tue emTr n - n d" the mtjt Ctjasiiniif. 1 dc |