OCR Text |
Show lOSCi'C UYE CEIITS 1 A POD Oil W001, SAYS THE PRESIDENT Frank Goodinrf Also Says Wool Men Faror Tariff Board Now. To ward off any effort oa tho part of congress at Its apodal session next month to consider the matter of the wool tariff, schedule K. before the speelal tariff hoard eonipletee lie Investigation. the executive execu-tive committee of the National Wool O rowers' association will meet with th legislative committee of that organisation organisa-tion In Halt lake City tomorrow. The meeting will he attended by members of the committee from each of the western west-ern states and from several eastern ;tte. inc-lixllng Illinois. MaaaachuaeUa, Nebraska and the Dakotaa. A. J. Knowlin of Chicago, eastern vie president -f the association, will be present, pres-ent, aa will probably several of the eec-relariea eec-relariea of western state wool growers' associations. At the meeting It I hoped mean will be alevHied which will have the wool schedule settled e quickly e poeethle. According to President Frank R. Oood-Ing. Oood-Ing. former governor of Idaho, the present pres-ent tariff agitation la coaling the wool graw.re at present about cents a pound on their wool. "It Is a had flats of affairs, " said Mr. Ooodlna this morning, "snd one which might become worse. There is a great uncertainty In the wool business, which affecla that business lust aa It would any other. We undoubtedly have Buffered more than most of the Industries would, because while the unrest Is holding forth ws are atlll under our usual heavy expense ex-pense of maintaining our flocks. vve are arralil now that at the special spe-cial session of congress the matter of the wool tariff will com up. w want to postpone euch action until the tariff board completes Its Investigation. Ws believe that with the facta and figures before congress there will he a different differ-ent eettlement of the tariff proposition from what there would he If congress did not know what the actual conditions were. Th wool grower looks with favor upon the tariff board, as lie believes 1'. Is composed of fair mlndM men. "We sre preparing figures for trie hoard when It gets Into the weet. and think we will be able Io show some startling fncts. Nome of these matters will be considered at th meeting tomorrow. The wool grower has been ' hurt I Jllst this way. Under present conditions the factories are buying only enough of lb fleece to supply their Immediate de-mends. de-mends. They are holding out on their regulir purchase, because they expect the tariff 10 be reduced. The meeting tomorrow to-morrow probably will he at the Wilson hotel and will consume the entlr day. |