Deseret Evening News | 1906-12-15 | Page 105 | Wool Growers Protest

WOOL GROWERS PROTEST Sheep Shippers Scud Coin iii To 10 s on Cur Car Special to tho News Che Wyo Dec Wyoming and nUd National Wool fool Growers with hen headquarters In Cheyenne have forwarded th the follow tollo followIng Ing letter to th the Wyoming and other wc western delegations In do Congress In behalf or of the members ot of the Wyoming and National Wool Growers n and the tho shippers ot of sited sheel ot of the tho entire nast wu we wish swish to en call I your attention to the tho pre present ent factory railroad service the tho entiN country The 1110 shortage fit of cars has for tor several weeks not ant shipments hut but In n ram cam has actually prevented the ot of to 10 market and Iambs to tho th teed feed lots lotH a resultant loss lOBS to 10 own era HII Thu fhil I sit r ot of stock cars la Is duo lIuo to two causes viz First to limo tho un traffic ad the Iho use Uso ot of cars In handling business Second to the diversion ot of coal cars to the tho bent beet and sugar trade which noca the tho diversion lon or of stock curs cars to the tho coal conI trade trude The railroads take care or of trans transcontinental continental traIl trade first the tho beet sugar uSar traffic second and time the coal trade third th 1111 leaving the tho stockmen to lake what Is loft loti Jn n tile tho sexy U of at cars car und mind during the tho pre present ent have been lIeen tow It If cars carll left lert lertIn In Ill where shippers or of sheep have obtained cars after weeks and months for tor same salve they haO i teen en given the runs to market In the tho history of nf the tho o industry The extension ot of the law to 36 hours has IS as n it rule worked a hard hardship hardship ship upon time tho shipper instead ot of u a benefit It seemingly givIng tune tho rail loads eight hours more In which to tollo llo up shipments all on and nt at division terminals The rho runs front from frontany any ony given point on the tho range to Omaha Oma Omaha ha Kult a City and Chicago have on the tho been from live tu to 30 hours sIO slower I then over before The ot of the tho west will favor the tho ot of a law b by Con gross greslI putting the tho question ot of railroad and or of curl cars under the jurisdiction or of tM the interstate corn com coerce merCe nn and 1 we desire to upon you ou that It is III vitally nece necessary ary that something be done ut at once Yours trul truly S WALKER lm Secretary The Tho car shortage nm and poor servIce problems will J be o taken up by the at al th the annual conventions ot of the tho and National OS associations nt at Springs Wyo W o and Snit Lake City Utah lit in January Tho railroads havo ben been invited 1 to send thou representatives to discuss the tho question with the Iho wool growers crowers