Deseret Evening News | 1908-12-11 | Page 1 | Woolgrowres Appear before the Committee

APPEAR BEFORE THE TIIE COMMITTEE Dee Dec 11 Three wool growers growel were the tho only on witnesses heard byi I the house Ways and means com coal committee o at the tho tariff tarl hearing healIn today tOda n it G Ci Johnson Jonnson of Blackfoot Idaho Who hind had been on tho the stand before ro re to give glo tIle thu committee his hui hl figures on iii n the tIle cost cot of oC raising sheep These Thies fig figures eras ures that th t the tho profit on oh a II flock oft of In Idaho is 10 per pel cent Solomon Luna a 0 wool grower of New Mexico asked tho thu committee to retain r the present tariff on ool saying that he ho would like to have havo the tho duty dut In Increased Increased creased if ho thought there thelo was Wits any 11 possibility of o having it done d ne II tJ AV Vt Kelly representing the time Ness NeV Ne Wool Growers association a claimed that the cost oC or raising sheep has litis l increased and asked to havo the thc on wool retained