Show HEARD DURING THE WEEK CHICAGO sept 9 F S good ing former governor of idaho and a veteran representing the national growers negotiation association testified before interstate commerce commissioner pronty I 1 I 1 today that tho the railroad rate on wool Is I 1 unjustly high new now methods of raising sheep hare have come into UBO use in the last few stars and the expense ie to greater hj aid said the range being well occupied herds aa as large as formerly cannot be b handled asked if there WOM werl way mray heep sheep men who c bild id not ship full car 1 l lots lot the witness replied in the negative he lie eald dald that he knew shippers hail had received rebates from the railroads but bo he personally uever never heard ot of one on cross 1 nation by counsel for or the harriman lines ho he said I 1 consider your f tight raten rates en a too high I 1 think the rail roada roads are entitled to air fair earnings jmj but it to we the aru are paying more than their share of 0 tho the earnings 1 gooding occupied tho the stand most of 0 the daa da he lie told of 0 establishing a wool warehouse so in tit chicago after having failed in attempts attempt a to start one in boston three years ago the era ers of 0 tho tile Vee tern states ed to establish a it warehouse Bo in bos ton he lie bild wild but were unable to do so because boston bankers re ro fused to advant ad vane i the ool growers any money on the warehouse then was established in chicago through the aid ot of financial men here and it haa has been a blessing to tho the woodmon wool nion of the west frank J hagenbarth Hagen harth of idaho testified that the cost of producing wool since IDs had increased 82 per cent ho lie said the coat cost of raising sheep had increased since 1902 1002 in that year he lie said the cost per head was 1 64 4 while in 1910 it amounted to 3 30 attorney itt torney victor 0 johnson representing the national P association compared the present with those in effect in 1886 1896 and hist hl figures showed an increase j W E alair assistant aee litant general freight agent of the northern pact 1 i tic fie railroad denied that hia his corn coin v pany had increased d the aratea on wool since 1896 but said that the present tariff was too low lie said that the condition conditions in thi wool growing country would warrant an increase F 11 II houghton II freight traffic manager of the santa fe testified that the wool traffic was highly dej from a carr carriers fers point of J vieta lie eald said his road handled tons for the year ended juno june 30 1911 an increase of several thousand tone tons over 1910 former governor gooding of idaho idalie president ot of the national wool 4 gro growers ers association will take the stand tomorrow the hearing then will adjourn to albuquerque denver salt lake city phoenix and portland i |