Show L SHEEP SHIPMENTS HA HAVE VE BEEN TIED UP r j. j Shortage of Cars Has Greatly Hampered the In Iii In- dusky t EL r. r I SERVICE HAS BEEN BAD A I 1 Thai tilt the Jit HO Commerce I r Commission He ne Gl cn Juris- Juris li 1 i P Cheyenne Wyo wo W Dee Dec cc 23 3 PJ tar tary G G. G S S. Walker of or the National y V Wool J 2 Growers Growers' ns association the head head- quarters o of which Is In n this elt city h has addressed the following tion tion flon to United Slates States Senator I F F. H. H Warren who I Is 13 president of oC the hc National Na xa tlona association L but z 10 to whom the tho letter Is s sent ent as ono one of oC the Wyoming delc delegates In fn congress Senator F P. E. E Warren arren Washington D D. C. C C. Dear Sh Sli In behalf of oC the National Wool Vou Growers Glowers association an and the shippers of sheep of the entire country I wl wish h to call your attention v to the present sent unsatisfactory railroad service ser throughout ut the he entire West West- em countr country Th Tin Tin- shortage of cars has for several severa weeks wees not only delayed delayer shipments but In man many cases caes has ac lC- actually pi prevented the shipment of sheep to market and lambs to the feed lot lots with a resulting resulting- lo lots to the he owners This shortage of stock cars Cl Is 13 i due to t r c. c two tWI causes viz p t First Firs to the unprecedented hea heavy traffic and nd us use e of oC stockcars cars In hand hand- ling Ins trans continental bu inc Second to tn the diversion of oC coal curs cars to the beet sugar al' al trade which si I- I tates Sates the diversion lon of stoc stock cars to the coal lm trade The railroads 8 ta take c care cale of oC the I tran trails trade first the beet I sugar traffic second and the coal cual tra trade e third lea leasing In the stockmen to take I what Its It left tn In the theay wa way ay of oi cars and during durIng- the present season there have ha I been few If IC an any cars leftIn leftIn left In ca cases es where hele shippers shipper's of oC sheep have obtained cars after aln waiting weeks weel and months for the tame aine the they have o been given the lie poorest runs tuns to the market in lit the history of or the industry The rhe extension lon of oC the twenty eight hour law to thirty thc IX hours hits has as a rule I n- n hardship Upon the tho shipper f fr d of oC n benefit It s seemingly giving gIvIng- the d t. t In lih T Ct Tl up f on I l U and antI at al division terminals The rho he runs runK from nn any given gl point to Omaha Kansas City and Chicago have on an average tho the present nl season been from frOnt five I to thirty hours hOUIs slower titan than ever cr before The Tue Shed sheep heep m men n of or the West Vest will favor fa tho the passage of oC a law b by con congress r ss putting the question of or railroad service ser and furnishing of oC cars car under the jurisdiction jurisdiction juris jurl diction of ur the thc Interstate Commerce commission and v we c de deslie he to impress upon you that It Is vitally necessary that something be done tIone and at once Yours truly trub G S. S Walker I Secretary |