Show ans P abit or LOH 1011 I 1 R 11 OOL I 1 special to the chronicle washing D C feb 8 assurances that C steps hasteen haaf been taken or were tin mediately in prospect to lower the tariff on wool thus endangering the market for one of utah s important products were given today by sen atnif bibert D thomas D of utah after rumors and enquiries to that effect had caused him to seek in formation from administrative sources the tariff commission has the pow er either to lower or raise rates by 50 percent but any such action could only be taken after the corn com mission had held hearings on the subject and proper steps had been taken to arii g the matter to public attention no action of any sort has been taken and the utah senator has learned that no action Is con templates tem plated such dumois and enquiries are a good sign in one prospect sen ator thomas said they indicate that the wool industry has come a long way up from the morass of low prices in which it fund itself at the height of the depression a year ago ri ing prices and better con coil editions always bring unfounded rum or 0 r T changes it Is a sign of bodd times the price of wool has more than doubled in the past year according to the last available figures of the department of agriculture here the average price paid to producers producer the united states on decem ber 15 1933 was 24 2 cents a pound compared to 9 2 cents a pound tor for december 15 1932 and 12 9 cents on december 15 1931 benator senator thomas expressed ear the be lief that the rumors of a reduction in the tariff might also have arisen following the return of secretary of state hull and his delegation from the pan american conference at montevideo such conferences al ways bring brink recurring fears that ar gentine wool might have hane won a more advantageous position thru lowered american tariffs but the utah sen ator said he had been unable to lind any justification for such a view at the present time |