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Show I UTAH WOOL I MEN' SAVE I FREIGHT B Utah wool men will save 47,22.";, B Idaho $63,900. Wyoming $137,S00. Ne- B vada $38,8-10 and Montana $115,000 B annually in freight rates on the basis B of their present clips, as a result of B the decision of the Interstate com- K merce commission In tho wool cases, B according to C. B. Stewart, secretary B ot the Utah Wool Growers' assocla- B tion. B The rate from Utah and other B mountain, states shipping points is B $2,13, while that from Pacific coast B points to the Atlantic seaboard Is $1 B flat IB A reduction of 13 per cont in tho B freight coat will mean for the wool- yB men of the five western states that III.W , III I JSBESgggE II I lead In wool production, an aggregate of more than $400,000 a year, divided as follows Utah, $47,925 on a basis of 15,000,000 pounds production; for Idaho, $C3,900 for 20,000,000 pounds, for Wyoming, $137,800 for Its 40,-000,000 40,-000,000 pounds; Nevada, $3S,340 for Its 12.000,000 pounds, and Montana, $115,000 for its 3C.000.000 pounds. |