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Show "Ill W00LMEN COMPLAIN 'JIL ON RATES FROM WEST M ' wtnVK,!hlngton' lan- 10 Arguments ' " lerflin? Inade thls wcelf before the In- 4 t aiaic commerce commission on the question of rates on raw wool from the far west tb the seaboard and to intermediate points. Rates on hides, tallow and pelts also aro iuvolvcd. With respect to hidqs, the small country slaughterhouse slaughter-house proprietor asserts he is being crushed by Iho packing trust. So far as wool is concerned, the growers say they are up against a combination between the wholesale men and the manufacturers A representative of the woolgrow-ing woolgrow-ing Interests says that "the troubles of the wool men are caused bv the survival of old conditions which the interstate commerce commission is asked to change," "The wool produced in the west," he continued, "has moved to the Atlantic At-lantic seaboard for yearB with no stop at Intermediate points. Naturally the rates arc all adjusted to that basis. When the woolgrowers awoke to the fact that the conditions under which their product was being marketed wero the reverse of beneficial to thorn they looked around for means to emancipate themselves "They decided to hold their wool nearer home, so the transportation of wool direct to the Atlantic seaboard was interrupted by the organizations of the Omaha and Chicago warehouses. ware-houses. Then It was found the rates were not so adjusted as to permit wool to be handled to advantage at interior point." oo |