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Show WOOL GROWERS TO PRODUCE CLOTHING. When the Eastern clothing manufacturer tells you that the reason rea-son your clothing is costing more than it ever did before is because the wool grower is getting more money for his wool, tell him he's one of those short and ugly things Roosevelt talked about. Magnus Brown, president of the Minnesota Wool Growers' association, asso-ciation, announces that the wool growers of hi3 own state, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wisconsin and others, propose proving that both the grower and the consumer have been getting the worst of it. Under the incorporated title of the Wool Growers' Co-operative Woolen Mill, they have leased the big mill at Albuquerque and will commence producing blankets, sweaters, pantaloons and other articles, arti-cles, without adulteration, at a cost to the consumer of from 30 to 40 per cent less than they are now paying. They will also pay 50 per cent more to the grower than he now receives. This is the first time such an experiment has been attempted, but Brown has no doubt of its sucoess. He declares that the famous schedule "K" of the Aldrich tariff is nothing short of infamous and that growers are being robbed. It was denounced in resolutions passed by his organization. Wool today, according to Brown, is 5 cents a pound below London, Lon-don, less than it was on a free trade basis. Instead of protection, it amounts to robbery. The Albuquerque experiment will be watched with wide interest, .because as an object lesson it may revolutionize the present conditions in the wool market. Brown, who was one of the active promoters, is known far and wide throughout the West for his aggressive ability, and the wool growers are with him to a man. |