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Show l'ROTEt TlOX FOB THE OOLGKOWEKS. The western woolgrowers are mak-- mak-- , . . ing a hard light for the existence of. that industry now attacked on all Bides. Besides the government dumping large holdings on the market the bars, are let down for enormous importations. impor-tations. This imported wool is produced by the cheap labor of Argentine, all the latin-American countries, Australia and New Zealand. Without embargos ana Import duties to put them on a level with this unfair competition the days of the wool industry may be numbered. The woolgrowers do not want government control or ownership of marketing facilities of the sheep and cattle industry' as proposed. : The government asked the general j public to conserve wool during the war and use all kinds of substitutes "i for, woolens. ' ' I ,,, by the same token the woolgrow- '-0',":-i,-;,e.vs now ask the government to de-maud de-maud by. law that substitution cease -. unless properly labelled. V ' f .' They; demand that there be a stop to iucreasing'game preserves as wool '"" aitd -meat-are, . more necessary than propagation, of wild game. 1 - Sheep and woolgrowers further de-' de-' -Aland tba.t,.,Jheir property be not ' " '." 'longer assessed .on the basis of war valuations.:.-.. |