Show TARIFF ON WOOL Sp cical cal to the reaper washington Wasi ington D 0 alb 8 1934 As assurance urance that no steps had been taken or were immediately in ili prospect pros to lower tile tariff on wool thas en dang dangerud ciati Kerins eriD the market for one olle of important products were wen given today by senator elbert D thomas D of utah after rumors and en ed clu iries to that effect had caused him to lo seek ek information from administrative sources the tariff commission has the power r either to lower or ralso raise rates atts 0 iv bv 10 0 o percent hut but any uch inch action crud alv anly be mizell ti ken after tile the commission had had hold held hearings hearin ss on tile subject and proper steps had been taken to bahi brina the matter to public attention no action of any sort has been taken and tile the utah senator has learned that no action is contemplated contempt con cited iucci i rumors and enquiries are a kond good sin sign in one respect senator sall ali thy y indicate that the wool industry has come a long ions way up tip front from the morass of low prices in it found itself at the height of ao i 0 o rising busill tile the depression a year pries prices and better conditions alwa always 7 brills hi hig unfounded rumors of tariff ella chances ch anses it is a sign of good times 1 the price of wool has more t than ban doubled lit in the pat past year according accordine ft to the last aval available lable figures of the department part ment of agriculture here the average price paid to uie ilie producers throughout the united states on 11 pi 1 1 comber 15 1 i 1933 was cents a pound cali compared paral to 2 cents tor for december 15 1014 14 and cents on oil december 15 inai senator thomas expressed the belief no that tit alie rumors of it a reduction in the tariff alight also have arisen fal owina tit flip return of secretary of state hull and alid his deles ration from the pan amerman Am erkan erlAnn at montevideo sica conferences always bring recur ine arhur fears that argentine wool MI lit linao 1 won a more advantageous T 07 ion lowered american AmPT ican tariffs icil t me utah senator sald said lie lad had been to lind find any ju justification for guch a view it al the present time |