The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-27
Is Washington city crowded with rra fe ccionaI pnopo

professional men?
 There are 1900 registered physicians in this city, according to the report or Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, of the Car negie Foudation; there are more than 500 lawyers, including government claim agents, patent attorneys and others; 1900 members of the architec- tural club, of whom less than 30 per cent are established practitioners of their profession.
 Most of the professional men uphold the view that the young professional man should not stay here. A few, how ever, say their field Is not overcrowded for the right sort of man, but say the ordinary physician or lawyer has not as good a chance to earn a good income here as elsewhere.
 The secretary of the National Wool Growers association, S. ". Mcclure of Goodin, Idaho, says with reference to the tariff on wool:
 .'The last census shows that there are more than 5O.O0O.0O0 sheep in the United States. owned by more than 500 000 persons. These sheep are esti- mated to be worth $250.000, 1000, and the lands upon which they graze in private ownership are worth $300,000,000 more Surely an industry representing an in- vestment of $550, 1000, 900 is a matter en .
 
 Congress.
 Last year our sheep produced 32S.- 000.O00 pounds of wool, worth $60,000, 900, and 750,000. 900 pounds of dressed mutton, worth S75,000,000. These two items alone show production from the sheep industry of $135,oo0,000 for the year 1910.
 'The history of the sheep industry of the United States clearly indicates that it cannot be successfully maintaine ed without the protection of tariff on wool.
 If we accept 14 ounces as the av- craze weight of yard, then an all- wool suit of clothes would weight just three pounds II requires 10 pounds of average American wool to make three pounds of cloth of this weight. There fore, the average suit of clothes con tains about 10 pounds of unwashed wool Our western wool grower has sold this years clip of wool at an av- craze of not more than 16 cents a pound, and probably not more than To cents a pound. Accepting Is cents as the average price of this wool. we find that the American wool grower Is re- ceivine the magnificent sum of S1 so for furnishing all the wool that goes to make an all wool suit of clothes of average American weight.
 Your storek eeper charges you from $20 to $30 for the suit and your tailor will charge you from s30 to $60 for it.. With the present price Of wool there Is not suit worn in Washington to- day, regardless of what 1t cost, that the wool grower got as much as $2 30 for furnishing all the wool that was required to make 1t
 IT the removal of the duty from wool had the same effect on the cost of cloth- ing that the removal of the duty from hides had on the cost of shoes, then the suit would probably cost more than the tariff off. The tariff increases the cost of wool for one suit 45 cents. The wool growers believe that If the tarif was removed from the wool this 45 cents would merely go to increase the profits of the jobber and retailer
 Nat nal politics may be occupying the minds of voters in other parts of the country, but down in Louisiana the people are engaged in the campaign for the election of two United States sen ators," remarked R. H. Wenger. a prom inent busineAs man of New Orleans.
 Governor Sanders and Representa- : tive Broussard. who are running against each other for the seat now occupied by Senator Thornton. are mak- Ing vigorous campaign. The gover- nor was elected senator, but declined. and Thornton was appointed. Now Sanders Is anxious to be elected again,