The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
WOOL GROWERS GET HIGHER PRICES AS
 RESULT OF TARIFF

Washington, July 16. Recently there was held in Washington con- ference of the wool growers of the United States for the purpose of dis cussing matters pertaining to the ad- vancementt and development of their industry.
 A careful perusal of the report of the conference as contained in the current issue of '"The National Wool Grower. the organ of the association, fails to show that a single reference was made to the subject of a tariff on wool, or that there was any complaint because the Underwood Bill placed wooIx on the free list. According to ''The N National Wool Grower the principal subjects discussed were Predatory Wild Animal Losses, Losses from Dogs," 'Standardizing wooPs-- and 'Government Breeding but not word is contained in the re- port about free wool
 The reason for this obviously is that the woolt growers are to-day re- ceivtng a higher price for their pro- duct than they did before the Under wood bill went into effect, and this notwHthstanding the fact that the standpatters proclaimed that Sched- ule k, was the keystone of the arch of protection, and that free wool would mean the destruction both of the wool growing industry and the wool -Inanufa curing industry.
 [ Some, of the statements taken from the same issue, of '"The National Wool Grower show the prosperity of the in dustry.
 W<B. Kendall, accredited with be- ing the largest sheep owner in Maine, writes:
 "AlI kinds of industries have their periods of prosperity and diversity. The sheep industry in-Nfaine has fail- ed for many years Obviously some of tn ose years must have been under Re- publican rule and high protection), but markS my prophecy it is again coming to Nthe front. T. am making money from the industry simply as a side issue. What would it be if de voted my AxwhoIe time to the busi ness ?''
 The paper'sN Boston wool Market letter says:
 New England A. mills were large buyers of desirab1eNwools, not only in the sale, but also by private purchase in London and Bradford. Dealers also bought freely, as total purchases of 24, 900 bales and over for this couh- try testify. Closing prices were to 10 per cent above the closing of pre- Vioust series.
 The4 letter quotes prices on certain gradesa at 55 to 57 as com pared with 45 to 50 last year, andl continues: Dealers say that recent quotations in the West mean that fine staple wools will clear cost laidA down here (Boston) of fully 60 cents,A and in the case of the best Montana clips, even more than Nhis Last year the sell ing price ofsfne staple Territory was 57 cents"
 ''In Ohio prices have been steadily advancing and have now reached a point fully cents higher than last year,
 The California Acorrespoudent of the paper says that the price paid for wool is around cents higher than last year. The Oregon correspoIf- dent says that the price which is be- ing paid is t'the top notch to date for fine woo1.''
 These are only a. few instances
 The, current issue of the "American Cotton, and Wool Reporter says:
 '"The Johnstown, (Pa-) hosiery mills are to be moved from their present plant in the near future The decision has been made because of the exhaustion of the available sup ply of labor in the vicinity"
 from Burril1viIles R. T., which says: with every mill here running full time and five of them employing 400 hands, running day and night, busi- ness is better than for ten years past.''
 The Reporter states also that at Do yer, N. H., the Cocheco department of the Pacific Mills is installing new spind1es to. the number of 30,000 and then adds significantly: 'sIt may be that these places are specially favored with good business while other manufacturing centers are feeling the effects of business de- pression more severely, but such a conclusion is hardly warranted by the 1 activity continually coming from va riOUS raannfactUrincr disfTicfz