, 1922-02-02
DOLLAR PER
Mile SHEEP
BIT RELIEF from PRESENT CHARGES
WITH ADMINISTRATION WORKING TO
LRiNG IT ABOUT, IS IN SIGHT
OTHER STATE CAPITAL GOSSIP

oN"y - - >>h'' 49,
a dollar a mile to ship a carload of
sheep in Wyoming.
s;"ys IT,. Worland Grit:
1t costs $50 to ship a carload of
sheep from bonneville to Worland,
a distance VI approximately 60 miles.
Little less than a dollar a mile.
Reason We know is because local
sheep men had a herd showed in near
Bonneville and wanted to ship them
down hire 10 hay. State meeting in
Cheyenne March End to consider
freight rates"
Says Charles A. Guenthcr of
Douglas:
Recent reductions in freight rates
granted by the railroads in our ter
ritOry and now in effect do not begin
to relieve the dep!orablc situation
existing in Il county at the present
time. To enable the farmers of this
community to ship their hay and
grain we must have further reduc-
tions. The future prosperity of
agriculture in Converse County de-
mands a repeal of wartime freight
charges
Governor n. Z. Kendall of Iowa
declared the other day that the high
freight rates which the railroads have
been permitted to charge have clog
ged up that states agricultural and
other interests. He said the big
trunk lines there could reduce their
freight rates by % percent and still
make IA larger profit than they did
prior to 1917.
These statements are Of particular
interest to the people of Wyoming at
this time. in view of the probability
that those rates in which they are
most Interested will hit the toboggan
shortly.
Freight tariffs on agricultural pro-
ducts throughout the west are likely
to take a tumble as result of action
which has been instituted recently
by Wyoming and her sister common
wealths Of the Rocky Mountain
region, says Chairman Claude L..
Draper of the State public service
commission. In consequence business
both in the city and rural districts
of Wyoming should get back to nor
malcy within the next few months.
Every basic commodity in the state
is being or VIII be represented at tie
hearings now being held before the
interstate commission
with a view to bringing about a gem
eral reduction of rates. In an effort
to do something Of a practical value
to the farmers. stockmen and bus
mess men. the state administration
has arranged for a comprehensive en-
hibit of facts and figures with which
to impress the commission that the
charges must ONE down before there
can be any real resumption of bus
mess in this part OF the country.
Among the commodities represented
~~{o,,lro -.NJrn,, l;.,t>,1y
wool, coal, fruits and vegetables.
Protests against the present rates
are pouring into offices of the Public
Service Commission at the state cap
itol daily. And they are being relay
ed to Washington as fast as they
arrive.
Governor Takes IL Hand.
When Governor Carey left last
week for Washington. there to rep
resent the t~ntermountain region at
President HArdinG's national agricul-
tural Conference.-The meeting called
insRn effort to find some means of
lifting the farming and livestock in
dustries out Of the dumps into which
they AVE fAllen-he planned to go
before the Intertate Commerce Com
mission while at Washington and pre-
sent an elaborate exhibit of facts and
figures on the freight charges on
Wyoming commodities. He took with
him a big bundle of protests; those
that have arrived since he left have
been forwarded to him. He prob
ably will appear before the commits
sion some time either this week or
next.
Others There Also.
State Senator S. A. Nelson of Pow-t
ell has been at Washington for sew
eral weeks on the same errand. as
have Charles A. Guenther of Douglas
and George E. Brimmer OF Rawlins.
both Of whom are members of the
executive board of the Republican
State Central Committee. Chairman
Draper and others will go from WyO-
ming and appear for Wyoming. as
soo0 Is they are called.
Following these hearings; one on
1ntrastate rates will be held in Chey-
enne beginning March 2. with all
commercial organizations. shippers.
farmers and livestock men invited tot
1lrepare data showing the effect Of
OF this state.
New Tariff April list.
Private advices received in Chey-
enne today from a source close to
those men who are in charge Of the
machinery OF government at Wash
ington said the permanent tariff.
carrying with 1t many provisions OF
vital Importance to Wyoming indus
tries. probably would not be enacted
prior to April l. and even then Ike
" would have to be attuned to the
coming economic conference at
Genoa. But these advices also said
chat the Republican leaders were
quitting through the measure as rap
Idly as is consistent with matured
thought and deliberations. n that
when the new law does come forth
from the hopper it will prove a real
aAonn 10 h~nsinass thrnuRhOut the