Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1909 — WOOL MEN LIKE PAYNE BILL RATE [ARTICLE]

WOOL MEN LIKE PAYNE BILL RATE

Indiana Growers Satisfied With Present Tariff. MEETING OF ASSOCIATION Unable to Fix Price* Until Definite Action Ha* Been ton—Method* of Keeping the Crop High Class Are Discussed—Cleanliness, It Was Agreed, Wae the Rule to Be Observed by Farmer* Seeking •eat Returns. , Indianapolis, April 16. —The annual meeting of the Indiana Wool Dealers' association was attended by about thirty members. One of the chief subjects for discussion was the tariff on wool. The dealers also discussed methods for teach-

fng the farmers how to care for their wool and for their sheep, so they may receive the best prices for the wool. Cleanliness, it was said, was one of the chief rules to be observed in preparing wool for the market. The tariff question is bothering the wool dealers because they do not know just how to fix the price-jof wool for the season which is now opening. If the duties on wool remain unchanged they will have no trouble in arranging their schedule. They fear, however, that they may go ahead and fix prices which will cause them a loss of money In case the duty on wool is lowered. In the Payne bill as it left the house, the duty on third-class wool was reduced. Indiana wool come Into competition with third-class wool which is Imported, but the wool dealers fear that if the duty on third-class wool is reduced a great amount of topgrade woo! will be imported as third class wool and then will be sold here in competition with the top-grade wool It was the general sentiment of those in the meeting that the duty on wool should remain as it is now. D S Roundtree of Crawfordsville. was re-elected president of the association