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The Harlem News
Harlem, Blaine County, Montana
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Montana sheepmen launch campaign against proposed federal wool processing tax of 4.5 cents per pound, citing significant losses; Robert R. Jones urges action including contacts with Senator Wheeler, governor, and legislature. Reported from Helena on Dec. 27.
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Helena, Dec. 27 - (U.P) -Montana sheepmen are aroused by reports that the administration plans to place a processing tax on wool, and have launched a determined campaign of opposition.
It is understood here that the tax would be at the rate of four and one-half cents per pound.
This tax, according to Robert R. Jones, representative of a large eastern wool merchandising firm, "means a loss of 50 cents per head on all lambs now on feed in the state, or on feeder contracts in other states; 50 cents per head on next year's wool crop and at least 50 cents on all of next year's lamb crops; and the same loss from year to year."
Jones, who is stationed in Billings, has written bankers and others interested in sheep raising in Miles City, Forsyth and other parts of the state.
One of Jones' letters said, "We all have to get busy right now. We have gotten in touch with Senator B. K. Wheeler, the governor, and have a number of people working on other representatives in Congress. We are trying to get the Montana legislature to pass resolutions to be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture, protesting the issuance of his tax.
We know that you realize what a terrific blow this would mean to the Montana sheepmen."
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Montana
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Dec. 27
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proposed tax would cause losses of 50 cents per head on lambs and wool crops; campaign involves contacting officials and seeking legislative resolutions against the tax.
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Montana sheepmen oppose administration's plan for a 4.5 cents per pound wool processing tax, launching a campaign including letters from Robert R. Jones to bankers and others, contacting Senator Wheeler, the governor, congressional representatives, and urging Montana legislature to pass protesting resolutions to the Secretary of Agriculture.