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Show paper may be received in the spirit in which it is issued, and if in the end it shall be the means of leading one American citizen from the evils of low wool tariff its mission will not have been in vain.17 Since 1911 was the very year John K joined the Association we know he received this periodical from the beginning and found in its pages the information and direction he needed and appreciated. The accumulation of any magazine over a long period of time can present a problem in most homes, and many of them are discarded. Some old issues of this magazine are still held in the Madsen family, even though they are not the very earliest. Busy as John K was most of the time he looked forward to the coming of each month's magazine. Indeed his business life became somewhat dependent on the guidance contained in its printed voice. TARIFF - O F CONCERN The immediate concern of the National Wool Growers Association had always been for securing adequate protection in the adjustment of the tariff that would come from recommendations of the U. S. Revenue Commission. They were not satisfied with the rate in effect since July 1864-before they had organized. They began making their dissatisfaction known to the wool manufacturers, feeling that the latter may be somewhat to blame for low orices of wool. 133 |