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Show Stockmen Plan For Convention v Not a small amount of interest is being manifested by the stockmen of litis valley in the second annual convention con-vention of the United Stockmen's association as-sociation for federal control of public giazing lands which is to be held in Salt Lake, December C, 7 and 8. Not u'.or.e will there be a large representation represen-tation from this section but those in- teiested in the movement from the "V thirteen western states will be present pres-ent and one of the largest meetings of t his character is expected. Charles P. Mullen of Arizona, president of the organization, is urgent urg-ent that the meeting be represented from all parts, and adds: "There are more than 500,000,000 acres of public grazing hinds in the western states. Our organization seeks to get federal control of this land, and we think there should be a department or division of the department depart-ment cf agricultdure or of the department de-partment of the interior for this purpose. pur-pose. "At our convention here we will consider the grazing lands problem in connection with the proposed advance ad-vance in grazing fees for national forest lands from ?1 to about $3 per head tor cattle. We also shall con-i-'.riar the policy of the federal reserve board on financing live stock producers. pro-ducers. It is expected that resolutions resolu-tions will be adopted favoring long-t long-t jrm loans to stockmen. The governor gover-nor of this district of the federal reserve re-serve bord and others will be invited, to attend this meeting, and there will bo able speakers present who know-about know-about the problems confronting us. "Another subject, that will be considered con-sidered at the convention is the de-ciee de-ciee of Attorney General A. Mitchell V Inter wherein the packers are ordered or-dered to dispose of their stockyards ae.d refrigerator cars. This will be with a viow to estimate the effect it will have on the livestock industry in general. The Grona-Anderson bill, winch is a substitute for the Kenyon-" Kenyon-" Ivendrick bill dealing with federal control of marketing, packing and distribution of livestock products,-will products,-will also be considered." In addition "to these general subjects, sub-jects, there will be the usual work attendant at-tendant on a convention, including the election of officers and the selection selec-tion of a new executive committee. The executive committee is made up of one cattle raiser and one sheep grower from each of the thirteen states. |