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Show UTAH WOOLMEN HOLD UP PRICES IIUK TIIH VltltY HIMT YI4.lt I 'OH so.mi: ti.mi:. A iv lii CiiiiiIiicI Ciiiiipiilgii Fur Hie Impiiivi'iiiriit or Flocks mill Kate Tliniiigliniit WVI, Hut lvuperlally In tltjili lKclxlon .Mmle At .Meet. Ing or 1'liK-kiimi.tvni nt Ion. Members of tho Utah Htato Wool-growers' Wool-growers' araoclatlou will continue to stand togother to uphold prices for tho season's clip, nccordlng to decision deci-sion of tho board of directors nt an cnthuslnatlo meeting hold at Halt Lake City last Saturday. This policy pol-icy ban netted association member all tho way from three to six cents mom n pound for their wool than they would otherwise hnvo got from tho buyers. Tho dlrootors were unanimous un-animous In this opinion. They decided not only to ktop up tho co-oporntloii that tins worked to well, hut to endeavor to secure assistance from tho dopnrliuont of agriculture, the Nntlouul Woolg rowers' row-ers' association, und the Nntlonal Wool Wnrshouso nnd Storage company com-pany (the growers' oo-oporntlvo concern In Chicago), In Increasing tho also and quality of flocks In this state. Outline the ItejiMiiii. This s desired, uxplnlnsd Secretary Secre-tary Stewart, not merely becauso of kooii prices ior wooi ouiuiiuux mis year, and which aro expected to contlnuo, Imt because of the do-maud do-maud for meat. Thu association went on record ns favoring n general gen-eral order from tho state board of sheep commissioners calling for dipping dip-ping of nil sheep for eradication of ticks. Following the session un Saturday, Satur-day, I'resldunt George Austin culled n special mooting of tho executive committee for Monday, when details de-tails of u systematic campaign In tho stnte for Improvement of flock and maintaining Kood prices for wool and lambs was considered. An ussosrment of fifty cents a share of atioclatlon stock, or a basis of fifty rents for ovory ono hundred head of sheep hold by association members, mem-bers, has been declared to carry n the work. AMvoclutlun'N I lest Year. "This Is tho best yenr tho association asso-ciation bus ovor had. and we nro Retting better prices by standing together," said one of the directors. "In former year a buyer would offer of-fer a growor eighteen to twenty cents for his wool, and If tho grower didn't accept, he stood slim chnnco or selling his clip. Ily organization ' we have securod better prices all along the Hue. If the Held buyers r unwilling to puy a fair price, wo can now ship to tho nutlonal , wurehouso nnd take udvautngo of tho Imt price on tbo Chicago market," mar-ket," ('eta Arounil Thirty Oni. . 0 II. Stowart, socrotnry of tho I Utah Stato Woolgrowors' association, associa-tion, was at Kvnnston, Wyo., last week, vhoro ho sold tho wool clip of a largo ranch ho Is Intcrostod In. Tho exact prlco paid Is not announced, announc-ed, but Stewart said tho pitco was n good ono, between twenty-sovon nnd thirty cents. Stowart mid his partners woro offered 04 conta a pound for their lambs, which la regarded re-garded as a gcid price, but tho bid was declined. ' |