Show Wooi growers petitioning congress at the meeting of the board of directors of the lake chamber of commerce thursday evening the committee on wool made the following report SALT LAKE CITY december to the president and secretary of the salt lake chamber of commerce salt lake city gentlemen your committee on wool beg to report as follows A meeting or the wool growers of the territory has been called by the wool growers association for jan 9 1888 at 11 a m at the county courthouse and your committee now present for your endorsement the within preamble and resolutions drafted by them to be presented to the wool growers at the convention as aforesaid we would request a meeting of the chamber to act upon our resolutions before presenting them to the wool growers association yours respectfully W L PICKARD chairman the resolutions adopted by the board are as follows to the honorable the senate and house of representatives of the united states in congress assembled the wool growers of utah terri tory representing a capital of beg to submit to you through their chamber of commerce the following preamble and resolutions by them adopted at their convention held this ath day of january 1888 WHEREAS the wool growers of utah territory being duly assembled in convention in the city of salt lake this ath day of january 1888 represent sheep and a capital of invested and an annual yield of pounds of wool any reduction in the present tariff on wool would seriously cripple if not destroy tho wool industry of the Tem tory thereby throwing out of employment thousands of men causing hardship throughout tho territory therefore bo it rejoiced that we the ers iu convention assembled protest against any reduction of the tariff as relates to wool and woolens and resolved that wo pledge ourselves to work for the maintenance of the present tariff on wool and woolen goods and to stand by all committees and associations in giving full and complete protection to as the american industries in need of the same and cordially invite their cooperation in this matter resolved that we call upon our delegate to congress to do all in his power to aid in protecting interests of lucli vital importance to us we ask a careful consideration of our claims and your memoria lists will over pray |