Show WOOL GROUP ORGANIZATION WORK URGED National Leader Stresses Need for Greater Activity V BLOOD W WELCOMES S BODY More Than SOp U U. U S S. S She Sheep Sheep- men Gather in Conclave Need for more active organization work among the of the nation was stressed by F. F FR R. R Marshall se secretary of the Hie National ers' ers association before the annual convention of ot the organization Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day at the Hotel Utah Crowding into the hotel ballroom more than members of the Industry Indus try from all sections of ot the country heard Governor Henry H. H Blood sound a note of encouragement forthe for forthe forthe the future rise of wool and lamb prices Members o of the ladles ladles' lary also attended Prospects are are th that t there will be a 3 larger production o of wool and lambs Iambs this year and prices will be stronger declared the governor You wool- wool growers hav a promising outlook F. F A A. Ellenwood first vice president pros pros- dent who is making a bid for forthe the position of president to succeed Frank J. J Hagenbarth who Was unable to attend the meeting because of ot illness called the first session to order shortly shortly short short- ly after 10 a a. a m m. Invocation was offered offered of of- by H. H W. W Ha Harvey ey of Heber Hebe City Besides Governor Blood State Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator W. W D D. D Candland a member of the national associations association's executive I committee welcomed the delegates James G. G Brown president of the Colorado association n responded to the welcome addresses Reading of President Hagenbarth's address scheduled on the opening program was postponed because became the paper had not yet been received Increasing government activities in relation to many branches of our industry asserted Marshall and the necessity for continued activities in maintaining the lowest possible costs in the production and marketing of wool and lambs Iambs impels men in the industry to assist in o our r organization on work The report of the sixty eighth annual annual an an- nual convention last year concerning Continued on PAK Page Three URGE ACTIVITY N National Leader Stresses Need f for r Greater A Activity Continued from Page Pare One Ont the he necessity of extending the servO Ices ice ces of or the federal land banks to the owners of grazing lands was vas rather emphatic 1 I think most of the sheep sheep- men understand that this question has been een agitated in Washington and in inthe inthe the he headquarters of the land bank districts for some years Officials of ot the northern district banks he said still adhere to their position that in order ordel to qualify qualify fy for lor a loan on grazing lands a stockman must have title to all land required for lor 12 months months' grazing The most we can say is that present officials oW- oW in Washington seem to be a little littlemore littlemore littlemore more sympathetic with our requests Marshall pointed out that the regional regional re- re gional ional agricultural credit corporations corpora- corpora ions which came into operation since the he last convention h have ve rendered a notable service He discussed disc sheep financing public lands stockyards and commission charges freight rates declaring that in freight rates on livestock we have little more than held our own Eat More Lamb He told of opposing through the association the inclusion of ot sheep 3 as asa asa a basic agricultural commodity under I Ithe the A A A A. He also outlined the work done on on the eat more lamb movement work in connection with predatory animals and on the tariff He said the congressional appropriations appropriations appropriations to the biological survey for tor predatory animal and md rodent control in n the year ear ending June 30 next are arc nearly a third less than in the previous ous year A report on the work of ot the national na na- lonal auxiliary was given by Mrs S. S O. O Stewart president The afternoon session convened at 2 p. p m in with A. A A. A Johns vice president president dent presiding Loans Arc Are Made 1 In fIn the past year the federal land banks anks closed loans to about farmers and stockmen in amounts of more than said a statement statement statement state state- ment received from William I. I Myers governor of the Federal Farm Credit administration and read at the afternoon after noon session He was unable to at- at tend end I at-I This is only a beginning of what we vc expect to do in 1934 We are now making approximately 2000 loans a aday aday aday day totaling between five and six million dollars The report said I have given a great deal of thought to the financial problems which affect you OU as stock- stock men I have consulted with wilh men both bothin in n and out of the farm credit admin- admin The farm credit administration administration adminis- adminis ration would not be the complete and coordinated system for financing agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture it is if the loans to farmers farmers' cooperative marketing or selling associations associations as- as were omitted Myers' Myers statement pointed out that within the past eight months the administration administration ad ad- ministration received applications from rom nearly as many farmers as were served in the previous 15 years There were land bank appraisers in service ervice last April and well over in December 1933 Meat Consumption W W. P. P Wing secretary of the California Call Call- fornia ornia association spoke poke on the organization of the Pacific Pacific Pa- Pa Livestock and Meat Institute tute Ltd in the San Francisco bay area arean in n 1931 He outlined the plan of promoting meat consumption in California and methods of improving retail practices The program will open Wednesday at t 10 a. a m m. Meetings will be held Thur Thursday da concluding in the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon with adoption of or resolutions reports of oC committees and election of oC o officers State Association Reelects Officers All officers of the Utah State Wool- Wool growers' growers association were reelected nt at the close of ot the twenty seventh aniual annual annual an an- nual convention Monday afternoon in inthe inthe the he Hotel Utah In resolutions adopted by the association association as as- more effective control of grazing lands was wa asked The members members mem- mem bers ers voted against an any effort to include in in- clude elude wool and lambs as basic commodities commodities com com- modifies under the agriculture adjustment adjust ment act favored adequate tariffs on the products of the industry and commended the farm credit administration adminis- adminis ration for its action In effecting orderly orderly or derly marketing of the 1933 wool clip Officers Reelected Officers reelected are S. S M. M Jorgensen Jor- Jor gensen president W. W I D. D Candland rice ice president and Utah member of the he national executive committee and James lames A. A Hooper secretary The following directors were ere reelected reelect reelect- ed eth Gorge E E. Collard Sylvester Broad Broad- Broadbent bent ent H H. H W. W Harvey Harvcy Henry Jackson Wilford Day Don Clyde H. H H. H Steens Stevens stevens Ste ste- vens ens D D. D H. H Adams Emery King Charles Redd Abe Hansen W. W J J. J Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- derson J J. J L. L Nielson Justus O. O See- See Icy ley ey Don B. B Colton Joseph W. W Prince Frank Paxton Joseph J. J B. B White M M. S. S Marriott James C C. Robinson Robinson Rob- Rob inson and L. L M. M Jones Members of ot the auxiliary elected new officers as follows Mrs J. J R. R Eliason president Mrs James f E B. Hooper vice president Mrs Henry Moss secretary Mrs A N. N Swallow corresponding secretary Mrs Parley A. A Dansie historian and Mrs l O. O E. E McGahen parliamentarian 0 Sketches History Governor Henry H. H Blood sketched the history of the federal governments government's govern govern- ment's ments policy with rc regard ard to the pub- pub lie Hc domain areas He lie said aid this is a Ol problem in which stockmen of the west great reat and small are primarily interested as tenants and are re the ones who should at least formulate tentatively tentatively tenta tenta- a plan which will wiil command the support of the majority of all grazing users of or the public domain Discussing Indian l land md withdrawals Hugh W W. Colton of Vernal outlined the background of the acre temporary withdrawal referred to by President Jorgensen in his annual ad ad- dress F. F R. R Marshall secretary of ot the National association said that 1933 witnessed the most satIsfactory satisfactory sat sat- distribution o of the wool clip in the history of oC the business busness |