| Show UTAH WOOL IN MN TOGO TOCo TO TOGO GO Co IN BIG BIC NUMBERS TO IDAHO MEETING I Four Pullman cars carrying sheep sheep- men will leave the Ore Oregon on Short Lino Line I depot toni tonight ht for Pocatello for the annual annual an an- nual convention of the National Wool I I Growers' Growers a association The special ears cars carswill ars I II will be attached to the re regular lar 1045 I o'clock train and and will get the s sheep sheep- men to the gate crato ate city just a few hours before the bi big bijj convention opens To the Utah wool growers the convention convention con con- is looked forward to as the bi biggest event in man many years r ar There are arc I I many important que questions coming up J which have puzzled the sheep industry of tho the we west t for or eight ight months 11 Probably the bi biggest e t discussion of the meeting will bo bc a the Chica Chicago o wool stora storage o plan which was adopted a short timo ago ao The idea in the forming form form- ing ina- of the tho Chicago plant was to make a central depository for all wool of the country that the buyers might barter harter from the fhe storage stora firm instead of going through h the country and buying The plan seemed certain of success until the be buyers seeing the business being wrenched from their hands camo came west and offered flattering prices for next years year's ears ear's clip A price over 50 per cent bi higher her than that secured for last years year's wool has been offered by the buyers and it in is said that they have ha secured a largo lusze part of next years year's clip all over the tha Forest Reserve Lands I This matter is to be discussed at len length th before tho the convention Another matter of importance is that of forest preserve lands The government o is fig fig- Turing on converting con tho great western and the eastern deserts into grazing lands These territories at present resent are free and aDd by bJ the making o or of forest reserves reserves re- re serves the would have to pay pay for winter pasturage which is now gratis The wool tariff question will also be an important one The Tho government government govern govern- government ment is is considering the reduction of of the tariff on wool from South America and Australia and other outside points which would completely wreck the tho wool industry in the west The convention con will wiH fight i ht the proposition to the end it is believed beHoved Many states have passed resolutions wa waging ng war against the tho proposed tariff reduction The Utah men are arc bitter a against it as are arc also those of other western states The following fol fol- fol- fol lowing Associated Press dispatch from Rawlins Wyo this morning states the position of the tho Wyoming Raises Fund to Fight RA RAWLINS Wyo Wo Jan 13 The 13 The Wyoming Wool Growers' Growers association in annual sandal meeting yesterday adopted resolutions favoring the protection of national forests and protesting against the present method of administering them Tho The leasing of the tho public ran range c is opposed as is also any reduction of the tariff on wool or hides The convention raised to send senda a 3 committee to Washington ton to assist in making the latter a matter of congressional congressional con con- gressional record if possible Last night seventy-five seventy delegates loft for Pocatello Ida to attend the tho convention con con- convention of the National Wool Growers' Growers association I Those who have chartered berths in inthe inthe th the special Pullman cars ears are A. A S S. S Erickson Ed Marks Amos Marsden Parley Bennion Louis Hahn L. L R R. R Anderson An An- derson Warren Snow Warren Corey C C. C B. B Stewart Will Taylor Jesso Jesse Goodfellow Goodfellow Goodfellow Good- Good fellow Thomas Jones Robert Young Sr Robert Youn Young Jr Frank Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Fitz Fitz- gerald Cerald M. M N. N Hill A. A B. B Hill Walter Meeks A. A J. J Nelson A A. A D. D Butterfield G G. G W W. W Daybell Walter Steadman Heber Hebor- Anderson Peter Clegg J J. J C. C Orme One and E. E J. J Arthur Besides this number there will probably probably ably be twenty or thirty who have ha not yet chartered berths There Thero will be many many others picked up at Ogden and other points along the way way- The special special special cial cars will be sidetracked at Paco Paco- tello and will be bo used as as apartments for the Utah delegation while they are there |
