Show SHEEP OWNERS MEET FORTY SIXTH ANNUAL convention NOW BEING HELD AT OGDEN UTAH president gooding declares that association so must get into politics to protect its own interests ogden utah tho the opening session of the forty sixth annual convent convention lon of the national wool growers association was waa hold held in this city on thursday and the preliminary work transacted incident to the work ot of one of tho the most enthusiastic conventions in the history ot of the association iced fred W gooding of shoshone idaho president or oc the tha national wool growers association delivered his an abal address to the wool mena ens convention vett ven tion lon mr gooding goading took the viewpoint that the tha wool woul mena mens association must cust get into politics to protect its own awn interests mr gooding discussed the tariff question tho the national wool warehouse wool prices gener generally hIly and their rise liter the establishment of tho the war warehouse tho the alleged monopoly of tho the boston buyers the need ot of faster che Khe dulea dules for railroad stock trains the forest service suggested tho the control of 0 tho the range by a commission discussed predatory animals and also took account ot of questions generally affecting the wool growing industry vice president knolln knolan also delivered art an address while addresses 0 of f welcome were made by governor spry on behalf ot or utah william glassman mayor of ogden on behalf of the people ot of this city and A k IL heywood president of the weber club on oa behalf of the commercial interests of the city john hart of 0 idaho was waa to have responded on behalf of tho the wool growers but in tits his absence P G johnston johneton of blackfoot city idaho spoke about 2000 dele gatea gales were in attendance at the opening session fine exhibition of sheep ogden utah tho the Alid midwinter winter sheep show Is unequivocally declared to be the greatest affair of its kind ever held anywhere there are of tho the finest sheep in all the world they aro are tho the pick ot of prize dens shown at the county fairs state fairs and nat national lonal and international allawa the country during tho the last year carries fight to taft washington tho Ai american merlean F federation ot of labor through a committee headed by samuel gompers james oconnell and other union leaders has carried its tight fight against tho the united states steel corporation to president tat taft the committee presented to the ps president aident a formal paper in which the members set forth tour four teen different charges of illegality against the tha steel corporation and i asked for an immediate investigation ol of so called trust which they claim la Is operating in defiance of tho the united i states statutes the pre president aident promised to take the matter up tip with tho the secretary of commerce comro erco and labor and with labor commissioner nell neil forest contribute ninety millions washington our forests contri contribute but ed to the exports of the united states during the fiscal year 1908 a twenty fold increase since 1851 the imports of forest products pr 0 ducts chiefly india rubber and other gums from the tropics aud and lumber from canada have grown to even larger proportions from a little over 1 in 1851 they rose to in 1907 falling slightly below fit n 1908 these are some ot of the siri striking king facts acts set met forth in it a comprehensive bulletin on our foreign trade lit in forest products just pub lish edby the tha department of 0 ture lure |