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Show ttEPOIMEET FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION CONVEN-TION NOW BEING HELD AT OGDEN, UTAH. resident Gooding Declares That Association As-sociation Must Get Into Politics to Protect Its Own Interests. Ogden, Utah. Tho opening sosslon Df the forty-sixth annual convention of tho National Wool Growers' association asso-ciation was held in this city on Thursday, and tho preliminary work transacted Incident to tho work of one of tho most enthusiastic conventions conven-tions In the history of the association. associa-tion. Fred W. Gooding of Shoshono, Idaho, president of tho National Wool Browcrs' association, delivered his an-aual4 an-aual4 address to tho woolmon's convention. con-vention. Mr. Gooding took tho viewpoint view-point that tho woolmon's association must get Into politics to protect its own Interests. Mr. Gooding discussed tho tariff lucstlon, tho national wool warehouse, wool prices generally and their rlso ifter tho establishment of the warehouse; ware-house; tho alleged monopoly of tho Boston buyers; the need of faster Jchedulcs for railroad stock trains; the forest service; suggested tho control con-trol of tho rango by a commission; discussed predatory animals and also took account of questions generally affecting tho wool growing Industry. Vlco-Presldent Knolln nlso delivered deliv-ered an address, while addresses of wolcomo wero mado by Governor Spry, on behalf of Utah; William Glassman, mayor of Ogden, on behalf of tho people of this city, and A. R. Heywood, president of the Weber club, on behalf of tho commercial interests in-terests of tho city. John Hart of Idaho was to havo responded re-sponded on behalf of tho wool growers, grow-ers, but in his absence, P. G. Johnston John-ston of Blackfoot pity, Idaho, spoke. About 2,000 delegates wero In attendance attend-ance at tho opening session. |