Show SAYS AMERICA IS DUMPING GROUND FOR FOREIGN WOOL Don Clyde Urges Wool Tariff Change America is a dumping ground for cheap foreign wool said Pres Don Clyde of the Utah Association at the annual meeting of the Manti National Forest Association Association Association As As- held at Ephraim Sat Sat- Mr Clyde said that America America America Am Am- erica has laws which could protect protect protect pro pro- American but that the laws were not used by bya a n unfriendly administration The tariff has been kept extremely extremely extremely ex ex- low on grease wool but high on manufactured goods thus protecting the manufacturing ing i industry n d u s t try r y and industrial workers but leaving the wool- wool growers unprotected from cheap foreign competition Mr 1 Clyde said He predicted that agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural people can expect more consideration because lse of the appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap of Ezra Taft Benson as Secretary of Agriculture Officers Re-elected Re Purpose of the meeting was to hear the annual report and to elect officers for another year All officers were re-elected re as follow Lionel L L. L Peterson Fairview president Alden K Barton Manti lanti vice president P P. P C. C Peterson Peterson Peterson Pe Pe- Pe- Pe terson Jr Ephraim secreta secretary ry and treasurer Matthias 1 Allred Green Justus O. O Seely Mt Pleasant R. R H. H Christensen Fairview Orrin Jensen Spring Sprin g City Calvin T. T Keller Manti and F. F R. R Christensen Ephraim Ephrain directors Wilford of Manti lanti wa was s chosen to represent this district t as a member of the board o of f directors of the Utah Wool Wool- growers Association The meeting was well attended attend attend- ed by from rom all parts of Sanpete Supervisor r James O. O Stewart of the Manti Manti- LaSal National Forest was als also o president as were several rangers rangers rangers rang rang- ers and other National Forest Fores t personnel also Supervisor O. O W W. Morris of the predatory animal I control board and Al Alden en K Barton State Commissioner o of f Agriculture Successful Successful- Predatory Predator Program Mr Clyde said the State Wool Wool- growers had been successful in securing reductions in sheep val- val I Continued on page 3 PRES DON CLYDE URGES TARIFF REVISION 9 v Continued from Page One for taxing purposes the schedule now being old ewes 2 rams 9 and other sheep 4 I per head lie He said the predatory animal control program had been highly high high- ly successful in his district ct and andover andover andover I over most of or the state Last year he said only two lambs were killed on his summer range whereas prior to inauguration of or the present program the loss was about 6 per cent the of-the of- of the lambs and 2 per cent of the grown sh sheep ep t to coyotes Mr 11 Clyde said there is all too much difference in the price producers receive for their an animals animals animals an- an and the price consumers are charged for their meat He felt this matter should be In further commenting on the situation Mr 11 Clyde said that no no nation has continued to prosper under free trade and said that if the United States is going to do away awny with tariff on raw agricultural products it should do the same with manufactured manufactured manufactured man man- goods Better still he lie said all items should receive the protection the tho tariff V ll laws u A are expected to afford Range Conditions Good Supervisor Stewart said range conditions on the Manti-LaSal Manti Forest are pretty good as a whole better than average He attributed this to heavy snow last winter and good rains during the summer He thought the ranges were better where sheep and cattle graze separately than where they grazed the same area He urged cooperation in I improving all ranges public and private New v Livestock Pests Commissioner Barton gave an account of receipts and disbursements disbursements disbursements disburse disburse- ments of the predatory animal funds and told of the success of the work He lie advised that the program be continued He told of some new diseases which have showed up also in in- in of sheep scab and said growers should be on the alert lert to detect and control t the h e same He said the ranges are threatened by and Russian Hussian and growers were urged to work to stop their spread Mr 11 Morris lorris said he had just f fin finished i n i ish s h e d and inspection tour through some of the southern counties and found coyotes were getting fewer If anyone has trouble with predators the predatory predatory pre- pre animal control board should be notified at once he he said Tells of A. A Perry P Plummer 1 u m m mer e r of the Great Basin Research Center U. U S. S Forest Service gave an in interesting interesting interesting in- in talk on improvement of ranges by and by using care in grazing He said there is a possibility of greatly increasing the number of livestock livestock livestock live live- stock by carrying on this pro pro- gram He invited all present to accompany him next summer on a range inspection tour I I I j I I I I |