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Show ;W00LGR0WER CONVENTION Salt lake, April 5 Approximately one third of the total wool clip of Utah is pledged for consignment to the National Wool Warehouse & Storage Stor-age company, according to statements made yesterday at a me -ting of wool' crowers of the state held at the Hotel Utah. The additional claim was advanced ad-vanced that within the next ninety dns the amount will be Increased to Include fullj 75 per cent of the total clip The uncertainty surrounding the future of the woolgrowlng Indus try' has caused buyers to practically retire from the market and. according to speakers at yesterday's meeting, the woolgrower must hold his prod uct until conditions have settled or sacrifice his earnings of the year. About 200 woolgrowers were present pres-ent at the meeting when it was called I to order at 2 o'clock yesterday after- noon by C B. Stewart, secretary of ! the Utah Woolgrowers association. ! number of wool buyers also were in i attendance and were Interested audi tors during the proceedings Discussion of the tariff situation took up a considerable portion of the time of the meeting. Following the close of the session, a number of those I present presented .their applications ior membership in the warehouse com-I com-I pany |