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Show Help Promised to I ' Utah Woolgrowers SALT LAKE, Nov. 6 Every possl- U hie effort to save woolgrowers of the Intei mountain section from financial ruin was promised the Utah State H Woolgrowers' association yesterday H by senators Smoot and King, who H addressed the menihers at a ineetinc at the Hotel Utah. Both contended H that there was little chance for an H immodiate embargo oh foreign wool. 1 as proposed by the association, but H that relief lies with tho federal re- H serve banks. Resolutions were drawn Up by a committee composed of Joseph R. 1 Murdock, I W. Thornley. H M Howe. J. C Jordon and George Austin. They H w re passed at the morning session H and later presented to the two sena- H tors. The resolutions In substance fol- H low: H "Thattan embargo be placed on all H importation ol w I tnd meata Into the United States and that said em- H bargo be placed Immediately. I That the federal reserve act or the . A federal farm loan net. or both, be so cj ' amended that livestock growers and farmers be allowed loans, as other In-dustrles. In-dustrles. to properly conduct their bus-Iness. bus-Iness. and that said loans be based, not alone on their "quick assets," but on their holdings, and if such amend-ments amend-ments cannot be had. that a special do-partment do-partment he established to further the Financing "f paid Industries." Senator Smoot addressed the mem-bers mem-bers In the morning and stated that. while hefavored an embargo, he felt that there was little chance of of-fectlna of-fectlna It now. He pointed out that the present federal reservs 'tct pro- ides for such aid as is needed and that it is a matter of getting those who have the administration of the law to "loosen up' to 'he wool sltua-tlon. sltua-tlon. He said that he would ask it-eled Harding to call an ex- WLt tra . session of congress soon after ' March 4 to consider the wool situation. Senator King, addressing the meet-Iiik meet-Iiik in the afternoon, agreed that there 1 was little hope for an embargo at fl this time, but promised to do all in his EC. J Reams was temporary chair- M man of th meeting, and George Aus- F tin was appointed permanent chair- J ! man. and Wlllard Hansen. Jr., was sec- i CO- . U |