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Show M CONGRESS HERETiORROW Agricultural and Stock Interests In-terests to Meet in Federal Building The first session of a two days' convention of agricultural and live-Btock live-Btock interests of L'tah and netghbor- IriK states will besfin In ' gden toinor-! toinor-! row. Problems of farm labor, mar- Ice ting problems, agricultural finance I Ing und kindred tuples will be discussed. dis-cussed. I The meetings have been f.-ilied by D-D. D-D. McKay, president of the l'tah gt&l j farm bureau, and Invitations have i ben extended to all tho countv farm ! bureaus In Utah and the state farm bureaus of Idaho, Nevada. Wyoming I and Montana. The sessions Will bS hold In the federal building, bcgln-I bcgln-I nlng at 10 a. m. I Labor problems will constitute the j chief Interest of the first day. In thr morning a general session will i-held, i-held, at which President McKay and others will outline the purpose of the meetings and the thlng9 possible of ! nccompllshriHMit. Later In the day thc-I thc-I five major subdivisions of farm labor tho Sugar beet farmers, canning crop producers, fruitgrowers, live- stoek interests and general farmers will hold separate meetings to deter-1 deter-1 mine upon policies in their particular branches. These committee sessions will report re-port their findings to the (jeneral convention, con-vention, which is expected to go on record as to wage schedule, working i conditions and other factors in the ! general labor problem. Friday's meeting will br more par- tkularly for the sheep and wool Interests, In-terests, the meetings having been I called by the wool committee of tho j l'tah state farm bureau, with Invitations Invita-tions extended to "other agricultural j branches, both In Utah and the neighboring neigh-boring states. Speaking last night of the coming meetings. President McKay said: I "No agricultural " problem in the state calls for more careful consldera- I Hon ihun that of the sheepmen. With ' must of their liTJO wool still on their ! hands and unsaleable at any price, solutions must be found for their marketing problems ' both of wool and of sheep ami lambs 'e ought to get on 8 basis of competition whore the wool can be sold for Its Quality rather than on the basis of trading between buyer and seller. The financing of the wool clip. most of which is still in the sheds of the growers, Is another problem we will discuss, The. question Of utlli.lng the provisions of the national warfe I housing act lo this connection will be given Important consideration. Qradlngi or perhaps a lack of it. Is j another of the woolgrowers troubles , Which We will give attention to." Mr McKay and JanYeS W . Klrkhani. i secretary 'of the tiate farm bureau, I were In Salt Lake last night, making final plans for the meetings. nn |