| Show rowers T 3 jorgensen conclude annual state stale session in salt lake city tuesday reflection Rec lection of S al jorgensen of salina as president of the utah wool growers association for the sixth consecutive term was a major event of the concluding session of the convention held by the wool growers in salt lake city monday and tuesday the association also reelected reflected W D candland of mt pleasant vice dice pies president ident and re appointed james A hooper of salt lake city as secretary treas aurer prominent among speakers were C J fawcett of boston jo aton manager of the national wool marketing corporation and F R marshall secretary of the national Wool growers association whose convention opened wednesday in salt lake for a three days session evidence of a monopoly that tends to restrain lamb price rl rises i ses was charged against the four n major packers in the united states said to handle 85 per cent of the federally inspected lamb slaughter mr air marshall said he would not charge these packers with illegally using the volume to prevent competition in the purchase of lambs but by way of observation he did say there existed a common opinion that there is an arrangement whereby the big four get about the same proportion of the slaughter each year without bidding each other up resolutions proposed by the committee on general resolutions and approved without alterations by the convention expressed 1 opposition to reciprocal trade agreements and a demand that the states congressional delegation oppose negotiation of further agreements 2 1 opposition to the entrance of th the united states into the argentine sanitary convention which would permit importation of fresh meats from that country now banned because of hoof and mouth disease 3 belief that the bill should be carefully considered before passage even at the expense of considerable delay in enactment 4 approval of some amendment to the farm bill to prevent bonus lands from becoming competitive with the products of livestock 5 opposition to the 0 government reorganization bill 6 opposition to the black con nery wage bill this carried in an explanation that the sheep men are not desirous of becoming involved with any labor organization but that the measure would seriously retard all divisions of agriculture 7 approval of the state associations a efforts to get reduced assessed valuations for grazing lands 8 approval of the state board of agricultures agri cultures noxious weed campaign P 9 thanks to all organizations which aided in snow removal from ranges last winter and to governor henry H blood and the utah congressional delegation other committee recommendations which were approved included the urging of passage of the proposed bill requiring labeling of fabrics so their fiber content is known discontinuance or regulation of the wool top futures mark et ct promotion of grower owned organizations for marketing continuation of lamb week promotions that in the establishment of rights on public lands priority consists of three years use out of five immediately preceding enactment of the taylor grazing act on june 28 1934 classification of applicants cants for permits that provision be made for sale of isolated tracts of public domain inauguration of a federal bounty system to control predatory animals that there be no reductions in ed cd forest permits and that permits be given only by purchase or transfer from a present to a qualified applicant that no large areas be set aside for national parks monuments or recreational purposes which will reduce the number of livestock on the range opposition to bills or other action to limit trains raise freight rates recommendation that the 1 I C C be petitioned to reduce t the he freight rate on wool |
