| Show I WOOl ooL MEN MENTO TO PUT UP HARD fl G HI Utah Growers Get in Annual Convention to fo Insist on Fair and Sq Square are Revision of the Tariff Schedule K AGITATORS ATTEMPT TO RUIN THE INDUSTRY Campaign of Misrepresentation tion Scored b by Big Interests of State State State-Callister Callister Says Are Made IGo Goats tS o ELECT OFFICERS TODAY II r DISCUSSIONS of topics of signal U importance to tu time future fut ure prosperity pros pros- pcr ty of the state and nd the time entire etire west vest characterized the tue opening session session ses ses- I sion sion of the Utah Wool Growers' Growers association ass asso held in the tue grill room of the time Hotel Utah yesterday afternoon More lore than a hundred of the states state's most prominent were were pres pres- ent elt O Organization was the keynote 06 of the time session session organization c organization of the captains cap cap- ta talus ns of the tho sheep industry throughout through through- out the state tate so that a solid front might be he presented in fighting to Secure se secure secure se- se cure just recognition by Congress o of time the ens en's claims for equitable The present convention con of time the association asso asso- elation promises to be one of the most mot Important n time the history pf ot oC the sheep In Industry In time the west Pr Problems which h. h bear upon the time very life of or the growers are presenting themselves for serIous consideration and tho time are arc confronted confront with wool conditions condition which may may be ruinous or helpful to the Industry In In- In d st r Th ThC Tho address Of or f w welcome to the d deTe- deTe e- e gates was delivered by Governor Willani Wll- Wll lani Spry and tho timo presidents president's annual address was wag made by K H. 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H nt of or tho the association Other Including dward Chapman one of or time the best known sheep rower ot the world and hol holder cr of oC the largest sheep interests In Montana spoke to the delegates upon the importance of ot organization and extension of the In Influence Influence In- In fluence flunce of or the time association Governor GO Spry In welcoming the delegates displayed intimate knowledge 0 o the tIme conditions confronting the sheep sheep- men in the lie state lIe He urged that all alt throughout hout Utah get Jo together and put th their lr shoulders behind the lenders leaders who for Cor years ean h have c been car- car on the fight of the thc for tor existence tence There Is much to be done one said the Governor Go In prot protection of or the sheep in Utah You arc are time the men who are most vitali vitally Interested In your our own success and oun your own prosperity If It you OU want ant to bettor conditions conditionS' tb lb get better hetter prices for your our products to have hav laws passed which will be lie just and work to your Interests Interess you ou must g get t together Off Officers I ecru rII Are r Active The Time Interests of or your our trade demands deman J that you ou show no hesitation no lack of oC energy In fighting Is for what Is Js duo due you OU and the tho state Your Tour officers have ha been active In your OUr behalf they have hae all that there has been to be done dono doneas as well as us the they could do clo It you allwill all allwill will share and share alike In whatever lr benefits there are to be derived front from Continued d on Se Seven D. D I UTAH TAH WOOL GROWERS STAND TOGETHER WOOL MEN MENTO TO PUT POT 1 UP UPHARD HARD FIGHT L' L L Utah Growers Combine to Oppose Oppose Op Op- 1 I pose Unfair Revision of Tariff Schedule K FARE ARE MADE THE GOATS I Fight of Association More Determined Determined Determined De De- De- De Than Ever Ever President dent Callister's Address d front from Page One ODe K the the work ork of or the few Cow In your our ranks so ou fJ you all aU should Jo do your share ol of the work for tor or yourselves antI and tho the rest of ot ott I t j the state which is Interested In your f welfare Almost every vital ItaI phase of ot tho the woo wool growing Industry was touched upon In tho the annual address of ot the president Picking from these the agitation In I tl rt east for Cor a rc I revision lon of or schedule I K of or orl l' l the tariff tart measure In such a fashion Cashion tl that at the wool ool grower would be robbed of or still more of ot tho the protection which tho the Industry needs to to at all an Mr sounded the tho warning that unless earnest effort toward L In lag Ing Congress and the misinformed agitators agitators agi- agi of the east that an revision of the tariff on wool would work inconceivable harm throughout the nation the she In Inthe Inthe the state would Juno havo to turn to other Holds fields for a 2 livelihood H M of or lr ld Dt I Mr Callister said The history of or the past has hs taught the thc wool growers the absolute lute uto necessity of organization Thero There are so man many questions of ot a general nature affecting the wool industry that without organization r the wool 1 growers would be at the mercy of ot prejudiced people opposed to their business Wool growers rowers of or 7 Utah In common with wool wooi growers of or other states have organized for forI their own protection Our organization Is not as perfect per per- I J fed as It should be livery Every sheep owner ovner In Ir this state should become a Ii member of tho the Utah State Wool WoolI ool I I Growers Growers' association for his own interest and anti contribute his mite anti and strength th to this organization I Wool growers rowers will always have o problems to solve soho at least ever I since Father Jacobs Jacob 8 time they N have had trials and tribulations ofa of ot ota ofa a general nature For man many years ear scab in sheep remained unchecked and this disease dis dis- dis- dis ease case was very cry disastrous trous to the thc wool grower In recent years ears It Jt has been proved beyond doubt that Ii scab can be era eradicated B By the united efforts of ot the United States government state government o and the wool growers scab In Jn sheep virtually vir- vir I tins has become a thing of the past v I j J In III E Expensive The coyote still remains a 0 very expensive foe to she It l is j ja P a reflection upon our Intelligence that this animal has not been ex ex- ex exI I terminated With proper action on the part of ot the state government and the wool growers the coyote Coote like the disease of or scab can cnn be ex cx- cx terminated Wo Yo should devise means for or united action In conJunction conjunction conjunction con- con Junction with the United States Statts t. t government and the state slate government government govern govern- ment Ir if possible to exterminate the coyote Coyotes destroy thousands thou theu- I sands upon thousands of of or dollars dollars' worth of or sheep eer every year ear and from reports all over o the country countr r the these c animals are aro as plentiful now as twenty years ears a ago oThe o. o 1 The range rang question ue Is being settled fettled d I think Yer very satisfactorily Freo e Is practically a thing ft I of or th the tho past The Impetus given 1 dry farming farmin by the lie enactment of nt the tho Smoot law Is decreasing tho thoI I winter and fall fail ranges for sheep ep very materially It has now become absolutely absolute necessary for tor any an person person person per per- son who Intends to remain In in the sheep business to either Ither own or Ia lease c his range While this makes It much more expensive r to raise sheep still I believe O by liy the proper earn ear arp and fencing of or lands w we will 1 V-e V e able In the future to do it pro pro- of 1 IC The greatest reate t and md most serious problem that confronts wool growers growers grow grow- ers at the present time limE Is the re revision revision re- re vision lon of schedule dule K of the tariff law known a as the woolen schedule For nearly nearh three years the a agitation it lion tion for tor the f revision of or this schedule sched ached ule has lias caused a depression In the J. J t WOOl mirl nd nt th 1 hn m n throughout th the United States Stales millions of dolln dollars rs 1 wish here to front from Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Smoot speech on un this uh- uh Jc-ct Jc delivered In the thc Senate enate Jul July Jt t G 1911 Mr President the tho a agitation ha has been heen going on UIl vii through n newspapers papers it ml nH ga magazines of or this c country 1 I believe e moderately estimated esti esti- mated has s cost the Industries covered Coy cov ered h by schedule K IC It cost the farmers who grow wool to sell the tho clip of 1910 at least le less than thun the they received for th the tho 1309 1919 clip s s In fn tI th United States have fallen 30 30 per percent cent while everywhere where else In th the world u-orld they the have vo advanced 10 per percent cent lh The rue prices in the tho value vaille of ot otwool wool carried o over l' l from 1909 to this year eal with Ith the goods mall made there there- from have ha cRuse caused another loss of There Thero has been a shrinkage e of oC 2 52 per er head in the value alue of oC sheep making another U the most disastrous effect of this agitation has been felt b by the tho laborers employed In the tue mills that manufacture woolen goods Lack of oC employment and loss of oC wa wages es from this cau cause c have ha been heen another and this Is the most cruel blow of all RII The These e elos los losses es to a great greut American Industry Indus Indus- tr try are arc caused b by the thc fear of at radical radi cal legislation What 1 the Jo losses leases ses would bo be In case the House DemocratIc Democratic Demo Demo- cratic wool bill became a law Jaw no noman noman noman man can tell but all must admit that t these would be appalling Are r Maile the Gon Beyond question the tho and antI his Industry tr have o be been n made the time goats of oC tariff le legislation Scarcely carcel an any article In the thousands thousands thou thou- sands Rands Included In the time tariff bill which are ale better protected than wool has been een attacked The wool growers are aro represented by liy bythe the time demagogue as receiving recel Immen Immense immense Im Im- im- im men mense protection He has m made dc the time throughout the land lanil behove bellove be- be hove e t that l 1 on account of the tariff on wool ool the they are aro paying pain about double tho the price the they should pa pay for tor their clothing The rue mag- mag magazine zine writer also has told lurid stories o of the time robber wool tariff that would turn Munchausen green gren with en envy Schedule K Is a sort of or a 11 Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese puzzle I have hae not found any man moan yet ct that can tell how much protection tho the wool grower rower actually actual actual- l I ly receives We Ye are supposed to have lu an 11 cent duty on wool In Inthe Inthe Inthe the grease r ase with an arbitrary shrinkage of or 66 3 2 per cent al allowed al- al lowed all Mil Importations of or wool Inthe in inthe inthe the grease grease- Wool that Is shipped Into the United States varies from 20 per cent to Ga 65 per cent shrink shrink- RS' RS age It can therefore casH easily bo seen seem that It Jt Is impossible to estimate cat esti mate matt even approximately the tho amount of n given to tho the wool grower gro by this schedule We Ve are arc accused of receiving a avery avery cr very high protection on wool and sentiment nt throughout tho the whole land has been ral raised against our Industry industry- It Is positively necessary necessary sary ar that we correct the falsehoods s san an and misrepresentation that have br boen en spread throughout the land We Ve should show tho the consumer that he Is not being bein robbed 11 b by the time wool wool- grower but that the tho protection on wool Is absolutely Cal fair fah and amid not hot out of or harmony harmon with that given shen to other Industries of ot the United States S To show the Callac fallacy of oC the charges made by the demagogue o ue and the Munchausen writers In cheap cheav ma magazines I refer reter to a. a lecture lec ture that was waN given in one of th the prominent r the UnIt United 11 States some we weeks l s ago The TIme 1 professor pro ro- ro fessor feasor a R wool expert d. d told the faculty and the time students of at that college that if 11 the tho tali tariff on Oil wool were cut In to two tint that It not not make rO cents difference e In an any ordinary woolen s suit lt of or clothes I If Jr We w- pro prosper per In iii the future e the tariff must be permanently settled set set- tied The Tue agitation Is 19 demoralizing the tie Industry at the time present time I nh liide hie Into 1010 lr of the the United States should Insist on a revision of or the tariff on wool and woolen goods at this tills thIs's s session of ot Congress In ac accordance accordance ac- ac with the tho report made malic b by bya a partisan non tariff board Furthermore Furthermore Fur Fur- they should Insist t that wool be divided into two wo classes on only I viz z clot clothing ln end and carpet that thata a specific duty duly be levied upon wool on a a. basis and antI not Hot in th the grease If H this Is done the wool grower will know definitely what protection he Is receiving and the public will Know what the tariff on wool really Is If It the duty lut on wool Is levied on Dim a scoured basis we wo will have hac nothing to fear In the future from the misrepresentations and antI a agitation that we are now suffering suf ant bring fering from We Ve should not only onh unite In this state to see ep when hen hen the tariff bill is revised and our industry Is fairly treated but ut all should Join end and help the thc National Wool Growers Growers' association whose representatives are aro w working day dav amid nl night ht for tor the the- protection of or their Interests Seldom In our hl history ton have we faced face a more serious condition condition con con- than we are facing now and unless wo we enlighten Congress s and show them our side of this question ques ques- thou tion we are going to be materially damaged when th the new tariff bill billIs billis Is Is enact enacted d While hile no tariff law ma may be lie enacted on account of fric- fric ml lr n 11 th tb two o wn houses Of ot Congress still there Is is-a is a probability tI of It Jl sonic some Is therefore agreement being r reached Incumbent upon this or organization to assist 1 all nil the stAte sheep associations IO and antI the time V ool Growers Growers' association in iii this CI fight ht for or the thc JJ necessary protection pro- pro lection t. t on of ot th tt wools rowing indus Indus- t try my Golden nul Rule The application of ot the golden rule to the sheep heep and wool business was pleaded plead plead- ed by Wilford Day of or Parowan former for tor- mer member of ot the state Mato sheep com com- i t sion In Jn an address on the tho Sheep Industry Past and Present in South South- era ern Utah Let do to each other as as' as they would themselves be done b by said aid Mr Da Day and anti w nu as Individuals Indi and collectively will prosper more mole than mc mo ever can until that condition of ot things In the tho wool noel Industry has been arrived at It has been m my roy experience that there arc are three kinds of ot men In Ie charge e of ot lie sheep flocks in the west vest j One I Is the man who takes UI up the business with the tOe J Idea of ot ea easy profits thinking only of or making what ho he can out of or It today with no thought of ot building up UI his business for tomorrows tomorrow's cies des These men usually will not ties hes to ruin grazing fields steal their sheep and spread infection through a hundred flocks If Jt they see seo that b by so doing the they can save a dollar dollar dol dol- dol- dol lar of oC expense and charge the dollar up to tho the |
