The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-16
STATE Wool Growers' Convention.

at the Court House in this city yester
day morning, The convention was call
ed to order by the appointment OF MT.
T. Sweeney. of Ohio county, President,
and Mr.. George G. Orr, of Brooke county,
Secretary.
Messrs Samuel Archer, Of Hancock,
James Archer, of Brooke, Lewis Apple
gate, of Brooke, VIM Atkinson, of Ohio,
and VIM. Virgins. of Brooke, were ap-
pointed committee On Permanent Or
ganizatiou.
Messrs. William L. Crawford OF Han.
cock, John Atkinson, of Brooke, James
L. Freeman. of Hancock, A, F, Heryey,
of Brooke, and John E Sisson, of Ohio,
were appointed committee on Resolu-
tions.
The convention then took recess nn'
til two o'clock in the afternoon
At two O'Clock P NJ the convention
re assembled, when the committee on
Permanent Organization made the fol
lowing report, which was adopted;
CONSTITUTION OF THE WEST VIRGINIA
WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATE IN.
@Art lst, Sec, 1st This Association
shall be known as the West Virginia
State Wool Growers Association,
Sec 2nd. It's objects shall be to dis
seminate information to and the pro
motion Of the ntertst Of the wool
grower
Sec. Sd Any person may become
member of this Association on payment
an annual membership fee of one dollar
or of ten dollars, which shall entitle
them to a life membership. Honorary
and corresponding members may be
elected by a vote of the Association
Art. 2nd, Sec 1st The officers of this
Association shall consist of President,
Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treas
urer, who shall constitute an Executive
Committee,
Sec End The officers, except tie
President, shall be elected al each annu-
al meeting. to hold their Offices foi one
year
Sec. Sd. TIE President Of each County
Association shall be Vice President OF
this Association.
Art Sd, Sec ist-The duties Of tie
President shall be to preside at all meet
ings of the Association 20 cali II eetings,
when not fixed at previous meeting,
with the consent Of two and at the re-
quest of five Of the Executive Com
mittee-
Sec %. TEa Secretary shall keep a
regular record of the proceedings OF the
Association. and list Of the names OF
members in book for the purpose: he
shall give notice of ali meetings when
ever directed, and conduct all CORES
pondence of this Associations also. By
direction Of the President, sign ali or
ders on the Treasurer
Sec. Sd. The Vice President snail par-
fortorm the duties of the President at
all meetings IN the absence Of the Pres
ident, III the order Of seniority
Sec 4th. The duties OF the Treasurer
shall be to receive aud disburse all
monies OF the Association, by order of
the President countersigned By the Sec
retary, and report at length at eacE an
nual meeting, and at other times when
called on by the Association
Sec 5th The duties Of the E1scUIiye
committee shall lie to select the subjects
for discussion and publish them Al least
four weeks previous to the meeting.
Art 4th This Association shall hold
its annual meetings Gu the first tuesday
of March of each year
Art. 5th This Constitution may je
amended at any meeting with the con
currence of the two thirds Of the mem
| bers present
The Committe Oh resolutions made ths
following report, which was read
WHEREAS, Under existing legislation,
our great interest. wool-growing has
ceased be to remunerative and is threaten
ed with ruin-feeling that we should not
longer quietly submit to the competi
ton on equal terms with the foreigner
who can grow wool at a cost of from Eve
| to twelve cents per pound, while it co SITS
us. in this latitude. not less capital
labor and taxes considered, than seven
times that amount 10 grow the same
grades of wool the foreigner too, ex
cept the Canadian, who pays less, pay
ing no more id duties than we pay in
taxes on wool and things necessary to its
production, therefore,
| Ht5OlttuI py luo NOOi BIONcl5 Ol w tst
Virginia, in convention assembled,
/. That it is the duty of our Congress
men to give us sufficient protection
against all such competition
,. That we ask Congress to gave us a
specific duty of ten cents per pound and
an ad valorem duty of ten per cent on
all unwashed wools, and thirty cents per
pound and ten per cent ad valorem en-
all washed woods which come in cOmpe.
tition with those grown in our own
country.
3. That they (our Congressmen) op
nose the renewal of the Canadian Reel
procity Treaty, and the negotiation Of
any treaty like it, that while we cheer
fully pay the heavy tax imposed on us
bv our government We demand Of that
government that our markets be not
clogged with the untaxed productions of
other countries.
! That, believing as We do, that the
interests of the manufacturer and wool
grower are to great extent mutual, we
Ask our Congressman to give them and
their employees protection against the
capital and pauper labor Of Europe,
which has been flooding our country for
the past two months with goods to the
enormous amount annually, If continued,
af one hundred and ninety-four millions
eight hundred and twenty-tour thousand
fonr hundred and fourteen dollars,-that