The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-10
THE ]!il:[jE WOOL INTEREST
70 BE REPRESENTED BY GROWERS
ffs' u ~ 80 !. lTfAH-Af 1tfE
From West Virginia At thu National Capl!ai-i
Small bat E.rn.st Meeting In this City ON
saturday-DtltEatts TO 10 10 nasAins:
Ion 10 Talk Tariff, and to Chicago.

aHf|H-H. NHHr tF'F
Asmall but business like mse.ing OF wool
growers from the Panhandle counties was
held In the reading room OF the Mcclure
House, on Saturday afternoon, In pursuance
to a tall by President Deall, Of the West Wiz.
ginia Wool Growers' Association, printed In
Fridays I~srkLLlaEscER. The bad weather
and the short notice prevented anything like
q general attendance from the State at large,
but Brooke county was represented by Mes.
srs. Beall, Palmer, buchanan, Hammond,
Bonneville aud Waugh; Ohio county by
Messrs. John j.. aud A. r. Jacob, Atkinson,
sisson and Carter, md Marshall county BY
Mr. C%ockayne.l ~ i,4
President Beall occupied The chair, and 10
the absence Of the Secretary, Mr.. Palmer was
chosen 10 fill the position III
The frat business was the recsipto OF the re-
port OF the committee appointed at the recent
animal meeting to audit the books Of the re.
Cockayre, OF Marshall county. They report
cd q Balance OF $40 3s turned over by him.
THE cpJEcr CT TIE NETTING.
President Beall then announced that be
had been Induced to call this meatipg bv q
letter received by him as Treasurer Of The Ma.
tional Wool Growers Association, from The
President OF that organization, Hon. Coluu,.
bus Dslano, Of Ohio, representing the import.
ance Of sending representativss Of !his State
interested In tho wool industry 10 Washing.
before the Why's and Means Committee and
Congress. Mr.. Delano suggested tina! II would
be Spolitio to aend as many Democrats as
could be induced 10 so to Wrshius-
ton, toi extr! special intuence
on the Democratic members OF Con-
g.ess. Col. Beall nsked that the Letter be
read by the Secretary, and Mr.. Pa'mtr read 1t,
accompanying It's reading with some cheer.
tul comnents, In the manner, he aid, Of n
minister reading q palm. In The course Of
these comments he referred to the speech at
the former meeting by Gov. JACKSON, and
said that he had shown himself In harmony
with the tariff views OF enlightened West
Virginia Democrats, but he or somebody else
In a printed report, or alleged report had tried
to switch him over upon the tariff. !or-,cve.
nus platform Of the Democracy Of other sec.
tions OF the country. Oae paper the Aegiyier1
others had given the spsech as the Governor
made 1t. - Y HI
TIE DELEoArEs.Y
Nls ! hlk4clt hAkEA u caukls lAU 4Gkbtls llAuG
some remarks on the importance OF having
West Virginia wool men at Washington. lis
referred 10 the prominent position OF this
State az a wool grower, and 10 the. fact that
It's wool always had special quotations in the
market reports. The others shared his opin-
ion, and on several motions President Beall,
Mr.. Palmer aud Mr.. Buchanan were ap.
pointed delegates to represent the Associa.
ton at Washington, and the funds in the
treasury were placed at their disposal 10 as.
sist In paying their expenses on the trip. In
answer to irquiries all three OF the gentlemen
agreed to 20 TO Washington. The general
expression was that to be of service they
should lose no time, as the prospect was that
the Morrison substitute tariff bill would be
reported 10 Congress this week.
REMARKI or Mr.. G. b. HART.
President BsAll said that Mr.. Hart, thee
itor of the 1NTELLIGEScER, being present, the
association would be pleased 10 be- addressed
by him. MI. Hart said "A
MIR. PRESIDENT AND sGENrLEMKs : I am glad
to be- with you to-day, particularly since IN
engagement IN Washington detained me be-
| yond my intention and d. siro aud prevented
my presence at your meeting In February.
But l found great pleasure Ia raadirg the
published reports OF that meeting. I noted
some conspicuous deAth-bed repentances and
I have been grseved to-day to lear among
yon gentlemen somo mastion Of s %.bs,qnsnt
backslidings
However, I congratulate you on this, that
il yna MAIDS no actual converts yen a. least
got some very promising material on the
anxious bench. Laughter.
1t Is we'll for y,u wool-yro vera tha.at last
you are organjz,d and determined to stand
up for your interests You ought 10 DO rep
resented at Washington by gentlemen Of
your association, who understand your III
dnstry and know how to prasant It. It is
pe:sonal solicitation, the direct appeal to the
individual Congressman, that counts. You
ought to preseutyour case 10 members OF the
Ways and Means Committee, aal to those
gentlemen in each house who are most likely
to bs heard in the debate.
ANAT1oHAL INDUSTRY.
You mus. remember that Congressman
have 10 deal with many questions, and do
not understand ALL. You must supply them
with what they lack, and furnish to your
friends facts to combat the arguments OF
those who are oppnsed TO you. Some OF the
msn who are so glibly talking down your in
dustry don't know sheep s5rrel from sorrel
sheep You must inform them. You can
not aft ,rd to remain on your farms caring for
your fl ,cks while msn in Washington arc
slaugh,ering your sheep. The wool growers
are not seeking 10 put their hsnds into the
pockets OF consumers. You a. K only what Is
right and trir. Your industry, SIS Mr.. De.
lauo 20 we'll pointed out, is ia eyesy. Stats,
aud in ZONE States it Is found In every county.
shetp husbaadry is essentially Il general and
not a speuiIl industry, in which tho whole
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