Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-14
TIE WOOL.GROWERS.
Meeti .fg of the State Aszociation-Li-
oenses on Migration of Sheep.

oenses on Migration of Sheep.
A meeting of wool-growers was held at
Pioneer Hall at 10 o'clock A. NJ. yesterday,
the following gentlemen being present ::
Thomas Mcconnell, T. NJ. Grimshaw, f.
II. Tryon, DR.. Caples. Oliver Plummer, S.
B. Moore, George Tavener and G. w. Weiss,
of Sacramento; J. H. kirkpatrick, of
Stanislaus; Louis Meiss, James h. Miller,
of Ell Dorado county Robert Parry, of
Red Bluff. and H P Gallagher.
S. B. Moore, of Sacramento, was elected
Chairman, and ]. II. Kirkpatrick Secretary.
Mr.. kirkpatrick was called upon to state
the object of the meeting. He said that at
present sheep men who pastured their
sheep in one county during part of the
year, and drove them to mountain counties
during the summer, were subjected to an
unjust license tax by ordinances Of the
Boards of Supervisors of the mountain
counties. The license tax was usually $50
on each thousand sheep. In some counties
the ordinances were passed in the interest
Of horse and cattle mel, who wanted to
keep out the sheep, and in others
for the sole purpose Of raising reye-
nue.. The sheep men felt that they
were Disseminated against, and were
subjected to double taxation. The Su-
preme Court had decided that the ordi-
nances were constitutional, and the sheep
men of this section of the country had
combined and made an effort to get a case
before the Federal Courts, under the Four
tenth Amendment to the Federal Consti-
tuition. In this they had not succeeded so
far, and he thought the best way would be
to appoint a committee to work with can
didates for the Legislature and try and have
the so-called county government bill
amended so as to prevent the Boards of
Supervisors from imposing the license.
These ordinances made it a misdemeanor
for sheepman to drive his sheep into the
county and pasture them without taking
out license, and one man had been con-
fined in jail nineteen DAYS in Alpine county
for violation of the ordinance.
Robert Barry, of Tehama county, gave
his experience in driving sheep INTO
Trinity county. He went up there
and bought lot of land for s. per
acre upon which the rate Of taxation
was So so On the 500, of taxable valuation.
The country was so brushy that he could
not drive bis sheep in until he cut the road
and then he was subjected to license, too,
Of $50 per thousand head of sheen. He
was raised under the English Government
and knew something of the injustice of
English laws, but he deied any man to
point to any law in the country which
sanctioned such an injustice as this.
H. P. Gallagher, of Nevada county. gave
the experience of himself and others in
Sierra county. He declared that the ordi-
nance was enforced in that county against
certain sheep men while others were al
lowed to drive sheep in and were not asked
to pay anything, or were let off by the
Sheriff with nominal sum-
DR.. Caples, of Elk Grove, denounced the
law as high-handed outrage upon Justice.
and said that there ought to be no diff
Guilty in inducing the Legislature to amend
it.
Thomas Mcconnell moved that a COM
mittee of seven be appointed to carry out
the idea suggested by Mr. Kirkpatrick. The
motion prevailed and the following COM
mittee was appointed: J. II. kirkpatrick.
Of Stanislaus; James H. Miller, of Ell Do.
RADIO; Thomas Mcconnell and DR.. Gables.
of Sacramento; G. G. Kimball, of Tehama;
H. P. Gallagher, OF Nevada. and J. NJ C.
Jasper, of Butte.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick sug- ested that this was
the time fOr the annual meeting of the
State Wool Growers Association. and as
| The President, Jesse D. Carr, had not called
the meeting, he moved that they proceed
to elect officers for the ensuing year. The
motion prevailed and resulted in the cleo
| ton of Thomas Mcconnell, President, and
J. Il. kirkpatrick, Secretary.
Mr.. kirkpatrick said that the wool grow
| ers were interested in the present political
crisis, and there was general feeling that
| if protection was going to be the rule the
| sheepmen ought to be entitled to their
share of it. He disclaimed any desire to
| take any partisan advantage, but thought
| the wool industry should be protected II
any other industry was. He suggested the
| appointment of committee TO draw up an
address on that subject.
DR.. Caples said that he did not see the
point, prOpriety or wisdom of the action,
Any address of that kind would necessarily
be one-sided, and would not represent the
wool-groWers as they were divided on the
| question. They had met to join hands
and act in concert and remedy an existing
evil, and to pass resolutions or adopt an
| address in favor of q protective tariff OF
| wool-growers, instead OF bringing them
into harmony This was neither the time
nor place for such action. He always had
! the courage to support his convictions, and
| II the tariff question was brought up he
| should be like the man at the Donnybrook
Fair-lf there was going to be any fun be
proposed TO have hand in it.
Mr.. kirkpatrick withdrew his suggestion
and the subject was dropped.
Mr.. Mcconnell, as President of the State
| Wool-Growers' Association, expressed the
hope that the next annual meeting would
be largely attended. In the meantime he
urged the committee Of seven, appointed
on the license question to work actively
for the accomplishment Of the end in view
The meeting then adjourned TO NEE
/ nnrfrfcY q air pf OF hao if,4
the President and Secretary.