The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-20

I pOrtant matter. as well as on the QueS-
I ton of stopping sheep from grazing
/ 4 recommend that the organization
( be so perfected as to demand for itself
! honest and generous treatment in fu-
I ture legislation. not only respecting the
/ tariff but respecting land laws. the
occupancy Of the forest reserves and all
other matters affecting our Industry
I recommend such a reorganization
/ of the National Wool Growers asSOcia-
I ton as viii make it truly representa-
/ tive, and in order that we may not be
ObstrUCted in our work at this meeting,
/ il is suggested that the present bylaws
+ be suspended or repealed by the two
thirds vote required in section 8.
Following the programme, the con-
vention got down to business and. on
a motion of Mr. Gosney of Arizona, he
bylaws were suspended by a vote of
10 to 10, and all wool growers present
/ in the hall were admitted 10 member
ship in the organization, to participate
] in its deliberations.
Committees Appointed
A committee on resolutions composed
| Of seven delegates from different sec
tons of the country was selected by
the delegates from the several states,
represented as follows: Harry Kelley.
New Mexico; 4. J. KnOllin, Idaho. j.
! G. Edwards, Oregon. Oliver B. Monroe.
H. II. Nelson, Montana; Harry Quinn,
I California; II. A. Kearns, Utah.
A motion to select a committee on
/ nomination Of officers was made and
carried, each state and territory rep
resented to name one member OF the
committee.
A recess of five minutes was taken to
allow the various delegations to get to-
getheT and decide on representatives
When the house was called to order the
following names were announced: ore
gOn, r. Scott; New Mexico, 9. = Gavin;
Montana, Senator T G. Power: Arizo-
ma, E s GOsney; Nebraska, q. ". Ma
ton; Colorado, E. Z. Shinn; New York,
w q. Markham. Nevada, George
Ernst; Wyoming, r. p. Snow; Wash
lngtOn, Charles B. Laid; Utah. Jesse
NJ Smith, Idaho, W. II. Smart Mich
igan, A. A. Wood; Ohio, a. II. Kirk
patrick; Indiana. John Z. Webb; Cali
fornia, G. r. Ship; Illinois, ". II. I<ohn
The committee on bylaws, appointed
by the chair in pursuance of EIr. Cos
ney's resolution, were +. 5. CSOsney. T
9. Powers and Z. p. Snow.
Vice President Bennett spoke TO the
convention on the urgent need oe hay
ing proper bylaws prepared al once
1t was decided that the committees On
bylaws and resolutions should retire
and make reports as early as posi-
BILE
F. G. Hagenbarth of Idaho suggest
ed that, as Utah and Idaho. owing 10
their lOCdIlOn- mad much larger dele ga
tiOns present than states at a distance
and might thus have more than their
fair share of votes, If would be we'll to
give each state and territory only one
vote in the convention.
Mr. Bennett argued that this would
give the eastern states, who had not
been active in the association, an IN
fair advantage, and the motion was
never put
Substitutes For Wool.
A paper on Substitutes for Wool. -
/ by George H Wallace of Santa Fe. n
NJ, was read by the secretary, William
. .. Markham. The paper recited the
( history Of the ''skiTting clause" in the
Dingley tariff bill.
1t showed tariff ranging from is
I TO 15S per cent on manufactured fan
nelS and cloth, and the eastern I.-anu-
facturers ask for free wool. On the
grounds of the present ineffective tariff
on wool The paper also showed that
through an alleged fraud called the
'Skirting clause in schedule TX, - the
duty on wool is reduced from II 10 . Is
cents.