Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23

husbandry a livestock pursuit kindred
to sheep raising. that is peculiarly
adapted to many localities in the
United States and an industry that is
of signal promise in this country
and,
Whereas, Approaching in the ma
terially Inadequate supply of domes-
tic Angora products for the home >
mand today, necessitating annual
purchases of mohair and skins in
foreign countries of upwards of a
million dollars in value, it would in
deed be showing an un-American
spirit if encouragement and protec-
ton shall not be meted out to the
plodding husbandmen of this young
industry. Now, therefore, be 1t
Resolved, By the National Wool
Growers association, that it endorses
the demands of the Angora husband
men of this country for the continued
protection of the present duty on
mohair; for a protective tariff on An
CORA skins; for reduction of the
fee for grazing on the national for
ests to the same rates applying for
sheep; for an enumeration of Angora
goats in the next census, separate
and apart from the common or nom
shearing animals; for provision by
the department of labor and COM
merce for procuring and compiling
statistical information relating to the
annual production, importation and
consumption of mohair and Angora
goat skins in the United States; and,
for a continuation of the efficient
work of the bureau of animal indus
try of the United States department
of agriculture in oenalf of the An
CORA industry and provision for the
printing and distribution of liberal
editions of it's enlightening and in
structive publications on Angora hus-
bandry; and. be it further
Resolved That we commend to
congress. to the department of agri-
culture and the department of COM
merce and labor. the need of favor
| able action on the requests of these
our fellow husbandmen.
The association elected Fred w
Gooding, of Idaho, as its president
| for the coming year; DR.. j. M. Will
son, of Wyoming, western vice presi.
| dent; Joseph Il. Wing, of Ohio, east
ern vice president; George 5. Wal
| ker, of Wyoming, secretary, and
! Louis Penwell, of Montana treas
| urer.
| a special fund of $4,000 for car.
rylng on the work of the organization
was raised by the convention in rap.
| idly expressed subscriptions of from
500 to $500, when the matter of fl.
nances was before the meeting. The
] qGInnia hay
ship of over seven thousand WOO
and mohair growers.
The Importance OF the Angora in
dustry in the United States wal
brought out particularly in the paper
read by John w. Fulton, of Helena
secretary of the American Angors
Goat Breeders association. Mr.. Full
ton said in part:
Though historically true Angort
| goats We're first introduced in tn,
United States nearly half a century
ago, it is only within quite recen
years they have attracted much at
tention. The progress in this indus
try since 1900 has been much great
er than during the preceding perioC
in which Angoras have been known
in this country; recent years havinl
indeed introduced a new era in Am
erican Angora husbandry.
THE inadequacy of the home pro
duction will be apparent from tn
following figures of increased impor
tation for the fiscal years 1901-1905
both inclusive, as shown by the re
ports of the treasury department
from which 1t will be noted tn
amount of mohair brought into thi
country in 1905 is four times tn
! quantity imported in 1901.