Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-16
OGDEN PROBABLY
GETS CONVENTION
Returning Salt Lakers Tell Of
Meeting Of WooIgrowers
AT POoateIlo.
STORAGE PLAN is IN FAVOR
Big Eastern Wool Buyers, However
Arc Fighting the Proposition
no the last Ditch.

ogden leads Ga tho race for the 1910
convention OF the National Woolgrow-
ers association" said Ben Haywood.
member of the Utah delegation TO the
national convention at Pocatello. Mr.
Haywood returned from Pocatcllo this
morning. and spoke Enthusiastically OF
the great convention OF woolgrowers at
the Idaho gate city, and said the Poca-
tcllans did themselves proud. "1t looks
like ogden would land the plum" con-
tinued Mr.. Haywood. although Denver
and Albuquerque are both working
hard for &C.
The salt Lake delegation went TO the
convention with a united front TO get
next years convention Tor this city
But when we found ogden was out ar
ter it, we simply put our own claims
aside and boosted TO a man for Utah's
second city. The matter had not been
decided when I left yesterday after
noon but the way things were lined
up there seemed TO be no doubt that
ogden would win out
"It was great convention, and
the citizens or Pocatello surely did
themselves proud In entertaining fully
] 900 delegates and friends.
STORAGE PLAN GOES.
81 think the Chicago wool storage
plan will go through without "a hitch
Mr.. Haywood concluded. Consider
able opposition to the plan was De-
voloped. and that viii also be settled
u the convention today. The plan
is favored by a great majority of the
delegates. and the formahty OF sign
ing up the remaining shares necessary
to make the plan a success seems 90
Doe about an that now stands in the
way This win bee accomplished to-
day. and the voolgrowers win conduct
their own storage warehouse"
Utah was represented on committees
at the convention as follows: creden-
uals-J S. Ostler. ORGANIZATION
r.. Rollins Resolutions-C. b. stew
art. Auditing commutec-C b. Stew
art.
The election of officers for the en-
suing year occurs today From AN
indications % looks like r. W Good
mg president. and Geo S. Walker,
secretary, viii bc chosen TO succeed
themselves.
WOOLBuYERs BITTER.
County Commissiouer J. B Cosgrin
also returned this morning from Poca-
tello, where he was am interested at
tendant ou the National WoolgrOwcrs'
convention. Mr. C0sgrin reports the
feeling OF eastern wool buyers as Bit
ter toward the Chicago warehouse
scheme one Philadelphia manufact-
urcr who attended tho Rawlus con-
vention told them that he believed the
Chicago plan was good one and that
the Boston and Philadelphia manu-
fucturcr could just as well as not do
his buying iu Chicago. Some one
wired east what this man had said.
whercupon kilograms We're showcred in
on him 90 quit that sort Of talk and
instead oppose the proposed storage
catello later that be had touched a
1.-Two wire hy his RaWlius talk So ne
had nothing more 10 say
ST LOUIS IN LINE ALSO
Mr. Cossrln reports no stone win be
left mturned by the Atlantic coast
Interests 90 stand on the Chicago pro-
win succeed Furthermore. he be-
lieves the Utah growers viii fam into
line, after an the talk about their re-
mining alo0f and the Chicago plan
be- carried out Tho Chicago business
men are strongly boz favor OF %. and.
mirabilo dlctu. the ST. Louis Interests
have now turned right around and
are supporting Chicago. Marcus Harr
says that ST. Louis buyers would just
ms soon go 90 Chicago as not, 90 gel
their woods
Mr Cussrif says there We're many
private cars at pocatcllo from tho far
east. where delegates were freely iu-
Nitod 90 free lunches and free drinks
Every siding was well filled with Pull
mans. she attendance WAS fully
600 the Delegates numbering 600. and
the railroad mcn and eastern interests
being represented hy 400 pople. The
fooling against tho Roosevelt admin
istrton was very strong on account
Oft setting aside lands as forest re-
serves Chat arc barren and bare OF
trees.