The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-01-21
IN MEETING OF NATIONAL Asso-
CITATION AT PocATELLo,
IDAHO.
I'M N ENSE GATHERING
PRESIDENT oooDiNo SAYS RE-
pUcTioN OF TARIFF WOULD
RUIN THE INDUSTRY.

IOC6tellOs kudno. ShS sAfoao0h1
shoepmen attended the opening SEES
sion of the National Wool Growers
Association convention In this city
Thursday and listened attentively to
a bitter arraignment OF the federal
forestry bureau by President Fred w.
Gooding OF Shcshone.
Gov j. II. Brady In an address Of
welcome in behalf of the state pro-
voked laughter when he said he would
cooling shade Of trees in Idaho's for
est reserves were 1t not for the fact
that the reserves are bare of trees.
From nearly every western state
delegates are present. The biggest
single delegation arrived from Boise.
It included Governor Brady and Il
number OF state officials. also about
half the members OF both houses OF
the Legislature. t.
vention was devoted entirely to the
Midwinter Sheep Show. Over 600
sheep are entered.
The welcome OF the state was by
Governor Brady and In behalf Of the
city Mayor Lo,x welcomed the dele
gates. Col. K. ]. Ball OF Laramie. In
responding, sounded the keynote OF the
convention, when he said:
Clifford Pinchot has had control OF
something like l6o.0OO.OOO acres Of
land. and he failed to. get control Of
SOC, 0,000.0 acres. which >wns fortunate
for the western people. Where live
We are afraid to own land and tried
to get rid Of what we possessed.
"One man there who owned vast
tract was held up to the public m a
bad citizen. and dangerous. Last year
he divided his holdings and sold the
property to 500 farmers of the East.
representing about 1000 persons. This
we have ascertained In more than the
forestry bureau has done for the pco-
pie In more than five years. with lG0.-
000, 900 acres at their command"
President Fred w Gooding in his
annual address, said: -sal
"A reduction in the tariff schedules
on wool at this time would produce
the same result Az the placing of wool
on the free -hst under the Wilson bill.
Il would undoubtedly ruin one Of the
most important industries of the
United States~
'Inhumane. as well ms costly to the
shipper. is the law which forbids raih
roads to carry stock for more thrn
twenty eight hours without feeding
and watering" according to Prcsi-
dent Gooding. s..
The railroads. he said. should be
forced by law to consider live stock
trains as second class trains and at
least give them rightofway over all
other classes OF freight at "A minimum
speed OF not less than sixteen miles
per hour"
Mr.. Gooding disputed the statement
that sheep are detrimental to forest
growth and said they were benefit
In removing the underground which
spreads a fire. He denounced the for
estry and reclamation bureaus as aca-
demic and tyrnnnical.
Il would suggest he said, that
Congress be Induced to ask the gov
ernor of each OF these western states
wherein the national forests lie to ap-
point a committee OF good. reliable
business men. familiar with western
conditions. to make thorough inves-
tigation and report on these national
forest and reclamation projects.
He compared private and government
irrigation enterprises to the disadyan-
tage OF the government and argued for
state control of forests and reclama-
ton.