The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-24
STRONG LOBBY
Of SHEEPM MEN
National WOOlgrOwers' AssOcia-
ton Names Members for
Important Mission.
TO PROTEST AGAINST
REVISION OF TARIFF
Congress to Be Asked to Defer
Action Until Figures Are
Presented.

Naming Il strong lobby of sheepmen
10 work with the coming special session
of congress against the revision OF the
tariff, the executive committee of the
National Woolsrowers' association ad
journcd Thursday night after a session
of two DAYS held at the Wilson hotel.
The lobby seven members strong, is
as follows:
jay Dobbn Joseph Or.
j. D. Nobltt, CokeViIle. Wyo.
=. w. Perkins. Flagstaff, .Ariz.
Peter O. Johnston, Blackfoot, Ida,
George Austin. Salt Lake City.
\: ]. Knollin. Chicago;
This committee will be augmented by
the addition of Frank G9oaing S@ss of of
Boise. Ida, president and secretary.
respectively Of the national association.
as eX offiCio members. President Good
ing viii act as chairman of the lobby.
In addition. the executive committee
Thursday decided 10 request the wool,
growers organizations OF the several
than two members 10 work with the
lobby in the effort TO keep congress from
revising the tariff on wool.
New Office Created.
The committee also decided to create
the office OF assistant secretary. with
headquarters in Chicago, to further the
work of organizing the protest against
revision To be made TO the extra ses-
sion. The president vice president and
secretary OF the association viii select
the assistant secretary at once and he
will assume his duties Immediately.
Secretary Mcclure will go east at once
shall be The new assistant, while Presi-
dent Goodlns will leave for the east
about The first OF the coming month;
The new office Will not be abolished
with the settlement OF the wool tariff
question. but Will be perpetuated TO help
father the interest of the wool industry
in every way possible; ~; [hs d,is ssT,s'ahe I ihe
east CORE respondng to the duties OF the
secretary. now situated in the west.
when the wool tariff question is dis
posed Of
View of the President.
I'VE believe" said President Gooding.
at the conclusion OF the executive conf
mittee's final meeting Thursday evening"
that the interests of the sheep and wool
industries best can be furthered II the
special session Of congress VIII not revise
the tariff. We think that the tariff
should not he changed until the special
commission appointed to gather data as
to the cost OF wool here and in foreign
countries concludes its work We believe
that congress can make an inteligent
and honest revision of the WOOL tarftt
and we will work To stave of revision
until This report is submitted and care
fully considered.
The following dispatch received from
Washington, d. c., was of interest TO the
members OF the executive committee
assembled here:
WASHINGTON. March 23.-Inequali-
ties In the freight charges on raw wool
from the western and northwestern wool
states to eastern wool markets, espe-
cjallv Chicago ST. Louis and Boston, are
the subject of a complaint made to the
by the National Wool Growers associa-
ton against the Oregon Short Line rail-
road and many other western and
northwestern railroads. 1t is averred
that wool rates are unreasonable and
dIscrimina tory and that particular pref
erence Is given by the roads to Pacific
coast terminals. The rates are asserted
to be from 1k to 10 cents OH
the hundred pounds too high, in
comparison with rates from other wool
territory. 1t is declared that the defen
dant railways are also violating the
long and short haul provision OF the
law.