East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-04
RALLIES SHEEPMEN TO
SAVE WOOL SCHEDULE
Declares Industry is Endangered by
Threatened Tariff Legislation
Calls Upon Fellows to Present unit
ed Demand-Less Dissatisfaction
, with Forest Reserve Conditions
NOted-Better Freight Rate Sc
cured.
WOOLGROWERS TO MEET
In BAKER CITY NEXT
Portland, Ore, Jan. 4.-The Ore
gon woolgrOwers' association this af-
ternOOn selected Baker for their next
annual convention place.

Portland. Ore, Jan. 4.-Secretary
Dan p. Smythe. of the Oregon Wool
growers Association, declares the last
year to have been one OF disaster for
Oregon woolmen. But the fact that
there has been a merging Of the Ore
gon association with the Willamette
Valley Association, and general
strengthening OF organized effort,
and the entire West Is becoming ar
oused over the menace to sheep from
attacks upon the tariff, Secretary
Smythe accepts as a partial recon-
pense for individual losses.
81 need not again recall to you,
gentlemen, the events that have trans
pired since the Pendleton convention
to eat up profits" says Smythe in his
annual report read yesterday before
the state convention. The trouble
began with long, dreary, heavy feed
ing winter. That was followed by a
sharp decline in both wool and sheep.
From that we passed TO an extremely
dry summer. And last, but not least,
there is a new congress 'insurging'
with desire to take long shot at
schedule X"
Forest Conditions Better.
There has been less dissatisf ant,or
with the administration Of the Ma
tiohai Forests the last year than be.
dore, continued Secretary smythe
yet there seems to a much room
for improvement, O. ho,tar soI,,.
cst officers ~ difficulties, The for
be better sallse that there should
putes. adjustment of grazing di'
eratr Ind have promised full coop
p ION and consideration of vita
md important grazing questions with
the duly authorized advisory boards
OF the woolgrowers' associations.
This office has had UP for consid'
Grafton several times the question o.
best methods of marketing wool
Some find serious objection to oul
present public sale-bid wool sales
The wool warehouse at Chicago, own
ed and operated by the sheepmen
has been given a short trial, and it Il
hoped consideration will be given thi
very important subject, With a view
of arriving at some better solution
o: 1t.
StSlcldiy ~
advising that the o. r. & n. co. fin
ally acceded to our demands and pu
into effect last June n loose-sack rat
on wool. This rate Is only 25 cent
q hundred higher than the baled rat
simply being the normal charge TO
baling added to the old rate. Thu
ended a hard struggle waged for year
to obtain a loose-sack rate. Severa
of the prominent wool buyers fror
Boston estimate that this will mea
q saving of 1-2 cent to 1 cent poun
to the grower on all wool sold. Thi
matter, at the time of putting the rat
into effect, was being vigorousl
pressed before the Interstate Com
merce Commission by the orego
Railway Commission.
Issues Tariff Warning.
"You are too familiar with the 10
wool tariff under the Wilson bill, an
the consequent ruin of the industr
for me to remind you OF the dangt
that turks in the general clamor
certain sections of the country again
schedule X Of our present tariff.
the democrats and insurgents WI
compose the coming congress act ar
legislate anything like they talk'
and clustered in the congress ju
passing into history, the wool indust
Is in grave danger.
1--WE should stand as never befo
to save schedule K. Some good, ha
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