The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-01-12
WOOL GROWERS MEET
AND DISCUSS TARIFF LAW



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az welcome thns Mad f,e<,n made
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tion 90 tne NAuon6t Wool1rowef'
Association At the Armary. "ant
| ladies' and gentlemen. iii that ID
slseaSman ana woolxrower xot on
| OF ii WAS 1Ese5 That IL Ill hav
| to ray at this tirue on the txrd
| uuastion.
Dr. Wilson ID fluent and haup
| speaker, and being regarded AZ On
lof the brightest men among th
fioeksmQsters. efforf will be- made L
have him accept the honor of presl
dent OF the association. Preslden
noodIng. who delivered his nnnua
addreBs having announced f4eSorrntn
eddy that he will rot be m positior
10 nm the Office FOR another term, DR.
Wileon,s response ran In d bumor
Gus vein and made great hit Will
the Thousand or mare delegates gath
erred hi the entertainment hall al
Che Aruaory,
President Fred w. Gooding OF The
national association. In delivering ~
address. took IN fhe varinua nues.
tIons that confront the sheen and
wool industry and laid uarticular
stress upon the necessity for the
retention Of the duty on wool. He
also urged eloser cooperatIon among
the men engaged In the industry and
smoke for befterment IN transpor.
tatlon facilities ana along other lines
Nv which the Industry can be brought
fo a higher and more profitable stand.
ard. President Goodng is one OF
the mosf influential sheen and wool
men In the country and has also other
Pacific northwest.
The convention opened Immediately
after adjournment OF the state ascot
alton. which was unable to finish its
work in one day. 1t was nearly II |
o'clock when the national convention /
was called TO order.
William ID. Whcelwright delivered I
the address OF welcome on behalf OF
9overnor.eiact Oswald West, who was
unable to be present. Mr. Wheel
wright said he knew nothing about
xouI. buf realized that the industry
gaa ono of immense Importance to
he world and particularly to thia
art Of the country. City Attorney
Frank s. Grant delivered an eloquent :
ddress OF welcome for Mayor Simon, !
a behalf of the city, and presented }
resident Gooding with gorgeous \
ouauet OF Portland roses. William
IacMassera. president of the Cham '
or of Commerce, bid them welcome a
d behalf OF tho chamber and touched
pom Portland as steadily increas. !
tx market for the products OF the :
lckmasters. G. c. Chapman, man !
ger of tho Portland Commercial
lub. extended the welcome OF the /
eople of Portland and the club, say.
IN that the city was wide open, that
ne business mon had contributed lib
rally to entertain the guests, and
hat they wanted them TO enjoy every
eature that had been prepared for
hem 10 the fullest extent. and not 10
overlook anything.
About 200 delegates arrived from
IDAHO, and more are following with |
avery incoming train.
The address o president Frank w
aoodIng of idaho was an able discus
sion of the traiff question as affecting
wool and conservation. President
Goodlng IL one OF the heavy sheep
raisers of the west and was a mem
Der OF the legislative committee which
spent a large part Of last winter at
looking after tariff leg.
lslation. In part. President GoodIng
said:
"slnce the passage of the Payne
Aldrlch tariff law. there has been a
persiatent and malignant assault upon
the tariff schedulea designed 10 pro-
tect the Industry of wool growing.
Some magazines and newspapers have
been allied with articles conceived In
Ignorance ana prejudice, and which
were designed to poison the public
mind against the woolgrowers.
Unless these misreprasentations
arc answered. the flockmaster win
find his Industry threatened with de.
struction. This assault has been
brought about by the selfish warfare
that Is on between the manufacturers
of carsled wooden goods and the man
ufecturers of worsteds. They are
constantly quarrellng over schedule
seems to be unsatisfactory to the
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