Arizona republican., 1916-01-16
Took Twenty Minutes to Raise Six Thousand Dol lars, With Which to Main tain Lobby to Fight the Homestead Bill
DWIGHT B. HEARD
 ADDRESSES CROWD
Must Do Something Besides Passing Resolutions, is His Opinion of Coming Fight - Opposes Hot-Air Excursion
rRepublican A. 9. Leased Wire1

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. l5.--Dele- gates to the National Wool Growers Association convention raised q fund of more than $e.0O0 in cash on the floor of the convention in twenty minus today to maintain a lobby in Washington against the e+o acre homestead bill, now finder deoate in congress. Subscriptions to the fund were still being made after the con- Vention adjourned this evening.
 The action followed an address by Dwight E. Heard of Phoenix, AriZ., president of the American National Livestock Association. who spoke to invite the wool men to have repre- sentatives at the meeting of his or ganiZation at Fl Paso. Texas, January -. He said tie pending bill was ob- jectionable because it did not pro- vide for classification of public lands as between agricultural and grazing areas and made it possible for land hogs to file on GAO acres of grazing land and charge livestock growers eX- horbitant prices for it. and that the bill made no provision for preserving ana developing watering places for livestock. A resolution to send d del esation to the Ei Paso convention was passed unanimously. F. J. Hagenbarth of Salt Lake. president of the Wool GrCwers Association, took the floor immediately.
 Passing resolutions is not all there is to this matter he said. You must remember that you intend soon to start fight in a preludiced con eress against the powerful influence of the 'homesteader. It will be long and hard struggle, that will take brains, work and money. Are you willing to pay what it costs? for if you do not. the officers of the asso- citation will refuse to carry out your resolutions. l. for one, will not be q party to send q mere hot air ex- cutsioh, not equipped for solid work, ana thus make ourselves ridiculous
 motion tn raise the money at once was made and carried unani mously, and cash contributions were received by Dr. J. AL Wilson of Wy oming. temporary chairman.
 Former Governor Frank R. Good ing of Idaho was named as chair man of the lobby committee this evening and other members will be named later.
 The convention adopted unanimous ly q resolution asking that the remain ing public domain be classified as be tween agricultural and grazing lands and that grazing lands be withdraw from entry and leased tn Livestock producers.
 other resolutions asking that i'm ports of wool and other animal pro, duets from countries where the foo and mouth ana other animal diseases prevail he sterilized or excluded; tha congress amend existing tariff law on sugar, meats, wool and other pro ducts through a non- partisan tariff commission, that congress appropriate SJ00.000 at once for the eradication of predatory wild animals, the pres ence of rabies among coyotes in tn west being offered as a reason fo immediate action. and that lvestoc trails between winter and summe ranges he established by the govern ment.
 On the question of water powe - sites the convention went an recor hy adopting unanimously a resolutio in favor of broad and economi purposes authorized by the local law on the subject, and the developmer
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