The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-12-13
Address Delivered by President Ba Before the Convention of the
Oregon Growers Association The Daes

To the Officers Members Wool Greetings
Fellow members of the Oregon Wool Growers: I congratulate
today the business during the
pleased this morning that Notwithstanding
the other woogrwng states the Northwest jealous their
reputation the Oregon Wool stand the head of the list for
business sagacy all lines for the bettermen
Of their business.
The Woogrowers only whole to hold
their until being well repaid for
doing while somewhat by the for
attempting build home market Portland and have been
dubbed greedy SPECTATORS without souls conscenes deny
the allegation contend that all products staple articles in War
times least should into the hands of manipuaors but
the thereby eliminating
his between the producer and
This only be done by adopting better methods OF pre-
pairing somewhat after the pattern OF the
Australian the requirements of the manu-
Is million pounds of Oregon wool
Portland which have been cassed and are held by nd
vdua speculation but for the purpose OF hnderng
speculation part of the real spectators.
quoted Boston today at $3.50 per secured
pound Why Because the best wool grown the Northwest
from the nature OF
closer the Merino blood and have
paid breeding while other woolgrowing
mutton breed and mixed their hocks
breeding that their stock now has no In
dvduay type little less than mongrels Hence their
wool high standing that once did
Woogrowers the first record to pledge their
the for War purposes
conusvey not afraid Of being robbed by
the did take WOOL The fight is
on specuao and WILL hope be fought
bitter end with view of getting in closer touch with manu-
way OF doing business.
And go here and and believe that
will support the Wool interests In order to
stop wool prices America regardless of how
market place price their holdings and
sell to either Government manufacturer according to
shrnkage quality price established and
belve there Woogrower, who now holding
his comply with the agreement although his
wool him all that he received, to raise it.
and is time to put ban on further
speculation should be the manufacturers
bopda nOtf tn at
make of the woolgrowe for holding little dab
WOOL the hundreds Of millions Of pounds held IN
that this matter will be more fully discussed and
threshed before this meeting comes to close
After ten Of perfect freedom from sca in Eastern
ment Of bucks that we're ockyards
to their Of fifty all
dipped thoroughly under official @ ana Ius Sc sCo
nghbo owning adjacent range These sheep were
lay drmsn until this Fs breaking out the They
brought home and dipped promptly THIS infected @
Inconvenience having travel around show
M s as this s the end
there should be enforced general dipping for the
The Livestock Sanitary Board Repre-
@ View n making he aSI Laws stringent and giving
Sanitary Board enforce the scb Laws TINS M
propagated in the Willamette Valley and
dneon Of stock cars used for shipping
should not be hard keep scab from being brought n M
III
the for well know that your bus
mess before and prices for both wool and
hundred cent since our last
meeting. 80
But fellow of warning will not amiss at
throughout the world and prices for
advanced much than the products
should not get intoxicated with the wealth we
handling for with only onehaf its purchasing value
with drafted into the Army and
doubled for and voluntary
aid the strctest
To the end that give more literally
aabsorbng the mghest problem that mankind
has upon solve You will call to mind that 1t
years Woolgrowe assembled in this
time when the prospects for this business were
periodical dark bots which have from
time to appeared upon rendered difficult for
at panic rampant throughout the land and the
holidays proclaimed by Governor Chamberlain to
save the financial collapse.
Ny friends met in this city to transact
minge again. socially in far different atmos
phere financially that time For the 1907
improving from until In this Of
it has reached beyond the dream
serious problem conrons today than fnan
ca conditions President Wilson, after al
most three longsufering diplomacy tried In
mind conceive
drawn whirlpool destruction right the point
of having Flag amped the dust along
with children murdered the high
that threatened to shake the foundation Of
this country and the world broke dpo
with the of freedom and declared and
threw fighting for Liberty and
Humanity dearly priced by all American institutions
about the flower of American manhood into
awful universal struggle Let remember that
perform the who will give their lives