The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10
WOO[GROWES ARE
LOYAL To NATION
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS PlED0iN0
FEAITY TO CONSTITUTION AND
WAR AGAINST REDS.
Protest Against Dumping Of Foreign
Woods Into American market and
Favor Legislation Aiding Ex-
pertinent Stations.

Salt Lake City.-With the passage
of strongly wOrded resolutions cover
ing almost every phase Of the wool
producing industry and the election
Of officers to serve for the current
year, the National WoolgrOwers' as
ISOLATION Brought to a close Its fifty
fifth annual convention on January
81. following a three-day session
Frank J. Hagenbarth Of Idaho and
Salt Lake, was reelected president
NJ. J. Powers of Flagstaff. Arizona
was named western vice president
Professor w. c. Coffey Of the Univer.
sity Of Illinois. was chosen as east.
ern vice president. The executive com
mittee's selection of Dr. F. Il. Mar
shall. assistant animal husbandman
Washington, d. c.. as secretary Of the
association, to succeed DR.. s. w. Nc
Clure, resigned after nine years of
service, was announced by President
Hagsnbarth and unanimously ap-
proved.
The convention throu ghout was
well attended and the various subjects
presented were generally and inten-
sively discussed. the officers pronounc-
ing it the most successful meeting
in the history Of the organization.
0ist Of Resolutions.
In brief, the resolutions passed 0p-
pose the creation Of parks or game
preserves at the expense of grazing
areas; urge congress to appropriate
the funds requested for the work Of
the U. S. sheep experiment station;
petition for legislation to bar all aliens
from using the public domain; re-
range conditions in the national for
ests; asks the forest service to pro-
vide spring range for cattle that will
not trespass upon the sheep ranges;
ask for compensation for men In for
est service, sufficient to secure COM
petent men; commends the activities
of the federal government In arrest
ing and deporting undesirable aliens.
and pledges the loyalty of the asso-
citation in support of this work; pro-
tests against agitation against the
packers and the enactment of the So
called "K. & Il. bills; stands for Il
league of nations and peace treaty
with reservations that will uphold the
American constitution; asks for a
western member of the interstate COM
merce commission; protests against
the dumping" of foreign woods into
the American market; urges passage
of legislation requiring manufacture
ers of wooden cloth to mark the per
cent of virgin wool; condemns the
policy of contracting wool In advance
Of shearing and favors sale by con-
signment and on commission; urges
sheepmen to employ private trappers
to aid in determination of the coy
otes; commends the attitude of the
associations officers for their stand
against affilIatiOn with promoters; rec
Ommends that unallOtted lands In
western states be placed under charge
Of the department of agriculture re-
quests cooperation Of the department
of agriculture In the Eat More Lamb"
campaign; recommends an educational
campaign to teach the importance Of
the sheep industry; asks for addi-
tiOnal government funds for the fight |
against scabies; designates the Pacific
International Livestock show as the
official sheep show of the organiza-
ton; extends thanks to western rail
roads who gave low freight rates for
moving stock and carrying food in
times of emergency; thanks the secre-
tary of agriculture, the secretary Of
the interior and their associates for
their endeavOrs and cooperation !;
thanks all who helped make the pro-
gram and the convention success.
Pleads for Virgin Wool
A strong plea for the enactment of
such legislation as would force the
fabric manufacturers to so stamp their
product as to make known the per
cent of virgin wool and the per cent
of shOddy and other materials, was the
feature Of the closing session This
address was delivered by Alexander
Walker of New York City, president
Of the National Sheep and Wool bu-
reau. Mr.. Walkers contention was
that sheepmen were being defrauded
of their just returns from their pro-
duct because Of the regular and per-
sistent use Of shoddy in the manufac-
ture of "all-wool" cloth; the public
he said, being steadily and uniformly
deceived by the refusal Of the cloth
makers to use the term "virgin WOOL"
which could have but one meaning,
wool that had not heretofore been
used in the manufacture of cloth.
Wilson Braves Snowstorm.