The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-23
OREGON WOOL GROWERS
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
Pendleton Meeting of State woolgrow-
ers Association Passes RESOLUTIONS
Vital to Industry and Hope for Relief
From Federal Government.

By l. a. HUNT.
lEe last annual meeting " the uge-
sou Wool Growers st lend4etob .,sr
~nIch TINS association has heiu. ,u-
"a. cases aeie maue on lmpU. laAt sub
Jecta oy number OF men anu CONFER
eiCes were neId win olher oiuol4Is
"4l4ch Win Ue truJIul OF good resulLa
PROBABLY the best talk made at tnls
convention was made uy the friend OF
Eastern oregon. BIil Thompson, VINO
IS now win the FIRST national Isank
0t PORTLAND, tie ADVISED that one way
for the sheepu.en 10 assist IN raising
the price OF sheep was 70 increase their
re advised placing d value on these
sheep anywhere from Slz to Sl5 per
mead If the local banker saw fiji To
cut this down that was his own pusi-
Less but it showed that the wool grow
rr himself had confidence ia the vaiL-
alton ot the product He also advised
that tne sheepmen hold d stiff upper
lip and that they should feel that the
industry was going TO come back on
its feet and DO every thing possible to
bring this to pass. His was an i'm
promptu address given upon two min
utes notice but was probably as well
received as any made.
The Morrow county wool growers
committee, which was appointed at the
local meeting to assist in getting
thtuge in the freight rate charged for
summer grazing to out Of state points,
tueJ with Mr.. Miller OF the Northern
Pacific, and Mr.. Clark of the Union Pa
cific and was promised a cut Of at least
rs per cent If they would notify them
plenty Of time in advance. Circular
letters viii be sent out from the local
secretarys office advising sheepmen Of
the way in which to obtain this release,
For general information it might be
well to say that any tariff changes in
railroad rates must be advertised at
least 50 days in order to be effective,
but 25 per cent cut in freight rates
will be worth while.
Another matter of vital Importance
which was introduced from Morrow
county by F. a. McMenamin, was the
showing up the present lien law.
whereby the sheepherder has no chance
to really collect his wages by lien
on sheep at present as the mortgage
comes ahead of labor lien. Resolu-
tions were passed by the association
asking that the legislature make this
change. Ii is remarkable that this bill
has stood on the statute books for tae
last seven years without being discov-
cred.
The resolutions which were sent by
the Morrow County Sheep Growers as
sociation to the representatives in con-
gress have been productive of consid-
erable good n. j. Sinnott introduced
the bill to the Ways and Means COM
mittee asking for such an embargo
and has sent copy Of this bill to the
local office. He has assured us that he
is going to do everything possible to
secure its enforcement.
Resolutions were adopted along the
following lines.
Asking for a reduction in freight
rates to and from pasture of the rail-
road companv.
Endorsing the activities of the Amer
lean National Farm Bureau Federation
in its efforts TO assist In obtaining re-
lief for the wool men.
Asking the railroad company for
so day pass with ten day stop over
for men who shin sheen to Eastern
market
Asking that an embargo be placed on
all wooden products until such a time
as proner tariff regulation can be pro-
vided
Asking that the truth in the Fabric
bill now before congress be passed.