Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-24
WO0LMEN GATHER
IN ANNUAL SESSION
SCATHlNG DENUNcIATloN OF
MANUFACTURERS BY PRESi.
DENT OF ASSOCIATION.
Railroad Service Under Government
Unsatisfactory, and Tariff Laws
Discriminate Against Growers,
Declares Leader of Woolarowers.

declares Leader OF Woolgrowers.
Salt Lake City.-With representa-
tives of every sheep-growing section
In the United States present, the fifty
fifth annual convention of the National
Woolgrowers' association opened here
on January 10.
Scathing denunciation of the wool
manufacturers of the United States as
body as 1.-THE most selfish, un-Ameri-
can, unpatriotic body of men with
whom your president has ever come in
contact" arraignment of government
ownership of railroads, scoring of pres
ent tariff regulations affecting wool,
haying of manufacturers who sell spur
ious goods as all wool, prompt action |
towards raising big fund to push the |
"Eat More Lamb" campaign formed |
the striking features of the first days |
session.
These things We're largely outlined
by President Frank ]. Hagenbarth in
his annual address to the sheepmen
and the favor with which the embodied
ideas were received was indicated by
hearty and prolonged applause.
While President Hagenbarth's view
of ito hell with the manufacturers If
they will not play fair" perhaps called
forth the loudest demonstration, there
cided and unqualified approval from
the $50 or 400 delegates present at the
morning session. His expression of
the hope that some definite action be
taken putting the association on rec
ord as in favor of the league of ma
tons, his commentary upon railroad
service under government control as
''wretched and badly disorganized,"
and his arraignment of existing tariff
| laws as favOring the manufacturers of
wool and the producers of sugar, wheat
and cotton at the expense of the WOOL
grower were loudly applauded.
1t was evident from the tone of the
address by DR.. j. w. Wilson, presi-
dent of the Wyoming Woolgrowers'
association, and from the color of
President Hagenbarths talk that the
sheepmen believe there Is period
ahead of them that calls for careful
elaboration in order to combat with
success the difficulties the flocmasters
are facing. In fact, President Hagen
bGrth, in the course of his address,
said plainly that they had not come
to listen to any long flights of oratory
Vice President A j. Kmollng called
the convention TO order at 1915
o'clock
Acting Governor Harden Bennion
delivered the address of welcome, in
which he referred briefly to his score
of years experience I'm the sheep bust
mss, eonfessing, however, that he was
''out of practice along this line, bur
expected to sit at the feet of the
| woolgrowers when his term of office
had expired He said that in extend
| ing his welcome he felt that he might
gay a few words upon the question of
preparedness, the one question that he
had not noted as covered in the pre-
pared program. He then spoke of tn,
necessity and effectiveness of being
prewared, mo matter what the field of
intl .stry or business might be. and
| closed with reiteration of cordial well
! come to city and state of so large Il
holy of men representing such ire
mendous industry.
Vice President Knollin, before in
Producing fresiuent Hagenbarth. called
to the platform the heads of the state
associations present. these including
h. A. Fleetwood, president of the Cali
fornia association Hugh Sproat, presi-
dent of the Idaho association; Hugh
Campbell of the Arizona association,
and John IL Seeley, vice president
of the Utah association. He then in
troduced President Hagenbarth
President Hagenbarth at the con-
ciusion of his address, announced W
deep feeling the resignation as sec
rotary of DIR. s. w. Mcclure.
During the afternoon the convention
listened to an address ON The Sheep
men and the National Forests by VIII
G. Barnes, assistant forester in charge
OF grazing. An address on the Eat
More Lamb" campaign was given by
l.. l.. Heller assistant secretary of
the National association. The meth
DDS of applying this movement in the
best manner were discussed by Rob
ert Mathison, head sheep buyer for
| Swift & Co. of Chicago. An extended
discussion followed. A motion to levy
an assessment of one-half cent per
lamb to put into the 'lamb" fund for
this year and another motion which
made the assessment applicable to
conscience fund" for those who had
not yet paid the levy We're passed.