The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-26
WOOLGR0WERS ARE
TACKL|NG PROBLEM
DELEGATES At NATIONAL CON-
vENTloN DISCUSS PLANS
FOR YEARS WORK.
Will Endeavor to Secure the Protection
Of Tariff and Will Investigate
Measures Of Cooperative Mar
ketine and Manufacturing.


session Of the annual convention of the
National Woolgrowers' association, on
January II, 1t was made clear that the
w00igrowers will push their efforts to
secure the protection Of tariff; they
will investigate closely and adopt
measures Of cooperative marketing;
they will avail themselves Of the bene-
Ats to be derived from the licensed
and bonded warehousing act, and they
will wear clothes made from pure
virgin wool grown in the United
States"
the association sounded the keynote
Of the convention as one of business,
one in which the sheepmen are to con-
fer on their urgent economic problems
and to take measures to deal with
them.
Upward of 500 sheepmen, and some
women, too. came from all the western
states and many eastern points to at
tend the convention. And they
brought with them, If not their fight
ing clothes. at least a fighting frame Of
mind; for there was no denying the
feeling present among those about the
convention hall that they are going TO
get out and take most active meas
ures for the preservation and better
ment of their industry.
The report Of the success which has
attended the efforts of Montana
growers to find a market for their
product. through the manufacture OF
their virgin wool into cloth for cloth
| ing, into blankets and other CONNER
cial products. was welcomed with q
roar of approval.
President Hagenbarth was greeted
with prolonged applause when he char
acterized this work of the Montana
men as paving the way ito what per
haps may lead to the greatest WOO
mill in the country. and serving Al
least notice to the middleman that the
| producers are awake to their methods.
Governor Charles R. Mabey vel
coined the sheepmen on behalf of tht
state and was introduced by Presiden
Hagenbarth as a one-time sheepherde
who knows the problems of the in
dustry.
Cooperative marketing. transports
ton problems. plea for postpone
ment of grazing fees. the relations be
tween sheepmen and the packers ant
the interests of Indian wool produc
ers provided the material which tn
| No
covered in the second day.
In the interims between the forma
convention sessions the display room
of the Montana Woolgrowers' associ
alton. where there was being show
the samples Of all-virgin American
made uool cloths, was crowded wit
sheepmen and their friends anxiou
to buy themselves suits made of tn
virgin wool and to inquire concerning
the possibility of extending the move
ment to practically every wool-grow
ing state in the union.
Pledging their every effort to a Pre-
gram of progress. the National Woo
growers closed their fifty-sixth annua
convention on January 10. after adopt
ing their program Set forth in a serie
of more than score of resolution
touching the topics vital to the SAWS
ton of the industry.
They likewise reelected Frank
Hagenbarth of Salt Lake for the eight
consecutive time to lead them in tn
contamination of their aims
Enactment of the Fordney emel
gency tariff law. which is to be pr,
sented to the United States senat
approval of the French-Capps
Truth in the Fabrics Bill and tn
definition of projects to assist in ma
keting and financing of the wool an
meat products of the industry Al
among the outstanding features Of III
program for the coming year.