Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-17
Arizona Gets 'ern Together.

A statewide industrial conference
was held in Phoenix on Dec. 1916
at the in%stigation of the Arizona Farm
Bureau Federation. President Charles
S. Brown made one of the principal
addresses and showed that agricul-
ture must be prosperous before other
Industries can thrive. The conference
was called in order that representa-
tives of each industry in the state
might understand the problems con-
fronting every other industry and
work in mutual helpfulness. Included
in the list were representatives OF
Agriculture, stock raising, min ng,
numbering, merchandising, profess
sional activities, and public utilities.
The slogan of the meeting was "Ari-
iona Forward. Al the close of the
sessions those in attendance had a
much more tangible idea of each
others problems.
The outcome of the conference was
the formation of a permanent Ar
zona Industrial Congress, with off,
Gals and directors representing the
principal industries of the state. Fred
Tat, chairman of the Executive
Committee of The Arizona Farm Bur-
eau Federation, is a vic~e-president Of
the Congress, while L. G.. Wilson Of
the Arizona Farm Bureau Fedora
tons Marketing Committee, is a
member of the Executive Committee.
1t is stated hat the Congress will
be of the same sort of servic to the
is to- the farmers.
No Injunction on lacker Control.
The United States District Court,
sitting in Chicago, has denied the pc
ton of various live stock exchanges
seeking to restrain by permanent in
junction the Secretary of Agriculture
and the District Attorney from enforc-
ing the Packer and Stockyard Con-
trol Act. The United States Supreme
Court will decide the test case ip-
volved. The District Court issued a
notification to the effect that the Act
will not become effective before Jan
Is.
Pooled Woods Move.
Director C. j. F'awcett of the Wool
Marketing Department advises Off
GERS of state wool pools that the year
1921 closed with quite a strong wool
market, both domestic and foreign.
The domestic market advanced l to
2 cents per pound recently. Mill con-
sumption is somewhat less than in the
months Immediately proceed ng. The
trade is feeling the usual effects Of
the Holiday season n the purchase
of wool has been somewhat c~urtailed.
Foreign markets are very strong, par
ticularly on the finer grades. The
American buyers are again in the
foreign. markets seeking the higher
spinning woods.
Every one in the American mar
kets is waiting for the traif program
to >be announced by the Senate FL
nance Committee, realizing that tn
amount Of the tariff W II be a potent
factor in regulating values Of domesl
tic wool in the coming seasen. The
effect OF the Emergency Tariff is be-
ing more and more felt in the domes-
tic market.
Reports from the various pools in
dictate an early disposition of wool
holdings. sRecent sales from the
various pools are quoted as follows:
The Texas Farm Bureau Pool.
which Is practically closed, reports
sales as follows, prices TO. b. ware
house at Houston: Fine and Half
Blood. CSC: Quarter Blood, 20 1-4c;
three-eighths. Ale: heavy fine, 2zc:
lighe curry, 1sc. These woods are
shipped by water to Boston-