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inliuence in reconciling this disastrous feud. This influ- 

 ence was the result of the simplest means, nothing more 

 than to l)ring, for the first time, face to face the interests 

 which had been prejudiced and hostile only because thej 

 misunderstood each other. A conference of hut a day 

 between the rival interests was sufficient to establish a basis 

 of adjustment. This basis was the recognition of ' nmtu- 

 ality ' of interest and a right to equality of protection." 



The principles upon which harmony migl it be established 

 were expressed in the resolutions unaninu)usly adopted by 

 the convention, which have an historical value as the first 

 joint expression of the wool industry of the country. They 

 are as follows : 



" Resolved^ That the ' mutuality ' of the interests of the 

 wool producers and the wool manufacturers of the United 

 States is established by the closest commercial bond : that 

 of demand and supply ; it having been demonstrated that 

 the American grower supplies more than seventy per cent, 

 of all the wool consumed by American mills, and with equal 

 encouragement would soon supply all which is properly 

 adapted to production here ; and, further, it is confirmed by 

 the experience of half a century that the periods of pros- 

 perity and depression in the two branches of woolen indus- 

 try have been identical in time, and induced by the same 

 general causes. 



" Resolved^ That as the two branches of agricultural 

 industry represented by the woolen interest involve largely 

 the labor of the country whose productiveness is the basis 

 of national prosperity, sound policy requires such legislative 

 action as shall place them on an equal encouragement and 



