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LETTERS ON THE WOOL TRADE.
BY J. B. MOTT, ESQ.,,
Secretary Of the ". Y. S. Agrieul. Society.
To WOOl.GrOWers..NO. 3.

ALBANY, June 4. 1916.
NJ Surrwoop. ESD. President of the Ny.
4 Agr;cub,,roI Society.
Dr,p Sp-From tbe facts and aroumer,s of
,r,, l.s, Lotto, i, would SOON cer,.;1 ,b,t ,horo
nnst bo created eitber bv arrangement mr. bv tho
frco AZ c;,cun.,,rco, n set az mon ubo u;II
ful6l, !, His country tho du,es thar 20 norf,rm.
ed in Engl,nd bv the Wool Rroker Either
the farmer alone or in connnctinn with Tho
manufacturers mnst annoinf agon,s vbo sell
.yclus;velv on commisson WuI such an
arent ful6lI all these reouirements which have
mentioned A. nncoss.rr 70 snccesso LOT ne
examine the nont according n the immutable
searching laws of business
Sucb an arept mps, he rosrors;h,o IN ,ho
manufacturer for the character rf the wool hc
sells him. and of courso bo yv;l, no comnollcd to
know the eyact condition of every Hercc that
comes into h;s wsrobn,so and .t orco no;n, an,
Ia the farmer IFS eycellenccs and ito defects
So far then the scheme works The manuf,c.
turer il sure of the condition If the wool. and
the farmer rewarded for his care win he be
rewarded for his skill Unless ieeces are sor-
ted it cannot be done if sorted with skill and
indymcnt, it can No one is fool enough to
believe that although manufacturer may be
satisfied that the condition of the wool is all
right and can also see with his own eyes that
every fleece in the lot offered him by the agent
has the very quality Of ineness, length of sta
pie, and strength of fibre that he requires, that
he will, nevertheless, pay no more for such a
lot than for one of which he knows either moth
ing, or knows that it will not suit his manufac-
tory.
II is useless to waste words to show, that
from the very circumstances enumerated that
any. TIA, all manufacturers will nav. under these
circumstances, fair discriminating price,
n o,l,- IL al
fish, thev are not fools and mad men.
I am allowed to state, that factory of high
character and large capital, have resolved no
longer to buy wool unless it is presented to them
exactly under the circumstances have mention
ed. for they have been compelled for long Pc
Rod to manufacture a kind of wool they do not
want. to their urea, injury. with machinery tina {
Is fitted for superior wool. But thew had accu-
mulated under the old system a LARGE stock of in
feror wool. and it had to be got rid of. ! feel
quite sure. ifmy Inquiries were further extend
ed, Iwouid be able 10 state the same facts of a
good many others.
is very certain ,ha, without free and frank
intercourse between the agent and the manutac
turer, no sort of 6eeees can be satisfactory.
The agent must know what style of wool the lat.
ter wants. and tbouah he NAV aYranye his t]eeces
under ever so many numbers. unless he knows
how his numbers run amonv the SORTS of the
wool staper, his sorting will do I'm, little rood
The fact is the system must work well. he.
cause it is for the interest of both the farmer and
the manufacturer cordially to Cooperate.
But will the manufacturer hold free inter.
course with the agent of the farmer? Will he
do any thing that is for his own interest? 1t il
absurd to answer the question.
Will the farmer receive prompt pay In one
sense, which will explain by and by, hopt
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