Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-04
Advantages Of Proper Frepnra-
ton Of Wool for Market.
INTER ESrnNE AND PROF
TABLE LETTER.

The following letter from an old and ex-
perienced wool commission firm in Phila>
delpha will be read with great profit by
Iowa wool growers. provided they adhere
TO the advice and suggestions therein made.
1t should be matter Of great encourage
mcnt 10 our wool growers to know that
Western wool is gaining in favor in the
eastern market and incite them to still
greater efforts to build up is reputation,
as well as to increase the bulk Of product
Please read the following carefully it is
wo-thy o: being committed to memory by
every wool producer in this section:
PHILADELPHIA, May 30, 1866.
To the Editor Of tho Democrat As the
opening Of the wool season is near at hand,
we desire through your columns 10 say .
few words to the growers and buyers in
your State. The large increase Of manu-
featuring establishments in the East and
the consequent increased demand for mates
rial, have obliged the consumers Of WOOL to
look beyond the limited supply Of Ohio
and Pcnnsy vania, and turn their eyes to>
wards the States lying farther West for
large portion Of the wool necessary to sup.
ply their wants. In past years the woods
Of Ohio and Pennsylvania were looked upon
as the standard for fncncss and condition,
and the Western woods being dark in color,
uneven in quality, and heavy in condition,
were neglscted Or only bought when the
| other was not to be bad, or at considera
bic discount from full prices But within
the last year or two the Ohio woods have
come into market in very bad condition |;
| heavy, unwashed, stuffed With tags and
| dung, ard burdcncd with unnecessary
wrappings Of heavy cord, while the Wes>
tern woods have IN the main visibly improv
| ed in condition and in the care with which
they have been got up. The consequence
has been that the Western wool has sold
freely all through the season at prices more
nearly approximatins to those obtained
from ohio more than ever before. This
goes to prove that common honesty and
care in preparing wool for market is not
without its reward. Our manufacturers
are keen business men, vide awake to their
own interests, and well posted in all that
pertains to their business. Experience has
taught them that their profit lies in cares
iul selection Of their wool. They know
when they look at a pile of wool just what
it will lose in working, and they also know
that it does not pay TO buy grease and dirt,
strings and stufings. at the price of good
wool. 1t therefore bchooves growers OF
wool to wash their sheep we'll, shea'
them rs soon after as pnssiblc-to careful
" clip of all dung locks and tags, roll up
The fleece compactly, and tie it with only
enough small Irvine to keep it together sc
curcly-threc turns twinc is sufficient.
| A lot ofwool got up in this way-honestly,
and fairly, exhibited in n wool store, will
| sell ltsel-lt needs 10 pulling; while n lot
| got up caselessly or fraudulcntly will re-
| main unrollcd until all the good wool is
| sold, and then be sol1a a large reduction.
1t is no pleasure for a commission house to
Thande wool like the last described i,rsin
iurcs them--it Injuries the customers it
! injuries the owner and it reflects injuri
ously upon the section from whence it
comes. With your large prairie fields
where ilions Of sheep can be rnised, your
State ough. to take prominent
position in the wool trade.
1t only remains to raise the character
/ ofthe woods produced-this can be done BY
following the advice above given. With
regard to disposing If the wool. there can
be no question "a to the fact that in the
markets of the East is the place to sell WOOL
II is thus brought to the door Of the con,
sumer. 1t can here be classified and ar>
ranged so that each quality and variety will
bring its full value. Let holders in the
West select a commission house here, in
whom they can implicitly rely. Send their
wool to such house and leave the selling
to the consignoc's judgment. He, being in
the market, will know more about it, and
the probable prospects, etc, of the market,
than caosnny one in the West. Trade cir
culars and the promising reports and s.ate-
ments of travelling agents, are not always
reliable, although. many Of the circulars are
honestly and candidly prepared, and repre-
sent the market It the moment Of printing.
But sudden changes take place which can
only be taken advantage Of by one on the
spot, and conversant with all the ''ins and
outs" Of the trade. We trust that the Iowa
woods coming forward this season will be
such - to reflect credit upon the State and
upon the growers, and prove to the con-
sumers that the Western farmers are deter>
mined to sustain the reputation Of honest,
reliable men.
1--WE viii gladly give 70 any parties d.
string. oil information in our power relative
to our market, or to anything else pertain.
ing to WOOL"
We remain. respectfully,
- Your obcdient servants,
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