The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-15

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II sets forth just what a portion Of the
wool growers are now trying 10 do. 1t
says, in advising farmers not 10 send TO
the new wool house: "They ought to
be able TO sell sheep or its wool with.
out the Intervention OF half n dozen in.
structors or agents, who must have
slice somewhere" This Is to the point,
and one object Of this cooperative move.
ment is to cut down the number Of "in.
sLrucLors and agents" whose slice in come
cases Is getting too large.
Some Of the objections TO the proposed
plan OF wool house may seem pertinent;
but they lose much Of their force when II
ia known that the authors Of the com.
munications are rather more interested
in wool buying than in wool growing,
one OF them beingA wool buyer OF the
kind which reliable wool dealers say are
iDjuriDg their trade, either from lack Of
principle or ignorance in not making
proper discrimination between good and
bad wools. Two others-for II seems
il has taken more than one brain 10 get
up such II document-"have not beard
enough on their chins 10 tangle
mosquito" to use the language Of
Marshall Co. wool grower, and the idea
Of their having "25 years experience in
sheep raising" suggests the hand they
may have had in their own raising.
There are difficulties in the way OF
opening such wool house as is propos.
ed. To mention them and answer would
require considerable space-suilice It to
say, they have been thoroughly canyassed.
Many days have been spent in periectiDg
the plan, and in dissipating ali obstacles
and objections as far as possible, by the
projectors Of the enterprise and others,
and one thing they desire to notice, as a
personal matter, which is likely 10 effect,
in small degree, the success OF the enter
prise. 1t has been thrown at them that
they are merely working for "soft places"
for themselves or friends. These insinu-
ations are thrown out BY some dealers,
acknowledging that they considered their
own positions as "soit.' Now not one Of
these managers, but would willingly give
their place TO any one who would do
half the work that these men have done,
or expect 10 do in carrying on the wool
house. They have spent much Of their
time and means, and to some extent sacri.
feed their own private business to get
this affair started, which they would not
have done had they not felt that they
were building on q proper basis.
1t is in some sense pleasure TO labor
for something that one deems to be right,
even in n business way. And while this
is not exactly a philanthropic enterprise,
its aim is to foster and keep up branch
OF farming for which something must be
done Tor else there is danger Of its being
lost to this section of the country, and
from whiChmuch OF our wealth has been
derived, and which, il failing, will drive
away to other sections some OF our best
farmers.
l send you an extract from the New
York Herald, which certainly comes very
near the mark, much nearer than do
some OF those penny.a.liners who have
given an ear 10 some OF those wool buy.
era who are injuring the business at both
ends OF the string-eating both from the
manufacturers and wool growers. The
article is as follows:
1t will always be best for farmer 10
produce wool OF one sort or the other.
Wool that is neither one thing nor the
other, neither long nor short, will not
usually command satisfactory price so
readily as If ii were either the wool
clipped from MerinO sheep, or from
the backs OF some long-woolled breed.
An intelligent dealer in wool assures US
that good delaine wool should be at least
three inches in length, and be round,
strong staple. The practice of buying
wool at an average price per pound, with
out regard to It's quality and condition, is
paying premium for, and encouraging
the growth Of, poor and dirty wool, ior
grease and filth cost but trife per
pound compared with choice, clean
wool. WooI.growers who raise wool
above the average, as to quality and con-
dition, can do better than 10 sell it at an
average price, by sending 1t to reliable
commission merchant, where it will be
sorted and sold according to its merits.
This is safe and satisfactory way 10 sell
good wool. 1t is not to be expected that
wool.buyers will advise farmers to thus
dispose Of their wool, for it deprives
them Of all the commission for buying,
besides some twelve cents per pound
extra, in addition, for all the delaine
wool they sort out.