The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-23


When Mohomet ordered the noun.
tain to come TO him AID the mountain
didn't come, no wisely said "If the
mountain didn't come to Mahomet, then
Mahomet will go to the mountain"
nefUiUfoIo Inc INC iIuiio has Gvvu, aud v,vu
now is, to take tue weol to the factories,
but VIC. wish to ask our wool growers in
all Seriousness, why not reverse the rule
and bring the factories TO tie wool?
There is wool enough grown in Texas
every year to supply many factories
equal in capacity to the very largest in
the world, and we fail to SEQ why this
wool should not be manufactured here
where tits grown. I nder the present
system, with the factories located priu-
cipally in the Eastern State, the wool
grower is taxed to support half dozen
or more middlemen, between him and
the manufactures, each one Of whom
claims and receives a support. He has
first to tip" the commission through
whom he ships bis wool; the commission
merchant then charges against the wool,
bill for storage, insurance, transporta-
ton and handling, with half It dozen
other 81 oeteraS, all helping to swell
the general aggregate of charges, OF
course, this is all paid by the wool grow
er. out Of his wool. The same results
follow all through in little different
way, when the wool grewer sells in
Texas, to his merchant or to some
other wool buyer makes the wool grower
an oifer for his wool, he does 40 only
after he has made careful estimate Of
what he (the buyer will have to pay in
the way of storage, insurance, tran
sportation, handling, Ell ceterd, all OF
which is ,deducted from the price he
would Otherwise be able or willing 10
offer for tho wool. Naturally, these
various charges against the wool cuts
down the profits Of the wool grower.
Now arises this question Why shall
not the wool growers save these expen-
ces and combine to have their wool
manufactured here al home, where, or
near where it is grownp Here in Fort
Worth an effort is on foot looking to
the establishment of a wooden factory.
But we need more than half a dozen
factories. We want wool growers to
establish, own and manage tkcir own
factories, aud we venture the assertion
that they undertake such au enter
prise they will find them paying invest.
ments. II you are not prepared to
subscribe for stock payable in money
subscribe ioI what STOCK you are willing
to be deliverd at the factory, at the
ruling prices for sucli wool as YOU may
deliver, az The time of the delivery
Supposa fifty wool growers in a eiven
section of country will subscribe each
fort ten shares at 800 share, thi.
will make a stock OF, say, 800 shares
equal to 100000. Suppose twenty-five
per cent, of this amount only il, payable
in cash, to buy machinery aud get the
enterprise started, they will leave the
remaining seventy-fiye per cent. to be
paid IN wool, and maybe payable il
one, two, three, four or five years, a,
thecompapy determine. Sure, this viii
not be q Very large beginning, but il
will, at any rate, establish home mar
ket, not only for the wool that will be
raised by the fifty wool growers directly
interested but for the hundreds Of
othersin striking distance OF tho factory
as.weli. More than this, the factory
will give employment 20 quite mum
Der Of men, women and even children
who. will be glad to get such employ.
mont, and the money paid to them will
be spent here at home in stead of be-
ing sent out ot the State Texas
WOOL GrOWtri