Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-21
Texas Wool N po.,o,

10 g the POUNDS Of the market AZ
.nis time, one would hardly realize
tnere was such thing as Texas wool.
vserytniug ~ so quiet Arrivals are
ngnean sales the same. About So 600
puunds We're reported as sold the past
week' The market may be reported
very, quiet and prices unchanged.
me iull .ales of wool for the past
week, ms reported. aggregate 5000. 600
pounds. This statement NAV he cor
rect. III so, II was on speculation or to
arrive. To see the draymen standing
around the corsers, one would come to
aditlerent conclusion.
Referring once more TO small and
undesirable clips OF wool and having
the true interest ofthe groweri In mind
would state that IL is my
opinion, the grower who has faulty
clip either because IL Is extra heavy
SAY breeders clip bury or generally
undesirable, will usually do better 10
sell in Texas. Whyg Because during
the wool season. when the BUYERS are
throughout the state, either represent
Ing Northern dealers or local operators,
there are always some buyers who are
inexperienced and not capable judges
of wool, and who, buying under the
influence of the current prices paid by
experienced judges, often pay more
tor faulty lots than they are intrinsic.
ally worth. Whereas II these woods
are consigned to Eastern markets they
are put upon their intrinsic merits w
consumers and have to be sold accord
ingly.
But in regard to desirable clips,
where pains have been taken to pro
duce wool Of good aud uniform char
act.r and where the grower is anxious
to keep mp the character of his wool,
and to establish reputation that will
be of future value TO him, | think his
true policy is to consign TO some relia-
BILE house in Boston year alter year,
and he will surely average better re
turn than by selling at home.
Boston dealers don't go Texas every
year and buy wool without making
profit. The grower who sells at the
local market incurs the following ex-
penses which are always estimated by
the purchaser Of his wool, as to come
Off from its value in Boston:
/. The expense of the local com
mission merchant, say q per cent.
9. The expense of local buyer,
either for the -exas Spectator or
Eastern dealer.
3. The profit Of the local speculator
Tor operator), who afterwards con-
signs East
4. Freights, cts, to the Eastern
market and commission for having the
wool sold there.
The ultimate value of wool
whether sold in Texas OF afterwards
In Boston is the same--where the
grower sells ut home the above vari-
Gus expenses are supposed TO be de-
Quoted from the Boston valuation less
the one expense mentioned In fourth
clause.
In one individual year he may strike
n fallin, market and would have done
better to sell at home, hut In series
of wears, IL is unreasonable to expect
ANYTHING but favorable results by con-
signing East. -,
furthermore, the clip sold Mt home
nj once loses rs identity, but where
consigned IL of desirable character,
| its merits are appreciated, and the
manufacturer using ii one year, wants
II the next. resulting, in two or three
wears. in q reputation that Is worth
cents per pound TO the grower, eide
the whitney clip of California or any
other well known clips, which proba'
hIv bring every year 2 to 3 cents per
mound more than other equally good
hut unknown woods.
believe that the time Will come
| when nearly all the large clips OF Tex
ne viii he consigned directly TO North
ern commission merchants. The prom
inepl and successful growers are men
of Intelligence and thought, who VIII
study the subject in all its bearings,
and they cannot fail to appreciate the
fact that to obtain lis full value, their
woods should be brought directly be
fire the attention of the manufactur
ers who will work the wool into goous'
The mountain would not go to Ma
bomet so Mahomet went TO the noun
tain. The New England mills cannot
ar will not 90 to Texas for wool, 40 the
wool will find its way to the great dis
tributing market OF New England.
Hence, in my opinion, the, grower
who endeavors to produce Desirable
clin of wool, and succeeds ana
who wishes to obtain the most money
70, his wool during period OF five or
ten years. cannot attain his END unless
he adopts this course.
n will come to it In time. Time
and experience are great teachers.
small clips of 1000 TO 5000 lbs may
be shipped to advantage where tne
character of the wool is good, - tney
can then be sold In conjunction. Win
larger lines Of the same wool ana
bring full market values. Bnt where
,hey are Off In condition, irregular,
etc they cannot be sold for same
value as large lots as the better class 81
manufacturers will not interest them
selves i'm such small parcels BY them
selves. This / know from ex-
nerience as manufacturer; our,
ing the busy season OF "o o,
selling every available 100. VI
floor span Is In request and IL SOUNDS 10 20
reason that any dealer having small
lot of a few thousand pounds occupy
inc the space that would as readily
accommodate stock OF much iarYef
nropurtion IL anxious TO get Iid OF II,
apsnecially in view OF the fact that large
bnvers will not touch such lots ~ any
nrice therefore any reasonable onsr Is
temnting and accepted when the deal
ar l. pows that it Is below it, real value
CT h'o" Jos NJ WADE.