The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-25

of the wool yield of 1877. Had it moi
been that the men who went into the
scheme were of a character thas WOnld
not submit to be defeated, and who
knew their plan was right, it might
have been recorded that the association
died of that years sad work. nut the
men who had organized it, made good
the deficit, and kept on. This year,
their most sanguine expectations b We
been realized. While less wool Was
shipped out by them this year than last,
the record has been turn 20, and the asso-
Citation shows a balance on the right
side that offsets the loss of the year
preceding, and shows also a profit of
fully half the amount that was on the
wrong side only year ago. This will,
according 10 the plan, be distributed
among the dealers on the equitable
basis they have determined upon, each
man who is a member of the association
receiving his due share OF the profits.
By this means he will cot only get the
same price for his wool that he would
have received had he disposed OF it 10
some dealer in wool, but he will also
receive the profit that the d aler would
have made out of him for the banding
of his wool. Thus, whatever there may
be in the wool above the actual expense
OF handling and disposing of it land it
is claimed by the association that 1t can
handle the wool for a smaller per cent.
than any one frm) goes to the dealer
himself. 1t is simply the principle of
cooperation applied to the disposal of
the products Of the sheep among those
who raise the sheep. That it is proper
and the Wisest measure that can be
QdnntnH will offonnt RI
AS result of this years. good work,
the association is already feeling an in
creased friendliness on the part of those
who had previously declined to Join it
through lack of confidence in the
scheme.
1t must be borne in mind that the de-
sign is to improve the interests and
conditions of the wool men generally,
and in every possible direction. 1t is
among the things in contemplation to
start wooden mills, that as much of the
wool may be turned into cloth as pos
sible, and stop the expectation of the
raw material from Utah to every at
talnabIe extent A movement, there
fore, is already on foot looking to
the establishment of a wooden factory
at N phi, where the associat: on
dIO pICScAG' anu Will
the men behind It who have made a go
of the association, there can be no
doubt of the success of the new enter
prise. There are men already willing
to invest large amounts in the scheme,
but as the design is to give it an influ-
e ce as wide as the growers of wool, if
III y feel disposed to take stock in it,
tue probabilities are that the factory
will commence upon the accumulated
investments of large number, rather
than the large investments of few. 1t
is not unlikely also that the association
will extend its operations so as to take
in the whole northern section, not
combining it necessarily to Utah, but
making the headquarters in Salt Lake
City, and erecting here very ex-
tensive warehouses, where the
business OF handling the differ
ent woods that come in may be
attended to properly and shipped salts
factoriiy. There is no doubt that this
can be accomplished, and the power
such an organization would WELD, can
not be overestimated. Moreover, if the
same interests become identified with
the manufacturing interest of the Ter
ritory, there can be no possibility of
failure, as the wool we raise can be
utilized at home. The work of convert
ing the raw material into manufactured
goods, will then be done by those who
make Utah their home, all the means
will be kept in circulation here, we will