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

of Southern Utah, with headquarters
at present, at Nephi, Juab County. This
/, society was organized on the 9th day of
September, 1886, and while it has not
been without its trials, it has also been
characterized by a great success in be-
half of those for whom it was organized.
The preface to the little book in which
he constitution and bylaws of the as
ISOLATION are set forth, states: "Oae
important object of this association is
to try and place each producer wool on
the market upon its merits, thereby in
ducing a healthy emulation for produc-
ers to secure the best in both quality and
quantity. Special attention will be paid
to both importation and rearing of the
best bucks for this region of country. Il
is manifest to every sheep man that
there has been large profit made by
those who have imported bucks to
Utah, but perhaps the reason has not
suggested itself why there has been such
limited importation of ewes. In the
future, members of the association
will get their bucks at cost and
freight" Again: ct certainly is time
that the intelligence and perseverance
that have brought up the quality of
our Utah woods from low to medium
grades. and placed them almost in the
front rank, should be capable of hand
ling the woods, and are entitled to the
highest compensation obtainable for
their products" And, finally: 1.-The
o., l..
Utah was organized for the benefit of
the wool growers, and if we save q
margin on all the materials used, and
ducers, then will the present object of
the association be accomplished.
This tells briefly some of the motives
that led to The organization. In fewer
words, it was to do away with the work
of middlemen as far as possible. Many
of the leading spirits in this movement
had long been of the opinion that they
could as well handle their wool inter
ests as entrust them to those who not
only were making the wool raisers pay
! for the work done, but also mad very
heavy profits frequently. 1t was be-
Iieved that by an amalgam alton of in
terests on the part OF the sheep ralsers,
the net profits to them would be
largely augmented. If by such a con-
solidation, they could afford to employ
certain of their own numbers 10 do
the indispensable portion of the work
connected with the asserting and
b lling and shipment of wool, and
could they dispose of this wool direct to
the eastern buyer, they would at least
save to themselves all that had previous
| ly been given to the middle man as profit.
! The necessary organization was there
fore effected. After they had made full
preparation for the work taken in hand
it was discovered that the membership
of the society represented not less than
100000 head of sheep which would
yield annually not less than 600 600
pounds of wool. That this was for
mIdable commencement for a young
society there can be no denying. The
result proved that the association
shipped 1000 600 pounds and this year
100000 In 1887 they shipped 1T lots
and in 1888, 166 lots, combining them
selves more directly to operations at
Nephi rather han outside, and shipped
as much wool from t1eir headquarters
direct as they did in 1887
1t would seem that there hardly
| could have been any queJtion as to the
success of the movement. where it was
so clearly in the interest of the wool
raisers themselves, and as they them
selves constituted the membership.
And yet there were those who were