Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-01
PHOENIX, BRArTLEBORO MARCH 1889
The letter to which we have alluded as
accompanying this slip was the following
LETTER so. ONE FROM THE NEW YORK WORLD

The letter to which we have alluded as
accompanying this slip was the following
LETTER so. ONE FROM THE NEW YORK WORLD.
THE WORLD
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT,
NEW NuRK, Jan. ., 80.
Bear sir: / succeeded after some trouble In
getting copies " the papers you desire.
From your subsequent letter Of Dec 2sth in
fer that what YOU desire 10 get at Is the basis ~
the wool quotations IN the recent issue Of the
World, copy enclosed These figures were taken
from the official report Of the wool manufactur-
crs' convention held in 1887, the figures for 1881
having been added Where they got them from
do not know; probably from where they said
the report of the Wool Exchange, Boston
Boston is the controlling wool market In this
country. There is no other market, and the Bos
ton prices govern everywhere. BY that do not
mean that it is the same price everywhere freight
insurance and all these things have to be added
in. Yours truly, 7. T. WILSON
In a subsequent letter from the World
office the following statement was made
LETTER no TWO FROM THE WORLD OFFICE
THE WORLD,
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT,
New YoRE Jan 49, 80 4
Dear Sir. The table to which you refer is prob
ably the enclosed. which was taken from one OF
the annual reports Of the Boston Chamber Of Com
merce, and accepted as correct and quoted In the
official report made by the wool manufacturers
to Congress
As figures they are unimpeachable You may
find in the answers enclosed herewith some addi.
tonal information about wool which may inter
est you Yours truly, THE WORLD.
Here it will be seen are two separate and
entirely different statements Of the source
of the World figures In the first letter it
is said that they came from the official re
port Of the wool manufacturers conven-
| ton of 1887" and that the convention
claimed TO have got them from the Boston
Wool Exchange la the second letter it
is said that they came from the Boston
| Chamber Of Commerce. We took an
early opportunity TO personally investigate
these conflicting statements on the ground
in Boston, and with this result We found
ON enquiry Of the secretary at the Office Of
! the National Association Of Wool Manufac-
turers that the convention of 1887 was held
in New York city, that no figures Of the
| kind were reported or adopted, and careful
search through the official reports Of that
| year showed that no figures were on record
from which the World figures could posi-.
| bly, have been made up. Furthermore, we
| found that there is not now and never ha,
been any "Wool Exchange in Boston
Here, then, dropped to pieces the World,
first statement AS to where its figures came
| from
We next investigated the second state
ment-that the figures came from the Bos
| ton Chamber Of Commerce. Enquiry al
the Chamber showed that the organization
is "a young one, organized in 1885 Very
few Of its members are wool men, the deal
ing being mostly with grain and produce
Only two annual reports have been ISSUED
and neither of these contain any wool quo
tations like those of the World, or any quo
tations for different years. Besides thi,
the Chamber has not given its sanction t,
any wool figures
With this tumbled to the ground the sec
oud claim Of the World. and we were II,
wiser as to the source Of the figures thar
when we began As the next step we sent
I this letter to the World
80.
T. r, " IN, ,.,,',g. III, . Is.,
u, the N,,r York World,
In a letter " Jan 3 last Mr.. 7 + Wilson wrote
me tI'"' 'e''"'" "'"' "surrS iuo'ed oy Tue "or'a
We're taken from the official report Of th,
/ wool manufacturers convention held ia lSSi, tn,
figures for lSs5 having been added Where they