The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-06-18
TO WOOL

Some Reasons why it Will Pay Them to
Ship Their Wool to Great Falls.
At the Board of Trade meeting yester-
day afternoon Paris Gibson made a
strong argument in favor of taking steps
to induce all the wool men in this sec
ton, or as many Of them as possible, to
ship their wool to this city. TO a
TRIBUNE reporter last evening Mr.. Glib
son ave some additional facts in the
matter and showed conclusively that by
making Great Falls the shipping point
for the wool crop of northern Montana,
not only this city, but the wool growers
and wooi buyers would be greatly bene-
fitted thereby. Said he:
"In the first place the wool growers
would then have the advantage of ample
| store rooms in which to store their wool
until ready to ship, while the buyers
would nave a much better opportunity
for examining the wool and
selecting that which they might
want to buy individually. Naturally
| the SelleCS NOulu ItCtlNc pVttCl Iii,to
for their wool with twenty or thirty buy
ers on the spot than if they shipped their
wool to some small way station and were
almost obliged to take what was offered.
Buyers would much prefer coming to
a shipping center and competing for the
wool to going off on lonely trips to the
way stations along the road, where,
many times, not only are they obliged to
nut up with many discOmforts, but are
without the necessary facilities for prop
erly handling and examining the wool.
Even though the growers were
obliged to undergo a little more expense
in bringing their wool to Great Falls
they would save money by doing so since
) the competition Of the buyers who woulc
concentrate here would increase the
price paid without "a shadow of doubt
Then, again, the banking facilities
of Great Falls would enable
l the wool grower to get hi
drafts cashed at once and withou'
trouble, while the number and variety o
t merchantile establishments in the city
furnish a great advantage to HIM in thu
p. purchase of supplies. OF course an.
;. man who has any business experience
can easily understand that they car
| purchase goods and supplies to mucl
l greater advantage where the humble o
S stores make competition for trade sharl
D and consequently lower prices than tn
: same goods would or could be sold 70
! by a merchant in a small town having
Il no competition.
G The wool buyers themselves recogn
ize we'll the fact that it would great.
expedite their business if they could a
assemble in one place and buy the woo
instead of being obliged to go to a grea
number of small stations and the Grea
n Northern railroad will also aid in maxim
It Great Falls a shipping center for tn
n wool crop. The wool shipped from Grea
Ie Falls last year was in the ~neighborhoo
of 100000 pounds and there is no goo
n reason why this amount should not
n increased to 100000 or 1,NoO,On an
Great Falls made the great wool shil
y, ping center of Montana"
t. Mr.. Gibson also strongly favored tn
y suggestion made at the meeting OF tt
he board to the effect that it would be
very good plan for the citizens OF Grei
e. Falls to arrange a banquet for the VOC
ne growers and stockmen to be given aft
AS the shipping season is over, IN ord'
he that by social intercourse they might d
to become better acquainted with caC
other