Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-26
POINTERS FOR WOOL
GROWERS

GROWERS
A PROMINENT wool merchant asked
US TO publish some instructions con
cernIng putting up wool Tor maj ket,
and handed us W. A. Allen wool Com
mission Co.'S Annual Wool Circular
from which to take the points. These
special points will be- found in Farmers
| Institute column. But & ere are other
things of interest in the circular, which
the company deems worthy of consid
Grafton and we give them place here.
| Coming from business firm t. otht r
business firms in the form of business
circular We accuse the circular of being
a campaign document. Here it is:
''As we are nearing another Wool
Clipping season aud many are writing
asking our views IN the future Of the
wool industry we herewith present our
Annual Circular for your consideration.
After season of unprecedented de-
pression in The wool industry, with
prices lower than ever before known
IN The history of this country and every
prospect of wool being paced on the
Free.List, il is lutte wonder that wool
growers are anxious rs TO the future,
for the losses sustained by them the
past season Gre fearful - contemplate
The average shrinksge per pound Of
wool vas cents This on the amount
prJ duced ia this country. which is esti-
mated for 1898 at 364 COO 900 lbs ),
would amount 10 over S21 900. 900. and
on shrinkaee in value of their floeks
on ~, 600 600 sheep, won show loss
of over S37. 100000. With sucn shrink
age in values. many are discouraged
and will quit the business.
Many will no doubt be obliged to
give up. but our advice to all who can
do so, is 10 stay by the sheep. The
outlook at this writing is certainly not
very encouraging; there has nothing
developed as yet to show that the in
dustry has any friends at Washington,
but we have the consolation of knowing
that if our industries are injured. the
people have the power and will use it
to rectify the wrong. We cannot be-
lieve that this great industry will be
allowed to die out,
For the past few months sheep have
been rushed to the slaughter ards.
owners being determined TO get rid of
them, no matter how great the sacrifice,
but we believe that sheep will again
come TO the front and pay those who
have stayed nv them. 1t would seem
as though the bottom had been reached
and that any change must be for the
better but improy ement will be slow
and low values will, We think. rule for
some time; prices have been tsnding
Il aXxn 10 xuhi Ia
we did not real n. the advance an,ici-
pated by some under the Mckinley
Bill the country rad gnt'en but fairly
started under the tariff law. when the
election OF az gave the control of Ma
tional Legislation into the hands of the
party pledged TO its repeal, but so great
was the impetus 10 business impaired
by that law that it was not check ed
until May, '93 then the halt was or
dered, and since then we have had a
dull draggy trade with a constant set
Ting in values until they have reached
their present low level, and now we
must wait for the change, which we
believe must be for the better. The
present outlook for higher prices in the
near future. is not very promising,
though the prospects in some RI aspects
are brighter of late, because of the gan-
eral improvement in the business of the
country. Manufacturers report that
orders for goods are increasing, but
complain of the veiy low prices at
which they are taken, several of our
western mills that have been closed,
are starting up part of their machin-
cry and hope to be- able soon to resume
in fall. The stock of goods in the hand
of retailers is light and with the tariff
quest on settled, il is quite generalv
believed that business would take
decided turn for the er There is
very fair demand for fine and fine
medium. also low medium and coarse.
particu arly of tie brighter we'll grown
woods and stocks of such are very mach
reduced. The straight medium grade,
or what is known in the rlde as
blood. unless Of long sound staple has
been very slow seller and stocks of
such probably exceed all Others now Oh
hand This was formerly the best self
ing grade, the cause for this is in the
change in style of goods; eheviots which
are made from the lower grades and
can be sold at low prices. have the call ,
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