The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-07
GONE WOOL GATHERING.
The" Registrars" Remarkable Find
in tho Dark Hills of Monroe.
WOOL PRICES HOPPING HIGH.
Tho Leading Dealers In This Locality
Submit Three Liberal Offers in Be-
half Of the Democratic Campaign
Fund-A Rarc Chance to Bolster up
Cause That Has Played I.sclf Out.

to-day the flaming headlines Effect OF
Free WOOL and then read tho remarka.
bio article that follows, We ct first de-
cided TO pay no attention to 90 absurd a
statement as that wool is selling in Mon
roe county. Ohio, at % cents pound
and that one grower Of that county had
been paid 20 cents q pound for bis clip.
Wo concluded that the sheep editor OF
the Register had gone crazy or that
somebody was lying. or both. As 1t Is
evident that someone must be appoint
cd guardian for the Register, out OF our
long standing friendship for that news
paper we concluded to try 10 set 1t right
before it goes clean of the handle.
Now as to fact-no more fction-as
Puck said in one OF its cartoons with re'
gard to- Blaine, "He thinks ! believe
him"-we take il for granted that when
the Register speaks OF wool It means
feece-washed, the standard on which
our quotations are based, and not
secured wool. II secured wool DO
meant, the Monroe county producer 10
not getting enough; for basis OF II
cents pound aud 81 per cent shrlnEage
lie should get 35t cents pound, tho
current price paid hero now for secured
wool.
II this IL the wool that was bought
from tho Registers prominent Monroe
county farmer" somebody cheated him
out OF 0 ccuts pound. Wo trust TINT
the Register would be too honest to rob
the poor wool grower OF 0 cents
pound on his product for the mere sake
OF hood-winking those OF its readers
who are supposed to know nothing
about wool excont what they find in
the Register. Tho Register certainly eau
not refer to Saxon or sIlosian wool, for
OF that there are not over 10000 or To-
900 pounds grown 10 tho three states OF
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
as compared with more than three hun.
dred millions OF pounds Of wool Of all
kinds grown in tho United States.
II IL be these fancy woods that tho
Register ia dealing 10, we can furnish 1t
with moro and better quotations on
this line. For instance, John G. Clark.
OF Washington county, recently sold his
Saxon wool to US for 80 cents, 4 cents
higher than tho highest price tho Reg
istor knows Of. We bought some other
clips Of similar woods, but not quite 90
choice, In the same neighborhood for
90 cents. Without going SO far from
home, Ridge Jacobs, Of West Liberty,
| still holds q clip Of 600 aeeces for which
he wants 40 cents, and we stand ready
to nay him within few cents OF his
asking price. Last year We paid him
either As or 40 cents. But how many
Of these fancy clips are thore2 Tho
Register certainly did not intend to base
It's quotations on these few fancy clips.
We are surprised whom the Register
goes to Monroe county, Ohio, for It's
market quotations, for Wheeling Is
recognized everywhere as tho wool mar
kct Of this whole region. We ourselves
handle three million pounds a year.
The farmers who read the Register
would hardly bo 80 foolish as to ship
their product to this market alter hear
ing so much better news from Woods
field.
We beg to suggest to the Register
that hereafter, instead OF sending to US
every week for wool quotations, which
we have tried to furnish honestly, 1t
send to Monroe county, Ohio, aud be
careful 10 say no more that the quota
tions arc furnished by Horkhoimer
Bros.
1t is true that recently somo woods
have beon sold in this market at 20
cents, but that was prior to the passage
OF the tariff bill, and this price was
paid only on the belief that the bill
would not pass. Since then buyers in
this immediate belt have been scarce
article at over II cents, and this for
washed woods. as everybody knows who
knows anything about the wool BUSH
ness. II is an established fact that the
Panhandle counties arc tho banner fine
wool counties, while Monroe county
wool 10 hardly o fair average.
We know whereof We speak, as We.
have recently had hundred thousand
pounds from Monroe county and it
did not cost US over l64 cents. There
must be some Democratic farmers in
Monroe county who are scratching their
heads on account OF the wool situation.
We understand that it Is not hard to
strike Democrat in that particular
locality. :.
If tho Register will rcfer to its files OF
last wear it will fnd that one OF its cor.
respondents referred to US as "monopo-
lists" and "bunco.steerers" because We
paid but 20 cents for unwashel West
virginia wool. Some honest Demo.
cratic farmers took the hint and held
their wool over, selling 1t this year at Is
cents, cussing the Democratic party and
their bad advisers. IL II the intention
OF the Register TO try to give Its wool
growing friends another such deal this
year2
II tho Registers wool quotations arc
yiyen out in tho interest Of some politi-
cul scheme to which it has boon put up
If tho article has nothing to do with
legitimate trade ms it Is ordinarily I'M
stood among buainess men-wo shall be
CIad to help it out to an extent that
should be very inviting in these times Of
hard Democratic campaigning. In this
accommodating spirit We submit tho
following proposition. which w0 think
will strike tho unprecedented as liberal:
IN. II the Register will furnish us
pnrchuser at 90 conts for our holdings
in Wheeling We will permit tho buyer
TO rotuin and dolivor to tho Democratic
campaign fund tho sum OF S'iG,OOO. Or,
realizing that tho Register quotations
NAV have declined 8 cents over night
Ii(. Wo will sell our holdings in
Wheeling at % cents and will permit
thn buyer TO retain and deliver to tho
Ocmocratic campaign fund tho sum OF