The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-10
rhn nnrIstor,s Wool Falsc.

Tho ltoEtstcf'S WOOL fhkC
II the facts concerning tho Registers
Monroe county wool sale be rs they arc
now reported by that remarkable au-
thority, the suggestion of Messrs.
uorkheimer Brothers. made through
tho ISrELuoExcER, hit the nail exactly
on tho head and drove it home.
The further TACT is established
again II thore be any truth whatever in
the Register publica,ion-that the
Monroe county man who sold his wool
at 90 Icents pound was robbed Of at
least s cents on every secured pound Of
It, For 1t appears from the revised and
amended returns from Woodsfield that
tho wool that brought the exciting price
of26 cents was "tub.washed." Here is
the statement in tho words OF the Reg
lister correspondent: -
WoopsF1ELD. O.. septem Der 7.-Alcx. Harmon
sold tub.wasled wool alto cents 10 Daniels, oil
Commissioners Clint and PfalgratI wcrc offer.
cd . cents by the same party for the same quail
Miller, OF Deallsvillc, Is offering 20 and q
cents for wool. Can ascertain Other buyers To-
The idea Is prevalent hero that q cents Is be-
ing offered In various parts oil the county,
Tho Intrinsic value OF wool Is deter
mined by its quality and shrinkage.
Fleece-washed wool OF this section, and
the very best OF it at that, shrinks about
50 per cont, aud buyers value it on this
basis. Tub-washed wool shrinks about
10 per cent. For example, lot it be sup
posed that in the case OF the Monroe
county purchase the buyer bought 100
pounds Of tub.washed wool at 90 cents
per pound. The cost OF the wool was
SoU. Allowing for the shrinkage OF Ii
per cent, the net cost pcr pound OF
secured product was 3o4 cents.
Had this been foecc-washed wool,
such US tho Register tried to make its
readers bclicvo it was, 1t would have
shrunkon about 81 psr cent in securing.
Selling on basis OF actual market val
ues to-day in Monroe county, that Is to
saw II cents for washed wool, /. would
have cost tho manufacturer35l cents Tor
every pound OF tho secured product
Had tho wool been sold at the Registers
lowest quotation OF % cents, for which
riders were securing tho dark hills OF
Monroe, every secured pound should
have cost tho manufacturer As cents.
The shriukage remains the same, Of
course, no matter what the price Is.
In other words. tho man who sold
100 pounds OF tub.washe,l wool sold
Just IS pounds OF clean. secured wool.
The man who sold 100 pounds OF fleece
washed wool sold jus. As pounds OF
clean, secured wool. Eighty-avc pounds
OF secured wool brought S2G, or S03 cents
a pound. II the Monroe county man
had saved tho labor cost Of tub. washing
his wool. and sold it feoce-washed ut
tho current price, II cents. lie would
have sold 4s pounds Of secured wool
ut 3Jt ceuts pound. The diff
ference is exactly 8 conts per pound
on secured wool, aud this differ
ence no lost for every pound by
tub.wasIing his wool and selling /;
ut % cents to tho Register man. The
1nau WHO sold tub. washed at % cents IL
In tho same fix, except that hO was
cheated more. Tho Register will easily
DO abio to compute the loss Of its Sec'
ond victim.
We arc not to suppose that this now.
born wool authority will now have tho
audacity 10 say that tleOce-washcd wool
Is selling in Monroe county or any.
where else ut % cents pound.
In order to got some prctext for liz
iako tho Register has ruuimagod around
in Monroe county for fow pounds oil
wool of kind which cuts no CONNER
cial figure. aud with tina! for startor
deliberately nisreprcsents the condition
Of mn Important market
Nothing was said about tub.waIhct
wool in tho first Register publication,
With intent To deceive tho ignorant |,
sought to convoy tho impression that
tho standard woods OF this locality woro
bringingas high as 90 cents pcr pound,
Now il appears that tho quotations