Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-26
THE WOOL INDUSTRY.
Views on the Business by Practical
Man-Hints for Flock Owners
to Think Over.

At the late meeting of the New Mexico
Wool Growers association held in Albu,
querque, the appended letter, containing
many sensible suggestions for our wool
men, was read and discussed at length:
Mr.. Geo. Arnot, Secretary. N. NJ, Wool Grow
ers' Association, East Las Vegas, N Nj.
La Mora, Roswell, N. NJ, Sept. 2S,
member of the Territorial Wool Growers
/ association, I enclose 81 as membership
fee, and request that you add my name to
the list of membership of the associa-
tion.
Iwould like much to be- at the meeting
in Albuq uerque, on the 18th of October,
but fear that business will prevent me,
and, like many other wool growers of our
territory, shall on that day be acting as
carporal on the range with the sheep.
hope, however, that a goodly number
of wool growers, manufacturers and mer-
lchants. who all, in common, are interested
in matters set forth by resolutions adopt
ed at the meeting of organization, will
be able to attend.
Personally, feel enthusiastic as to the
huoPuCu Nv viz oisuuiAuuAoh
of the association. l think anything in
the shape of tariff on wool but a simple
fiat duty, which shall classify an importa-
tion of wool, which may he partly scour-
ed, as simply secured wool, or, in part
washed, as washed wool, etc, will result
in disappointment to the wool grower,
add an element of confusion to internal
trade, and encourage collusion to defraud
between custom house officers and i'm
porters, also causing misunderstanding
between home producers of wool and
manufacturers.
Would like to see laws enacted obliging
manufacturers to mark the word "Shod-
dy' in plain, large letters on one side of
all goods made by them which contain q
particle of that material, and obliging
retailers of cloth and clothing, consist
ing in part of shoddy, to take out a
license, and imposing heavy fines on such
as sell goods with shoddy in them as
pure wool material.
Ibelieve that committee of one or more
able men should be appointed to look into
the scab question, and make report as to
the extent to which the present law is
being enforced, and proportion of scabby
herds now in the territory, as compared
with conditions prevailing before the law
went into effect.
Think sheep men should not forget the
past attempts of foreign dressed meat in
terests to import frozen mutton to our
markets, and believe that If high tariff
is OF put on dressed meats that the mar
kets will be flooded with Argentine, New
Zealand and Australian mutton to our
great detriment as soon as a return of
general prosperity shall allow the people
to indulgein as much meat consumption
as in former times.
With the tariff proposed by your or
ganization on sheep and wool, and with
proper rate on dressed meats, the sheep
men OF New Mexico will be again able to
put their ranches in good order, pay
their herders fair wages, employ
more men, more and better paid freight
ers, buy more goods, shear at home, pay
living prices to eastern breeders of fine
sueep, Ill ont ana sell rs mutton al, old or
undesirable ewes, and, above all, pay their
debts. Respectfully yours,
FRED s KEYEs.