, 1900-10-23
THAT WOOL SCARE.

Sheep commission has punCtured in a
most cffeCtual manner the recent scare
started by John T.. Osborne and the
Denver News in relation to the decline
in sheep values in this state. Mr..
Snow say
"R"fcrring to the scare article pub
lished in the Denver News a few days
since entitled. Death Blow to Wool
Industries in A~beyance.' if a person
will go to the trouble to examine the
market reports he will readily see that
the article so far as it relates to prices
for wool and sheep is a tissue of false
hoods.
For instance, it would have one be
Iicve that wool had fallen in price from
20 to - cents per pound the present
season. BY referring to the American
Wool and Cotton Reporter which is au-
thority on wool. il will be seer that on
February /. whcnthe price of wool had
reached its highest point The quota
tons for Wyoming woods were as fol
lows Fine. l5Ml7c; fine medium. 20
n2lC. and medium. 32m23c per pound.
ON October I Wyoming woods were
quoted as follows by the same author
ity Fine. lidl5c: fine medium. lea
lie. medium. l9H2OC. This is an av-
til" highest point reached. instead of s
cents. as it would have you believe.
This difference is accounted for on the
ground that it is a presidential year,
and the uncertainties surrounding
presidential campaigns causes manu-.
f]acturrrS to run close and purchase
just enough wool to keep them run
ming. These conditions are fully IN
d"rstood by the wool growers through
out tn" west. and no uneasiness is felt
on their part.
1t would also have you believe that
'H'l' - SlpI'u III lne Warehouses; Oh
Wyoming and the east %. 900. 900
pounds of wool from the 1900 wool clip.
when as a matter of fact there is not
to exceed 1000. 900 pounds of wool in
tn" stat" at the present time. Follow
ing the custom of the past. the greater
portion of the clip for 1900 was CON
signed to commission houses in the
east and has been and is being dispos-
Jed of at prices ranging from IA to II
cents instead of being a drug on the
market at 10 cents.
In ace of The fact that it is known
by all sheep men in the state hat bred
ing ewes sold for the same price as last
year "a per head. it would have you
believe that they We're going a-begging
AT $3.50 per head and that lambs were
hunting a purchaser at s1.75 instead
OF S2.25 to $3.50, the price they are
bringing at the present time.
TIC prove that the prices of sheep
ar" the same as last year, one has but
to refer to the Chicago stock markets.
On November .. 1899. Cthe earliest
market report | have on file in the
office the Chicago Live Stock Report
issued by Clay. Robinson & Co. gives
the following sales for Wyoming and
Utah sheep. Range sheep. per 100
pounds. s4.35: feeders. $3.50: ans
lambs. si.S5; feeders, s4.65.
The same firm quotes in its issue of
September p Cthe last one | have). as
follows: Utah and Wyoming-Range
sheep. 81: feeders. s3.S5; range lambs.
IS; feeders. s4.75.
a regards the reciprocity propo-
sition. the wool growers of Wyoming
keep we'll posted on all the important
topics of the day. and do not forget the
fact that F. E. Warren and c. d. Clark.
and Hon. f. o. Wolcott of Colorado,
in the senate, with Frank W. Mondell
in the house fought that proposition to
a finish and that through their efforts
the bill was killed in the committee of
commerce, TO which it had beer refer.
red.
"The truth. so far as the wool grow.
ers OF Wyoming are concerned. is that
the advance in sheep from 81 under