The Delta independent., 1901-04-19
FARMING MATTERS
sheep 0rower.' Want Cloth In,pector,


The sheepmen of the United States
will demand protection from the max
ers OF shoddy and mixed goods. The
woOlgr0wers ask the same treatment
accorded butter makers-that imita-
ti0ns Of their product be designated as
such. A bill will be introduced at the
next session of congress for the crea-
ton OF national bureau of woolen
goods Inspection. 1t is proposed that
inspectors of this bureau examine the
cloths manufactured in American mills
and those which are imported. and by
chemical and other tests determine
what proportion of the fabric is genu-
inc wool and how much is shoddy, cot
ton and other fiber, and that the cloth
SO inspected shall be officially labeled
with a tag designating of what it is
| composed; that this label shall be rig
idly protected by law from counter
feiting or substitution.
THE wool growers of the United
States are yeaYly defrauded of mil
ions Of dollars" said Charles +. Mar
tin, secretary of the National Live
Stock association, to Denver Repub-
lican reporter, "and it is a fraud which
cuts both ways, injuring both the pro-
| ducer and the consumer. Most people
| prefer to wear wOolen garments, at
least in winter. and the demand for
wool from people who are able and
willing to pay what wool costs would
maintain the price of wool at a fair
| standard and provide for the trebling
or quadrupling of the wool growing
| industry In the United States. But
| while the people pay for wool and
hope that they get it. very few manu-
| facturers actually make all-wool fab
rics. They make up something out of
forty per cent. wool and ten per cent.
cotton and fifty per cent. shoddy that
| looks like wool when it is new, and
| this they sell as all wool The price
| Is the same as that of the genuine
goods and the manufacturer simply
makes an exorbitant profit at the eX-
pense Of the wool grower and the con-
sumer.
The stOckmen have never opposed
| any such regulation of the oleomar-
\ garine business as would prevent its
being sold as real butter and we think
that the fight for genuine wool has as
| much merit in it as the fight for genu-
Inc butter and for unmixed flour and
| for other genuine articles instead of
frauds and substitutes
As soon as President Springer comes
back from California a legislative COM
mittee will be appointed by the Ma
tional Live Stock association which
will take up this matter and frame a
law to fit the case. The proposed law
may take the form of low internal
revenue tax on the mixed fabrics. not
enough to increase the cost of the
goods to the poorer people who cannot
afford to buy all-wool cloth. but
enough to pay the cost of inspection.
The measure will also receive the
hearty support of the National Merch-
ant Taflors association and il is eN-
pected that the labor organizations
will support ii. The Live Stock asso-
ciatiOn will also be ready TO keep up
the tight against the practical crush
ing Of the oleomargarine business If
the Grout bill is revived.
President Springer recently an
nouncedt mail from Riverside.
California. the following appoint
ments of committees:
Standing committees:
Board OF control: II. H. Robinson.
Denver: NJ. A. Daugherty, Sidney.
Nebraska; Timothy Kinney. Rock
| Springs. Wyoming; c. F. Martin, Den
yer: John w. Springer. Denver.
| Committee OH finance: c. W. Baker.
Chicago; Paul Mccormick. Billings,
Montana; A. C. Cleveland. Cleveland.
Nebraska; Harry Trower. Kansas
| City, Indian Territory.
Committee on legislation: A. 7.
Bush, Jr., Colorado. Texas: W. b.
Powell. Shadeland, Pennsylvania:
Jesse NJ. Smith. Layton. Utah: John
T. Cowan. Cowan's Mills. Virginia: f.
w. Harding, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
| II .
| Gosney, Flagstaff, Arizona; w. +. Boil
ton. Woodward. Oklahoma; II. W.
McAfee. Topeka, Kansas: Solomon
Luna. Los Lunas. New Mexico; A. Z.
Gaffee. Marion, Alabama.
Committee on foreign markets: DIR.
Charles Gresswell, Denver: Peter jan
| seq. Jansen. Nebraska: T. Richard
| Walsh. Palo Duro. Texas.
Committee on Sanitary Measures: G.
Howard Dawson, Millbrook. New
York; Overton Lea, Nashville. Tennes-
see; 0. T. Bradfute, Cedarville, Ohio:
John Cleman, North Yakima. Wash
ington; II. h. Carroll. st. Paul. Mime
sofa. Consulting members: DIR.
Charles Greswell. Denver: DIR. Victor
A. Northgaard, Washington. d. c.: Dr.
II. J. Kleberg, Corpus Christi. Texas.
Committee on horses: ]. b. Castle.
man. Louisville, Kentucky: Mortimer
lowering. Lafayette. Indiana; Earl c.
Huldekojer. Meadville. Pennsylvania.
Committee on cattle: j. c. Buel,
Rapid City. South Dakota: Z. \. Har-
ris. Marshalltown. Iowa; +. C. Lusk,
Chico. California.
Committee on sheep: NJ. B. Owinn,
Boise. Idaho; X. c. Judson. Portland,
Oregon; ]. j. England, Caro-. Michigan.
Orange Judd & Co. are about to pub
lish book OF 160 pages on the sub
ject of alfalfa. by +. ID. Coburn of
Kansas. 1t treats upon all phases of
alfalfa. covering its growth. uses and
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