West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-27
ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE.
Some Facts and Figures for Careful
Reading.

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Reading.
The Preston" Republican last
week contained another long edito-
rial trying to pull the wool over the
eyes of the people. We called
upon il recently for the names of
parties in Preston county who had
bought and sold wool under the
Cleveland administration at II cents
per pound as alleged by the Repub-
lican. After pulling its hair in a
vain endeavor TO find the man, it
now claims that Col. Rigg says he
%eayd of its being sold down in
Hampshire county as low as II
cents. The Republican further
declares that Messrs. Hirsch Bros
and Rosenthal Bros, of Cumberland
are paying is cents in A., cash for
Preston county wool. They did
pay that much for some wool but
not to the farmers. They paid the
rs to their buyers who could not
pay over II in cash and get any
thing for handling it. But these
gentlemen notified their agents last
week that they could not pay but
II cents hereafter and some of them
have quit buying, among them a
good Republican merchant of King
wood, who has been advertising in
this paper for wool, came in the
other day and ordered the ad out,
as he does not care for any more
and has only been paying II cents.
He read us a very discouraging let
ter he had just received from the
firm who buys his wool. The farm
ers have been very slow about
bringing in their wool at II cents
and the Republican papers will be
to blame if they have to carry it
over as they have given the wool
quotations in the big markets where
our wool is quoted at "a and 90
cents as the price but this means
for the secured wool after it is cleaned
and it loses from 40 to 60 per
cent in the process, but as the
Republican papers in their despera-
ton to bolster up the price neglect
to explain these matters, the farmer
naturally thinks he is not getting
enough and that somebody is max
ing a big speculation on wool.
The Republican wants us to name
some Preston county merchants who
have last years wool on their hands
yet and we cheerfully comply with
this reasonable request and name
Messrs. S. l.. Cobun, of Mason.
town, and w. G.. Cobun, of Reeds
vile, two OF the leading merchants
OF the county, who purchased about
ten thousand pounds last year at 2s
cents cash and 90 in goods and
still have the wool for sale. The
Republican also calls upon us for
prices under Cleveland and we have
taken some pains to look the matter
up and the lowest price we can find
was IS cents per pound for small
amount of inferior wool as recorded
on the books OF Kingwood mer-
chant. The Republican Campaign
Text Book for 1900, issued by the
Republican National Committee.
and which will have to be accepted
as authority by Bro. Reed, states on
page Is that wool dropped from "a
cents in 1892, the year Cleveland
was elected, to 10 cents in 1906, the
year Mckinley was elected. And
on page "a of this campaign book
under the heading of prices of
Farm Products" it quotes wool at
1615 cents per pound June /, 1906.
The Year Books issued by the De-
partment of Agriculture for the years
under Cleveland from 'o3 to 'o7,
quotes the prices of wool at much
more than we have given but it
probably refers to higher grades of
wool or the general average in