Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-08-12
WOOL MARKET
NOW ASSURED
Fergus County Men Confer With the
Buyers In Great Falls and They
VIII Willingly Come Here.
SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES
Would be a Boon to Both the Wool
grower and the Merchant-Will
Last at Least a Week.

That L~ewistown will have a wool
market next season seems now to be
an assured fact. When it first be-
came positively known that The Mon
tana railroad company would extend
It's line into this city the business
men here commenced 10 figure on the
possibility of securing the market.
II is n of the things which caused
The organization Of rho now Business
Mems association. and though it has
never been discussed fully, il has al
ways been understood that when the
proper time comes The matter will
be taken up and pushed to success.
County Commissioner Phillips, F.
+. Wright, Senator ]. ID. Waite and
other prominent business men and
woolgrowers of this city and county
busted themselves while on the Great
Falls market this year and got a ia
yorable reply from all of the wool
buyers whom they asked to come
here for a part of the season next
year. The buyers only demand is
that the railroad will build adequate
warehouses and provide facilities for
displaying the wool. This President
Harlow and General Manager Ran
tout promptly will, so all that now re-
mains 10 be done is for the wool men
10 bring their products here. They
will undoubtedly do so. as every wool
grower interviewed by the Argus is
enthusiastic over the probability of
the establishment of the market, and
all say that they will cooperate with
the business men in every possible
name towards making the market
a success.
The Fergus county wool is recogni 4.
ed as the best average wool grown
in the state. This year about four
million pounds of il went to the Great
Falls. Billings and Fort Benton mar
kets and commanded good prices all
the way through. Three or four of
the larger clips grown in the county
are well known as the most desir-
able in the state and buyers make no
secret of their keen desire to secure
Ihort
With a market in Lewistown and
reasonable freight rates prevailing
almost all of the wool Will come here.
+. E. Wright told the buyers in
Great Falls that at least 1000. 600
but in conversation with the railroad
officials he was told that the wool
growers in the vicinity of Dorsey and
Two-Dot have expressed a willingness
10 ship sample lots to this point,
and then ship them back out again if a
good market is established here and
the freight rates are made reasonable
The Montana railroad people would
undoubtedly make it to their interest
to do so and this would add another
! 2,000.O00 pounds of wool to the amount
sold here.
With a market of between four and
five million pounds of wool Lewistown
would be third in Importance in the
/ state. This for the first year would
be an excellent showing and the ben
eft to the city would be I~ncalculable.
/, would also be the high priced mar
ket of the state and growers of Meagh'
or county being alive to that fact,
would make a special effort to bring
their wool here.
The numerous advantages which
would accrue to Lewistown from the
establishment of a wool exchange
have been often stated. The sale OF
four million pounds of wool means
that half a million dollars would
change hands in the city. Men who
haul their wool into this city would
naturally go out with their wagons
loaded with supplies. Thus, thousands
of dollars worth of supplies now pur-
chased from Great Falls. Billings and
Benton merchants. would then be
bought from Lewistown merchants.
The merchants here handle every
thing that is needed and prices are
no higher than in the other cities,
The wool buyers. too. are all liberal
fellows and If given the right sort
of treatment would advertise the town
as no other class of men can. The
Great Falls papers take particular
pains TO say that they would not be
here for more than two or three days,
but they informed the Fergus county
contingent at the Falls that they
would remain in this city not less
than a week.
The woolgrowers. the business men
of this city and the railroad company
form a strong trio and If they all
work in harmony there is no doubt
about Lewistown having one OF the
best wool markets in the state next
year. and one which will constantly
increase in Importance as the years
go by.
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