The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-14
TO MARKET MONTANA wool.

After many years OF discussion as
to the best method Of marketing Mon.
tana wool, the fockmasters of the
with eastern manufacturers without
the intervention of commission men
and other agencies that absorb part
OF the profits. The preliminary steps
toward forming an organization for
this purpose were taken in Helena a
few weeks ago, u it is O an.
nounced that the company has been
Incorporated and its officers selected
that. in fact, it is ready for business.
The Helena Independent gives this TO-
formation regarding the new organ
iZation:
The Montana Wool Growers Com.
mission company, composed of the
principal hockmasters Of the state,
has actively prepared to combat the
operations OF the ''woOl combin atom
in battering prices of Montana wool.
a meeting OF the board of directors
was held Thursday night at the Office
OF the secretary, Lewis Penwell, and
better conditions in the wool business
of the state.
Letters have been sent out by the
organization to many of the fOckmas-
tiers of the state, but as it is almost
impossible to secure a complete list
Of every Montana grower, any grow.
err desiring to avail himself of the
benefits of the organization is re.
quested to write to the secretary for
information concerning the scope and
intent OF the company.
AT the meeting OF the board Of Of
ticers which had not been filled at the
previous meeting were filled and the
complete list of officers is as follows:
John T. Murphy, Helena, president:
w. G.. Conrad, Great Falls, vice.
president: Norman b. Hotter, Helena,
treasurer: Lewis Penwell, Helena,
secretary. The board of directors lis
as follows: w. G.. Conrad. Great
Falls; B. F. White, Dillon; B. D.
Phillips, Helena: S. S. Hobson,
Lewistown: J. +. Bower, Helena;
William Lindsay, Glendive: A. X.
Prescott, Helena: John 7. Murphy,
Helena: N. B. Hotter, Helena: T. G.
Power, Helena: John NJ. Holt. Miles
City: Henry Sieben, Helena: Lewis
Penwell, Helena.
All the stock In the COMPANY is
owned by actual wool growers and
$50, 600 has been subscribed. 1t is
not the intention of the company to go
into the business by buying and spec.
ulating in wool, or to do anything to
discourage the operation of eastern
wool buyers in the state, other than
for the company to engage in the wool
commission business itself. The com.
pany expects that this movement will
result In the growers securing the full
market price for their wool, besides
making them independent Of the
buyers combine, and it is further
pointed out that the buyers will rea-
lie there is something else the grow.
ers can do If the bids are not what
they should be. The Wyoming wool
growers had a similar organization
and were ready to do business, but
the threat was sufficient and the buyers
paid more in Wyoming the past year
for wool than they did in any other
state.
The growers have felt that in the
past that it was almost useless to
consign wool to Boston under exist
ing conditions because in many cases
the commission house to which it was
consigned was in the combination. 1t
Is the intention of the company to do
away with this by establishing a
branch in Boston which will handle
wool consigned t the company.
1t is planned to have every wool
grower in Montana a stakeholder in
proportion to the number Of sheep he
owns, thus making the company ab-
solutely fair to all. \ subscription
list has been started, each wool
grower subscribing at the rate of ten
cents for each head of sheep he owns.