The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-07
How Wyomingites Beat Combine.

How Wyominsites Beat Combine.
II the plan is successful the wyoming
WOOL Growers sssOCiat ton VIII Join IN the
movement another year for the Wyo-
mingites recently had an experience with
the combine It was At Rawlins. The
/ buyers had made no offers, and didn't
appear 10 care about buying wool at
any price, and this in face Of the fact
tnat many clips were sold during the
previous winter for good prices. Finally
sealed BIDS were put IN, the prices rang
ing from Il TO % cents. and for the same
Braoe Of wool that sold during the win
ter at from 20 to a cents. The growers
to a man refused the offerings. and i'm
mediately charged the buyers with form
ers' association arranged to take imme-
date action, WhereupOn prices suddenly
advanced. almost the entire clip of Car
/ bon county selling at from % to II cents.
Prices IN other parts of Wyoming are
/ bout the same as those that bought
the Carbon county clip. About 20 per
cent of the 1895 clip has been sold IN
wyoming, but the growers feel that the
middlemen are not paying as much as
they should for the fleeces, and another
year the Wyoming. Idaho and Montana
Wool Growers associations may Join
hands and put in a house of their own
and handle the entire clip OF the three
states. The tendency everywhere Is TO
cut out the middIeman, and some such
edly be taken.
Secretary Walker states that the rIocEs
of Wyoming never were in better Condi-
ton than at present. The campaign
against scabies and ticks that has Deeu
ged by the state board of sheep com
miSsiOners the past three years has COM
pletely eradicated contag iOus diseases
from among the Wyoming flocks. which
this year produced the largest clip and
the finest wool in the history Of the in
dUstTy in that state. The state laws
governing the importation OF sheep TO
Wyoming from other states are very
stringent but the authorities are deter
mined that the clean flocks shall not be
come exposed These laws, in addition
10 protecting the Wyoming flocks, are
also compelling other states TO clean up-
Idaho and Titan are now putting forth
strong efforts to eradicate scsbies. and
Oregon viii at the next session Of the
| legislature pass laws that will enable the
few years Wyoming will be Joined on the
free list by other states and after awhii=
there Will be d free exchange Of sheep
between the Clean states.
Organize Commission Company.
Secretary Walker and Vice President
Wilson Of the National Woolgrower5' as
ISOLATION recently completed their work
company that will put in independent
commission houses at the several eastern
markets on Jan. / the commission men
raised the rates from so to 80 per car
load. The stOckmen protested, and at the
annual conventions Of the National Wool
Growers association and the American
National Livestock association in Denver
/ committees were appointed to wait upon
the commission men, to demand a Testo-
ration OF the Old rates. and. failing. 10
esta bIish independent commission houses
( The commission men refused to restore
3 the old rates, saving they had been Hos
[ ing money and had 10 have larger COM
missions. The committees then visited
the market CenteTs and arranged for the
! care and sale OF stock and at meeting
] held in Denver last week the Stockmen's
/ Cooperative Commission company was
4 organized. The company is capitalized al
S100 600 and the shares are SO each. and
7 only stockmen can BECOME members Of
! been subscribed and arrangements are
now being made 10 nut in independent
/ commission houses at Chicago and Kansas
City. Later houses VIII be established al
south Omaha. St Joseph. st. Louis. Sioux
civ and other markets II is believed
that the commission men, at their annual
convention I'm chicago IN July, VIII restore
the old rates.
Wants 2s-Hour Law Amended.
Secretary walker is hopeful for the pas-
eight-hOur law, which will permit live
stock To remain in the cars thirty-six
hours. The Humane society people Of the
/ east have been fighting the measure, but
/ il has been shown them there will be less
abuses under the proposed lew, and that
by extending the time-iimit and granting
I H
I humanely treated, and they arc gradually
Withdrawing their opposition.
Secretary Walker while admitting that
some improvements can he made in the
/ packing houses, having visited one Of the
/ largest plants in Chicago only three
weeks ago for the purpose Of ascerta lining
! II conditions as pictured by Upton Sinclair
in mis- novel. THE Jungle" were true
GELS that the producer of livestock viii
suffer Sc yere loss Is result OF The wild
reports The attacks upon the packers
will stin further curtail the sale of our
products in foreign lands. for people will
believe all OF the iuTid tales of emba lined
meats. and viii demand that their ports
I've closed to American products. HIRE at
home the consumption of meat. and es-
pecialiy beef and pork. will show
marked falling off in the next few
months All Of this affects tho producer
most Of all Granting that certain condi-
tons in the packing houses should be cor
~ected- and at once. still the situation is
an unfortunate one for the producer of.
beef, mutton and pork. and nowhere are
these producers more vitality interested
and affected than right here in the Rocky
Mountain states.