The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-11
POINTERS FOR
WOOL growers

During the latter part of March,
Mr.. Chas. H. Harding, vice-president
of the National Association of Wool
Manufacturers, delivered an address
before the Alumni Association of the
Philadelphia Textile School on the
subject of 1.-THE London Wool Auc-
lions and Wool Auction Sales in
America Mr.. Harding was confident
that such auction sales would be
great thing. He says the London
Wool Auction is one of the most per-
feet schemes for the disposition of a
product ever devised. His only anx-
iety in regard to such auction sales
in America is that he fears it neces-
sary classification, branding, packing,
cannot bebrought about. He says:
"There isn't any question at all
but what the American wool growers
could sell their wool at auction to
advantage if they would employ COM
petent classifiers to put it up, as l
know two or three men do now. If
the wool growers would establish
classification approximately like this
London system-not at all to such
refinement-but only approximately
at first, and if it were understood that
they would brand their clips so that
the buyers who went to the auction
could hold them responsible; if there
were nything like the penalties in
this country for false packing that
are enforced in Australia, SO that you
could follow a man for months and
years after he has falsified the pack
ing of his wool, and collect for the
damages sustained
In leading up to the question Of
wool auction sales, Mr.. Harding gave
turers going abroad for great deal
of WOOL In the first place America
produces from 25O,OOO,O0O to $780,
100000 pounds, while lately it has
ben stationary at 30O,000,000 pounds.
America uses 60O,O0O,O00 pounds an
nually.
Another reason why Americans
have gone to London and other places
to buy woods, is the fact that the
American wooden manufacturing bus
mess has been always, as I said, more
or less following in the procession
headed by France and England. Our
textile manufacturing business came
from England. The men who have
best known the history of American
wool manufacturing were Enblish-
men or the sons of Englishmen. Some
of them are yet alive. Our machinery
our experts, very largely, I say, are
from England, or English derivation
But, more imprtant than that, there
has always been tendency which, in
deed, up to 1876 was an absolute
rule, that the wooden stuffs manufac-
tured in America should be copies
of something that had before been
made in England or on the Cont
nent Another reason is that the
man who has specialties to make
must go where he can get wool suita-
BILE for his purpose"
He then followed up with history
of the Australian wool auction sales
and showed the immense success and
benefit it has been.
Primrose Argument.
r. J. Primrose of Philadelphia,
who is pushing wool auction sales in
America, and has already opened Of
fees and started the propaganda, said
that he had put squarely before a
number of our largests and richest
manufacturers and also a number OF
the prominent wool growers Of the
West and some of the Western deal
ers this question:: What is your
opinion of the ACCESSIBILITY of attempt.
ing to inaugurate a series of Woo
AUCTION Sd16S mere III AuSTlCd, 10 Ut
patterned after the London Sales?'
1.-THE replies received" he contin
ued, indicated a surprising interest
Thirty of the mill corporations heard
from, have an aggregate capital o.
$7O,0O0,OOO to $75,O00,0OO and EN-
ploy more than 10000 people.
have. think, right to conclude tha
this is most stupendous, most i'm
portant undertaking. L
l based my own conclusion on these
letters alone, 1t would have become
my positive conviction that the adop
ton of this plan of selling will cor
rect many of the disadvantages tina
have always been associated with tn,
disposal of your product"
Mr.. Primrose then outlined tn
method of the London Sales, ant
dealt with the imnortanoe IF pradtn,