The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-16
Buyers Are Disappointed.

NttNt BuA littAf OLttiS anu SuDulilteu ltlHtl
to the woolgrowers 1t was agreed that
if the bids were accepted or rejected the
terms offered were to be kept secret
After a committee acting for the TWEEN
ty-five sheepmen in the vicinity of Jer-
ichO had considered the offers, the buy
ers and buyers agents were Informed
that none was satisfactory.
There was then nothing 10 do but return
to Salt Lake. The return trip was started
at / 80 O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
the party reached the city at 6 O'Clock
yesterday evening.
The buyers were greatly dissatisfied
with the summary manner in which THEN
offers were rejected. but declared that
they were in command of the situation
and that the storing of the Jericho wool
would have no effect uDOn the market.
1t was learned last night that only three
bids were made to buy the wool outright
These came from l. NJ. Solomon, Marcus
Harris and Henry Cohn.
The other bids were for the consign-
ment Of the wool to commission houses.
Wool to Be Stored.
There is no doubt that the Iron county
wool will be shipped according to the
plan of the Utah WoOlgrowers. said
Secretary Stewart last night. Our rep
resentative. on his return. informed us
that the sheepmen around Jericho are in
sympathy with the united movement.
We estimate that there is about 75O,00G
pounds of wool at Jericho IL will be a
substantial addition to the wool already
pledged to our campaign to compel buy
ers to give the woolgrowers better
1t is expected that a committee repre-
senting the Iron county sheepmen will be
in Salt Lake today to complete arrange
ments for storing the Jericho clip.
Amount Already Sold.
AS some of the buyers on getting back
to Salt Lake declared that more than
half of this years Utah wool was already
out of the hands of the sheepmen, c. l.
futile. assistant general freight agent OF
the Oregon Short Line. was asked to give
an estimate of the amount of wool that
has already been shipped out of Utah.
about Go per cent of the clip has been
shipped ne said. This represents wool
that has been sold or consigned. The
buyers, some of whom have been coming
TO Utah for twenty years. are always
early in the field. They know just where
the best wool is produced and for that
reason ii is safe TO say that large part
of the best of the wool so far clipped has
passed into their hands. The wool which
remains in the control of the growers or
which is still TO be clipped must enter
into competition with the high class OF
Utah wool already on the market"
For the sake of harmony among the
wOolgroWers. efforts are being made TO
hush the talk concerning traitors who
are taking advantage of the united move
ulcll ~ SEtdit piOLildblc TERMS from
buyers.
Storage Movement Spreads.
There has been some talk" said Sec
rotary Stewart "as to whether President
Z. II. Callister and myself are going to
store our wool To set all such discussion
at rest, ] wish to say that both Mr. Cal
lister and myself intend TO ship our wool
to the warehouse selected by the Utah
WoolgroweTs just as soon as il is
clipped which will be in June.
'E. J. Kearnes notified us today that
he will also ship his clip at once. He is
now arranging for cars
MIR. Stewart declared that the prospect
of the success of the united movement
grew brighter with the passing of each
day.
Yesterday. he said. he received word
from Archibald Swapp. jr. of Glendale,
Kane county, and c. r. Pugh of Kanab,
Kane county, that they are ready to ship
about four cars of wool to Boston. This
makes nine cars" said Mr.. Stewart land
the movement is only i'm its beginning.
AS the woolgrowers begin to get a
clearer understanding of the purpose of
the united movement they grow more and
more enthusiastic over it.
Il have been informed that the Iron
county sheepmen are unanimous in favor
of the movement