The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-26
CHICAGO FAILS
TO STAMPEDE
WOOL GROWERS
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original shipping points to the eastern
markets. Mr.. Guile was asked number
of questions by the wool growers
Horace G.. Krake, commissioner from
st. Joseph, next presented the claims or
St. Joseph, and Mr. Manss. the Chicago
commissioner, was then heard.
General Discussion.
In the afternoon there was a general
discussion, in which all of the wool grow
ers took part.
Some of the Utah wool growers were of
the opinion that If western city is TO
be made great wool market, Salt Lake
should be considered. Among these We're
b. f. Saunders of Mt Pleasant and Z.
Miller of Murray. While the sheepmen
were favorably disposed toward Salt
Lake, il was urged by some that Salt
Lake is too far west to be made cen,
trail shipping point, as some of the wool
growing states are TO the east, and II
would be impracticable to ship wool from
those states TO this point for storage, as
the natural flow of the wool shipments
is eastward toward the wool manufactur-
ing centerS-
Denver, ST Joseph, Kansas City, Mil
waukee, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha
and Chicago were freely discussed, and,
Judging from the expressions OF opinion
the wool men seemed to think that II the
idea of storing in the west is adopted,
Chicago or Omaha should be chosen.
Secretary Walker of the national asso-
citation opened this general discussion Dy
reading letters from St Paul, Mnneapois
and Milwaukee. asking that these cities
be considered when the matter OF select
ing the storage city was taken up
The advantages offered by Boston ana
Philadelphia were also taken up, but inc
sentiment seemed Overwhelmingly Ill Ia
vor of choosing western city.
Committee Is Authorized.
At the end of the discussion the wool
growers authorized Chairman Goodng TO
appoint a committee of six, of which MI
Co Inns tx-aS a a member.
a plan for the national storage move
ment. This committee will take the place
of the committee appointed by the eXecu,
tive committee of the National WOOL
Growers association to inquire into ware
house conditions. and which consisted OF
Mr.. Gooding, Secretary Walker ana W.
Scott Anderson. These three VISITED Chl-
cago and listened to the propoSltlon from
the bankers and business men there which
was presented at yesterdays meeting
The new committee met after the mass
investigate the claims of all the cities be-
The executive committee of the naHonal
association was also called together Tor
the commissioners of the other cities
were not invited.
Six States Represented.
mittee il is said, 1o6, 600 pounds of wool
were represented. Some of the men pres
ent appeared not only as national com
mitteemen but with power to act for
the wool growers associations of their
states Six states were represented; Cal.
ifornia, with an estimated annual clip or
S.OOO 900 pounds, by c. A. Kimble OF Han.
ford. Cal: Nevada, with clip of 100000
pounds, by w. N. McGill Of Ely, ,Ney.;
Utah. with a clip of 100000 pounds, by
Wyoming, with a clip of 80. 600 900 pounds,
by Timothy Kinney Of Rock Springs,
Wyo.: Idaho. with a clip of AOeo0oo
pounds by p. G. Johnson OF Blackfoot;
ida. and Texas, with clip of 100000
hounds, by j. II. Nations of FL Paso, Tex.
Secretary Walker of the national asso,,
citation said that the states represented
produced one-third of the wool or the
United States, the total clip for the entire
country being 29S.0o0O00 pounds.