Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-09

this yeer."-Ired W. ooodiug, prestoent
Of the Nations Wool associa-
ton, shoshoni, idaho.
"Ths wool market already ESTABLISHED in
Omaha will prove . big lever In securing
the location Of the market Of the national
association."-oeorGs .. waIksr, score
tary OF the National wool asso-
e~iatiou, chsysuns, wyO.
Accredited representatives OF the National
Wool Growers association, composing a
committee selected to view probable sites
and decide uron the location of the national
wool market OF the association (being In
vested with power TO act) spent Thursday
In Omaha and South Omaha. looking over
the local field and what this field has 70
offer in the way OF advantages. The mem
bers Of tho committee arrived in the morn
Ing from st. Joseph. MO-. where they In
spected conditions Wednesday and left
last night for Chicago on the same mission.
The committee. composed OF eight large
wool growers, was shown every courtesy
during the day, the reception COMMITTEES
being composed of some more prominent
business men OF the two cities. The visit
ors were met at tho train and taken to the
Hotel Rome. their headquarters while in
the city, and then were taken In automo-
biles to inspect the wool warehouse. the
sheep pens in the South Omaha packing
center, through the large Armour packing
plant, and tn a six course dinner in the ex-
changs building. Following this they were
given a ride over the boulevard system to
several Of the parks and a hurried trip
through a few Of the large wholesale
houses.
VIII Get Some Facts.
At 4:SO yesterday the committee met
- 49, ror-aor,foI allah wvbara NOM
bers Of the local committee presented
facts and figures intended TO convince the
Visitors that Omaha is the logical place
for the location Of the wool market. At s
o'clock a banquet was served in the
club rooms and the committeemen left
at 10 o'clock over the Northwestern
Overland Limited for Chicago.
II Fred w. Gooding, president Of the Ma
tional Wool Growers association, heads the
delegation, the other members being:
George S. Walker. secretary Of the national
association: J. A. Delfelder. president Of
the wyoming Wool Growers association,
wolton, wyo.; N. s. Nielsen. Mt. Pleas
ant, Utah; w. Scott Anderson, Boise,
Idaho; Thomas Austin, Salt Lake City,
Utah; J. E. Cosgriff, Rawlins, Wyo.. and
p. I. Moule. Bercail. Mont.
The first stop was made at the wool ware
house at the terminal Of the Great Western
tracks. They were shown through the
building, large enough 10 hold 100000
pounds of wool, with over 100000 pounds
now in storage. President Gooding Of the
national association expressed his surprise
at the size of the building and stated that
the building of the local market had meant
50, OoO.O 900 to the wool growers.
Boston Has Had Monopoly.
Heretofore Boston has had a monopoly
on the wool business said President Good
ing. about seven firms formed a trust
in the eastern city aud controlled rs per
cent of the business. When this little
warehouse was built those eastern fellows
saw that they must do something or they
would lose their grip, consequently they
began boosting the price. Wool was sell
ing for 10 cents, the price jumped to 10, l4h.
Is and then 1e cents after this market was
built and ready to receive shipments. The
price OF two-thirds of the output was
boosted on the average of 8 cents a pound.
That is what the Omaha wool market has
done for the producer"
Secretary Walker then told Of the ex-
perience of a Wyoming producer. Salt
AXE had offered him u cents for his wool,
but he announced his intention of shipping
to Omaha. Rather than let the shipment
come here the Salt Lake firm finally raised
the price to 16 cents.
The Omaha Wool Growers association
has a twenty-five-year lease on two and
one-half acres of land where It's warehouse
10 situated. with LOO feet of track on either
side. The association offers TO turn this
over to the national association providing
the market is located in Omaha. Chicago
OF st. Joseph neither have local markets.
, visit I'm south Omaha.
From the wool warehouse the visitors
were taken to South Omaha, where they
were met by Everett Buckingham, general
manager OF the Union Stock Yards COM
pany, and shown through the stock yards.
Closer inspection was made of the sheep
9 pens and the visitors were shown how
v sheep are dipped at the yards. The Armour
|. packing plant was the only one visited. but
here @. w. Bowers, assistant general man
ageT; r. Z. Harris, sales manager. and J.
e O'Hearn, superintendent, explained the
operations OF the big system.
e Members OF the expressed
themselves as being more than favorably
: impressed with the conditions as they
Z found them, but they were guarded in their
. remarks and said that they could not give
any inkling OF a decision until they had
. visited Chicago. the third city In the race.
The will remain in Chicago
= until Thursday, when they will meet five
representatives OF the Wool Manufacturer
association from the east. President Good
ing said that the producers wanted to act
In harmony with the manufacturer and
deal direct with them. not through mid
die men. and the views OF the representa-
tives from the manufacturers will be taken
into consideration before any decision as
TO location IL made.
Reception Committee.
Those composing the Omaha reception
committee and who accompanied the mem.
bers OF the committee on the trip are: l.
s. Cass. vice president Chicago Great West
ern railway; II. +. Curtiss. commercial
agent Nickel Plate road; Euclid Martin
chairman executive committee CONNER,
eial club; Luther Drake. president Mer,
chants National bank; +, II. Davis. vic,
president First National bank; W. II. Blu
cholz. cashier Omaha National bank; II. w
Yates. president Nebraska National bank
w. II. Rhoades. assistant cashier UniteC
statos National bank; C. H. King, presl
dent Omaha Wool Warehouse and StoraR,