Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-06
WOOL GROWERS FOR OMAHA
President Of Association Says This
City is Logical Market.
D1sPOsEs OF THE MIDDLEMAN
All Arrangements Made for ErectiOn
of Warehouse and the FInancinE
of the Needs OF the Wool
Producers.

This is what J. A. Delfelder. president Of
the wyoming Wool Growers association
and member Of the Wyoming state
Board OF sheen Commissioners. sees in the
future for Omaha as a result of the estah-
fishing Of wool storage warehouses here:
The wool growers OF Wyoming, Nor
tana. Utah. Colorado. Idaho. South Da-
kota and western Nebraska all plan on
| storing and selling their wool in Omaha
1T will be but a short time until a large
percentage OF the wool sent 10 Omaha will
b. manufactured in Omaha-the Market
| Town.
we have had assurances from Omaha
bankers that they will finance the wool
/ growers and make them independent OF
/ Boston. New York or any other eastern
/ market
For number of years a holding com
pany has financed the wool growers and
assisted them in carrying their clips. and
the truth Of the matter is that Omaha
| bankers have been back OF the holding
| company.
Commission dealers OF the east have
/ been accepting the clip Of many growers
/ on consignment and they have many times
/ held the wool for two years-or until the
/ interest almost consumed the value Of the
/ against the growers
| Because Omaha business men and the
/ general agents of the railroad companies
I at this point have been wideawake to the
situation. and because the Commercial club
I has been able to work in harmony with
I the growers Of the west. the grower is to
realize. as ne never has before. some OF the
! immense profits devoured by middle men
/ between the grower and the consumer
Omaha the Logical Market.
I'VE have settled on Omaha said Mr..
/ DefeIder at the Hotel Rome. "All the
| efforts Of all the cities in the west viii
! avail nothing. We recognize Omaha as the
4 market which buys and sells everything
the products Of the farms and ranges bring
the prices and the necessities OF a growing
population are supplied on reasonable
/ terms.
1T is true that Denver. Kansas City. St
I Joseph and other cities have wanted the
wool market. Denver offered TO build the
warehouses and give them to US, but
Omaha Is the ideal place for them, and
/ believe I do not exaggerate when l say
1 that. without reflection on the other cities.
| Omaha meets the needs Of the wool grow
ers better than any other point in the
| United States
II believe that the wool from the moua-
famous ranges of California can be shipped
to Omaha to greater advantage than TO
1 anv other point and the woods of the coun-
try from the gulf Of Mexico OF the Canad-
ian line will find their best market in
Omaha.
This means that the woods of the ooun-
try win be sold in Omaha The manufae-
turers are with the growers and want to
eliminate the middlemen. More than that.
the unions Of the wool workers. both in
the factories Of the weavers and spinners.
are with US in making Omaha the wool
market"
Mr. DeIfelder is in Omaha to meet with
Charles H. King. Omaha business men and
railroad agents. The wool storage company
will be organized and Incorporated Wednes-
day.
Union Pacific Makes Rate.
Arrangements were completed Tuesday
with the Union Pacific Railroad company
for the rate which that company promised
wien the announcement was made that ali
roads would grant the storage in transit
rates. The Union Pacific company had
many details TO arrange and notice has
been given the Interstate Commerce COM
mission that the rate will be put into ef
,
days notice be given. the Union Pacific
Will ask the commission to allow the rats
to go into effect a few days earlier. prob
ably May q. when the rates Of the Bur
Ington and Chicago & Northwestern com
, panies become effective.
Mr.. King and his Omaha associates have
spent the first two days OF the week com
pleting the details for building the storag'
house on the right-of-way Of the Grea
Western Railroad company near the Inde
pendent Elevator company. Mr.. King SAID
, he would be able TO secure al the materia
needed for building the warehouse II
, Omaha and spent Sunday figuring with con
tractors. Though he wanted to put up IN
first timbers Tuesday morning the delal
OF arranging details made 1t impossible
but the contract will be let Tuesday even
ing or Wednesday morning.
size of Crop and storage.
Interest now centers in the probable six
of The crop and the amount which vii
be consigned for storage in Omaha.
> Reports from Wyoming indicate that tn
stale. which viii send the bulk OF its WOO
! TO Omaha. will not only exceed all pre-
vious records. but will pass Montana, Il
chief competitor. IN the production Of wool
With a production Of ss.6OOoO pounds
, Wyoming took the lead Tor WOOL IN n
grease. but Montanas figures on secure
wool exceeded the Wyoming crop
, Il is expected the Wyoming crop will ez
: coed 55.O00Oa9 pounds this year. and It
expected that when thss az,agzt is secured
il viii exceed the Montana crop. Tn
average weight Of a Wyoming fleece las
year was 70 pound, while this year 4
D addition 10 the wool being OF longer stapi
and finer quality, the weight will probabl
I average close 10 eight pounds.
Rains and snow have delayed cllppin
? for the present but there have been al
s solutely no losses among sheepmen as a rs
r suit Of weather.
Great Western Has More Ground.
= ''EVerythinG Is closed up for the w0l
r warehouses in Omaha and I am ready wit
I / some more ground and trackage for an
b other proposition" sail J. A Ellis. gen
D sral agent OF the Great Western Railroa
company, when. he called on Commissions
J. n Guild Al the Commercial club 3
\ noon Tuesday.
The Great Western has taken the lead q
esta blishing the " ol house in Omaha an
furnished tne site under a long time an
] very satisfactory lease Whlch Was sfgup