The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-05-22
have been able to reap harvest in

have been able to reap harvest In
interest rates.
These conditions brought the WOOL
growers to a realization OF what they
were up against and their state as
sociations have taken action to re-
move this condition. j. A. Defeld-
err, president of the Wyoming Wool
Growers association, has been one of
the prime movers in planning this
scheme, and through his efforts and
those of his associates, with the aid
of the Omaha Commercial club, has
been able to establish a primary CEN
trail western market in Omaha.
Mr.. Defelder appeared before the
Omaha Commercial club May to re-
port the success of his efforts. He
stated that while considered Omaha
lucky in being selected as primary
market point, he thought western
wool-growers were the greatest bene-
ficiaries.
I'VE will be able to handle the
present years clip in manner that
will lsurprise the wool-growers, said
Mr.. Defelder. Already we have be-
gun the construction of warehouse
with god trackage facilities in this
city, with capacity OF 5O,000,00O
pounds and before the end OF the
year two others will be built. Ar
rangements have been made with
banks of Omaha and other cities, II
their aid should be necessary, to Il
nance the entire movement OF WOOL.
For collateral they viii lhaye the en-
tire amount of wool stored in the
warehouses, on which they Will loan
money up to so per cent of its value.
In this manner producers Will De
able to hold their clip as they see
fit, and still realize such cash on
it as their demands may require. me
warehouse charge will be nominal
compared with the benefits, and 1t
will enable the wool-growers to Sc
cure the imemnse profits that here
tofore have gone to half dozen sets
of middlemen who have each secured
a commission on the sales OF the
western clip.
Several other state associations
besides our own have already signi-
fed their intention of poining the
movement and in a years time the
wool-growers of the western ana
northwestern states will be lndepend-
ent of the men who heretofore nave
scooped up millions of dollars an
nually off their product.
MANY markets have been proposed
for the primary wool market, put
Omaha was selected because OF Its
direct railroad connections with the
states which each year produce the
great wool clip Of the country. me
scheme has not been altogether pop
ular with eastern commission men
and buyers who formerly have thrlv-
ed on the efforts of the wool pro-
ducers, but it's success was assured
when the railroads acceded TO the
orage-in-transit- rate.
United States Senator Warren OF
Wyoming, himself big wool pro-
Queer, has lent his assistance TO tne
movement. and declares 1t should
have been undertaken long ago. Sen
ator Warren believes that with the
success of western primary wool mar
kets will come mills and manufac-
turtles to western cities which nave
for generation fourished In the
east. He argues that the finished
product can be shipped east cheaper
than west and that when eastern
manufacturers find they are forced
| to pay the wool growers the real
worth of their clip it will send many
wol]en mills to western states.
The importance of the new mar
ket can be realized better by study
ing the statistics showing the amount
and value of the annual wool clip OF
the Trans Missouri country, which
follows for 1907:
States. Wgt. in TBS. Value.
Wyoming 33,637,000 1911 33