The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-13
TRAITORS GIVE
NEW TWIST TO
WOOL CAMP AIGN
Tempting Offers of Buyers Are
Said to Have Landed a
Leading Sheepman.
BOSTON STORAGE PLAN
AN ASSURED SUCCESS
COMMITTEE NOW ESTIMATES
ABOUT 100000 POUNDS
WILL BE POOLED,

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traitors. tempted by wool buyers, y
are said to have given a peculiar y
= turn to the fight of the woolgrowers b
= against the present bear movement In \
= the wool market Sensational devei- y
opments are expected.
After two days of work, the COM !
= mtttee having in charge the united =
= movement to ship to Boston has re- +
y ceived promises that about 2OOoOOO =
= pounds of wool will be shipped for h
y storage until the wool market is in J.
y better condition. J.
= Secretary c. 3. Stewart of the :
= Utah Woolgrowers, says that he y
= feels sure that not less than 100000 \
= pounds of wool will be sent to Bos- =
= ton.
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An interesting turn was given to the
Utah wool situation yesterday. when Il
was whispered that certain wooIgrowers,
who have figured prominently IN the agi-
tatioh for the storing in Boston OF this
years clip, have been approached with
tempting offers by buyers and have been
won away from the movement. Il is
said that some Of these men have been
offered 16 and IS cents for their wool.
Inc name OF one prominent wool man
IL is said, Is being used by the wool
buyers in their efforts TO discourage the
sheepmen of the state from joining IN
the plan of storing wool until the mar
lEet is better
The sheepmen are investigating these re-
ports and interesting developments NAV
take place in the next few days
1t was said yesterday that every agent
in Salt Lake representing eastern wool
buying concerns was out of the city The
buyers agents, il was said. have scat
tered throughout the state. in an effort
to defeat the united movement Of the
sheepmen.
Encouraging Assurance.
Although the circulars TO the 90 WOOL
growers of Utah We're not sent out until
last night, and probably none OF them
is as yet in the hands Of a sherman
Secretary Stewart OF the Utah WoolsroW-
ers saws that he already has the sssur-
ance that about 2.G0.G00 pounds of wool
Will be shipped TO Boston. That means
that about 100000 pounds \ day have
been pledged during the two working days
which have passed since the active cam
paign was begun 10 unite the sheeDmen
MIR. Stewart thinks that more than 50cp.-
900 pounds of wool win be stored i'm BOs-
ton by the Utah sheepmen.
Yesterday there was another long
stream of wOolgTOwers passing in and
out of Mr.. Stewards office. in the Nc
Cornick block. In the afternoon. IL was
decided, for the convenience of everybody
concerned, in the future to make the
Headquarters Of the movement in the Of
flee Of the Utah board Of sheep commits
siOners in the Scott building.
4 have been surprised at the interest
that has been taken in the fight for better
prices said Mr.. Stewart Il am not
only receiving callers. but am deIuged
with letters The persons heard from 50
far have gained their information from
the newspapers. In a few days we will
begin to hear from those who have been
sent copies of the committees circular
Our success in two days Of work indi-
Gates that we have the Utah WOOlgrOWers
with us. As 4 matter of fact. / never
doubted that.
Success Is Assured.
To-day among those who came to my
office. was one man from Box Elder
county. who informed me that a group OF
sheep owners there had about made up
their minds tC ship the $4,000 pounds Of
wool they control to the Boston ware
house Another man from ToOele county
had the same story TO tell of between
100 Geo and 100000 pounds of wool in that
county. Every man who took up the wool
question with me today entered my Of
flee unsolicited. and because he was inter
ested in protecting himself from unnec-
essary loss.
Il do not believe there will be a wool
grower in Utah who will consign his clip
to commission house from now on TN
I'll the end of this movement unless his
affairs are in such condition that he
must IOtlON IudI course.
But whatever happens. there is no
doubt that the Boston warehouse project
will result in advantage 10 the Utah
sheepmen. | was told today that every
wool buyer here was out of the city.
Wool Buyers Busy.
What does that mean? There is only
one answer: They are out in the state
talking with the woOlgrowers. And this
anxiety to get into the field before the
committees circular is scattered abroad
shows that they have something import
ant to fight for.
There are about twelve wool buyers
located in Salt Lake. They are probably
doing all they can to get control of this
years wool before the sheeDmen receive
our circulars and fall into line.
Il believe that all OF the agents Of the
railroads doing business here are in SYM
pathy with our movement"
About 100000 pounds OF the wool des-
tined for the Boston warehouse is Of the
'08 Utah clip. The other 100000 pounds
is western Wyoming wool, owned by Utah
people.
Peter Johnson of Grouse Creek. Utah,
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