Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-12
WOOL MARKET FIGHT STARTS
Omaha Men Open with Sharp Attack
on Gooding.
PROMISE BROKEN BY wEsTERNER
letter TO Wool Growers and Assur-
Huces Given Here DO Not square,
Says Commercial Club I'm
Circular TO


RAWLINs. wyo, Jan. 11.-'(special)-
There viii be fireworks at the session Of
the National Wool Growers association
today A delegation Of twenty-five omaha
men arrived here this morning, bearing
with them a circular which directly charges
President Fred w. Gooding with bad faith
and broken promises In the mattel of the
location Of the national wool warehouse.
Ihe circular given out by the Omaha
delegation Is coupled with one signed by
President Gooding. who gives Omaha the
coolest Of frigid shoulders. 1t is unlikely,
how ever, that there will be any lack OF
warmth in the meeting today, for both
Gocding and the Omaha visitors are in a
thoroughly belligerent frame of mind.
Words Not Minced.
The Omaha circular loses no time and
wastes no words in making clear two
tkinKs-that Omaha has been unfairly
dealt with and that President Gooding has
acted strangely in the matter. 1t runs as
follows: 4
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF OMAHA
OMAHA. Neb. Jan: z 1909.
Growers Association, and All other
Wool
Anyone reading the enclosed copy OF a
circular, issued from the headquarters OF
the National Wool Growers association,
Cheyenne, December 3, 1908, would natur-
ally conclude that Omaha is not even under
consideration for the storage of wool. just
how Omaha happens to be left out IS not
Clear 10 us as we nav fres S y oOTIv
have a prominent place in the fnal plans
of the national association, but that u 5
essential to the successful carrying out OF
the Independent scheme of the growers.
According TO our Information, the special
committee. of which Mr.. dooding Is the
had onArtnNl1 nj tho Salt axe InRpt1nR.
and which visited Omaha in October to see
what We had here. has Incorporated into
It's report that 1.-THE Omaha house shall be
absorbed and maintained as an auxiliary
and be operated by the same management
as the Chicago" Itris 10 supplement- the
report and recommendations of the cont
mittee that this circular letter is sent you:
The association Aetter does not say a word
about csnaha--the pioneer in the western
forts during the last season the western
growers would not have realized the direct
announced to. the press in Omaha amounted
TO over 100000.
what Omaha Has Done.
You. may not know that 1t was on the
suggestion of practical wool growers, some
of them your own members and officers,
and only after thoroughly investigating
conditions then existing, that the Omaha
Wool and Storage company was organized
and the first OF a series of warehouses
built With a, capacity of 100000 pounds;
simultaneously negotiations were opened
III n WOOl- Ndltg Ills dllApoNo NAANSA AHb
Omaha, resulting in an arrangement per
hitting wool to be stopped and stored In
Omaha for not to exceed one year, with no
extra expense, not even fer, switching to
and from the warehouse, all of which is
absorbed. The privilege of storing at
Omaha Is coupled with the application of
the lowest scale of freight rates from
original point of shipment to the final
market in the east, based not on Chicago,
lower than Chicago This is important,
and so ~ 1.-The fact that a market at Omaha
eou ai@p IncluSIns "g St. louis. which IS all
ready one OF considerable Importance.
Woods bought at Omaha are shipped to st,
Louis direct, no back haul or additional
freight charges. Omaha has ideal trackage
arrangements and facilities, not only fol-
immediate. needs, but ground enough has
been acquired to provide warehouse space
for all wool raised west of the Missouri
river. AS the volume grows. warehouses
are aiready drawn for extensive enlarge
ments to take care of the 1909 clip. All we
want and ask is reasonable encouragement
to go ahead with these buildings, and some
assurance that the wool will be allowed 10
take its natural course, in which event we
win get out share, without your assuming
any Obligation whatever.
You ate not asked to subscribe to the
Omaha warehouse and you are not required
established here and those who have al
ready stored and sold their wool at Omaha
have realized profits far in excess of what
would otherwise have accrued.
When we tackled the storage Of wool, II
was with the Intention of accomplishing
two thinSsrone for your benefit and 9nt
according to Mr.. Gooding, in the shape Of
to 8 cents a pound over what was of.
fered, YOU before Omaha entered the fielC
and there has been demonstrated the fac
that the west lie as capable of marketing
It's wool as in handling its live stock and
grain All we wanted was to be put OF
another map-the wool map; to benefit by
the Increase in tonnage, bank clearing
and by the ACQUISITION OF new manufactur
establishment OF a primary market.
Ready for business.
After pioneering the storage movement
assuming all risks and finally making II
success, we do not relish the idea of having
Omaha overlooked or ignored, and as W
don't propose to keep our light under any
body's bushel, we are here to announc
that onnaha-she western wool MARKET
sInasmuch as President Gooding took OF
Tense at an article which appeared Decem
Seadins wool Men THROW Down rhi
City," we have written Mr.. Gooding de
ploring the article as much II not NOR
than he, and explaining that 1t was All
soiutely unauthorized and emanated fror
the brain OF a reporter who felt ~Justifie
in writing such an item after readin
growers' meetings throughout the wester
states, in which we have since discovere
no mention whatever Is made OF Omaha
based on promises but only on what ha
actually been accomplished at OmahI
other will doubtless seek to reap tn
credit and benefits, but the grower who
not unacquainted with the situation know
what transpired in 1908 and where. Pres
dent Gooding must be accepted as reliabl
authority when he states publicly that nc
only the wool that came to Omaha, bu
every pound raised and sold west OF her
last year, benefited to the extent OF from
10 g cents a pound as the direct result {
OmahG's entry into aud activity in tn
wool business. Now that we have estat
lished Il, a western market for wester
people. a wool market easily accessible I
the wool grower and made II possible [
dispense with the old, expensive and bun
densome system invented and fostered h
the east, for the benefit Of the en- At. ID
Ne all pull together for a bigger wool maj
Mt, at Omaha,
THE COMMERCIAL CTJTP OF OMAHJ
BY WILL Y. YFTrrP. President.
FUCLIn MARTIN. Chairman OF Executiy
committee
GOOdtnE's Letter.
The letter OF Gooding referred to runs;
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Dec. 3 1905
Members OF the National Wool Grower
Association and All Other Wool Grower
Recognizing the need OF a more satIsfaI
tory method OF marketing wool and belle,
ing the central storage system 10 be one
ated by the growers themselves would me