Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-07-13
LOCAL WOOL MEN
ENTHUSEO OVER
PROPOSAL
81, 900 SUBSCRIBED FOR
BIG FACTORY PROJECT
Proposition by minnesota Man
to Start Rio Grande Mills for
Benefit of New Mexico Grow
cfS Makes Hit,

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Because Of the enthusiastic reeep-
ton accorded 70 the proposition made
20 New Mexico wool growers BY Man
gus Brown, president of the Mime
sota Wool Growers association. to
lease the Rio Grande wooden mills in
Albuquerque and begin operations
which viii mean the production OF
cloth from New Mexico wool, it is
almost Z certainty that the plan will
be accepted and the experiment we'll
under Way within very few weeks
Fun details Of the plan outlined by
Mr. Brown were given in vester-
day mornings Journal and that it
made IN Immediately favorable inn
preston was indicated when
two well known local men
handed Mr. Brown their checks
for $500 each These unsolicited con-
trtbutions tc the plan are confidently
believed to be- only the forerunner of
what is 70 come when the proposition
is explained ana understood by sheep
men IN different parts Of the country.
Only $500 is asked from the New
Mexico wool growers to start opera
tions. The remaining $500 Of the
$4,000 necessary as a working capital
will be subscribed by the wool men
OF Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other
western states.
The plan proposed by Mr. Brown
Jointly with j. H. Bearrup, founder of
the Rio Grande mills is to offer the
western wool growers an outlet for
their produce which win eliminate
the middlemen's evcr-increasing pro-
iii and subsequent decrease in the
price for the shecpman.
1t is fact only too wen known to |
western wool growers that the east
em buyers have been for years. and |
are y ttlre present time bammerhg |
down prices for western wools Grow
ers orc not siowtto realize that it viii |
only be . question Of time until they |
win be cempelled 20 accept almost |
any old price for their finest grades
10 take steps against the time when !
price@5 or lhleH .epro1uct and at the
samc iinle TO protest in q telling man
ncr against what is evidently an un-
faii, atiitudn against western wool
mon Mr. Brown MIR 3carrup and
thcir associates win take over the Rio
Grandc mills on . lease and scour and
clean the native wool, manufacturing
it into The finished product, which in
tmn win be sold in the west at honest
prices.
1t Will be proposition which will
mean that the wool grown in the west
win remain In the west and the cloth
ing made Of It will be worn by western
people.
From the shecps Lack to the Rio
Grandc Wooden Mills and from the
mills to the consumer" will be tho
slogan of the new enterprise,
Interest has already been worked
up over the project in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Wyoming and other wool
growing states and Mr.. Brown is in
albuquerque to complete all arrange
mcnt for the active commencement
Of operations. provided the people of
albuquerque and New Mexico care 10
take 3, -:
The $1,000 subscription Yesterday.
however, dspclled all doubt as to
whether or not local people are inter-
ested, and it is confidently expected
thai before tonight the lull S250o will
be subscl he'd.
The resumption of operations by
the Rio Grande mills win mean much ,
TO Albuquerque and it is sincerely :
hoped that Mr. Brown will complete =,
the work he has undertaken. To do 4
This work. however It is necessary !
that he be given the support of not {
Dnly the people of Albuquerque. but
he people an over the territory. n
And Il is certain that once Il
he possibilities of the project are v
'eal'zed it viii be easy to secure the \
import which such an important en- e
elprise demands. Il
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