Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-11
M0HA|R CLEARING
HOUSE Of WORLD
IS SILVER CITY
Interesting History of Ma
tional Mohair Growers As.
ISOLATION Organized in
Grant County in 1909.

Few poop.c ol Siiyot CHS aud ,lcin.
ity are aware thal al the present
time the name Ut Silver Ciy rs used
more IN connection with tn muhaIr
industry than an, place ~ Amcricn.
o. aot Ia The Worli. says he silver
CHS Enterprise
The National Nohair Growers MS
sOciatiOn was uigani1od in the city
hall Oi this city ON September -.
1903 hy the gont men of Grand and
adjoining counties. with twenty.Onc
charter me nbcrs, aud today has u
membership ui nearly COO. represent
ing twcntvsiN states In the Union
The object OF the association h. not
only tu promote the kngura husband
~ in al Us branches bat mainly ~
market the mOhaiI tUg it, .ncMbcrs IN
new aud business liks way. under
entirely new methods never before
attempted ~ the history ui the in.
dustry
tindor the old mcthods muhair was
either shipped direct 10 the mohair
mills the shipper accepting whatever
the uill tcli disposed 90 remit. or 10
pool. ana accepting the best price of.
Tered by the mill buyers. Under such
method ne mohair mills, lew In
number and closely allied, controlled
the price ol The domestic Clip.
ndcf such "A system all mohair. re-
gardlcss oi quality. sold for The same
price. but knowing the vast difference
in grades from different ilocks the
National association inauguratcd n
system Of grading aud selling each
Ia t4nuIFa fI.N.4I.t .slntl.
ing the breeder OF fine mohair TO re-
ccivc full value. and not De compelled
to accept lower price 10 help his
nciphbor with inferior quality
The result has been that today IN.
stead of mohair selling at an average
price ot 20 20 - cents as it did before
the organization II " SELLING AZ - TO
- cents according 10 grad". With a
general average oi 80 10 80 cents AL
lhis has been accompli shed IN
eighteen months by HE work of the
association. with every prospect OF
stil better prices as the association
now controls over one hal OF the
American clip
While the association maintains q
warehouse aud selling agency ~ i}us-
ton hr center of The mOnalr trade.
N,t all business OF the association is
transacted through The Office OF the
scctctagy-rCasurrr. Nh :. . Baker
Of silver CHS. with Mr. ". a Heath
cr. chairman of the finance commit
tee Owing TO this fact, silver CHS
has been dubbed hy the opponents of
the a. locialiuA o. the lohair Gear
ing house While the geographical
location Of silver CitS is MOI exactly
IN the center Of thc universe yet n
ls practirally The Cpntrr of The nohair
industry as Arizona. New Mexico aud
Texas produce - per cent ot the
domestic clip, aud furthermore. some
Oi the best known flocks of Angoras
in the United states are In this vicin.
ny. such as " \ Heather formerly
Chandler 4 Coz, the hvar Greek An
CORA Goat companN TAYLOR a Lock.
wood, Mrs NJ Armer aud many
others
So. regardless az any sarcastic re-
marks by the sorchcad opponents
of the association. SilNr Cuy Is stl'i
on the map ana can tire hlully ho call.
cd 'mOhnir hoadquarteIs ~ Wen o.
headquarters of other industries.
The association b. uoW preparing to
present statistics before The coming
congress. when Il attacks schedule
N 10 show that mohalr should he
scgrcgal "a from the wool schedule.
anu the present duty not onlN main
tanned but advanced 20 double IN"
present tarin. and there Is abundance
IA. IN ola