Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-23

What have you people from South
Omaha done to assist the Industry at
this crisis?' he asked. Higher com
mission charges win not help. There
isn't much left for the producers in
America. The selfish interests will be
the destruction of this country. The
Democratic party has bounded US for
so years. Not content with almost de-
stroying the industry in 1894, it is now
dealing us another blow but let them
remember, and let the people remem-
Der, that the nation cannot exist with
out the live stock industry"
Governor Gooding then began his
attack on Secretary Of State William
Jennings Bryan. He said in part:
William Jennings Bryan once made
the statement that there was only
$4,000 men in the sheep Industry, in
cluding herders. shearers, floel1mast-
ers and all He is either ignorant Of
the facts or is wilfully helping to des-
troy the industry. There are over
100000 men in the industry alone who
own sheep.
There was one man in the Demo-
cratic party (UnderwoodJ who want
ed is per cent tariff on wool -sst
President Wilson was before Con-,
gress personally and demanded that
wool be placed on the free list. And
the sugar interests were given three
years of grace. Yet the wool indus
try turns SO back to the farmer to
every one of the sugar industry. The
sugar industry needs no more protec-
tion than the wool industry. I am
inclined to believe from his actions
William Jennings Bryan was back Of
the whole thing. can't discuss that
matter with the feeling that I'd like
to
William Jennings Bryan poses as
the great eommoner. I myself was
beginning to feel very kindly toward
him. Think of it, But he stands today
as the greatest example of selfishness
in theworld.
When the government was facing
the Japanese question and the Mexi-
can situation. William Jennings Bryan
was devouring two thirds of his time
to his own interests, to the Chautau-
qua lectures. He said he couldn't live
on his salary of $4,000 a year as
secretary of state 1t is too bad when
s39 Gay is not enough to buy him
three meals. A dollar a plate for
banquet used to be his limit"
Methods in Australia.
1t was during his discussion Of the
subject, "An Open Market for Wool"
that ]. E. Gosgriff Hnfolded his plan
for standardizing the wool of the ,
United States in the same manner that
the wool of Australia is standardized,
by importing an expert from that
country to teach the woolgrowers Of
the United States the plan.
THE dream of the sheepmen for
years has been an open market for
WOOL" said Mr.. Gosgriff. 1T viii
provide. under proper conditions. a
ready sale for the product and at its
true value. There has been attempts
to establish an open market before,
and they have been failures. And
they viii be failures until we rec
ognize that the product must be
standardized. The wool must be pre-
pared for use at its source"
Mr.. Cosgriff then launched into a
description of the Australian system.
He said in part:
THE Australian has devised and
established a system for standardiz-
ing wool 1t must be adopted in the
United States if American woolgrow-
srs expect to compete in the world
markets with Australia and England
In this country we have no system.
rhe business is in terrible state.
'Shearing is done improperly by ir-
shearers. The wool is
down into sacks so that the
1eeces can never be properly separ-
tied. Many Of the sheep after shear
ng look like a deep-furrowed field
rhe fleece is kicked together by the
acker who is usually a hobo with a
eavy boot There is no organization,
10 Standardization, no system. In
australia this is done entirely by con-
ract. The contractor takes charge of
he sheep when the owner drives them
lto the pens and does all the work.
he owner does not touch the wool.
here is complete organization to
andle it. The sheep are sheared
roperly, the fleeces graded by ex-
erts and baled right there at the
PURGE. When the wool comes out
the hands of the contractor it is
lady for use.
WERTHElMER ESTATE.