East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-26
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
FOR WOOL PRICES
SMALL STOCKS AND REDC(FD
BANDS CALL FOR AD-
VANCE.
No Reason for low Prices in United
states Last Year, save Misunder-
standing Wool Sold Higher
Abroad Than in America.


There are indications for goot
prices for eastern Oregon wool thi!
spring, The Boston wool market |,
active and the prices reported ther,
range about three cents per pount
above the prices paid the growers las
spring. The freight rate from Pen
dleton to Boston is s155 anJ fla
rate of 81 prevails from Portland t,
Boston, There are reports that fin,
wool in particular will command
higher prices than We're paid las
year, due to the fine wool bands be
ing reduced
That the outlook for wool tfrf.
spring is bullish is reported by II. II
Cohen, commercial editor of the Ore
gon Journal who had story upon
the subject yesterday. The following
| Is from the Journal story:
| There is nothing in sight but pros
perity for sheep and wool men. There
is every indication that the coming
seasons fleece will enter the market
on a better basis than during any re-
cent year There is every expectation
that prices will reflect thFs condition
ana the demand promises to be ex-
tremely good from the start of the
season to the finish
In the first place there was not the
slightest excuse for the Tow values
/ that ruled in the wool trade during
the last season. While in some quar-
ters there was more or less doubt as
ot what effect the new tariff bill
would have. still this was of minor
consfderion in the naming of prices.
There was no reason. aside from
the greed of milling interests. why
American wool prices should rule pro-
pOrtionately lower during the last
season than did the fleeces of other
countries. Everywhere throughout
the worlds trade. with the possible
exception of the United states. the
best prices for many years ruled. Lon
don wool prices were extraordinarily
high; in fact, so high that quite a
few sales were made in American
markets for the account of English
milling interests. This was the most
unnatural condition that might be ex-
pected
From all the leading wool producing
countries of the world, word has come
! of big decrease in the holdings OF
mutton during the last two years
| While the decrease in sheep holdings
last season was much larger than
| had been generalfy expected, 1t is
stated that on January 1 the total
number of sheep in the world is fully
/ 10 per cent smaller thar a year ago.
! This means but one thing-a small
| er output of fleeces. Last years clip
of wool was the smallest for many
years and with further decrease OF
I 10 per cent in the output, it Is sure
to create a sensation IN the trade.
Nat. Livestock Ass'n-The American
National Livestock association closed
its seventeenth annual convention al
Denver January 22 with the selection
Of San Francisco as the place for the
1915 meeting and the reelection ot
II. A. Jastro of Bakersfield, Cal, a!
president
The other officers chosen follow:
First vice president, Dwight II
Heard, Phoenix, Arizona; second yic'
presidents, J. y. Kendrick, Sheridan
Wyoming; C. NJ. O'Donef. Bell Ranch
y. M; NJ. X. Parsons, Salt Lake; /. I
Proyer, San Antonio, Texas c. Il
Rhodes, Orchard, Col; treasurer. Johl
w. Springer. Denver; attorney, San
II. Cowan, Fort Worth, Texas; secre
tary. T. W. Tomlinson. Denver
Resolutions We're adopted concern
ing grazing and forestry regulations
agitating protection for American
ranchmen in Texas, and covering 9th
er matters of interest to stockmen.
Among these were resolutions op
posing any change in the regulation
of the bureau of animal industry. re
garding mango demanding. reduction
in westbound livestock rates from in
teYmountain regions, protesting
against elimination of grazing land
in forest reserves without full investi
baton; approving federal court con
troll of open range; approving the es
tablishment of regional bank II
some fnter-mountain region. not dee
ignated; opposing prohibitive tax o.
oleomargarine; endorsing the work o
administration in the department o
agriculture and national forests re
affirming the attitude Of the asso
citation opposing the placing of live
stock and meats on the free list; op
posing the repeal of the quarantin
law of 1884; endorsing feed and wa
ter cars and the stamping and inspec
ton OF imported meats
Cougars in WascO County - Cou
gars seem to be In evidence in Waxc
county this year. Three men of Mo
sier killed a big one last week, tn
animal measuring nine feet In length
He was killed on the headwaters O
Mill creek. Three other cougar
were killed south of The Dalles re
Gently.
Mild Winter at Gurtiane-That tn
snowfall this winter has not been owe
3 six inches deep where he lives Is stat
ed by Joe Mclaughlin, veteran saw
e mill man of Gurdane who is here to