The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-09
GROWERS NOT TO SELL AT
VERY LOW PRICE
SUBJECT IS DISCUSSED
Trying to Arrive At Best Plan
For Handling the Sleeps
Garment
From Saturdays Daily.

associations in the counties Of Fart
bault, Waseca, Redwood, Nicollet,
Brew3. Cottonwood. Watonwan. No
bies, jackson and Blue Earth met at
the Blue Earth county farm bureau
offices in this city yesterday after
neon for the purpose of discussing the
weel situation. and the possibility of
pooling the clip this year until bet
ter prices can be secured. The ma
jerity of the counties present decided
to recommend TO their associations
that the wool be either kept on the
farms and held for higher prices. or
else consigned to the National Wool
Warehouse company of Chicago.
The principal speakers at the meet
iHg were; w. L. Cavert Of the farm
management department of the state
university farm, J. s. Jones, assist
ant county agent leader who presided
al. the meeting, and +. l.. French,
state secretary Of Minnesota farm
bureaus. At the opening OF the meet
ing, ]. s. Jones explained that the
meeting held yesterday afternoon Is
the second of series which will be
held Throughout the state for the pur
handling the wool situation, which
has grewH to be serious one Of the
weei producer, The first meeting of
this kihd was held at Marshal Mimi.
Wednesday, when a number of coun-
ties ia that part OF the state came
to the same conclusions as the
counties did at the Mankato meeting.
These meetings will be held through
out the state until the entire state
has been covered, and he collective
plan Of all counties will be adopted in
dispesins of the wool clip this sea-
sen,
+. e, Krauss of Faribault county
stated that in his county no wool
pooling association had as yet been
termed, There Is $4,000 pounds Of
weel there ready for the market, but
cents
Charles Langes of Waseca county
said that there is considerable wool
lor disposal in that county, but the
growers are up in the air owing to
the exceptionally low prices offered.
Offered But Seven Cents.
M. r. True of Redwood county said
olnds of wool ready for the market,
for which the producers have only
Leen offered seven cents per pound.
He said that the farmers would rath-
81 burn the wool than sell 1t at that
price. Mr., True caused a good deal
L amusement in the meeting later
on by stating that the state univer-
city was very diplomatic, in passing
the buck on down to the next fellow
and a fair price at which to sell the
wool, He said that he did not like
the idea of passing the buck on down
% the county agent.
o. o. Hormus of Nicollet county
said that there Is about 10000 pounds
of wool for disposal in that county.
James L. O'Connell of LIE Sueur
county had pooled their wool al
Pennington, and thereby had been
offered better price than other
wise,
NJ. R. Cannon and c. R. Ingrham
of Brown county stated that there is
about 10000 pounds Of this years
clip now ready for the market, which
IL being stored at Sleepy Eye.
r. r. Grim Of Cottonwood county
said that wool had been selling as low
; as fifteen cents per pound, and that
now 1t had been decided to hold the
. clip for future developM ents.
A. r. and T. Dewar and L. e. Hud
son Of Watonwan county said that the
wool growers Of that county are max
ing arrangements to pool their wool
There Is $4,000 pounds for disposal
and the highest price offered thus far
was eighteen cents per pound.
Best Price Sixteen Cents.
J. II. Stowell of Jackson county
stated that there is between seven
and eight thousand pounds of wool
fo- disposal in that county. The
county has been organized and the
wool will be held for higher prices
" sd ~HT o., H.,
buyers was sixteen cents per pound.
L. e. McMillen Of Blue Earth coun-
ty said that a wool growers associa-
ton had been organized here, and
arrangements had been made for the
pooling of the wool June 81, but ow-
Ing to the poor market for the prod
uct the date had been postponed in
definitely. Most Of the wool grow
ers Of Blue Earth county are In fav-
until better prices can be secured.
Mr. Lowell Of Worthington, repre-
senting Mobiles county stated that
there are no local buyers in that
county. There is about three car loads
ready for the maSket there. 1t had
been practically decided by Mobiles
county wool growers to hold the wool
some where near reasonable.
w. L. Cavert Of the University
farm, in discussing the wool situation
said that there were advantages to
be gained by pooling the wool and
holding 1t for advanced prices. Large
amounts of the product can be DIS
posed Of at better figures than small
amounts. He thought 1t a good plan
to either hold the wool on the farms
for advance in price or consign 1t OF
the National Wool Warehouse COM
pany at Chicago, which will hold and
dispose of the wool for three cents
per pound, which includes insurance
and storage. This it was thought was
cheaper than holding it on the farms.
Fight With Wool Buyers.
r. L. French said that wool grow
ers are just now, according to the
opinions of great many, going
through fight now with the wool
buyers on about the same plane as
the cooperative stock marketing had
been fought. The wool buyer II it
is within his power will squeeze out
the wool growers If it is possible, for
II they thrive his business is lost.
This is the opinion of various wool
growing associations. Mr.. French
said that farmers have it within their
power to get the right prices for wool
they viii only stick In the fight and
hold their product until they get
prices worth while to handle 1t. Other