El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-16
MOHAIR WILL
TAKE PLACE OF
JAPAN'S SILK
By G. A. MARTIN.
CONTINUED from page u

as an individual likewise nobod,
d knows or il.
The Mohair Growers association
mas big warehouse at Boston an5
agents in charge who sell the ANNA
] cup TO the manufacturers who make
/ up mOhair goods Not a grower
makes any sales for himself. Ever
grower clips his wool grades Il. bars
" ana ships it TO Boston where the
manufacturers OF mohair goods and
the users OF mOhair must 20 to ct
the product
How It Is Done.
Sheepmen sell their wool 10 the
I travelling buyers for the Boston
( houses; cattlemen sell their hides to
. me commission merchants Of their
nearest town, but the mohair grow
] ers ship their wool 70 Boston II the
/ warehouse Of the association and their
] professional salesman and manager
I handles the sales for them When i'd
IS sold each man having wool
stored gets his pro rata OF the sales
For Instance, II 400 mohair growers
nave wool stored in the warehouse
~ gne enu or each month each man
having wool IN storage gets his share
OF the money realized from sales Tho
man with 1000 pounds of stored v-oo1
Eels Just ten times as much ont Of
the melon" when 20 is cut each r7orfl,
as the man with 400 pounds in STORAGE
me new man. the man who has frsr
--ao ms wool In storage a month. is
on an equal footing with the man who
has had his wool stored several
months and gets his proportion.
As each man is paid for the wool
ne mas stored, he is checked off bv
nc agent ana when all his wool has
Zen pelq Ior' ne ceases. OF course.
20 participate In the dividend until
ne puts more wool on deposit.
EveEybody's Wool Goes al once.
~ MS manner everybOdv's wool is
aoLu az lne same time. The little
5loWer Iares as well as the big ono.
6s,s- --.,,i a., to5s noJ close out his stock
Necalse Il is either large or small
anead OF any other man. The asso-
clatlon salesman merely knows that
ne mas given number OF tons an ]
lgposil IN the warehouse, and he sells I
y Aat Lue manufacturers want when
men oLIers are what he considers I
IlsnL The bOOkkeeper then urorateg I
-ls money each month and RENTS 70 +.
eacn member Of the association Who I
mas wool in storage. in accordance 7
win the amount OF wool the member
The Mohair men are about the hast
organized producers in the countrv- /
me OF the reasons is that thew are
lot so many. There are less than 500
pa the United States and these 500.
-nousn scattered from OREGON TO
Texas, have not found Il difficuIt fo
--- --- VI =aAlAAa LlQn ana stick To- I
4 lner- Every member has proved a I
sucker and, unlike the orraniza-
IONS OF cotton growers and others in
ne past, nobody has yet 'fIunked-i d
.hd sold any wool outside the asso-
,iatiou.
Every grower has been Ioval. the
administration OF the association has
'een honest and the growers have {
ound thar they are realizing dollars
.oW where they realized dimes before {
ney formed their organization. ii
Easy TO Keep II ID. ID
As the growing Of Mohair wool is A 4
comparatively new industry. the Y
roWers believe that hey viii be able / 2
keep their organization in as good 4
1ape as at present. for, as new herds ,
goats are acquired, IL must neces- 6
irlly be known 70 the men now 4
be business, and they viii be able
get the new growers into the or q
anization from the very start. +
Each mans account Is kept IN ac- 2
'rdance with the weights furnished ii
the railroads. When q grower sends I hi
shipment OF wool TO the Boston r
arehouse. he sends MS bin OF Iadfnz .,
ON the railroad On this bill Of lad =
g, ne Is credited on the books OF the =,
ISOLATION with that many pounds OF n,
Dol and he is paid on this basis AMI { n
e association never Ioses any money,
2 most OF the wool comes from the h,