Evening star., 1923-04-05
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
IN WOOL INDUSTRY
Woolen Company's Amazing
Production Records Great
Boon to Sheep Raisers.
BY j. @. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NE" YORK, April 5.-Every spindL
and every loom of the American
Woolen Company, the greatest pro
ducer of wooden goods in the worl
is in operation today.
For the first time in its history tn
company Is operating plants in vari
Gus sections of the country at 10
per cent capacity and pressure 70
cloth Is so great that within ten day
1t Is probable that some mills will b
operated at night.
AS a resul of conditions, OF whicl
the position of the leading manufac
turer is Indicative. about 10 to 3 pc
cent more wool will be produced l.
this country in the next year than II
the last and sheep herds will increas
nearly 20 per cent. Unborn lambs ar
being contracted for in the west to
day at $3.50 each Wool prices ar
over 100 per cent above the low
points of 1921 and mutton prices ar
over 40 per cent higher than in tina
period of depression.
Growers Plan Larger Operations.
Losses of sheep growers in the leaI
years-and they were heavy-prac
tically Will be recouped before tn
spring wool clip is disposed of an,
growers are planning to strike ou
for new and wider profits. Addition
al confidence has been given the woo
growers by the successful operation
OF pools and cooperative marketing
methods Moreover. the sheepmel
have learned the lesson of econom
ical production methods.
You cannot herd sheep from a
automobile" was the way one of tn
largest Wyoming growers eXpresse,
II TO the writer, and production cost
Will be kept at the lowest possibl
mark this year.
Farmers Will Raise More sheep.
The increase in sheep population
will not be confined to the range dis
tricts of the west, however. Thou
sands of farmers throughout tn,
southern, middle and eastern state
are adding from five to twenty sheel
to their live stock holdings this year
As a result of the keen demand, /
is expected that some manufacturer
will advance prices on fall heavy
weight lines, which have been with
drawn from the market since the an
nouncement of opening prices earlie
in the year. These advances will
probably affect duplicate business ant
recorders for deliveries throughou
July, August and September. Accoun
will be taken in these increases of tn.
the higher cost of raw wool.
Plan Aid to Grain Growers.
Efforts to secure for grain grower
a higher price for their products ar
expected to result in the calling b,
Gov. Preus of Minnesota of a confer
ence of governors of grain growinI
states to meet in Chicago May /. a
that meeting it is expected that sySte
matte efforts will be inaugurated [,
curtail wheat acreage to poin
which would cut surplus above do
mestic consumption to a minimum.
Automobile Prices Discussed.
Officials of the Olds Motor Work
declared today that Information giveI
out by the Detroit sales agents abou
lied. In common with other manu-
facturerS they said the matter o
higher prices had been discussed, bu
the company has taken no official &C
ton. Other manufacturers still arr
anxiouSly sounding j m n
throughout the country as to pric'
advances.
Ford is now well into the thir>
teenth month in which sales of carr
and trucks has exceeded 100000 We.
hicles Total Ford production to dat'
exceeds 7,270.000 cars, yet dealer
stocks throughout the country arr
practically exhausted. Contracts havt
just been signed by three Cleveland
shippers to furnish the Ford plant
River Rouge with 100000 tons of iroI
ore. Although the lake navigation
season will open late to upper port
this season ore shippers hope to NOV
between 55,000,000 and 60,000,000 tom
of ore before next winter.
Copyright. 1929