V 3P Standard-Examin- er Sunday March 27 1 983 Business Texas comers mohair indusftry i Rural ranchers help clothe fashionable in Milan Pahs New York But the Mohair Council won’t council spokesman Fred Johnson Mohair comes exclusively from be daunted by the whims of fashion and May says it plans proAngora goats — not to be mistaken with the Angora fiber that motions in Europe England comes from rabbits — and the Italy Germany and the Far East reanimals thrive in a 'Japan Taiwan and Korea buy about 25 percent of Texas mohair in from Texas as gion equidistant the equator as South Africa May and use it in men’s suits “We’re going to China this said and “Both (areas) are arid spring and Russia next fall to dehave the same brushy type of velop a new market” May said The Mohair Council anranch land” he said “They need in early February it had nounced do browse or brush they don’t we in Here tall well appointed its first national grass very have a lot of cactus and rocks spokesman former Miss USA and mesquite trees and live-oa- k Kim Dutton of Texas The 1977 trees” mofabric a pageant winner and her husband Being speciality hair is especially vulnerable to Cody Dutton raise Angora goats in Boeme the fancy of fashion designers In addition to promoting Prices have swung in recent years from a low of 30 cents a pound ranching Agriculture Commisin 1971 to a high of $510 in sioner Jim Hightower wants to 1979 The current price is about make sure the state gets its share of the mohair processing busi$240 May said anaWhen mohair slips below $2 a ness A financial marketing for the commissioner Angelo lyst pound ranchers are eligible for Piccirillo said millions of dollars federal farm subsidies May said The funds come from a tariff on are being lost because raw mohair leaves the state to be spun and imported wool and mohair and woven elsewhere not taxpayers The two wool and mohair “It’s a very fluctuating market cleaning plants in Texas can hanbecause it’s a luxury fiber” May dle about 2 million pounds a year said “It’s been paying off really — a fraction of total production well since 1976 but now it’s Piccirillo said starting to slow down” The department is working Mohair weaves into a brushy-typ- e with a group in El Paso interested fabric while the look now is in setting up a third cleaning smooth and sleek May said plant he said DALLAS (AP) — Angora goats partial to the thorny brush and arid West Texas terrain arc clothing the world's fashionable and cornering the nation’s mohair in- i I dustry for ranchers of the Ed- wards Plateau Texas’ 3000 mohair producers generate more than $ 30 million in annual mohair and goat sales — a figure dwarfed by cotton or wool standards but enough to give a boost to an economy battered by the oil slump Texas mohair accounts for 96 percent of US production and ranks second worldwide behind South Africa The ranchers of Ed-- ’ wards Plateau a ranching region covering 23 million acres have withstood 50 years of swings in fashion to establish a firm foothold in the world market Brian J May executive director of the Mohair Council of America says Texas ranchers export 98 percent of their crop and take pride in their small contribution toward improving the nation’s balance of trade Based in San Angelo the council has a $300000 annual budget four staiT members and a hefty mission promoting a tiny industry around the world May said “but we get after it" secret for “It’s the best-keTexas" May said “It’s kind of ironic these rural ranchers are producing something shown at 1 I ' ! 1 ' i pt I I Incentives I I 'From ID I I ” vjjObs for residents Grant pointed out There is also the increased ' ‘ tax base because of new buildings ''' and equipment and a need for ‘ that bring new money into the state by exporting goods or ser- to get more incentives He said the battles will get tougher in the Parkinson said Ogden takes very seriously the job of custom petitive” Rott said “If Utah vices fitting an incentive package to the perceived “worth” of a company to the community In order to service-relate- d guarantee that its incentive injobs in the area “These new employees will vestment will be repaid the city 'need somewhere to Uve so they’ll requires company officials to sign buy homes in the area” Grant legally binding agreements about v said "They’ll need food to eat so the company’s level of investthey’ll be shopping in grocery ment performance -War is a metaphor used repeat'stores they’ll need clothes to I- - wear and new cars and all sorts of edly by economic developers things like that” The net result is when talking about competition v an estimated 15 to 2 new ser-- - on a national level Western Gear d : jobs for every job executive Michael Rott agreed Z created and admitted he played one by a new basic industry Z he said Basic industries are those against another in order ' vice-relate- com-‘muni- ty future “It’s time for Utah to get com- wants to industrialize further your leaders are going to have tv realize that competition is the only way" “The state of Utah is embattled in a very competitive war” Green said He said nationwide 11000 economic development organizations — including states cities counties utilities and private organizations — are competing for a piece of the shrinking industry pie Utah’ state-levagency for corporate recruiting has an annual budget of $1 million which in- - ‘It’s kind of ironic these rural ranchers are producing something shown at ty fashion shows in Milan London Paris and New York — Brian J May fashion shows in Milan London Paris and New York" The economic contributions of the mohair industry have gained prominence now that falling oil prices have cut into the royalties Texas ranchers can earn from drilling and exploration on their land Texans will shear 17 million to 18 million pounds this year from their Angora goat herds making their crop worth about $50 million and the sale of the animals pumps another $100 million into the state economy May said South Africa meanwhile pro- duced 283 million pounds in 1987 compared with US production of 155 million pounds That compares with a nationwide 1987 cotton crop worth an estimated $45 billion according to the National Cotton Council in Memphis Tenn Texas’ share was worth about $15 billion said eludes a staff and signif- full-tim- e basic jobs have been created with the location in Utah of such Fifirms as McDonnell-Dougla- s delity Investments SPS TechnolGourmet ogies Longview Fiber a division of AT&T and other companies Sometimes even a full arsenal of economic incentives can’t convince a company to come to Utah or to a specific community in Utah the experts note “Incentives can’t buy a company” said Ed Meyer the state’s rural marketing director “It has to make economic sense for a company to come here in order for us icant amounts of travel Those efforts are augmented in Weber and Davis counties by county-lev- el economic development efforts city development personnel chambers of commerce and Metro Utah Inc which is a group of 'the state’s 11 northern counties organized into a collective recruiting network “What we have is a little tiny army with a little tiny arsenal” Green said “The only way we can succeed is by uniting forces” Through combined an efforts Green said more than 3000 new to be chosen” Parkinson and Bourn agree “Incentives can’t overcome negative aspects of a location” Parkinson said pointing out that a given community might be passed over because of its geographical location the size of its labor force or other factors that can’t be eliminated simply through incentives “Incentives cannot cause people to select an area for a location” Bourn said “Where that area doesn’t meet a company’s basic locational criteria incentives can’t cause them to locate” atvona el LAST WEEK! 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