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Show TO HELP WESTERN WOOL GROWERS ,..iirf J. E. Coacriff of SalkLnke City Will Try to Improve. the 1 Industry ' The wool-producing industry of tho western states may undergo under-go a revolution in the noxt few yenrs through tho efforts of a Salt Lake financier who unfolded un-folded has plan for tho change ot an enthusiastic session of the National Woolgrowers' associa-. tion last week, says tho Salt Lako Tribune. J. E. Cosgriff, president of the Continental National bank, announced to tho woolgrowers that ho had engaged en-gaged W. T. Ritch, an expert in the Australian system of wool production, to teach tho growers of Utah, Idaho Montana and Wyoming tho system that has made Australia the foremost wo'al-producing country in the world. Mr. CosgrifE has engaged Mr. Ritch for ono year, and will pay all his 'expenses and a salary during that time. If tho results of this educational campaign prove successful, Mr. Cosgriff will probably take hi3 expert to Washington and endeavor to. gat. the co-operation of the United States department of agriculture" 4n spreading the movement to. hulopt .the iy.s:bm campletely io. rbliWeoiiiitrJ. . w '!, wool industry,." said firft$i;, Governor Frank R. Gooding of Idaho at tho woolgrowers' convention, con-vention, after Mr. Cosgriff had announced his plan. Govornor Gooding was tho leader a rising ris-ing vote of thanks tendered to Mr. Cosgriff for his interest and efforts to help the wool moh and improve an industry 'whjph is acknowledged to be behind in modern methods. Mr. Cosgriff explained that while ho was gradually giving up his active interest in the wool industry, it had been his life's work, and that he therefore there-fore had taken a great interest in it and always would. He said that while studying the in-du3try in-du3try here and abroad, he became be-came impressed with the vah'e of tho standardization of wool in Australia, and believed that such a standardization in America Ameri-ca was an urgent need. "The dream of the sheepmen for years has been an open market mar-ket for wool." eaid Mr. Cosgriff in his address to tho woolgrowers. woolgrow-ers. "It will provide, under proper conditions, a ready sale for the product and at it3 true value. There have been attempts to establish an open market before, be-fore, and they have been failures. fail-ures. And they will bo failures until we recognize that the product pro-duct must be standardized. The wool must be prepared for use at its source." Mr. Cosgriff then launched into a description of the Australian Austral-ian system. He said in part: Tho Australian has devised and established a system of standardizing wool. It must bo adopted in the United States if American woolgrowers expect to compete in the world markets with Australia and England. In this country wo have no system. Tho business is in a terrible state. Sheaungia 'done .improperly by irresponsible shearers," The wool is tramped- down into sacks so that the fleeces can never be i ''' ' ' t K mm www w. w w i ,iii twnmm ""H properly separated. Many ofvtho' M sheep after shearing look liko a H deep-i'urrowed field. The, fleece M is kicked together bvj:hc sacker, ' JM who is usually a hobo w.itha, -.' heavy boot. There is no organ-.' .' M izaLion, no standardization, no H system. jM In Australia this is done entire- ' ly bv contri&l Tho contractor M takes, charge of the sheep when M tho owner drives them into the H pens and does all the work. The M owner does not touch thewool. M There is a complete organization , M to handle it. The Bhooprfcre sH sheared properly, the fleeces M graded by experts and baled ,M right there at the source.' Whon. f the wool comc3 out of the hands f'l of tho contractor it is ready . for H use. ;H The government has establish- t fal cd tho standard grades and tho ' 1 buyer tmist accept, them. Here 'l the buyer is the arbitoi- and re-K "1 ject as many fleeces asvhe clioscSi !, There is 410 one to stand -between . iil the buyer and seller and decide "i' upon the grade of the wool. a ' Tho seller fondly hopes thnfrtho !' day the buyer comes will be a Vl bright one, so that the buyer f will not reject so many fkeces. -'il Mr. Ritch is now in Australia, t k where hq has been for the past ' i;H two years, collecting data and .' familiarizing himself with the j latest developments of the A us- 11 tralian system. He will be here . iH in, March and I proposo tQ have tH hlni address meatings of sheep- 4 l I men throughout Utah, Idaho, 1 Montana tind Wyon?tno JBii '' Will tell the aheepmA f ,H optrata; the AuraliaA i-!;i how to-do 'it themservoaWr ' V.?H hope thus to go to the rpot.of jl the evil ip the wool busines.i and "'' '4jH build a new foundation forbet- "11 ter sheep, better Wool and better '' mutton. The government should con- 'fk duct this experiment. But som'e- . . '''-H one has to start the thing and I 'fl feel that I want to try to do i'l something for the wool industry. ,'H I believe that if my experiment 'H proves successful tho govern- 'iH mtint will see its importance and ' H take the matter up.' .H Certain interests will bitterly lfl oppose the attempt to. introduce lH this sysem. I expect that. But H the man who says that the Aua- H tralian system cannot succeed r H in this country is tho man who ,H doesn't want it to succeed. I L H hone to have tho cn.nnprntinh nf the National Wool Warehouse -11 company in this project. It must ' H be started generally when it is H done. It cannot bedone-in one H locality with success. It must jH be generally adopted. But- Mr. v fH Ritch will endeavor to make his , fH plans so that it, will be generally iH adopted, and I believe that after he has imparted his expert H knowledge of the system to the. lol sheepmen, it will not be diffiicult 9M to get them to take it up. I hopo ' SBfl that some day the wool industry IPa will look back to this as the llll turning point in the business in B this country. $$ Oscar Lunt secured-the con- W'$ tract for laying a new floor' in J'; )$$( tho north lower room of the B; ' f' F. Knell block, which will $q . ;,' M ready for occupancy withinf tHiy ' next week or two. It aifords.a' m 0&. very desirable .location, for a gm Si small or medium sized business M WW& of any- kind. ' ''u ;, ' fjjjm |