Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-17 | Page 12 | Woolmen Are to be Given Aid

WOOLMEN ARE TO BE GIVEN AID Salt Lake Jan. 17. The wool-producing industry of the western states may undergo a revolution in the next few years through the efforts of a Salt Lake financier who unfolded a plan for the change to an enthusiastic session of the National Woolgrowers' association yesterday J. E. Cosgriff, president of the Continental National bank, announced to the woolgrowers that he had engaged W. T Rltch, an expert in the Australian system of wool production, to teach the growers of Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming Wyo-ming the svstem that has made Australia Aus-tralia the ' foremost wool-producing country in the world. Mr. Cosgriff has engaged Mr. Ritch for one year, and will pay all his expenses ex-penses and a salary during that time. If the results of this educational campaign cam-paign proves successful, Mr. Cosgriff will probably take his expert to Washington Wash-ington and endeavor to get the cooperation co-operation of the United States department depart-ment of agriculture in spreading the movement to adopt the system completely com-pletely in this country. It is the best thing that any indi- vidual hag ever done for the wool ln-j dustry," said former Governor Frank i w oolfrrowers' convention, after Mr R. Gooding of Idaho yesterday at the Cosgriff had announced his plan Gov ernor Gooding was the leaJer in a rising vote of thanks tendered to Mr. Cosgriff for his interest and efforts to help the wool men and improve the Industry which is acknowledged to be behind in modern methods. Mr Cosgriff explained that while he was gradually giving up his active interest in-terest in the wool Industry, it had been his life's work, and that he therefore had taken a great interest in it and still would. He said that while studying the Industry here and abroad he became impressed with the value of the standardization of wool In Australia, and belieed that sue ha standardization In America was an urgent need. "The dream of the sheepmen for y ears has been an open market for j wool," said Mr. Cosgriff in his address to the woolgrowers yesterday afternoon. after-noon. "It will provide, under proper conditions, a ready sale for the prod I net and at its true value There have been attempts to establish an open market before, and they have been failures. And they will be failures until vve recognize that the product must be standardized The wool must be prepared for use at Its source."