The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-06-15
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Boston Atlas.

From the Boston Atlas
Wool GROWERS AND WOODEN MANUFAc-
TUREs.-As the time for the new clip of wool
approaches, it may be interesting to some to
inquire, into the cause of It's present low price,
and how it can be remedied.
Local causes, such as the scarcity OF fodder
in certain districts, and the protracted winter,
have led TO the slaughtcring of great numbers
of sheep, but many more we fear have been in
duced to reduce their flcckS, from the feeling
that there will not be at present any rise. The
origin of the difficulty is seldom discovered,
consequently the remedies proposed must be
wholly useless. The real causes are the same
as those that affect iniuriously the wooden man.
ufacture. The price, as We cannot export, de-
ponds altogether on the home demand, and
causes an immediate fall.
Heretofore the wool growers having been
more numerous and less united, have left the
manufacturers that the movement was made
which brought about the protection laws of
1928, and it has been they who have since en-
deayored to have them carried out. Ii was
the manufacturers who seized the goods year
ago, and carried on the prosecutions against
the smugglers,it is the manufacturers who are
now looked to for the prospects of business for
the ensuing year, for favorable adjustment of
the tariff, if it be brought up at the approach
ing session of Congress, or for any plans pro-
jected for enforcing the present system.
Isthis just! Is it fair that the interest which,
in point of value hardly compares with that
the wool, should be thus forced to take this
stand in order toprotect itself? Is it not rather
the part of the farmers to come forward and
insist on the measures intended for our COM
mon protectionl
There are in the United States about 1850
SETS of wooden machinery, costing $4,000
each, which make the whole capital invested
sheep was estimated three years ago, and it
cannot be less now, to be 100000. The
average value of land necessary for their sup
port is not less than $40 per head, which makes
the sum of one hundred and fifty millions of
dollars invested in wool growing; more than
nine times the whole amount invested in man.
ufactures. Which is the most interested then
to search out the frauds of the foreign agents,
to investigate the methods of undertaking., of
introducing woolens under the name of .wors.
ted, mixed with silk or cotton, and the prac-
tice of conniving with the officers of the reve-
nue. to make partial examinations or no EXAM
ination at alll Here lays the hidden cause that
has had great effect in bringing the business
to its present low ebb, that has crushed the
manufacturer, cut off the demand for wool and
driven it down to its present low price. Its
the putting stop to these to which all must
look for their remedy.
1t would have been a great benefit to the
country if Congress had passed Mr.. Adams
bill of the last session for the better collection
Of the revenue, though there are some clauses
mi, IN, which may be Objectionable. 1t would
nave saved an immense amount of revenue
now lost, and have encouraged domestic rath.