The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-07-15

quarter blood Mermos. There is reddish APP
pearance about this wool, produced by the African
sands, which is easily washed out There can be
but little waste to this woo-much less than in the
unwashed South American wool.
Sd, Bengazi wOo-is very similar TO tie last
rather finer and shorter and is grown in the north
of Africa, probably in Barca and Tripoli.
The several specimens of African wool which
we have on our table, are pretty much alike, none
inferior TO, hut rather better than our common wool
rather cleaner except the slight tnge from the
sand of which we have spUken-may be cleansed
by washing, and fit TO he made into lnnnes, coarse
Woulens, Blankets and Sainelis.
Alb, Crmea wool-grown in the South of Rus
sin, and imported from Crmea, OH the north side
of the Black Seas coarse, poor stuff, so far as
we have been able 10 obtain specimens and to
our knowledge cannot he said to compete directly
with any kind of wool commonly gown in tia
u. S.
5ih, Calcutta wool--srOwn in llindostan is a.
bout as coarse as the Crimea, but rather shorter.
These are the ouly kinds of imported woods which
we have seen that cannot be grown in the United
States, and against which our wool growers do not
demand positive protection by at least duty of
fifty per cent on the foreign involve.
The Mestigo was the finest kind we spoke Of last
week, and is from hocks improved by cross with
The Mcrno or Sayony sheep. SHperfae .Herino
South american wooi, all selected ,Reeccs almost
entirety frcefrom dirt, sold for thirteen cents PEI
ID. at The same sale, which took place on the 18th
of last month, This wool was fairly imported du-
In free. Now we ask any candid man if our far
mers must not Immediately abandon sheep. hus-
bandry, when all kinds of wool, from The super
fine selected Mcrino, including all the intermediate
grades down to the co0rsest Bucnos Ayrcs wool,
can be imported aud sold in the creates, market in
the United States for prices ranging from 3 l2 cts.
TO thirteen cents per h. lf is true, us we have
been informed, by an extensive importer Of these
very woOfs (who has several correspondents in
South America engaged in wool growing, and
whose statement is based on their opnion,) that
100 sheep III south America can be raised rs cheap
MS ten in New England then they NAV as well sell
Their superlinc Mcrino there for cents per h. as
we ours for 20 cents
By this ii will be seen that it is entirely out of
the question for our farmers TO live moment if
the policy of the wings be carried out, Our far
mcrs say that nothing less than 40 cents per pound
will afford them Il fair compensation for their WOOL
What, then, can they expect il, selected Aeeccs Of
country and sold for THIRTEEN CENTS per
round What can they expect but that their
wool will be as i, now is always on their hlndsWil
the manufacturers buy their wool and pay ovcl
twcniy-fve,ccnts for it,whcn they can purchase as
good for fifteen cents And do not the farmers see
that If the wing policy he carried out-,hot isa high
tariff on foreign wooens and foreign wool I'M
ported duty free, the entire market is given
TO the manufacturers that they can keep out the
foreign manufactured article import the raw
malcrial, and thus COMpELL the wool grower
to sell his WOOL aud purchase their wolcns Al
whatever prices they may please 10 put upon thcnl'
Can the farmer stand this Can he live Il day
No, it is idle TO think Of it, The policy and course
to be pclsucd, is for the farmers to rouse them
selves and put a stop to this wing policy, where it
is! Every step that it advances is on their ruin,
their unconditional and absolute ruin.
Our annual product of wool is just about equal
TO our annual consumption, and under a jHSthrW
giving the Turner an ClUal protection with our
manufacturers, shccp-husbandry would expand C.
Qually with our manuclctalics, and the farmer crow
rich equally fast
This is The democratic doctrine, Let the lar
mcr have his Iights-giyc him equal protection.
We cannot hut hope that the people of Yer
mont, will give this subject its due consideration
before it is to late