The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-12
For the People, Pro-.
PROSPECTS OF TRADE

head that you call the attention of &C.,. ''
ders TO the opinion OF one or ,vn d;. .:a'
guished gentlemen in Boston, and The I E%:
tor of the Troy Wing, and in the course ~
your remarks invite the opinion of s W
respecting the price of wool, whe,be, /.
thinks "good fine wool will hot fetch an -
81 cts. next clipl" asking further whs,S
ne "can leave the tags of South Americ,
long enough 10 decided
As the above initials range in the sam,
order 10 those Of my name, I will adyaocs
some OF my views on the subject. Bn, n
the mem time, | canno, we'll leave on, If
mind and notice the immense importa,ioo,
OF coarse wool that constantly food our mar.
kets.
AS for good fine ,coOl bearing from 80 To-
"a cents next clip, il Is my desire and
wish that all wool growers of Vermont mich,
be so happily disappointed US To- obtain
higher price. But as things now appea,
cannot fatter, that we shall be able 10 use
a scale Of figures higher than 25 Is % fora
mulliplier TO give US the amount of cash ,ha,
We shall receive for wool through the first
hall of the season. | for one would like 10
secure thirty cents per pound for mine,and
am ready TO contract al that price 10 be de-.
livered in good order. And If you should
not, sir, be fortunate enough TO obtain more
than 80 cents for yours. there will be fall.
ing off Of just two cents per pound from
what was Informed you obtained last year.
Now if | could place as much confidence
| 4 fhl,p nd H. -
Press did in 1910, in the Overlooking wing
administration that was about coming into
power should say at once, that q ew, stea.
dy and united people were about TO admin.
lister the Government. confidence will i'm.
mediately be restored, and we are going to
obtain better prices for our wool.
Provided that should be the case, a rise Of
US as good prices as we obtained in 1910.
AT any rate in progression the the bank
rupt act is repealed. the subtreasury is ind.
recily in operation and things now stand
pretty much as they did IN 1910. Fearing
that your readers may judge that am in
hopes exuliing high,l will merely add that
am not just al present looking for 1.-TWO dol.
lars PEI day and roast beef"
Mos, readers il they take into considera.
lion your general remarks from time 10
time, would naturally suppose that yon wero
highly fa,tered with the new administration.
that will soon be established, If your predic.
lions had not as often turned out bubbles, for
scarce a number Of the Peoples Press since
the campaign of 1910 has been issued but
what some portion has been occupied in tel.
ling US that We were at the foot of the hill
and an onward march must be ascending
into higher, purer atmosphere. where we
might depend on better prices for our wool.
say iuool only for tina, has been the editors
theme, and surely if he does not possess q
small share Of the organ Of selhstness ! am
sure he does possess flock Of good fine
wooded sheep.
Our difficulty Us 10 the rise Of fine wool
will be. that great quantities ofcoarso for
eign, are crowded into our mar ;e,s and sold
at low rates. Supposing that fine wool was
admitted duty free we should no, have tho
competition in that article that We do have
in coarse wool 70 the plain reason that !,
cannot be grown in foreign countries, pay
sold here for 25 or 80 cts. 1t is the COM
mon argument by yourself and others inter
es,ed in manufacturing that coarse wool
does not come in competition with our wool
because, you say, the consumption OF low
priced foreign wool is confined 10 carpets.
baizes, Kentucky james, coarse blankets, and
negro cloths. Now in illustration oflhe ~
gument we might as well say that large
abundance Of coarse grain and straw in this
vicinity would not have any effect on the
price Of wheat or hay. Now ! say that this
cheap foreign wool Of which there is a con-
slant increase from year TO year and IN
lS4l, according TO the statement Of imports
from the Secretary of the Treasury WIS
fourteen millions four hundred and nine
thousand seven hyndred and sixty four
poands this mus, in some degree take The
place Of our own wool.
Would not all Of our coarse wcol be Sc
lected and manufactured into the above a.
t,clcs, if the country was not fooled with
these cheap woolsl Surprising the duty
which is now only FIVE per cent. or about
mills per pound be raised to two or three
cents per pound, would it not have mu-
tual effect on the price Of our wool say
it would. Then If SO il is these Tags
that effects the farmers Of Vermont for II our
coarse wool advanced in price our fine WOOL
would as certainly advance.
1t may be well TO state tina, all the wool
imported in ls4l valued above 8 cents ana
paying duty did not amount 10 only oso'-
646 pounds and we should bear in mind mat
our tariff had run very low at this Time.
Perhaps one reason why some Of on,
northern men are willing that coarse wool
shall be admitted at little or no duty IS De-
cause they are attached directly to the man
,faciuring interest, and others 10 uphold ono
IF our Vermont Senators who voted asains'
'aising the duty on that article above D per
i. Ii is quite clear that il the Represent
ives Of our wool districts say that three
Mills per pound is sufficient protection 10,
he farmers of Vermont. the southern anu
'ther disinterested State will not force q
higher duty on Us.