Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-02-07

One Of ne best rapeis we have seen on tins I'M
ponAu, subject, IS given IN late number Of the
Western Farmer, from the pen OF Mr. Snow, OF
D1roit He has condensed from McCnlloch's |,
Commercial Dictionary, and other sources, much !
valuable Information, the more valuable a, thus
time, a. The subject is undergoing investigation IN
our national legislature, and Should be understood
by the people We have abridged Mr. Shows
paper, and added few facts
From the earles, sculemen, in this country, the
settled policy OF Great Britain was to proven, all
manufactures In 1899 Parlamen, declared
Nat The erecting Of nytdeiories IN the eoionirs
of America lendtd to LESSEN their dependence on
Great Britain In l7l9, the increase of the do
rnesc manufacture Of woolens excited the attention
Of the parent country and law was passed, That
no wool yarn or wooden manufacture OF their
American plantations should be shipped there, or
even laden, in order to be transported thence 10
any place whatever In 1872, report was made
bya lmm uce IN Parliament stating that in New
Englan1 y York. Connecticut Rhode Island.
Pennsylvania and Maryland, they were taking
80 the manufacture Of woolens. and recommended
tia, an early stop be pu, TO their progress. In
colonls;s made their own wooden hats; the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts was written TO- and he sta.
tel that the citizens were exporting large quaint
ties OF their hats 10 Spain, Portugal, and the Wcs
Indie. law was immediately enacted in which
the expectation of hats was forbidden under sever,
penatcs no person was allowed to make hat:
unless he had served an apprenticeship OF sever
years, and no man was allowed 10 have more thar
two apprentices at time
Up to the yrnr 1890, there was no wooden fac
tory in this country In tina, year one was put II
operation at Hartford CT; and President Wash
ingion delivered his Inaugural Address to Con
gross, IN suit of broadclo,h from this factory -
Mr Snow traces the course OF BRUSH Legislation
on this subject, from the war OF the revolution t
that Of 1872 which found MS destitute the mean
OF clothing our armies Of providing them wit
blankets and at once forced wool up TO three c
Iour dollars per H. and h,oadclohs from | o to ;
per- yssd La The 6rs eighteen months after III
peace, wooden goods 20 the amount OF sl7 10000
were thrown into the United States and Ior
Bfousham said IN Parliament, tha, 1t was wort
while 10 incur n loss upon the first expectation
in order hy the glut, 10 a,fe IN he erait, tho
raAulciorios IN the United States which the vi
hal j,gcsi into eN :stenee
From the period OF the last war, the wool'
msnuiaeiuIe and wool business OF this COUNT
has been continually but gradually increasing
magnitude In 1880 the number OF sheep W
100000 The present number exceeds q
600 600. AMI the clip Of hily millions Of pounC
The following table Will show the capital snga
cd IN growing wool IN the United States
90 oOO, 900 OF sleeps, si0 900 o.
1000 600 sefes Of land ior pasture
and hay, 100000
Csreof sheep clipping Of voOl,nd
transportation. 10000 o
Total invested IN wool growing, sl20 600
Ia sac, there we've imported into the uur
States principally from the Mediterranean a
Germany, eigh, SIS hall million pounds
wool
In $50 10th MeCalloeh ard Marshal osir
led The uumb-r Of sheep ~ Gfes, Britain q, 3
100000 Average yield pr head 5 lbs max
i6O millions Of pounds The nme year ab
80 millions d lbs were imported, u.a k,og ,he q
samFioa Tor that year sbou, 100 milic.s
pounds 10 Grea, Bu,sin The number Of 81,
seOV tao 70 each Person 10 France aud III