Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-07-27
WOOL AND WOOLENS.

1t has been a standing accusation against the
New Tariff that it did not sufficiently protect the
wool-growers ofthis country. Because a peculiar
kind of coarse wool, neither grown nor rivaled in
this country, was admitted at a low duty. it has
been roundly asserted that foreign wool was ad.
mitied at little or no duty, and the manufacturer
alone protected. The new tariff is more stringent
against the importation of wool than any former
one; and, although the importation Of the very
coarsest and poorest wool for ncgro-cloths, &c. is
permitted at a very low duty, yet the total import.
alton of wool has been far less since this Tariff
was adopted than in any previous corresponding
period for many years.
But again: While wooden fabrics are lower
now than they ever were before, Wool has ad.
uanccd fuenty,Gre per cent. This is admitted BY
the Journal of Commerce, which, in admitting,
undertakes TO confuse and sheer down the facts, as
follows:
"WooL. Among the articles which feel the
impulse of prosperity is Wool. A very large pro.
portion Of the new clip has been bought up, and
during the operation prices have advanced five to
seven cents a pound or something like twenty-five
per cent. on the prices of the Spring. Certainly
this high Tariff Of ours is a great thing for the
country. To be sure, the Tariff men brag that it
has made every thing cheaper, but they only mean
manufactured goods-not Wool-for to have a
Tariff make Wool cheaper would displease the
farmers; and it is PLAN that 1t cannot be so, for
Wool is really rising. Il took nearly a year for
the Tariff to get quite hold Of the Wool but as
soon as its influences were fairly felt, we see the
consequences. The fact is, that Wool has been
cheaper in this country than in Europe; and as
the peoples of Europe only ship to this country The
odds and ends OF things, aftcr the markets arc reg
ularly supplied, caring nothing for prices, and
rather 10 fact preferring to sell cheap for the sake
of killing our sheep, nothing but the Tariff has
prevented us from having Wool given to us, which
would have been utter ruin. But to be more SO.
Der; it is not worth while to expect that even The
Tariff will raise Wool to the prices which il has
borne in times past. The boundless Yves, is upon
ne 10 this, as IN Oil, Lead, Copper, Provision,
and Flour. Wool can be grown cheaper on The
Western prairies al a dollar and a quarter an acre,
than on The Eastern hills al ten dollars, or mead
ows at fifty or a hundred. We shall grow Wool
as we fat Pork, dig Lead, and as we shall grow
Hemp for the world. A Tariff TO protect u.
against tho West is what the farmers want The
enemy j. behind US"
The Journal is welcome to its dull jokes and il.
poor sophisms, since il admits the essential facts
That a Tasin requires some time TO make iisel
Sh in The business of the country, that wool can
no, rise 10 the high rates il once bore, since sheer
are cheaply grown on the Great Prairios Of the
West and South West, aud money ia less abun
dant and more valuable than formerly. and thai
the natural cdtet Of efficient Protection is-by
bringing the farmer and Manufactured nearer eact
olher, add thus simplifying and cheapening lheil
exchanges OF products, 20 raise the price Of Agri
cultural staples. and at the same time reduce tha
OF Manufactured fabrics, all this is well under
stood by the readers OF The Tribane. II the
Journal Of Commerce has any that il can eonfus'
OF guilty by its halffaee and small winicisms
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