Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-03-17
The Wool growers Convention.

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.s The wool growers Of this and surround
ing counties, held convention here upon
.the 10th inst Itwas holden according to
a-resolution passed in Springfield, Mass
in last month. Its object was to secure u
nifty Of action among the wool growers,
and to enable them to realize fair price
for their wool. This is as it should be. If
any class of men deserve fair remunera-
tion for their labor and capital. it is the
farmers. After toiling whole year, it
were gross outrage that they, through
the cunning artiicesof others, should be
defrauded Of their Just rewards.
The manufacturer, or speculator, who
win attempt "to break ground" SO as to
rob the wool grower Of fair compensation
d entitled 10 but little respect, and cannot
betreated too severely by those who have
been the dupes Of his petty arti6ces.
To this convention areport was made
: BY The firm Of Brown u Perkins, of Spring
field, Mas, which showed up manufacture
ers in no enviable light, and received the
concurrence of every wool grower in the
convention. II (the report) demonstrated,
large wooden manufacturers Of the East,
against the wool growing interest: that
there was not only q concert OF action a.
gainst the wool growers, but also against
the small manufacturers, which by their
operations help to advance the price ol
wool; that owing to the manufacturer
cheating the wool growers, they had been
enabled to make large profits, to declare
increased dividends, while the farmers
profits were reduced; that the amount paio
ior wool bore no comparison to the amount
for which the manufacturer sold cloths;-
that the manufacturer could afford to pay @
much higher rate for wool, and still make
fair profits; that manufacturers were in
the practice Of going to those who had
large focks Of sheep, buying their WOO
at q high price, and paying those from
whom they thus bought, to tell thei
neighbors that they had sold at muct
lower rate than they really had, that 9th
ers, receiving such news, and having sucf
examples before them, might sell at re
duced prices; that the late panic was tht
result Of combination on the part Of man
ufacturers, wholly uncaused by the tarif
laws; that to effect this, every failure o
ANAL manufacturing establishments, in
,duced by over dealing and want Of skill
was noised about over tho whole country
as the effect of the new tariff; cloths wer
kent out Of the market, and hands discharg
Cd or wages reduced. :.
These matters were not only stated il
the report, but were proven by Mr.. Brown
beyond oil controversy. We enow ask ho,
often the foregoing have been substantiate
BY democrats, and how often the enigh'
sned wings have denied these statepents
Wenre not going to present any reasonn
on the facts referred to; every mans con
mon sense, will enable him to cometo col
rect conclusions. The report was ne
r.,ads TO a convention Of democrats, nor
whigs; bat to q, a,conventien of wool grow
ers, irrespective Of party. Mr. Brow
We are informed, is a whig
We ask all to bear this report in min'
for the wings, in this neck Of woods, viii
by next fall, take their offidavits that II
such report was made. -S!uebenril'e Unio'