The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-05-20
BRANDON, Thursday, May 20, 184z


d sorting wool, not only as to its quality am
: the condition Of the fleece, but also as to style
C and undoubtedly both would be willing t.
~ pay Il trihe more per lb.-a trhe it is true
t but success often depends upon trilieS
: The stapers of satinet factories and othe1
, manufacturers Of coarse fabrics, frequently
collect large stocks of wool of a quality used
only by the manufacturers Of broadcloths,-
Yet for this superior wool no more has been
paid by the satinet makers than for that OF
inferior quality, which is perfectly well adapt
ed to his purpose | have before me the evil
dence of one case, where an advance Of 20
cents per Id. was obtained by manufacture
of satnets, for wool of a quality too good for
his purposes. So also the makers Of mousse
lin de LANES, purchase large quantities ofwool
in order to select from it only that which has
pose the residue is disposed Of to others A
company can be named who annually use 200,
600 lbs, Of mousselin de lame wool, and yet
buy $4,000 lbs. to select from.
Those manufacturers that require the best
and the finest wool for their goods, are COM
PEELED, under the existing practice, to buy
large quantities Of wool unsuited to theirpur-
pose. An establishment can be named that
obtained, and which they will gladly return
to the farmer at cost. The AIddlesex Com
pany use annually one million pounds Of wool
what then must be the amount ofsurpus wool
purchased by them?
A Vermont manufacturer of Broadcoths
purchased lot of wool in Dutchess county
among it was some wool brought from hi
own immediate ncighbors, and which he could
have purchased before it left home if it had
suited his style Of goods, without paying a
price for it enhanced by the profits of two
factors, through whose hands it had passed, |
and the expense, and the trouble Of the jour
ney to Dutchess county and back. The man
utacturer must be paid for this useless en-
ployment Of his capital. He is paid, even
though unwittingy; he is paid by the flock
master.
| have collected numerous facts to sustain
the position | have tlken, but one has recent
ly come under my notice so conclusive that
select it in preference to others for this pur-
pose A lot Of wool, amounting to several
pounds, was put up in the manner
Of, in 1914 but was not sold till !
1915, and was then sold without being sorted
The clip Of the same flock for 1915 was put up
as it ought to be, and was also sold-but sort
ed few hundred pounds Of the coarser flee
res, amounting to LILO of the quantity put up
in 1874, being separated. Both lots were
ceansed by the same manufacturer, in all re-
Spects under the same circumstances, except
as | have mentioned, and yet the last lot
brought 10 cents per lb. more than the former.
Both lots were stapled and clcansed, and the
real value Of each determined by the manu-
acturer under circumstances which leave no
loubt that the truth was fully and fairly as
,ertaincd and stated.
Those who take short sighted views of
Kings, may not see fully and clearly the in
urious consequences Of the evil here pointed
,ut. They may say that under the present
ystem, quite as much if not more wool Is
purchased by the manufacturer than would
)e purchased under any other system; and if
me class of manufacturers accumulate large
tocks Of wool that they do not want they can
ell them to others who do. All this is unde-
liable. But the manufacturers no more de-
ire to be wool-merchants than they desire to ,
'e wool growers, and thus acquire themselves !
he united profits of the furmer,the merchant
nd the manufacturer.
The history Of Commerce shows that with ,
ow exceptions, this tumble of different pur- q
uits is fatal to prosperity. 1.-THE manufacture :
r., by the force of circumstances,is, neverhe :
ess, compelled to some cXtent to pursue this !
curse, he will not transfer an accumulation =,
f. to him, useless wool, TO a brother manufac-
urer, without a profit, and whatever that
roft may be, it is 50 much distracted from
he profit Of the wool-grower.
Again: Whatever retards the prosperity y
f the WOODEN factories, abatcs measurabIy the =,
rofts of the iock-master, and among the va !,
ious hindranCes to the growth and extension "