Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-07-01

be effective, the collection of wool must
be large, very large, and the larger the
better, both because manufacturers will
be better accommodated, and because
that unfortunate competition which SO
ruinously depresses prices will be mcasur-
ably, if not altogether abated.
Again, the experiment is new with
you, and should be prosecuted with
caution. Under such circumstances no
sane man would add to the risk INSOFAR
able from a new undertaking, the add
tional one derived from employing an
inexperienced agent, whose mistakes
alone might jeopardize what otherwise
would be safe and sure.
There are Others who say they are
convinced of the propriety, of the plan
proposed, but prefer waiting until it can
be asccrtained chow the thing works )"
very safe course indeed, but if pursu-
ed by every body "the thing" will not
be very likely to work at all.
would venture TO urge upon every
public spirited hock-master in the state,
to patronize this undertaking to some ex-
tent this year; to as large or to as small
extent as they please, but to some extent,
and regulate their future course by the
result.
Whatever might have been said last
year in favor of the Undertook Depot,
however ably and forcibly said then,
could now be reiterated with augmented
force, in my Judgment, because, howev.
er valuable then to the Newly DIRK wool
grower this institution might have been,
it is infinitely more so now, from the
fact that large share Of the wool of
Vermont is to pass through the hands of
its agent to the wool lofts of the manu-
iacturer.
The wool growers of Western and
Eastern York can establish Depots
in connection with that at Undertook,
as the Vermont Farmers have done, or
they can take an independent course !;
but let them beware how they fritter
away the good that is otherwise attana-
bic by the erection of rival establish
ments which will be weak in the start
and assuredly can never survive the i'm
becility of infancy. Union is strength !;
the very evil we wish 10 remove is dis
union; how absurd then, not TO pursue
a course which will render the Depot
system the most efficaclous possible.
have considered the past year as one
which would most severely test the sta
bility of the Kinderhook Depot-because
the interested opposition TO it was more
active and keen than ever Gts influence
having been materially felt in some quar-
tiers -because the manufacturers who
had patronized it the previous year, per-
haps merely by way Of experiment, would
now show by their purchases whether
they were actuated by enterprise or in
terest-and because those farmers who
t had been induced to call it into being
t would now show how far their constan-
cy was to be relied on. Time had beer
e given for mere excitement to subsidt
d and for influence TO exert its powerful
y and all-controlling sway.
it But enquiries carefully made on thu
= spot, have completely removed all fear
! and misgiyings, if indeed any existed
a The quantity of wool deposited hal
: largely increased above that of the pre-
It vious year, and yet it is all sold. The
:. prices obtained have been most satislac
tory; manufacturers purchases have
V shown more their increased confidence
d in the enterprise.
k In my previous letters l had venturct
C to suggest that the division of labo
: would tend to the introduction of new
branches of manufactures, and that sucl
: a state of things would show more clear
S y the advantages and necessity of thi!
i establishment. During the past year i
r has been found that individuals startin,
S the manufacture of new fabrics have re
). sorted TO this Depot in the very outset
It to procure the peculiar style of WOO
required for their new undertakings.
IT 1t has been beneficial to some of it
If patrons, not only by obtaining excellen
i prices for their wool, but also by desig
is mating their hocks as furnishing the ami
r mails calculated to produce the kind o
t, wool which was sought after by enquir
If ing wool growers from other States.
d 1t has shown most clearly the advan
! tage which has resulted to those inteli
IS gent farmers who placed their wool in
position where it could, if necessary, b.
10 sold promptly, and yet remain undo
l. their control until full and accurate
lie knowledge of the market was obtained.
l. 1t has shown that this knowledge i
l. OF great importance, for some after hav
Is ing sold ther-wool at the Depot, hav
10 purchased from others who could no
10 be induced TO patronize it, and realize,
ID a considerable profit from the purchase.
IN In conclusion, allow me to congratu
n late you upon the improved prospects Q
p the wool market. Better prices are like
ly TO be realized this year than last. Thi
in result is in part owing to the fact tina
IN the low priced woods of South Americ
m are not likely to find their way in larg
o. quantities to this market; partly becaus
r the experiment of exporting has bee
ia fully and fairly tested. In 1915 woo