The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-05-27
J.F. MCCLELLAN, Printer.

dltlon of the wool is oil right, and can also
see with his own eyes that every fleece in the
lot offered him by the agent has the very
quality of fneness, lenght Of staple and
strength of fibre that he requires, that he will
nevertheless, pay no more for such lot than
for one of which he knows either nothing or
knows that it will not suit his mandatory.
| 1t is useless to waste words to show, that
from the very circumstances enumerated, that
any, that all manufacturers will pay, under
those circumstances, a fair discriminating
price. Allowing that manufacturers are
sharp and selfish, they are not fools and mad
men.
am allowed to state, that factory ofhigh
character and large capital, have resolved no
longer to buy wool unless it is presented to
them exactly under the circumstances l have
mentioned, for they have been compelled for
long period to manufacture q kind Of woot
they do not want, to their great injury, with
machinery that is fitted for superior Wool.But
they had accumulated under the old system
large stock of inferior wool, and it had to be
got rid of, feel quite sure, if my inquiries
we're further extended, l would be able to
state the same facts Of good many others.
! 1t is very certain that without a free and
frank intercourse between the agent and the
manufacturer, no sorting of fecces can be sat
isfactory. The agent must know what style
of wool the latter wants, and though he may
arrange his feeces under ever so mnay num-
bers, unless he knows how his numbers run
among the sorts of the wool stapler, his sort
ing will do but little good The fact is, the
system must work WELL because it is for the
interest of both the farmer and the manufac-
turer, cordially to cooperate.
But will the manufacturer hold free in
tercourse with the agent of the farmer? VIII
he do any thing that is for his own interests?
1t is absurd to answer the question.
| viii the farmer receive prompt pay? In
one sense, which | will explain by and by, l
hope not in another sense, Ianswer not on
| ly as prompt but far more prompt than under
the old system.
To small! extent am a wool grower my
self, and unfortunately very needy one. L
am ever puzzled to know what to do with my
wool / have waited for the wool dealer to
call, but hope deferred makcth the heart sick,
and when lie did call have sold for whatever
he chose to give. Afterwards found he had
given price which sustained his interests
better, far better, than mine.
| then undertook to sell my own wool to
the liberal wool merchants in Albany. Some
times it arrived before the market was form
ed-of course there it had to be warehouses;
and however dligent might afterwards have
been, | never could find the right time to sell
in order to secure the highest market price,
and am sorry to add, that when sold at last,
; warehouse charges, and those ct ceteras winch
are appended to accounts OF sales, conVlhcG9
me that | would have done better to have solo
even before the market price was formed
However il may have been with others, l
have ne, ur Lrrn able TO count upon the sillI"
fair Drces and prompt returns Tor my WOOL
that have been able to for my other farm
products.
who charges me one cent per pound commas
sion for selling, which covers all expenses ex-
cept insurance, and for which pay him one
quarter of one cent each three months he at
once gave me an advance of two-thlrds OF the
value of the wool, for which advance | pay
him seven per cent interest, Am gamer or
loser by the operation ? Shall | waste your
time and exhaust your patience by an absurd
argument to show that | am a gamer. L will
simply say to the farmer, that no argument is
necessary to establish this point. You are no
better than the cotton grower,and that is pre-
cisely the condition under which his cotton
is disposed of he ships his cotton and draws
his bills against it for two-thirds OF its value.
These are the very terms under which tho
manufacturer that buys your wool dlsposes OF
his wares at the commission house he employs
Nay it is the usage Of the commercial world,
settled by common experience OF the farmer
f have stated my own case, and while am
writing an instance has occurred almost under
my eve which equally illustrates the position
l have taken.
A farmer sold his wool in a neighboring
city last year for thirty cents pound. lie
has this moment just carried his wool to the
same place, clipped from the same sheep and
, every way lot of wool similar to the wool OF
last year He has driven from one end OF the
street to the other and has been offered only
twenty-four cents per pound. The market Is
NOT formed What will he do? he needs the
money; must he submit to this sacrifice, or
had he not better do as have done and en-
=, ploy commission merchant?
, viii this system give to the farmer the
highest market price for his wool Does the
! old one secure to the farmer the highest mark
-, ct price E? Let the farmers of Western n. Y.
who refused thirty-four cents for their wool,
>, and afterwards took thirty-one, or have their
clip vet on hand, answer this question.
E The market price of wool, like that of any
! other commodity, is constantly varying. The
! farmer is the last man, speaking Of them gen
erallv. to keep himself well advised otthe tiuc-
tuatons of the wool market. But allowing
that he does, is his position such and his wool
such commodity that he can with prompt
ness avail himself of every favorable change.
+ in the market? In ninety-nine cases out of
+ hundred certainly not. But if his wool is
4 lying in the warehouse of man who knows
+ all about the fluctuations of the market, and
. who contributes his full quota of influence in
fixing prices, and who is daily receiving orders
+ for wool; there it is in position most favor
= able for receiving the full benefit of any sud
= den impulse given to prices. If farmers have
been injured by the old ystem-manufactur-
). ers have not always been benefited, ! en-
f CURED the other day of a wool stapler when a
certain factory would buy their wool? The
-, r,ns G fhev will Law in their stock when-