Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-10-27
From The Plole, Leon and AarR.
Wool and HOellCns.

u 90! ana bO2llCns.
/ The following extract from 4 Ieucr that ha,
been communicated to Us will huye interest fy
Jour wooI.growiug readers:
"In consequence Of the great commercial cri
SIC in Europe the last year, with the poitica
Troubles Of the present, this country has beer
lillCd with Foreign gooien fabrics, Oh whicl
great sacrifices ate being made; a large portion
Of these goods belong to bankrupt estates, ans
they must be sold whether they return %. ),
or 70 cents on The dollar Of their value abroad
Very large sales Of American wooIlen pools
arc being mad. al auction iu New York, at pr
eos lar below their cost. It is perfectly sel,lcl
that there are more wouilcn goods in the coun.
Try than can BE- consumed the present wear
aud the manufacturers have wisely adopted Ihc
policy oil stopping portion Of their works. A
hard centcst has commenced between the for
eign and home manufacturers, which is sure {,
result in favor Of the latter as that the sun will
>. pursue his wonled course. Allhoughlhe money
/ pressure has lasted more Than ten months IN This
country, there have been no failures among man.
ufacturcrs, while in Europe the futures have
been for millions in the same time. These lacl.
induce me to believe that the statement made by
/ Mr.. Lawrence, of Lowell, to Mr.. Randall. was
not toe strong. viz: The business Of manurac.
turing wool ia this country is on a better basis
than ever before, nasmuch as the character
skill, and capital engaged in il are such as for.
eigu competition is delicd." This is strong Ian
ouHge to be used in a country Just starting into
life IN The cultivation of the useful arls."
/ From the foregoing il is paIpable that the wool
grower must take his share in This contest. The
low prices Of goods, and suspension of Il large
amount Of machinery, must reduce The value
/ Of wool below the cost of production. This is
a temporary state Of things, and VIC cntrcat the
wool.growers not 10 do as they have formerly
done intimcs oil depression, break up their locks
and so into something else.
"Never give up" should be the motto Of cv.
cry American when engaged in good cause.
Lei Them, on the contrary, set lhcir shoulders
TO the wheel, determined 10 take for Themselves
the protection that is needed to enable Them
10 compel the wooIlcn machinery and the men
who drive il TO come aud take thor place by the
side Of their plcws. and thus enable them to nav
for Their cloth III the spare, and now wasted. In.
Dor of themselves, their sons and daughtcrs
their horses and oxen, their carts and wagons
and IN potatoes, ana lurnips, and hay. Of which
the earth yields by tons-obtainng back from
the consumer not only the eloth but the
refuse Of The products of the earth. Ly aid Of
which their poor lands may be made rich. while
the rich ones are made richer by aid Of careful
cultivation and drainage.
OF all the abors Of the farmers. there is none
that would yield so largely as thc cultivation of
sheep, but there is none in which il is more ne.
cessary to have the consumer to tuke his place
by the side Of the producer. A steady market
for fresh meat would double the value of bis
flock but mutton is u meat that caunot be preser.
we'd. Beef, and pork, may be sailed, bat veal
and mutton must be eaten where they are kill.
ed. Let the wool.grower then offer a premium
to the mutton eaters of England, 10 come with
their machinery and sit down by him, and he
will in few years, make this country. as il
shonld be, the great wool growing, and the great
wool manufacturing, country Of the world, and
then the necessity for protection will be al an
end. Seeing what has been done. for who can
doubt that if the tariff Of 1912 had been made
the great national measure of The planters and
farmers, The production and consumption of
wool would be, even al This moment, almost
double what it is.
There is not wool-grower, nor cotton.
grower, nor corn-grower, in the country, that
would not pay towards having road made TO
enable him to get to market in less time, and at
less cost. Every man wants TO get The consul
mer as near him, in point and time of expense,
as possible, and yet The present policy of the
country, advocated by both farmers and plant
ers, is that of driving our present consumers to
the west--ihere 10 become themselves producers
and replacing them by other consumers who
are so distant that the cost of transport and ex-
change eats up The chef part Of The product Of
labor.
Every man would pay for making a road by
which TO get his produce to market there 10 lose
The manure, eThdaSting his ldRd--but when they
are advised 10 bring the market TO their sides,
that they may SdUe The manure and enrich The
land, each man calculates how much his shirt
would cost him al five cents yard, and compare
il with the six cents that he might for lime
have to pay 10 the weaver in his neishborhood,
forgetting that whenthe consumers on tho land
the land becomes enriched by his presence, be-
cause he enables the farmer 10 give his attention
10 the raising of those things of which the earth
yields largely, whereas when he is at a distance
he must be fed with those things of which the
earth yields by bushels.
Wherever there exists a market for milk, and
veal, and mutton, and eggs, and turnips, and
cabbages, farmers grow rich. Let then the far |
mer labor to seduce the consumers of those
commodities TO come and take their place by
his side, The loom and the anvil are the best |
aids 10 the labor of the plow.
OlllO.-The Barnburners in Ohio nominal. |
ed Josiah Roor as one Of Iheir elccIors. He !