The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-24
From The Wool Grower.


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Shall sell nv wool at home? or shall seud
it to an eastern commission merchant TO be
sold for me2 lie very naturally decides on
first trying the home market, and proceeds,
selling his wool ii home lol several years.
IN the mean lime be hears of persons who
gel much higher prices IN the eastern market.
The time for sheating his sheep again arrives,
he is offered n cents per pound iorhls wool,
but he is determined to ctapge his plan, and
consigns il to an eastern commission mer-
chant, who in reply acknowledges the receP-
ton ol GOO pounds of medium graded wool.
lie holds ON sill October, when he effects
sale lor 81 cents per pound, al SIX months
time. The Wool has therefore sold for SiS2,
But certain charges have to come out OF that
sum, and the balance will be due on The isl
of April. Freight Sll; commission, . per
cent on the amount ofsale, 50 60; insurance
10 cents, which amounts 10 S2l. These
charges taken from the amount for which The
wool was sold, leaves Sill. The woOl
grower could hn,e obtained $l62 on the lst
Of June. lie seems, therefore, 10 have made
50 by sending his wool east; but this Is an
error, he is deprived Of the use oI the Sl6@,
which ho could have obtained on the lst of
june from that time to the ls' OF April,
which is ten months. At The rate Of q per
cent per anDum, the interest would be SS 10;
which would leave him 80 cents of specuIa-
lion But after paying the postage OF lew
letters to and from his eastern hiend, and the
freight on his wool sacks, if he wishes lhcm
rlturled, he will be compelled touse She word
MINIS.
Being acquainted with the ways OF the com
mctcia world, and learning, for the first time,
That commission merchant thought ii per.
ilectly fair dealing TO use his money for six
months, without paying him an equivalent,
he returns ic the old plan ofselling at home.
It he works and puts up his "ool with pecu-
liar care, he gets no adequate compensation
for his trouble, and the lighter weight of his
wool, lie sees his wool pass ntu The hetero.
gereous mass Of other woods Of inferior con"
dlinn, which have accumulated in tho hands
OF the purchaser. This state Of things pros
duces carelessness in the mode Of washing
and preparing wool for market; only as much
attention being paid 10 the SUBJECT as might
be thought necessary TO sccuFo the best
price al home. This is uuo account Of
the cause of the policy which now governs
many of the smaller wool growers. They
know very well that dirt aud gum are not
wool, thoy have an idea in their heads,
that they can only get fair price fol- their
wool, by receiving pay fer these substances
as wool, The manufacturer can determine
with good dea! ofaceuracy what amount OF
gum aud dirt is contained IN given lot OF
WOOL and ifhe concludes to purchase, places
his figures sufficiently low, TO pay hlm for
washing, and 10 have the clean wool at q
moderate price. Who is lhe loser, ,tho man
uhcturer or the wool grower? Suppose a
wool grower to sell 600 pounds IT wool, in
such n condition that il VIII lose 40 per cent.
in cleansing, there is therefore 240 pounds OF
gun and dirt in Ihe wool. This amount is
not onIy deducted from the weight of his
wool, bu! the freight on it from bis residence
to the manufactures If he is a western wool
grower, and his wool Should be sent 10 an
jeas'em manufacturer, the freight will amount
TO $l,2O for the gum aud dirt The wool
grower might therefore as we'll put a few
stones in the mouth Of his sucks, and pay
freight on them from west to the east lle
who suppo5es he can deceive q manufacturer
and sell him dir! for wool is himself deceived
The western purchaser is compelled 10
buy wool at price which will enable him to
sell il 10 manufacturers al profit: that this
is 10 be done is proved by the fact that wes-
tern purchasers conlnne in the business
+ =, ,bo a,,I Io q is E,r
and the freight on them has 10 be paid, either
idirorIly;or indirectly, by The wool grower, he is
the loser How is this unpr oGable evil 10
find remedy? answer, by The wool grow
er exercising good common sense. Let them
wash their wool clean and shear it MS soon
as dry, and then hold on with unyicldng
frmnes ill they get fair price. This poll
ley would bring the wool gradually into mar,
'ket, which would have great effect in so~
curing a good price. Many Of the wool
growers say they have not the ability 10 hold
on; they are under the necessity Of selling.
This is mistake; the laws Of necessity and
ability are hard o fix at a given point These
same men can, and do, bold on to their wheat,
for Q aud 10 months, Cor the purpose of OBJ
laning good price, Why not pursue the
same policy with their wool? If they can
not get fair price at home, let them place
their wool in a depot, where they will be
properly graded and sold to the best advan-
taae.
On the present system, q great deal Of
wool is put up in dirty cordIion, and burr
rcd into market by the wool growers, with as
much celebrity as they pass ofbiIls on bank,
which they expect soon to breuk. When
shea ring time arrives, the country swarms
with woIl speculators, who read letters from
eastern wto' commission merchants, full Of
doubts and uncertainty az to the continuance
Of present prces--a decline is expected
are said to talk Of quitting hus-
inc ss, because the prices Of wooden goods
are not in proportion TO the raw material
panic-mongers are busy deGuc,ons are
made for gum and dirt--and low prices are
obtained through fear ofless. When tho wool
is all purchased, the course Of things goes on
as usual, 'ttl The next wool season arrives,
when tho same farce is acted over again.
would say 10 my brother wool growers,
do not be in hurry TO sell y6nrwool, unless
you know that yon are getting good prices
Fifty millions Of pounds Of wool thrown into
the market, in the course Of few weeks
must produce depression Lei ii 60 forward
gradually, and the manufactures will be bet.
ter able TO pay for il, and you will gel better
prices. W.F.
SALINvILLE Ofic, Nav Goth, 1859
Bath.ng ia the Dcasd Sea.
About six o'clock in the morning reached
the shore was dcsirous Of ascertainng
The truth Of The assertion that nothing sinks