Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20
WOOL.

induiged IN as 10 the probable prices OF
the incoming clip. We are not prepared
TO give any precise quotations at which
the market is likely 10 open bat we are
eusb.ed 10 assure our readers thai prices
will rue considerably-very considerably
-loytt than las, year.
At this time in 1853 a very large
amount Of the wool clip was engaged on
tho shcep's b,ck--specula'ors having
bought il up thus in advance; this year
but lille Of This, If any, has been done.
The whole clip will therefore now come
upon the market Last year the supply
"l the previous season was exhausted, and
manuiac urcrs were eager buyers from the
start this year there is considerable stock
over.-enough 10 last the manufacturers
until the new clip seeks purchasers. The
present clip, moreover, is much aIger
Than any that has proceeded il. The high
prices prevailing last year having induced
farmers 10 save all The sheep lhey could.
All these facts tend 10 a depression Of
prices,
/ In addition TO this, there has been since
last year material decline in the price Of
woolen fabrics, an accumulated stock of
goods on hands, a decline Of about 20 per
cent, IN the pIice Of wool in England. and
s'ill tending dOwnw?rd, heavy import of
ioolen manufactures, and constantly
increasing use of cotton along with wool,
/ by manufacturers, Besides all this it is
generally thought that the first effect of
The war in Europe will be TO precipila e
large quantities of European woollen
fabrics on the American markets, and iflhis
should be the case, this, of self, must be
sufficient to have os depressing an effect
on the value of the present clip as all other
causes combined
The prices now prevalingin the eastern
markets are from 10 10 IL cents a pound
less than this time last season, and quota
tons still look downward. Money also is
scorce,and buyers, it may be presumed, will
not take hold except at prices that will be
perfectly safe, on q downward market,
WI h probability Of European revulsion,
and money worth from 10 per cent, 3
month.
Taking all things into consideration,
therefore, the conclusion seems unavoida-
bic that prices must rule much below
last yeaT; but how much it is not safe to
say. We know what are he views of the
buyers, but will not mention them; we
only give such facts as are known, and
leave 10 those interested the task of wor-
king out the figures.
According 10 the Census, the quantity
of Wool raised in the United States in
1850, was 52,7S9,l74 lbs; Of which the
chief producing States were
/ New York, lbs. l0,071,301
Ohio, lOls3,37l
Pennsylvania, 4,l81,37l
Vermont, 3,400795
Virginia, 2,S60,795
There were in the United States, 1858
woolen manufactures, with capital o
$23, $50. In these were used 7O,s52,
500 lbs. of wool, partly imported and
22,67S males and 1854 females were
employed. The manufactured products
were worth $43,207, ,555.
The value of woolen goods imported
into the United States in 1853, exceeded
$29, 100000.
MORALS AT WAsHINGroN.-The Wash
, ington correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald, "Otsego'' has the following ref
erences to vice that has almost becomes
t feature in the society of the Nationa
METROPOLIS -
Speaking of gambling-I will say il
this connection, that this ruinous vice o
!, habit generally prevails in Washington
in priva rooms and club-houses in ho
tel and grog-shops, as we'll as in elegan
and attractive "Gamblng Saloons" wEer
good eating, drinking and smoking ar
gratuitousEy furnished the customers-an
4 in 'Hells' less seductive, scattered al
, over the city, tens and hundreds of Con
gressmen and others have been irredeem
ably ruined in these infernol holes-tirs
&. visited as a matter of curiosity, they ar
S astonished to find men there earnestly All
sorbed in gambling, whose characters t
the public eye are unspoued. Champagne
; oysters, canvass-backs, terrapins, an'
every variety of choice eatables and drink
n ables, are spread out in profuse and grs
e tuitous attlactiveness. They eat, drin
) and then 'only gamble i'.e,' SO as nc
r 10 appear mean, and from this beginning
0 fortunes are squandered. morals corrupt
d ed-h 'me and its blessed influence ceas
e to at ract, and degradation of men an
r dessolation of their family circles are tn
c 'Gnaity.'"
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- The Oswego Times say: There is
y, larger loc ! demand in this market to
= -four and grain than ever before known
- and it is a remarkable feature, that th
: prices of -four and wheat are actual
:, highar than in the New York marke
II With the exception of u few parcels {
d., wheat sold to mllers on the Hudson, ii,
l. sales of -four and wheat have been mad
O for the interior markets Of the Slate, an
o domestic consumption. These fac
l. prove an unusual scarcity in this State
a and that The ordinary supplies have bee
exhausted. From present indication til
flour and grain Of the last crop, TO com
forward, will be worth moro in this markt
than on the seaboard." asat @
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