New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-22

srd N.v;ysi;on f- 1885 page e2e). Tho ssme ysu -
exrorted 3. sss pounds, worth So, ,sc2; whichs q
tie more than 81 ic. pound. lSee same report pen
III This shows that we import cAeop snd cApot Nh
priced woods In the light Of these hgur'e, what b.
comes OF the pretence that require fine wco~ dzy
free-wh.n we do DO, buy but sen fine woois
OF the 50 ESQ pounds exported, we sent 70 Englssl
81 243 pounds worth els, ,36J, which - 3Ic. snc ms
!. nonpd-,be same year we imported from EagIsbf
972 434 pounds worth S15s, ,oHwhich rs lc4c' Apeant
lsee page 10 If the report.) tm.
From the English wool We must make coarse ehtk,
and Fpclsnd rnakes fine cloth from our tne wool.
The manufacturer of coarse cloth Will gfessy pfsdf
for rkilc by taking of the duty.
This conpiry now produces more than 30oWM
mounds of wool snnualy-mostly hne; New.fot
produces over nineteen per cent OF me "hoe eneu4s
Ohio about the propotion ana these ,wo stsi<s
with Pennsylvania, produce about one nan on "
whole quantity see Compendm N L. ,. census -
1850. %. I'M This il nearly all fine wool. ine v2
of Cincinnati is worth IS cents pound zee rsexL
Office Report-Agricultursl- 1893, p. seFl. SOD
the Western woos-Chicago wool beng a. 80 cers<
lsee 2. 4s4 Full examinations VIII show tna' ef
country produces fRs wool and Imports coarse VOL
Look at pages 226 ard 227 OF Report on tonnsses
ard Navigation for 1885, and see that we import ta
counties that produce cheap WOOL From lurkgh
Asia 4,26l, $50 pounds, vt little over y cent
pound. From Buenos Ayres 5,se6,969 ponnds, atA
than II cents per pound. of Sermsn "vos
buy fpm Hamburg 23,97l pounds, for less than =
cent- pound from Bremen IS, 800 pounds, for ee.
tween 9 and 10 cents a pound. These figures mus
be conclusive as 20 the quality OF the wool we import
Manufacturers like other men, work for pay; aud
coarse cloths pay she American manufacturer better
than tine cloths so they up all the coarse wooiwe
produce and import some 1s,O00,0oo OF pounds De-
side; while they do not buy oil the fine woos we pro
luce but drive to sending some OF 4 to Engiand az
other countries where labor and skill are cheaper than
in the United States. What can be thf effect upco
our wool growers OF taking oil the duty OF 80 per cent
now levied on foreign WOOL but to reduce the pce OF
our domestic wool The manufacturer can certainly
IMPORT cheaper, and we must sell cheaper, or he VIII
,oIou more and buy less of Us. Can our WOOL
rowers submit to any reduction in the price OF their
wooli No branch OF farming now pays 30 poorly az
wool.crowipg. The prices of all kinds OF gram and
meal and of the products of the dairy, have 7sen IRON
co TO 100 per cent within the last Ten yeas "nne Sse
rice of wool has remained stationary or itilen. Inc
MY reason why wool is now produced az the prces II
els for is, we have the focks on hand, aud msey
wears and much pains and skill having been devoted
to the improvement of sheep by US, We are nnwhIng
TO lose it all while there any hope that time VIII make
this branch of farming even with other branches. m
Take the duty off o: foreign wool, and anftoH rM
be cheap for rhie, and soon the manufacturer wa
fnd that the sheep having passed through the butcher
hands the 50 0O0,0OO pounds now produce ana seu
to him ore not forthcoming; and that while ne oniy
supposed he was committing murder, be was al tne
same time committing suicide. A.
To lessen the quantity of wool now prodnced n tne
world would lead to scarcity, and then nien Prlves,
How could we then replace our hocks No Drancb Oh
farming requires more ski than the raising OF sheep.
There are now many 6ocks of sheep among us ihat are
worth slOO, each to the world, whatever they might
bring TO the butcher. Many years and lnwe sned In
dusty has been given this business. Let be once
understood that the producer is TO be ruineAior ls
taken greedness of the manufacturer and our sheep
AT once are sold to the of sheep. The peit
tallow and carcasses will bring something.
This destructive blow is 10 fa on the country VINO
can prevent it destructive Administration brings
/. forward under the auspices of mistaken, but greedy
men-t is urged forward by that great interest that
hates sheep for the reasons and with the same
intensity a. did John Randopband TO odd to all ths
The old friends of protection that publish some high
tariff newspaper have gone into the interests OF the
ee traders under the impression that the making OF
foreign wool cheaper, will make home grown wool
more in demand, aud of course higher. The farmers
cannot answer that argument: Ii is above our COM
prehepsiop SO we will submit to what il before US az
best we may after have warned the public against
the evils that are TO flow from free trade in wool.
AN OHONDAGA FARMER.