New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-27
AMERICAN WOOL-wILL 1T MAKE BROAD.
CLOTH
To ne EdSsoy Of The N. Y. Tribune.

To ne Edssoy Of TIE N. Y. Tyiosn@
Sir: Some Of your readers will be astOnished at this
question because it entered their ralnds that
the wool grown in this country would not make o.
good cloth cs that grown In any part of the world. l.
never entered the minds Of wool growers that such
paragraph as the following could be printed and
gravely discussed by men of common sense.
witer said lately in one of respectable journals:
"Wby may net svery American woyen Anes-
lean IoonsI Because little foreign wool In tho hhns 10 .sce
ssry svs eIquite finish required for bresdsch Amer
lean wool bss aisser staple than foreign makes better
fabric and, IL worked alone, will not slt g
make thin ht cloth with handsome surfacej little fc
eisn wool In the filling will remedy all the dhcuty and ns
Amersn loom viii then produce cloth which sAsl defy the
world"
What is the object Of such stuff as this I Simpiyn
prepare the way for the introduction of foreign wool,
duty free. 1t is not true that American wool will MT
make az good broad cloth a. ever was woven. Hthee
is sny difference in the ability Of manufacturers In shs
country and Europe to produce hne cloths, IT Is mofs
owing to the climate and water than 70 the quaitya
the WOOL The assertion that it is necessary to mP1
wool s all CANNON.
In our extensive country and diversified climate, W
can grow every grade of wool as cheap as 1t can
grown in any civilized country.
II il well known that merino sheep imported nsc
this country from any part OF Europe improve raPny.
With this indsputable fact before us, why should We
import wool Because, say the Free-trade mon, N
is necessary to do so to make fine cloth; our native
wool is not good enough; it will not give cloth tss
right finish"
And so, kind gentlemen they would finish the farmer
and utterly destroy the woo-growng busrness 10 ns
United States
and Merino families, of different grade in blood, an
which have done honor to the parent stock aimee the
introduction into the United States, full a. much ~
certain class Of bipeds who have been pulling the woa
over the eyes Of the country for the past twenty-five
wears. Tie pure native in the Northern States rs y
rare as the Cape sheep or the Creeper. Hence he
general character of the woods of the United Sat:s
what is called technically clothing rool therefore "a"
Enc poot
sheep that could be selected in Europe, by such ms
a. faintor, Jewett, Bingham, Campbell, and rnsg
other fine wool growers in this country. Except ~
freetraders there is not smother man On earth Ia
doubts the fact that wool grown here is equal TO Br
or Australian WOOL and that that has supplanted Ger
man wool in English manufactures. This fact bas Iof
been conceded by every journal that has enougs
To distinguish fine wool from
1.-THE sness Of cotn depends upon the nsnee and hss1
of the Both there qualities eminent IN the voe
Ausas South Anerce, southern Pennsylvania Virginia.
because sheep here have nearly annual pasture -
SerYork wool has been produced which beat, In hn's
felting properties that Of the best hock In Europe
These facts are so notorious that none Dus "iA
notoriously wicked will attempt to dispute tnem.
If sre TO have free WOOL let us not have eiva
such false pretenses. Come out honestly, -,
and say that you wish to break down the iarnuns II
terest OF the country and make ssb~erviess 10 s
dependent upon Great Britain for means 70 cione va
selves. Don't lie into the notion that we musI
port fine WOOL and don't belle your country, H. iDa'.u
your are Of the country, that we cannot grow az S
want and as good az we want, and large sip
expectation. fA
February s, 1885,