New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-12

cloth making would be cOnPs'e' bu' distances
separate consumers from producers, and' u0der tue
most favorable circumstances Of An'eiSence 10 the
farmer ard genei osity in the manufacturer, efeA'e
the occasion for, if not the necessity OF, iaterme
date agents to bring the two together And the
necessity which has instituted brokers will not
cease 10 work until the business Of spinning wool
il so organized, and so Justly distributed through
the United States, that mixed qualities or differ
ent grades of the fiber will never 90 to
the same mil, aud that the hock-master viii
know precisely to what loom to sell his clips, as
indispe nsible to the production Of i.s particular
st,le of goods. But while awaiting that "good
day csuipc" of economical industrial orgsniza-
tion we, as journalists feel it difficult to be patient
With tie double injury done TO the farmer and the
manufacturer in transfer Of raw materials to
machinery, of the character OF the transactions
above related. Indeed, we viii not be patient with
il. TIE loss of 35 cents pound on Wool is de-
pressing to Agriculture. The addition of 50 cents
a pound to the falmers' price Is dscoursging-aye,
and perilous-to the Manufacturer. Divide this
loss TO both, in the form of saving, between bosh
aud see wha. bounty tpsyst to the one to improve
bis locks and carefully wash and faithfully put up
his feeces, and what profit it is to the other,
enabling him to oyermss.er foreign competition,
elevate the character of his fabrics and increase
tie wages he pays to his operatives
How the Spinner may pay less, and the Farmer
obtain more-ia the seeming paradox for which
we confidently offer tie solution of Cash transac-
tons. 1t is the risk Incidental to credit business,
which 10 8 great degree compeis all dealers 10
Wool to ask large profit, aad ell buyers OF Wool
to pay it. The trade in this commodity as usually
conducted with its various attendant hazards from
the West to the East, cannot probably be carried
OIL for less advance upon tbs prime cost than
from u to 10 per cent. But if it was without
rick on either side, It could be remunerat7ely pros
ecuted for one-fourth Of that profit. 1t is possible
for cash sales and cash purchases to bring the
grower Of wool and the weaver Of cloth 'citsin one
cen, pound of each other But il is uotpossible for
mixed connection Of credit and cash to relate the
producer and consumer anywhere SO near together.
The riiks which inhere in the credit would have to
be assumed by its copartner cash, and so would
compel higher tariff of prices.
TIE declaration that Wool-growers and Cloth
makers can be brought within cent pound OF
each other is not mere assertion. II is already
fixed fact A circular has fallen under our obser-
vatiou from the widely Known house of Coates Il
Brown of Philadelphia, containing the information
that they have opened branch Office in this city
where they propose TO receive, grade and render
settlement of all woods consigned to them, for
commission of one cent pound" and ALTO "to
"purcha,e, carefully handle, attend to packing,
shipping, &c, for the same compensation"
They expressly declare that they will in no case
receive more than SINGLE COMMISSION Ihls
innovation in an established and profitable trade
will, of course, provoke competition, and may pro-
yoke hostility. But the WIDE interval which has
80 long divided the producers Of tho raw material
Of cloth and the manufacturers of it, will utinately
be bridsed over by it. If the one cent per pound
commission can be maintained as the law OF tho
trade in New.York the Wool interest throughout
the United States will be emancpated from the
go-between., who, though following an honorable
calling, do now seriously oppress it. TIE great
bu,ine,s Of American power-loom weaving will
then be confirmed in all its benefcence. Sheep.
breeding aud Wool. growing will be 90 rewarded,
that focks in Vermont, Pennsylvania and Ohio will
vie with the bes. in Spain and Silesis and care in
washing aud packing feeces on all farms be well
remuDerated part of good Agriculture.