Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-02

Wnen Inc confumptiOn OF wool IL Increased In
per cent, as 1t 10 likely TO be 7 Although tb
population Of our country is small as compare
with older ones, yet IL should be remembsre
that we consume more than fVe times as m an
goods In proportion to our numbers as anv n
the countries of the old world. This is OWN
to the fact that the wsges Of labor are bisbe
and the cost of living cheaper It is confident
ly believed that the thirty millions oG people i,
the United States, before the breaking out o
the rebellion, consumed more goods than on,
hundred and fifty millions OF the population O
snY other part Of the world. In support oil
this assertion IL may be mentioned shat IN Rms
sa strong able bodied man receives Fl 70 Gu.
pcks equal TO four cents of our mouey) for a
days lAbcr pounding stone upon the public road
In Prussia laborcrj receive five silver 'gro-
schen" (equal to twelve and one.half cents Of
our money! for days labor. Ia lrsls nd la
boring men receive about f zen pounds ster
ling (seyenty.fye dollars of our money! for on,
years services. Ia Poland night watcbmar
receives equal to about twenty-five cents of ou,
money for guarding the streets from six O'Clock
In the evening to six in the morning. In Cor.
many the women OF the middliug or Well.to do
olassesraEely ever have more than Two al dress.
os la life time, cod sho i~Iorils UI.suUg anne,
| Silks are worn only by the nobility and wealthy
classes. A teamster in that country, with a
par Oi Iofses and wagon, receives for a DAVIS
work OF himself and team one 'thaler" (or
about seventy-tWo cent6 OF our money! and
pays his own expenses. gentleman who
travelled in Germany few years since reletea
that on one occasion he had his attention call
cd to Two hearty, stout girls, who, he was told,
hid the care Of eighty cows, and their paw was
ten thslers a year, equal to seven dollars and
twenty cents OF our money. Neither OF the m
had on either shoe or bon
net, yet they were pictures of health
aid apparently contented. These few facts ara
believed to be fair illustrations of the condition
OF the labofing classes of Europe, and will
serve to show the inability of the laboring peo
pie to indulge 10 dress to anything like the ex.
tent that the American people are in the habit
OF dong, and they ought furthermore to be con-
Vincing proof OF the blessings we enjoy as com
pared with any other people on the face of the
earth. Our Information from the West ia 80
the effec! that much more attention has been
paid within the past year to "Sheep Husbandry,"
and that the clip of the present year will be
larger than usual, but we are Inclined to believe
that our Western farmers do not fully realize
the immense increase of the demand which will
be created for the great staple by the cutting
short Of the cotton supply.
AT the breaking out of the rebellion there
was ln the hands of manufacturers, commits.
Hlo1 n0uso'' iHa Hag"''S11 ilhSere, and retailers,
very large etock OF Wooen goods, tns auuu.au
laIlon of years. The stock of cotton goods
WAS also large, and to work off the surpius Of
both has taken two years. II is believed tn at
at present the stocks are limited both OF eottons
and woolens, az compared with the require
ments of thirty millions Of people, Oud that
cotton having reached point nearly as high as
wool, the demand for the latter must necessa ri.
ly be greatly increased. II we did not produce
In the United States more than half the wool
used by manufacturers before the commences
ment OF the war, ard when cotton was abundant
at ten cents pound, is it not reasonable to aup.
pose that we could double the production profit
aoly zJW, when cotton is at sixty. five cents
q ,hnnn9 and 7hsn 10 ;here 10 sound reason fer
believing JnAt 10 will nUs yUsIu W cOIn0I
whether the war is prolonged or not, rule
at less than twenty-five cents a pound2-
We have at present in the loyal States
twenty-five millions of sheep, and we
believe that this number could be doubled With
out producing sufficient quantity Of wool and
mutton 10 supply the demsnd for the next FIVE
yeafs. There ia no mystery about sheep
HusbSndry." All that is required to conduct
the business euoce siulT is the exercise of plain
common sense, Which dicisLes that all domestic
animals (and sheep in nlr'icuJar), 60 thrive
we'll, require to oe veil fol, 10 b We plenty Of
room, and to be well protec cd rom sIorm, -
The recent repulae u the Army OF the Potoms &C
Is calculated to prooug the vac, to puS further
of tue renewal of the cotton supply, and t,
make necessary the call for half million men.
IL will furthermore necessarily increase the issue
Of Government currency All these Influences
will tend to decrease the demand for wool and
to enhance the p ice. In February We advised
tae Western farmers to buy every sheep that
their mssnH would admit OF, and to sell none,
nor xiii any, except the aged. We nov renew
thai advice, with the addition that they import
he Leicester and CotsWold breeds from Canada
As l,rgey As poso BILE. Ii 10 our intention 10 oOu
Snus the discussion of this subject, and We shall
feel obliged II such journals as have large
circulation in the West, aud approve our views,
will take sufficient interest To copy them, ana
thus aid n stimulating the Wes,erI farmers tJ
a more vigorous prosecution" OF "Sheep Hus-
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