Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-09

ton, which renders the business doubly safe sn'
proAtsb'e. The taste for mutton 10 cultivated
one and is rapidly growing In our country. w,
we'll remember WIEN boy that We would al
soon have thought of eating piece Of roae
dog ae roast mutton. There was disagreeabls
favor which was exceedingly distasteful to u.s.
but now We think we have reached the extreme
Of good living when We can aff,rd dinner Of
"Fosst lamb, mint sauce, asparagus and green
peas" We presume our experience is that oi
large portion Of the community, for the butch.
ers tell us they fnd Il dif1oultto supply the do.
mand for prime mutton, giving this as a reason
why they charged us 20j. pound Mutton isby
far cheaper than beef at the same price. The
choice cuts Of beef constitute very small pro
portion Of the carcass, and the proportion oi
ooarse meat and bone In cut Of beef 10 faI
greater than in mutton.
The philosophers who declare that "Cotton |.
King" simply gave uttsrance to self .eviden
absurdity. u is less than century since th,
first yard Of cotton goods was produced In En-.
gland. That cotton is the cheapest fibre tha
nature ever produced, capable Of being wovar
into fabrics, cannot be doubted; but that tht
world has existed without 1t and can do 90 agar
is equally true. It hss'alWsys been considered
interior to wool and linen, and nothing but Id
oheapness has brought 1t into universal use. To
say that any article of merchandise 10 "cottor
warp" is to stamp 1t with the brand of inferi-
ority. '.'
We find nothing In the worlds history to war
rant the conclusion that there has ever beer
any difficulty In producing, with wool, fax ant
silk, every fabric required for comfort or con-
venience, In the highest state OF civilization ant
refinement. In the parable Of the rich man VI
read that he was "olothed In purple aud fin,
linen" This implies high degree Of skill On
taste 10 the production Of fabrics at this early
period. Ia all the territory north of "Masor
aud Dxon's line" woolen goods for men ant
boys wear, and worsted goods for Women's, are
necessary for comfort full nine months out Of
the twelve, and are vastly more healthy. Light
weight Woolens for summer wear are now 10
general use In the whole North, and fancy Aau
mel for shirts Is rapidly auperseding cotton
These shirts are more comfortable the greater
portion Of the year, require washing less fre-
quently, and are on the whole more economical
For Women's wear, delaiDes, alpaoss, merinos
coburgs, stc., are far better adapted to North
ern climates than cotton, and will hereafter bt
produced at home. The war found the manu-
featuring interests throughout the world based
upon o steady supply of cotton, and the cutting
short OF the supply produced temporary de-
raugement, but the business will readily adap
itself to the new order Of things, and the wal
will prove In the end to be of immense advsnt.
age to the North by producing o greatly In.
creased demand for wool and fax. We fnd
that commission houses that have heretofore
received consgnments OF woolen goods from
Europe, are already cultvAtiDg the acquaint
auce, and soliciting consignments from Ameri
can manufacturers, fDding that their friend
abroad can no longer consign goods to thi
market and compete with the home produc
ton.
We have heretofore been largely dependeu
upon England for blankets and other heay
Woolens. The protection given by that Gov
ernmet to wool growing has enabled them t
produce these goods cheaper than II could
done here, but all this Is now changed, and to
day we 6nd those that have heretofore been i'm
pofters Of this class Of goods buying up heav
Woolens for the reason that they can no longe
be imported with profit. For years past We hav,
been supplied with broad cloths from Europe
but nov Ills believed that our own manufaotur
ers will produce these goods successfully IL
competition with the famous productions O.
"BiolIy" and ,"Slmonis We never read ,
threat of burning cotton that the reflection doe
not cross our minds, "what an increased de
mand that will produce for wool and Wossteds, ,
and We advise our Western farmers, wheneve
they see any reliable accounts Of any consider
able quantity Of cotton having been burne5, {
bug more skeep.
In most parts Of the NorthWest the msjorit
OF the farmers have not capital to purcbas
| sheep In euch numbers as they could make proft
able. The prices of produce In the West 70
several years preceding the commencement o
j the war were so low aa to leave the grove
scarcely sufficient to pay the cost Of production
| In addition to this, in many parts of the Wes
the people have been Immensely swindled bl
the failure OF Wild Cat banks scattered
throughout the different States. Illinois alon,
must have suffered to the extent Of from fiv,
| to ten millions of dollars. The influences VI
have named have prevented the farmers iron
accommodating property as rapidly as they woul
other sise have done, and, as we hav
said, they are not able TO purchase q
many sheep as they could proftably take care Of
This dificulsy can easily be remedied by capi
tallsts iutnishing the means TO purchase tn
sheep and put them upon shares with the farm
or. There never Was go much idle capital Il
the county as at present, and It could not b
more ptUfisably or usefuliy employed than Il
tue direction We have named. Let capitalist
both West and East give this subieot consider
aIion. Sheep husbanary is as sure to be profit
able In the North hereafter as the sun Ia sur
to rise and set and the less cotton that IL pro
duced, the more that is burned, and the longe
the war Ia prolonged, the more money will
put into the pockets OF the wool growers.
The lowest prices shat wool has reached II
the Eastern markets for the last thirty -six year
was in l649, when fine wool sold ct shirty, thre
cents, medium at thirty, and coarse at twenty
three. At shat time sbeep were sold In Ohio @
one dollar and half q head. The growers tha
year received In Ohio for medium wool twenty
Ave cents pound. Now, suppoaing the theor
to be correct that the increase Of the fock vii
pay the keeping, 1t will be observed that th
profit at tnis lOioest price in thirty str yeass ,0a
f|iy per oent. on the value OF the sheep W
learn that ehorn eheep oan be bought ct preser
In Ohio at two dollars and fifty cents per heat
IL will therefore be seen that the clip next yes
at forty cents per pound would still pay fifty p'
cent. on the investment, at present prices
sheep. .Soa T. aay G.T 500 '-lla-@ -3
Into what channel can capitalists put the
money that will be more likely to pay q larl
profit, than in sheep husbAndry3 B. hle