New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-08
Wool Manufacturers Convention.
A Banquet and Speeches.
Burnside, Cameron, Wilson, Carey and
Others Present.

On Wednesday morning, the Wool Manufac-
turers' Association held their first Annual Convention
in Philadelphia, at the Board Of Trade Rooms, Mr..
Erastus b. Bigeow Of Boston, presiding. Delegates
were present from nearly every section Of the Uniop
The meeting organized and the report Of the Com
mittee on BYLAWS was heard. The committee sug'
gesed that the annual meeting Of the Association here
after be held on the first Wednesday in October instead
of September and that the President Vice President
and Directors be eligible TO reelection to Office as often
as the Association may require The report OF the
committee was adopted. -,
The Association then heard the secretary read MS
rsport, from which we extract the following iacts;
IL is the object Of the government TO place. thc Asso
citation upon such basis that it shall have weight IN
national councils and that me interests u az f ,I1
wooden manufacturers of the country shaii DC iuIy
represented and cared for. The government oeneFe
that they have accomplished much IN the lew nons VI
the existence Of the Association IN eomPTtns o,n mo
organization and arranging its machinery Inc Valu9
of such an association exists most IN us silent anu
hardly perceptble influence and time ana patenee are
necessary that which is really useful ana per
malen At the present tine the Association SonSISs
of two hundred and one members. ~,
Mr. Garsed, on the part OF the Committee on As'
and have succeeded In calling the attention OF mahuldc'
turers to several new machines.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Garseds remarks the meet
ing ourned until o'clock in the afternoon, when the
nomination and election Of officers for tie ensuing yeai
would be acted upon.
Joseph l.. HAYES esq, or Boston the secretary %
the Association then delivered able, weldigested,
and lengthy address on the manufacture OF wool.
MANUFACTURING OF WOOL IN lS0l.
Early in the Spring Of 1864 circulars were Issued by
the Department of Agriculture addressed to the wooeh
manufacturers throughout the country, l'Of IN mum
Der as appeared by exhibits upon the DOCKS OF lle
limited States Assessors Answers were promptly re-
ceyed from 7i6 of the principal aud heaviest manuiae
turing establishments representing2 different States
with many valuable suggestions relative 10 the quality
of wool desired and mode OF preparing II Tor maTAet
The quantity consumed by the 40 was represented Al
lls 7g coo pounds aud from careful analysis OF the
infor nation received il is quite apparent mat NOT mort
than three fOurths Of the total consumption OF Tue year
has been reported which would give fully ltoOOoVoOoI
pounds as the consumption Of the past year, peIhs
double the consumption Of the whole country III co.
The present condition of the country gives ASSURANCES
Of increased consumption. E..
A striking exhibit of the increased consumption -
shown by comparing the full census returns OF ooo VIVID
the partial returns the Department for the last year
Take for example the States OF MASSACHUSETTS, New
York and Pennsylvania ,e.. p..,i
Massachusetts, 80. &c, 27l, 20O NJ. 43,O22OO 10.
New York IL .70S, go ID. lIgJo.OOO ~
PENNSYLVANIA -. G, 2}3. $50 II. 1901, 90 10.
So far as received these returns Indicate 1lgher rate
of increase in Pennsylvania than IN either NewioiA
or Massachusetts,
The following table shows the aggregate amount con-
sumed so far as returned in the several States with
the number Of sheep, pounds OF WOOL and yieia per
head In the Atlantic loyal States.