New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-24

nation Ike she United States should be found 80 de
eoient In the production Of WOOL enc would suppose
shss country which at the beginning ofthe heoehon
vas exporting largely Of almost every KIND OF iaTm
produce would have raised sufficient WOOL Tor It's own
wants but such Is not the nor has been for a
long series ri years Yet the United States has never
ranked as manufacturing nation though its manufae
lures have consumed during the year that jest passed
DOT far from COO lbs while not over one hall o.
CHS amount has been produced In this country the
other half lac been brought from distant lands at large
cost Of trausportation and at the timc we ore
having enormous for transporting other produce
Of the soil foreign market, This cost Of rsnsportn
tIon is very important item in the products OF aga
sultue and seriously affects the profits arising there
fsom Ii costs fifty cents TO transport dollars worm
of corn from Central Illinois to New-Iorh while less
than three cents would deliver dollars worth OF WOO
In the same place. What difference II would make IN
The profits Of an Illinois farm between delivering corn
jD NewYork, " be transported TO foreign SIc aiu
exchanged for WOOL and converting that corn into
wool upon the farm that raised 1t. and then deNeme
Tin New.York. Speaking on this subject, Mr' Grin
nell says. "At any point goo miles from Chicago Ills
ratio of cost in frrghting is well established; that 10
transport your products TO the board wheat you
pay 20 per cent Of its value; pork 30 p cent: Oh
beef 20 per cent gross; wool. per cent This is
cot conjecture, but my experiences tlat give 70
per cent Of the value ofmy wheat which iupoYc'sheS
any farm to find market and per cent b. lind t"e
best wool market the production OF which enfiches ny
sc1es beyond comparison"
This fact should DO impressed upon the mind OF every
nrmx that wool enriohes the soil upon Which u Ii
yaised while these products Of which we are exporting
60 much are rendering sterile our most fertile SOILS
Another important fact to which wish TO call at
tenton is thai The production of wool has not kcp pace
with the increase of population. ard has hardy KEEP
pace with the increased consumption OF onr nanrae
fures In 1910 our manufactures consumed 3osOs,1~'
tbs of wool sO Ia lbs. of which wer- the product
of the United States and 5000 4l0 lbs were imported
In 1850 the consumption was 7llet'S I1s'' inc
nome product Of which was 525l6.46s lbs. and
ls.e69.794 lbs. imported In Loco the eonsump'
zion was eo9s6,572 lbs. Of which Go5n.%3I
TBS we're hone produce, and Ds'3l@S ms were
produced upon foreign soils. During all this ~
wears we were exporting TO pay for this wool large
quantities Of wheat corn beet, pork, &c. at Ae"'!
cot of transportation while the producer OF the wool
was bringing 1t here at trifing expense
Not only has the production Of wool not kept pace
with the population but In States there has been
an actual falling of. This is tie case IN New-f0rk
xbe her manufactures have been increasing the ccn'
sumption. making it source OF wealth 10 the STATE
and the best market in the world for WOOL
In 1850 the State of New-York produced l00.l3Oe
DIS while her manufacturers consumed - 1s 40 ios
paying for labor expended upon it slE,.Ssi. giving
employment T. l59 pers0ns and thus finding hoi-e
market for the farmers produce In leoO tic Irodlc
zion had declined TO 1854 '53 fs, and the consumption
of wool owing admiXture oi cotton had ialen 10
Il7Oe lbs, but the number Of persons empio cd LAD
Sncreased TO e04l. while the amoant expended On ibog
had increased TO S9.0s0,36. Now these figures sho"
che importance of the production Of DOL u ;Lis sac
There annually paid 10 the farmers about si'ooV
or woel; there were distributed il leo se0oOoo pad
for labor large portion Of which would find its way
futO the farmers pocket 1t is inexphcabe thai the
farmers OF this State should have allowed her manufac
.urers to 90 abroad every year for about 2o00O bs
Of WOOL while they producing tat which had 20
sind market foreign shores. But to take wider
view of this subject.
In 1860 there was consumed by manufacturer In the
United States e03e6,572 Ds. Of wool, Of Which
ss15 100 tbs. imported at cost OF s4si' To-
In the same year we imported iOocecC0 worth Of
vooens and worsteds. To produce this amonLt q
goods would require ut least 81 10000 rs. Of WOOL
1hen if we had done manufacturing ard oar
own woolrasinc should have required II edition
so what did raise about 81. 900 eco Ds- Tbs would
have given to our farmers about $50 oO0oO0 Ana this
amount was pad 10 foreign Iarlners hLie "u p'NhU'
less prairios were lying waste pastures only foi the
deer and buffalo OF hunting ground FOR the rcd pisn
Thus with all these wide expanded pastures lying idle
at time when Western granarles wore hLe. Will
.xheat aud corn ard which would hardly pay re cost
oftransportation we were paying near s5,oCOVc Tor
wool raised upon lands in South america leIico Aus
traia NewZealapd, &C. whose pastUies, for fertility,
scar no comparison ~ our Western domains.
But how did we pay for this $500 0c0 worth Of WOO
and 100000 worth II wooers and worstcds' In
Shat same year we exported about el5Oooco0 woih o.
farm produce exclusive Of cotton, tobacco, and rice
These being the products OF Southern soil We have aot
considered but have taken Northern and Western pro
duce 10 deliver which at its destination would require
about one.third Of its whole value, which would b.
lisoO6OO leaving $4,000 900 for tie farmer; shic
che s45 900 COO q pended for wool and wooenS would
require about one per 10 deliver them at The place
,f consumption. which would leave for their producers
about sii, 900 600.
r In 1850 had We manufactured all TIE woolens aDd
vorsteds we consume should have required IN nd5i
tion 10 what We did raise 1900 900 s Of WOOL Since
then population has greatly increased which would
Increase the demand and the short supply az cotton
has also greatly increased that demand for in 1860 there
was mixed with wool in its manufacture, cotton - tie
amount Of 10 OCs 625 lis. To supply the place of fhs
would require about 100000 ne. Of wool, which.
cGded TO the 6OSll.3i3. Of home production ~
:soO. would aInoaDt in round numbers 10 30
10000 THIS added To the a O009O referred -
above will give 100000 900 ns. Thia does not incltc
what would be required by extra popoIaoa. nor Tor
She increased demand caused by substituting l!rer