The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-26

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Tribune as follows, and then continues:
In 1860 there was consumed by manu-.
factures in the United States, 1896, ,562
lbs of wool. of which 1896 ,l20 lbs were
imported. In the same fear We import
ed S49000,000 worth of wuolens and
worsteds To produce this amount of
goods would require at feast "a .Q00, 900
| lbs of wool, In 1850, had we man
nfactured all the wuolcus and worsteds
| we consume, we should have required In
addition to what we did raise, 100000
lbs of wool Since then our population
has greatly increased, which. would in
crease the demand, and the short supply
of cotton has also increased the demand,
for in 1860 there was mixed with wool i'll
it's manufacture, cotton.ta the amount of
I6 ,OOs 625 lbs. To supply the place of
this would require about % 900, 900 lbs of
wool, which, added to the 60,5ll ,343 of
home production Of lS60rwould amount
in round numbers to90, $4,000 This add
ed to the S4,000,000 referred to above,
will give l64 ,OOO, 900 lbs This does not
include what would be required by ex-
ira population, nor for the increased de-
mand caused by substituting large
number of articles whichswe formerly
made of cotton, bnt now are made OF
wool. And as the Southern States be-
come opened, the demand must still in
crease. We think we are within the
bounds of fair calculation, if we add &c.
100000 lbs to our basis Of 1860, which
would swell the amount now required to
20O, 900, 600 lbs, and this amount will new
er be less, but continue to increase
1t was also stated that our "manufac-
turers have consumed during the year
that is Just past, not far from l30, 900, 900
pounds of wool, while not over one-half
of this amount has been produced III this
country" Now, as in 1860 the coDsump-
ton was s0,3S6 ,572, there was All increase
over that year of 59,6l3,42S. So that, rs
there is large number of factories
changing from cotton to wool, it cannot
be far out of the way to put the coll
sumption of wool during, the present
year at about I50,000,000 pounds And
of this large amount it is very probable
that but very little, if any. over half will
be produced in the United States.
| am aware that it has been and will
be said, that there has been great in
crease in the amount of. sheep in this
country. also know that in regard to
the Northern States this is very true
But at the same time it should be re-
membered, that about One-third of all
the sheep owned in the United States in
1860, belonged in the Southern States;
and as a general thing, the States that
like Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Missouri-then had the greatest number
of sheep, have been those that have been
most occupied and overrun, by the differ
ent armies; so that there can be but teY
sheep left in the South. As the loss of
sheep at the South must be offset against
the increase at the North, believe the
increase, as IL whole, can he but little, if
indeed it is any, larger in proportion
than the increase in population.
The amount of cotton that will be let
loose by peace at the South, will not be
likely to have much effect OH the amount
of wool that will be used; as If cotton
gets much lower, it will most probably
be exported in large quantities; while
the unsettled condition Of the South
must prevent large increase in the
amount of cotton that will be grown for
some years to come, as the cultivation of
the soil will probably partake more of
the character of farming than planting,
by growing less cotton and more of such
crops as will be needed for .fome con-
sumption a.
And then the close of the war opens
all the Southern States, with their mar
kets very bare of all kinds of cloths and
clothing. And though it msy be said
that but few woolen goods will be needed
at the South. on account of the warmth
of the climate, yet it is well known that
much of our best woolens went there be-
fore the war, and that for considerable
portion of the year they are considered
necessary in that climate.
At the same time We shall continue to
have large army (some 10000 it Is
said) to clothe entirely with woOlens.
while there are other very large armics
that, in laying by the Government hlur,
will want new supplies OF citizens cloth
ing, to say nothing of the well-known
fact that, in consequence of high prices
the people of the North, as a general
thing, have only bought what.was neces-
sary for present use, leaving them with
very short supplies on hand, allof which
must continue to make very large de-
mand for Ethe differenu kinds of goods
made out of wool
There is another reason for consider
able increase in the demand for wool
over what it was before the war. La an
article in the United States Economist of
April 18th, it is stated that
We have a large increase of machinery
both for worsteds and woolens; the
worsted business having almost'entirely
sprung up during the last four years and
is now causing an enormous demand
compared with the supply of coarse comb
ing woods, and giving them value nn.
precedented in the whole history of the
wool business. Last week, notwithstand-
ing the severe depression, coarse Canada
wool sold at SlI in Boston, which was
equal to 76sc in gold. Then we have a
large increase of machinery for nous de
LANES This business requires combing
wool. but Of shorter and finer kind
than commonly termed combing. This
increase will require greater quantity
than the increased production of the
past four years, leaving the increased
machinery to be supplied from foreign
woods. We have also reason to believe,
from facts that have lately come to our
knowledge, that ON account Of our in
creased tariff, several large English man
ufacturers contemplate moving their
machinery to this country, and bringing
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