New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-25
SHEEP AND WOOL.


} Designing men have endeayored TO make 1t appear
and too often wit much success, that they were antag
kontlc forces and that in order for to rise the
other must fall; they have thus far kept mp continual
jealousy one Of the other, which has initiated serious
, Nv AGAINST the interests of ALL and has always been
Lpreiadicial TO the prosperity Of the country.
But the true statesman well urdersands that trade
and commerce keep exact step with the progress Of
agriculture and that tie Prosperity OF the farmer Is
Edependent upon the o: mechanic manufacturer
and merchant. Knowing this. the true patriot has
always sbored for TIE interests of all in order to render
the nation prosperous and happy. And this would be
no difficult matter if the people who have in their hands
ne power to protect al fully understood that whatever
telds to advance the interest Of benefits the other
end wlffeycr cause tends to depTcss nuies the
other 1.-THE agricultural part of the nation is not in
iourishng condition, then the manufacturers best
customers are suffering for want OF funds and though
3he farmers mny be destitute Of the very articles for
: which the manufacturer is in vain seeking market
yet they only be purchasers upon system oilong
credit and at ruinously high prices. But system like
this must end in it there is no prosperity foi
the farmers; bankruptcy and ruin must sooa be their
lot; and though tho manufacturer and merchant In
appeararee m,y have been benefited by such bargains
merchant manufacturer, and mechanic
II, on tie other hand the manufacturing department
suffers depression then the farmers best customers are
curtaied Of funds and their produce must lay in he
granaries waiting for that market which can only
ated by al increased demand for manufactured goods
Nature moves IN circles The clouds CONDENSED
IN their cndeavors to pass the mountain tops and IL
ripping streams they seek the oceans bed then tn
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mother cloud aud again II waters the thirsty earth.
The grain Of dropped into the earth gerninates.
and throws out lis green blade draw food from the
atmosphere and with its roo,ets ebsorbs earth and
water wherewth to form the future which, when ma
ued is fed TO and beast and converted into their
bodies. to be arain resolved into gas earth and water
the proper food for vegetation.
So the produce Of the farmer is manufactured into
cloth or Shoes other articles necessary either 'o'
use comfort or ornament and in such state is re-
turned to him in exchange FOR other material which re
quires the mechanics skill to make it available 70 lis
wants.
The merchants arc the medium through which theae
exchanges are affected; they also tie eyes OF tie
commercial world whose business It is 10 discern the
wants u the people and to direct the energies Of tie
producers 10 the proper objects Upon them for these
services tho farmer, mechanic and manufacturer are
depeA dent, nnd noy dependent upon all. The caPi'
tasi is mighty Ink r. ihs eLdless chain for the 10
lastry Of the farmer the kill Of the ar,zln the energy
and diseernment Of the merchant are all Of but Ike
worth without the aid Of capital while Oh the other
hand capital is vaueeJs without the combined efforts
|, Of the others.
1t will We hope. by this time be understood that we
have 10 desire have The culture Of cotton abandoned
We are too well impressed with Its Importance We
have learned to some extent to value The blessings an
comforts it has universally dispensed. 20 wish that
fiber less should be produced The poor Cannot spare
the rich cannot afford 10 lose H. and We look Will
hopeful trust that day when the busy hun Of every
cotton spindle shall be heard blending harmon ousy
with that Of the WOODEN, VIXEN the loom again shall
have attained its former cheerful cater giving labor
and its conoomitaat comforts TO the humble operatives.
and again occupying its wortod place in the commerce
kof notions.
\ We have cndeavored 10 show how Il has been over
estimated ard wool moderated ye, desire is that
Il, should occupy It's true place in the economy Of he
world not 10 rule over all but while 10 gives port to
every other enterprise dependent upon al 10 Is OWN
SUCCESS.
The nercc unaffected IN The production Of rocl In
times past ard our not manufacturing suni' . for
d
other branch Of Industry; and though the blow ts- y
traitor to their own dArlltg production hS ga n
impetus % wool raising and manufacturing which '-
renty gives contradiction TO the statement Just nade
yet we must remember that tho ncrc se Is caused 10
great extent by the transfer Of lie yTodg, tion Of
.oolens and worsteds from other lands to our own
shores; If this not the then We might expect
that when cotton reg aimed it, formC position wool
would be defeated IL tie contest 70 equality and
would have again " occupy place away in the back
ground.
But we take to-day the world at large we shol ind
hat tie production Of wooens and worsteds has not
increased 30 rapidly might suppose from the fact
that they have been substituted for cottonsi Of one
thing we are certain that the consumption Of cotton
goods has been greatly diminished by the high price Of
the raw material approaching near the price Of wool
TIA, there is little difference in the cost
Now the demand for any commodity will be regulated
to great extent by The cost G, production. There is
not near the demand oI either woolens or cottons thai
there would be tAey were sold at lower price. Nor
is the low price Of the manufactured article always an
indication Of The choapness Of the raw material Tie
reverse is quite a common reduction In
tie cost OF producing the manufactured article is In
var ably followed by en- increased demand; this In
creasos the demand for the raw rial the value Of
which is regulated by the demand.
[ The production Of cotton may be eqGa in days 10
come TO what it has been in times pas, and we hope
nay We feel certain, that the Southern States with Ioc
and intelligent labor will produce more cotton than they
have ever yet done, and at greater profit but Thu
viii not he 70. less but fol greater produc
ton Of wool.
Now. for proof Of these staten ents When coed
cotton cloth could be bought for /. cents per yard the
consumption four times larger than when II was
sold for 40 cents and when Gallo cold for !.
cents ner Yard inern er tLIen reascs bon 1t HLo.