Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-11

friend said to Nun, 'lhaL lasL lOt OF
wool is worth ten cents per ID. more to
YOU than the first and why can't you
pay it 2" The manufacturer said in re-
pIy, eve can't undertake to discrimin-
ate between all these lots. We intend
to buy SO that it will 0rerGgs right."
Thereby admitting, that he intended to
buy the clean wool for enough less
than its true value, to make up for the
shrinkuge on the dirty wool, To eleat
the man who washed his wool well, out
Of enough to pW his acig4jor for his d.rt.
Is this honcst2 call it downright ras-
cali>y Manufacturer will please
excuse me for appropriating his cpl
thcts
The present state Of the trade of which
"NIauutactur' complains, is the natural
and legitimate result Of this unjust and
unreasonable manner Of doing business.
The laws of demand and supply always
have. and always will regulate such
matters, and it is right they should.
Where there is u demand, there will be
supply if practicable, and no one
ought to complain unless the producer
has reason to believe that the demand
j., for an evil purpose, as is sometimes
the case with articles OF the nature Of
alcohol, opium, poiSOns, &c. If dirt
will sell in open market for forty cents
per h., no one should be blamed for sup
/ plying the demand. If the producer Of
cotton can sell his crop as it comes
/ from the field, in its natural state, for
! ginned, he must be very foolish to spend
his time ginning it. If the producer of
flax, can sell his raw material for as
much per hundred as when well dressed,
he would be very silly to dress it. And
if the wool grower can sell his wool in
the dirt, for as much as when well
washed, don't think it would be a
great piece Of raScglty to do it.
How absurd and unreasonable to
charge the farmer with dishonesty for
simply selling his wool in its natural
s,Ate, especially when a very liberal al
lowance is made for shrinkage, as is al
ways the case, and both parties fully
understand the nature Of the transac-
tion, and the buyer having more expert
ence, and consequently being better
Judge Of the probable amount of shrink
age than the seller. 1t is the most nat
ural ard consistent way of doing the
business, and more exact justice can be
rendered to the producers than in any
other way. it being much easier to get
a tho true value Of his wool in its nat
ura, state than when washed, as it nee
cssarily must be under the circum-
stances, each man doing it in his own
way. He can we'll afford to allow liber-
ally for shrinkage and extra Transports
tion, If he can thereby save the expense
and injury to his flock, which he must
sustain by washing, to say nothing OF
the unpleasant nature Of the job and
the loss Of flesh and often Of wool. at
tending the discomfort Of carrying thick
| heavy fieeces far into the heats of sum
{ mer, in order that the streams may be
, come sufficiently warm, to render tht
operation safe for himself or tlocks
It is perfectly legitimate transaction
, " Manufacturer doubtless never thinks
Of charging those engaged in other call
ings, who do business upon precisely
| the same principles, and they are many
with untairness and fraud, and why the
wQOl-grOwcrs ?
With regard to the placing of foreign
substances within the ieeces to add tC
their weight, have but few words tC
, say. Such instances are very rare, anC
+ would be much more so if the wool
f dealers had not virtually paid premi
um upon filth. But l have an infallible
specific for the cure of these evils. 1t il
| this: Let the manufacturer instruct his
agents to give up entirely, and at once
their reckless and dishonest manner o
buying. demand that they shall examin,
closely the article purchased, and theI
make decent and honest discrimina
tion between dirt and wool, and whe,
: they detect the fraud, buy the lots il
| which they discover it, and then motif,
: the culprits to walk up and settle o.
suffer the consequences. Make then
) pay heavily for their vlllainy. They
will invariably do it without resort t
law, and with little trouble to the buyer
, This will effect a cure in most cases
But if there are still those who persis
in those practices, place them in compa
. ny with the manufacturers of shoddy
= ana other kindred swinders, in the stat,
institution called Penitentiarv. and le
them work for the public, and my wore
= for it, it will cure the most inveterat,
cases. This course will restore conf
dence and good will between the pro
ducers and manufacturers. Criminatior
and recrimination will cease. and a Man
ufacturer' will have no further occa
sion to read lectures to the wool-grow
? IF