The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-24
The pro.nect Of The Wool MnrI.ct.

\ correspondent of the CDUHrV GeH-
N,D,ou furnishes some interesting spec
ulations founded on facts, i'm respect To
the probabilities as to the wool mar
kct. He quotes some figures from the
New York Tribune as follows, and then
continues:
I'm I~Gn there was consumed 10y man
uiucturcr> I'm the United States, ~U, 3S6, 564
lbs OF wool, of which 1850, 10 lbs were
imported. I'm the same year we inn
ported Sig,OJO.OOO worth of wOOlens and
worsted~. To produce this amount of
goods would require az least % 100000
lbs of wool. I'm ls6O, had We man
ufacturcd all the woolcns AID wOrsteds
We consume, we should have required
i'm addition To whit we did raise, $1,000
uln lbs of wool. Since then our popu-
latiou has greatly increased, which
would increase the demand, and the
short supply of cotton has also in
creased the demand, for in ltD there
was mixed with wool I'm lis manutac-
turc. cotton 10 the amount OF lb,OOS,b25
lbs. TO supply The place of this
would require about -uWO.On lbs OF
wool, which, added fs the Un,1ll, 3i3 OF
home production OF l~tO. would amount
i'm round numbers 90 ~u,JuO.OOO. This
added to the >i.UUu.uuu rcicrrcdto above.
will rive l6A, Uuu. OJU lhs. This does not
include what would Doe required by cN-
ira population, nor for the increased de
nand caused hV substituting "a large
number of articles which were formerly
made of cotton, bat now are made OF
wool. And as the Southern States hr-
come opened, the demand must still i'm
crease. We think we are within The
bounds of fair calculation five add 30,
OlOODl lbs 90 our basis of 1850. which
would swell the amount now required
To 2OO. 900 900 lbs, and this amount VIII
never Doe less, but continue 10 increase.
II WAS also stated that our "manu-
facturcrS have consumed during the
year that is Just past, not far from 100
OOl0lO lbs of wool, while not over one
baIfofthi~ amount has been produced
i'm mi, country" Now, as i'm 1860 the
consumptiun was su,3s6,j12, there was
an increase over that year OF J9,6lj,42N
so that, as there is "a large number ol
factories changing from cotton To wool
il cannot be- far out of the way To put
the consumption of wool during the
prescut wear at about ljO,OOO,OOJ lbs
And of this large amount II Is very
probable that hut very little, n any,
over halfwill be produced IN the Onlteu
States. 81
ann aware that il has been and vii.
Ice said. that there has been a great IN
crease i'm the amount of sheep IN lhH
country. / also know that i'm regard tI
Tia. Northern States this Is very true
But al the same time it should he re-
membercd. that about One-third Of al
the sheep owned i'm the United States ~
1850. belonged i'm the Southern States
and as "a general thing, the States That
like Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesseea n'
NiSsouri-then had the greatest mum
hcr of sheep, have been those that have
been most occupied and oycrrun by the
different armies; 50 that there can b'
liant few sheep left i'm the South. As the
D. loss of sheen at the South must he otlse
AGAINST the increase nj the North, ! be
lipyp the increase, as "a whole, can D'
hut little, if indeed il is any, larger II
proportion than the increase IN Popu
latiOn. nh.
Tie amount of cotton that Will be ie
loose bv peace at the South, Will not ID
likely To have much effect on the amour
of wool that will DE used; as II c"li0i
refs much lower il will most propaDl,
bc exported i'm large quantities; VIM,
the unsettled condition OF the Souil
must prevent large increase III IN
amount of cotton that Will DE grown !"
some years to come, rs the cuiuNa'lol
of the soil will probably partake NOR
of the character of farming IMAM PAM
ing. by growing less cotton ana NOR
of such crops as will bcneeded ior nom
consumption. -,
And then the close Of the war open
all the Southern States, with thclr mar
liqts very bare of all kinds of cloths an
clothing. Andthough II may oe san
that but few WOODEN goods Will he neeo
ed at the South, on account ol u,
warmth of the climate, yet IL Is We
known that much of our best WOODEN
went there before the war, ana tha' -
n considerable portion of the year the
areconsidered necessary IN that ciliilal'
Al the same time we shall continue Y
, have n large army some loO'OOO II
b. soidl TO clothc entirely with Woolen'
while there are other very large ariill'
. that. in LAYING by the Government 6lu'
: will want new supplies of citizens clo'i
, inc IN say nothing of the well know
, f,ct that i'm consequence of high price
tho neonle of the North, as gener,
: THING have ONLY bought what was neeo
ed for present use, leaving them W wit ,
: very Short supplies on hand, al
, which must continue to make yer
= large demand for the different xmas
. goods made out of wool. ...,.;d
, There is another reason for conSiU
. er..ble increase in the demand for woo
, over what it was before the war; 1