, 1865-06-18
from the New York Tribunal
DoaaoLA, Ux1ox Co., H.. April y, 1855.
,H0uYf1N K0oY. 1fAXHYAn nf1rYxa

DoaaoIA, ux1os Co., NJ, April q, 1855.
FoRK1aH WOOL MANUFACTURES,
Th=re is class Of men In our country who |
advocate free trade. md they have = rcputa- |
tlon for ability. The first result OF free trade t
Is, to enable the shlliul OF one country to |
come into competition with the unsktlltul OF !
another country. Tho second result, and
the oblsct aimed nj, l. 70 keep them nnsktll-
fnl. The Importation Of wool into this codn- |
t.y IL competition Of \ dlHefent kind: It Is
between agricultural men, and ts favorable |
for our manufactures I will show that this
Is competition which has more disastrous
results Than any other Kind and That It Te
We can raife sheep as well As foreigners, but
We do 60 only In Fart, for we Import In wool.
and its equivalent in fabrics, one hundred
millions OF pounds, and We pay TOR It BY sais'
Ing g5atn m aad seHd!1E T. aofosd @ A.. T. cost
evil Of nonsttous magnitude. Here We are
running ploWs to raise small grain to pay
for wool. In doing this We are exhaust:ng
our soil In two ways: frat. by taktng away
whatever gtves It value. and next, By having
10 that In few years thousands Of Acids be-
come so poor that they will not produce ten
bushels Of grain to the acre. We're sheep
kept op these fields Instead, the sol to-day
would be better than IN It's virgin state. 4
sheep farmer told me- that the heaviest and
best corn raised, or eEer saw, he himself
raised on grass sod where sheep had been
runninga lew years. I know that grain Rosa
TO Europe for other purposes than to pay tor
wool. I am writing about sheep, ncd want
to stick to the subject, hut may say in pass
Ing, that We ought not to sind q bushel Of
graiu TO Europe, and IT the Europeans want
10 manufacture for. Us let them come over
and do It.
with aG grass Il farms xnieh Would not 5ieid
quarter ofa tun Of hay to The acre, and where
| all looked like desolntfon, hu. by jultcious
| management in keeping shsep few years,
they brought up the land so as 10 pT~auce
TWO tuns Of hay to the acre; there were
| more barns. better homes, there WAS fruit Ia
abundance, grain grew we'll aud everything
| blooned. II is true tha', for mau to do
this, he must be determined and keep his
teeth clCsc together, but unless we haSc
men who Gun Do this, he time viii come
Open or shut. lie Is called benefactor who
makes grass grow; what shall be said Of him,
what Of they, who adyo:ate policy which
results In grass not growing at alt!
Ifa3y one vii aagosste importing ,l r., wool o.
have phrenologist examine his head. The
English people saw these things long ago,
aud It was because they saw them that they
hare prospersd 20 greatly, for they not only
INIT also Of their manufactures, neither OF
tho thirteenth century the Fiefntnss wera
much superior TO the English In manufactur-
ing wool, but Edward III invited into the
kingdom 1uilers. dyers and ~eayers, When IN
| act was rassed prohibiting the wearing oi
any cloth made beyond thu sea, and also the
export Of English wool. Charles the II car.
rying ont Cscm ~e1l's policy of making Eng.
land a first class power, encouraged English
manufactures, And law Was passed that "all
persons should be buried In wooleu shrouis'
| vh raYtsn{neA In fr1r1 TN Wa 4f
not show much Witdom when Re advocate
free trade With nation which laid the found
alton ofh6 power By stopping at nothing
not even ut the borders Of thu grave.
DECAY OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
Twenty years ago almost every fhrme
Kept aheep, the minority had from ten t
twenty i; in every house WAS wheel, ant
often toom. Nothing WAS more common
than for farmers wfyea to taku their four o
five quarser.wide plain flannel 10 the ssor
to trade for goods, and in the stores yo1
would sec piles Of this cloth. Every fall th
, Ing mill, where 1t Was made into excellen
i Cloth, colored ennff, blue, black. or London
: brown. Every woman and girl had dre3
which these country establishments finished
. usually dyed wine.color, and l we'll remem
these amart scientific days Of ours, famllle
j. tinc good use for the rcua!ns Of this cloth
: theF are glad when they find them aud 1T
sorry they cannot find more. It is hard !
tel what would be done were It not for ssr!.rl
Of flannel shirts 10 bind around the CID S.. man
- rheumatic limbs, or TO makc baodages to
( those troubled with pain In the side Of Wit
weak backs. Alas, nothing but remnant
of that age Of domestic industry remaiI
Families hare, not been 50 destitute
j. eyen pieces Of flannel since the time Of OF
Savior IS they are to-day.
The reason for this Is, cotton goods beeam
| rhtAH H. hid rnf tn WnrE
With pound Of wool they could get thEe
l. yards Of strong cotton cloth. For one do
iar man could get twelve. yards. enous
for four shirts or = pair Of sheets. a cou
! get whole piece Of factory, as heavy as b
wanted to carry home. Now hear the wis
that those days may return. Never, youn
1non will you see them again never need 20
look for acordition Of thlngsstn this countr
when class Of people vii raise cotton fo
cloth for eight cents a gard. When peopl
. quit keeping sheep they did not realize tia
they did 30 because sone millions Of peopl
4 were raising cotton for just enough - kee
thcis souls in their bodies. It WIS though
marvellous TINT one could get thc cloth for
ehirt thatWould reach below hls kuees II
twenty. five cents, but then marvel ccas,
+ whtn we end that the men who did mo
Z Of the work got no pay. There Is no pla
ahead Of this to get goods cheap, except on
that Ia to steal them, for then nobody ge
pay. However, If everybody steals. nobod
= will work, and The l'usiness comes to IN Gu
for want Of anything to steal. In q simlla
t manner, this other business Of producln
IL cloth at eight cents yard has come TO a
i. end. We all know the end has been stsnti
- cant and bloody. Evil dolngs can havs 4
g other ending. Rome fell because she q
X tempted to make other people support hel
e her scheme Wus, work without pay. We hay
been saved because re Tou11 not repeat hi;
tory,
FUTURE COST OF CLoTHEG.
Q Our case Is here: II men and women wor
# for us We must pay. We can run no soclet.
q however skn1fnily VIC may construct 1t, au'
t avoid paying. That Was . most injufio1
l. continuance ofgetsing cloth for eight cents
G yard. We thought We did 1t. We did notl
: ing Of the kind. We have got to pay fu
saeta ws
a -pny TO the last dollar, to the last cent
: the Last mill. Much better had It been f
t Us to have kept our sheep. WOODEN good
. would hare been far cheaper than cotton
< would have been cheaper i0rus to dress ever
= 1rishman in Q hroadcioth suit the dig be la,
+ dsd, and keep him dressed !; cheaper to hal
IS dressed every laborer in the land like nil
IT lister.
J, We must 60 back to the 1lrat principle
! unless We think worth white to trT the chea
!. ing game once more. But We have ha
l. enough Of it. It will he utterly tmpossfb
o for us TO get cloth at the old prices. It
e question 10, when We honestly pay for cotto
= how much Is It going to cost: Lat US col
6 slider that there are lew teams or farmingto
Is troyed In places there Is no seed, things al
j. tom upside down, titles unsettled. ~
l. everywhere Is . c1J for bread. There
IS another thing which few people In the Mort