The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-23
7 .PHILApELPHIA, MAY 19, Ie66.


Editors Inteltigeneer:: 80 ga,.,, Z
The wool season of 1865 opens with
lighter stock of the old clip on the mar
ket in Philadelphia, New York, Bos-
ton, and Providence, than at an form
er period. This faci is only to be ac-
counted for in the belief of manutae-
turers that the new clip would be no
lower than the present ruling rnteSj ana
also to fortify themselves by timely
snnplies against any diSinclination of
the wool growers to sell early or hold
for an advance. AT present prices WOOL
is relatively the cheapest article pro-
dnced by American farmers; and other
products must give way materially IN
value or wool VIII lunquesttonaply au-
vance, if the financial and sanitary con.
lition of the country remains As at
present. We cannot conceive any coHdt-
tto1t of AFFAIRS i5hic6 t0in reduce tgoot 6e-
Lolp the rates 3lOID PTeguittllg. uhe de-
mand for wool being now unusually
active, and the price of freights low as
compared with the fall and winter
months, early shipments Will De PoIitic
and doubtless remunerattve. 81
1t is almost settled question that the
tariff on foreign Wool will be increas-
ed by the present Congress. fthiS eS-
pectation is to be verified, 1t is a COM
plete guarantee thatWoolwill be no low
er, in any eUent, than the quotations we
l Id0nH6I-Nllu AGtt9SAeA0tC
advance. The season will open, there
fore, with great irmness in Rl ices.i
Frequent and just COMPLAINTS are
made respecting the unsigbtly and III
conditioned manner in which much OF
the Western Wool has been put up
during the last few years. The PractlGe
of putting in few unwashed, haII
washed, and buck fleeces Gus washed
wool) entails loss on the local dealer
which is both unjust and unpleasant
For, all so-called washed woods, on
reaching the seaboard, are opened ana
graded and manufacturers have SUI
| fered so much in the few past years Dy
poorly washed heeceS peing aaroi.ty ,t'iti;y
tied up SO as to conceal the fraud Win
! in that they now handle every fleece,
and all that feel unaturally heavy are
rejected, and consequently subjected 70
the usual one-third discount. Ihls
practice has become SO common-We
might say, int0llera ble-that we notlce
the purchasers in Michigan have recent
| ly had thsfT convention at Adrian, at
which they resolved to protect them
selves in future from losses on buck,
| unwashed, and poorly washed heeces.
| They also very properly protest against
the modern practice of Loading doWH
1.-THE fleece with heavy twine and permit
ting. the sheep to run too long between .ls.. ~
| washing and clipping. We Know OF
| counties in the West the Wool OF whlcn
would sell, almost 6unexamined and
unquestioned, few years ago-but the
mention of which counties now sublect
the fleeces to the closest posslo'e
scrutiny. There are only two ways to
Iprepare Wool for the Eastern nmarket;
ship it in grese or thoroughly wash 1t.
| During the past week there has been
more demand from the manufacturers,
and holders have advanced their views
8 to cents per pound. The stock IN
the hands of the trade are smaller than
at this period for many years past-in
fact the market is bare of some grades.