The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-01-10
from the Pittsburgh Commercial.
SHEEP AND IYO0L.

notions as to the proper policy 0f pT0tec-
/ licn, this great s0Grce Of wealth is enmpar-
I atiyoiy rs uuie,c!oi ed as wcgv the mines ot
/ Colorado whilst in pUse eSsioL OF lie Canaan
! ches.
Iha, policy which would dcyclope the re-
| sources o. any country should carefully nru-
tect eUcqy interest which needs protection,
and none needs it more than does the wool
grower. His competitors are found in all
parts Of the world, and in his market he
| meets the staple from the plains OF Austria
! liza, the pampaS of South America, the noun
| tains of Spau-and even the shnreS of the
! Mediterranean sea, and Grampian hills
\ During the ten years from 1850 TO 1860,
| there was imported into the country foreign
! wool to the value OF $32, lO7, 9j0-an aver
age OF over three millions seven hundred and
| Two Thousand dollars per annnm. Brsiles
| this the inpOrtatiOnS IN the shape of manu-
| iavtured cloths was about twenty-three nil
! liurs per annun. In 1860 il was $37, ,O37,
! 100 Ii the policy of protecting all such
manufactures As the industry of the country
| Is capable Of producing, and which cannot
| he carried OF IN;thlut prot ct!ou is correct, IT
! is evident that every other interest which
rtq"ires protection IN order to reach the
max mum of its capabiiity to adj tn the ma
| Il nj wealth and prosperity, ought in like
Ill .nHer to receive protection. 1t is only
! good policy to admit raw material for man
uiac ules free, when that material cannot be
| produced in our own county. In the case
! of lion, the protection to the manufacturer
Is protection to tie digger Of ore, to the
! workman IN the mills and furnaces, to the
mechanic who builds their houses the rail
mrn.Who are employed in the transportation
ofthcir products, and hundred other inter-
eststs, aud to the farmer whosteed~ them all,
because while the rolling MIL is kept going
all these derive theiT'Sleepective advantages
thereirum. Experience has shown that no
foreign people can come III to complete III
selling ore or wheat, and iujure them. In
the case Of the woolen manufacturer exper
ience has shown different result. fine is
t protected, the labor he employees, end the
! farmer who feeds the labor shares in the
| projections but the wool grower finds that
he alone OF all concerned does not rrcciaye
al, uuate protection. He has the advantage
it is true Ola home market, but for that
market he finds half the world competing
with him. just as the direct competition
Of heavy capital Of the old countries would
destroy or cripple Du' comparatively new and
feeble mauufactUr, Of WOODEN cloths, if the
yulicy OF the Tree traders should provail, $50
we find the heavy capital or more perfect
Lushandrv Of nlIep countries DESTROYING or
au,,.i ,f,ny thc business ofuroWiun their raw
nster;si '-'''N' - '''a
In the decad~ ending with the eighth cen
sus-lSj9 to lS60-the population of the
country increased about Sc per cent. Du-
r+lnnt;on nj cf,ton Observation-Disclosures ya, TE
rsr ,a,t- and NJ thn rayy cotton ! n ,ar ca,t
fn'l;.n c|,rn ;nc1assaI fnrtv ani ,s,ast ~
nor I,.,,, cant N,nnTactnrar4 nf wool Increased
eysr II rer rant dnring the same nnr;od -
w. W. Snp T .s;' !, ;th n re- nroh,s.hn i oF.bo ~,
r.y ,natsraI? Tn IS50 the amount ot wool
grovn in tbrc,untrv was ~ 5l6 559 nnnnIs
7n I96n il va. Eo sill 3t2 nounji an in
cre,.e nr onIy X ,,,r cent n tan yaars -
+ oyr county lrst ncrfnrt in its aaant;n,
to tnn ra;sino of shArn than il il tn fhi ,,rn-
u, st;on ofx6est or cdttnn2 We tbinE nnt
Eut h.Iiave there ia mn land On rhe pIohe
narah}a ,f ,,na,c;ry hottar wool or n,ora nf
), tt%sn A'orr;ra W. b,ya ~vsrv var;aty of
a,;i a,i clmatc fnr animal. ~ nyarv co1sti-
t,t;on and those of pyrrv climate have
! to tr;oJ anI E'mnd to Annr;, h ,n INV .cI
7, fnn wonI sLat.n We havr the basf lIood
oF Germany and Snain. ana il !, found not
, on(y thot Tho trecn does not Aetariorate in
o'',I;,v on The nrogenv orthn i,nnnstad Aorlss
+ H,,T',ij' fII aka tbat tha Hmar;,Yn-Snn,iSh mo.
: ,;1,o w;sIJs f,rtv nor ront mora in woiybt
: ~ Arsrq than lis ancestor, Wa have fhe
coarse &c wool Of the famous mutton breed,
: from England and we have our so-called ma,
t tive ,heCp. vet with a capacitv 10 produce
/ m,re wool than our manufacturers canned.
atm less nrjce than any other country, we
0 had. in isG0, lcxclusive of the Territories.
npl including only the States existing at
: fiat tjme,l bat f0rty-cight sheen to the
square mile,
In Enpland there are five hundred and
: ninety sheep to the square mile. and when
t We c6mpaye these fgires with each other
: We NE IN the pohcy of protecting and fos-
: te1jDg the business OF wool growing such
a source Of profit to our farmers and ct
= wealth to the country, that we are a,nazec
at the comparative ncglect which. it has re-
S ceived at the hands OF Congress,
o The production Of fina wonl4 has beer
insufficient. and under the mistaken iae;
e that because our growers chiefly proluccc
II the finer grades, and consequently no pro
lection was needed on the coarse staples
e the latter had been admitted free. If tn,