Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-05


At the conclusion of Hon. Justin s. Nor.
rill's address at The Wool Gro ers' meeting
held a the Island House, Bellows Falls, en-
the 18th inst, Judge Colbuine Of Spring
field offered the following preamble and reso
luton, which were unanimously adopted by
the meeting
Whereas, The wool growing interest of
Vermont is in greatly depressed and Ian
gushing condition, and must soon be aban-
..CDed unless relief can be extended by nation
al iegisliiion TO protect the interest from the
destructive competitor of foreign fine wool,
grown IN climates of perpetual summer, and
WIN, re land and labor are of mere nominal
value; Ard whereas, bill was passed by
the lower house Of Congress at It's last session,
and Is now upon TIE records OF the upper
house. purpOrtIng to aid both the manufaC-
turing and The wool growing interests of the
country, and though its provisions may be
more remunera,ive md protective to the Tor
mer than to the latter enterest, yet as wool
growers, desirous Of saving this great interest
Of The North from humiliation, We pray the
Senate of the United States to Pass this or
some other protective bill and ies it speedily
become the law of the land. We ask this
because we are willing TO try the experiment
OF its operation because the price of farm L.
Der to grow this article Is more than double in
poi potion 10 the Irice CT tie article after 1t i.
grown ; Beau lie the prices OF this article bear
40 sort of proportion 10 those of all other CON-
modiIlc5 which are obliged 10 purchase to
sus am our families while col il our main re-
lance fer support Because the prices Of
wool On good bas s, have never been so high
since The commencement of the war of rebel
lion Is they were IN the years lInme diateiy
preceding, and are not at the present time
Than three-fourths as high, while nearly ali
other articles oil traffic have been greatly en-
hanc-d IL Price by the advance il gold Be
cause before tue war the prices of , II
pounds Of cur wool (brook washed,) would
purchase at retail az good yard If CASH
mere or doeskln as the price OF l-2 pounds
viii DO at The present time : because the TAX
atien upon al other resources for grJwIrg
aoot, 10 consequence Of The war (tow q, state
anG nationally is full cents per pound our
washed wool, which is vastly beyond wha. it
ever has been before Because we claim to
have been IL. patriotic as any other section OF
OF our country, t. have cheerfuiIy bOrue our
share OF the public burdens ID the loss f life
and The sacrifice Of treasure during the LAST
six years of our national stfiictlon, but we
claim ben fits and pr vIleges equal to these
accIuing to o.htr interests /: Because for the
las. eighteen N onths we have been Obliged to
purchase clothing for ourselves I'd families
1t exorbit.ns prizes, made iron. foreign wool,
while our U@n Clips have been lying upon our
Gands udc4iIed Tor at any Ienu Grating
prices. liz CO. sequence of INC cheapness of
the MetizI and other foreign fine clothing
WOODS; Because Inteligei labor In the mill +,
tie s1op on the farm, cIunot and ough
not 70 DC made to compete with the ignoran
and Iauper labor OF foreign countries, and'
finally Becauee We believe that we should be
steadily progressing 10 that state Of indrpen-
deucc a nation TO ciothe ourselves, go far
is wool and cotton Will d. 1t, and become H.
dependent Of all foreign producers of these
articles therefore,
Resolred, by this convention of Vermont
WooiGrowers, that copy of this memorial
and resolution be furnished by the secretary
and presented to the Eon. Luke P. Poland
and Hon. F. imunds, our Senator'S IN Con-
gFess, ard that they are hereby reque sted to
present IL TO the Senate Of the United States
az an early day of the coming session, and
ttat they sustain by their voice, and vote
the bill pending In that house, or any other
bill giving prott ction to the wool grower.
Bellows Falls, W.. NV. II, 1866.