Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-12

sbeep into saxony was somewhat ear.
Iier than in France. The English Gov
efnment, at . very early period, prohib- |
iteath1 exportafipn Of wool to- other
esnntries in Europe
The pnrposes Df thiswestrictiva pchcy |
are said to have been TO secure the con-
troll of the trade and revenue to the
crown, and to encourage WOODEN mann
facturers in England. The prohibition
existed until 1925. Until 1902, the i'm
portations of foreign wool Great.
Britain was free. Il will thus be seen
that policy pnrsued by Great Britain has
always been Of the character By which
they aided ia building up their own
manufacturers, either BY large tariffs or
lamentations OK manufactured goods,
or on the raw material which
could be. produced at home, or
prohibited the expectation of the raw
material to the detriment of the pro-
Iducers. Shall the people Of the United
States be so blind to their own best IN
llterest as to- refuse to adopt this policy,
which we know has been the means Of
making Great Britain 80. powerful
The quantity of wool imported fFoEa-
Spain 10. 1899, was 50, l90, 965 pounds.
This gave additional stimulus, to the eff
| fofts of home breeders, which resulted
by the use of tnrnips and other forcing
| means, in increasing the weight Of the
carcass and the fleece. =
The consumption Of wool in England
| is estimated at S65, 000, 000 pounds. The
total amount Of wool produced IN the
United States and Territories, in 1850,
was sc, 264,9I3 pounds, showing an IN
crease betwefa 1910 and 1850 of l6x-,
/ $50 900 poun6s, and between 1850 and
| 1860 of Z, 750, 900 pounds. ~ - ! :
Ohio is the largest wool growing State
in the Union, raising, in 1860, 10, 6OS,'
927 pounds. Next in order is New
York, raising, the same year, 3 ,454, 4i4
PennyIrania raised A, 752, 522 pounds
in 1860 Michigan comes fourth in or.
der. producing, in 1860, 2,960r8S8
pounds; and Vermont is FIFTH in order,
ECalifornia Unexpectedly comes next, pro-
ducing, in 1886, 2. 683, l09 pounds.
Indiana, Virginia, Kentucky and Mis-
souri, are nearly equal and come next in
order, producing over 2. GOO, 900 pounds.
Then comes Illinois. Maine, New Hanp-
shire, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin,
raising each o. 4ittle over 900, 600
pounds In 1860 AdAe s III 4 "
The Northeastern States raised, I'M
1860, 6,57S, 064 ponndss showing an in
crease of ABOUT 7 per cent, Vermont
raised nearly half the wool raised 10 the
Eastern States in 1860
The Middle States produced, in 1850
1907, 058 pounds Of wool, showing an
increase of -375, 900 pounds in ten years.
New York produced about two thirds Of
the wool grown III The Middle States.
Taking ont New York and Pennaglsas
MIA, the product Of the Middle States, 10
tfifing. -.
The Western States produced, in 1860,
1921 81 @ spoupds, showing an increase
of nearly A 600 900 pounds s. Ohio pro-
. duces nearly onslhalG of She wool grown
in the Western States saoiar hsss = ta-s
Michigan shows the largest increase
of any of the Western States. The in
crease was about 100 per cent.
: The Southern States raised, in 1860,
9,867,271 pounds of wool, showing an
increase of ], SOC, 900 pounds in ten
years. EAN
Virginia raised over one quarter Of
the ensirs ptodnct of the Southern
States, apd still shows falling off Of
ever 100000 pounds compared with
1850.
) The ptoduct Of wool ia the Pacific
, States aud Territories, in 1860, was
3, Ass, $50 pounds, and in 1850 il was on.
" 1929 pounds, showing an increase Of
' 3,4l2,02l pounds
Gov. Downey says that California had
at that time. nearly 1900, 900 sheep, and
the quality annually increasing, and
! thinks that the next census viii show
nearly product equal to the whole
7 United States. aia It's g. e7si89e 20
The Pacific States only, Of ali ths
States, kept pace with the population
: The product of wool in the Pacific
States was GOA pounds to eachiinhabit
ant, while the product in the whole
United States was little over 24 pounds
Observation-Disclosures. 8fs q r1k q s Z.