New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-29
v1EEs OF AN ILLINOIS WOOLGRowEA

LINCOLN Logan Co., IL, Oct. 8. 1867.
As a wool-gTOwer / have been looking over
TIC present situation" with considerable interest aud
'me little anxiety The business OF woolnowLg Is very
much depressed at present Reducing present prices TO
gold and wool has not cold low since 1875 Relatively
to expenses and taxes and the pos Of Other pro
duets Of Agriculture wool sundOubtcdiy lower than ever
before In the history % the country Under tho present
wool and vooleus tariff not half much wool has been
Imported az New-York during the fist six months q 1851
az during the corresponding months Of 1870 Tie present
tarG ala 10; take effect until March lst Of the present
year. 80 that uporatous Tor tho first two months OF the
year were under tho Old tarn OF the wool imported At
EcwYo tie prcst year II i5 stated oLcaly mat le
greater part remains bond or has been exported 10
Witbn wear or two past growers discovered that
their failure obtain reuneratng prices Tor wool grew
out OF the immense impOrtaJi0ns ~ Woo.els FUZZY az
much ont Of the importation OF cheap south American
wooicns mutually devised aud Iabored FOR Ny wool.
growers ana manufacturers. whether account ~ he
Which conpete8 with ours, Is being imported. The TACT
t. nome growers pushing their wool int market az 50
wool could Dot be imported 20 be sold as cheap scarcely
n teIe taliG know thus statement initiates,
present tarin checked n2orations but The eject must
be CHARGED 10 ho9tgro@eES tnesiv tns StSy ' -
sell immediately II not sooner does rot tias arse
FROM any panic on their part, fear tina tie bottom has
fallen out but from the fact that times have been tighten
L gradually aimee the war ended, tBus ndng thei1 IN
closer co,nefs aud also from e fact that always hth
ero there had been plenty OF buyers visiting them az
sbearngiiue ready to take tneiI wool At fair prices
Eastern buyer falling 10 20 into the interior az the usual
time upset woo-growers' arrangements, many or them
being compeAed 20 ship wool last Tor tiie hiee I'M ~
their lives TO take notes, pay store bhs etc. tey are
Asto log uc Tire present tariff may have helped The
voOerower FROM having shut upouqtons OF woQ4ens
an oi 80 " %so1 ta ~ i i has Ss not i had any
great a ru nnd tat on t,e strength OF me aitiep3te
good FAN trade your NCw-N0Ik importers are s,hdng
abroad MANY orders for goods At The time the aI
ucipatou Of the same trade does ot III orr ss p .ie
lr. m fact wool goes lower and lower the nearer We
approach that summation which has been 80 deVouty
The entire ariouut of the falling or in importation Of
Won - ' az he c,ct ~ our targ mo deprcson
IN wool manufactures would account ;nr parE % 1.-THE
fact that there already too many good, Mary Wool
growers are disappointed in the cfrct produced Ivy te
iari-thcr RntcpatoHs OF its ot'ct-but i should DC
particularly that ~ the commercial nrcst Oi New York
IL 10 always impossible 10 obtain tarh until some hgo
rshls time is necessary produce It's natural eject
with regard to the eject OF the aI, wool dfaeIs ana
ohio Fa7nor, who has been on tour Of on>eFssti9n
among tAe wool houses 81 ne%12 ana ep,g1 S'
iIVir SieSi 10 remain s ii is anohc year good Ohio
wool Will be- bought for 50 cents or less Other ~Goi /
or,l Soc ,hpVr fhe fgrih However dealers IN wool
and manufacturers may diaer one thing Is very eertain
hat te Teset tri NAV have fair trial hate
mel one Who ftlt otherwise 10 may be that good ONO
wool might sell Tor 80 cents or less next june loI bne
are anomalous tiuics and there telling what Shape
tho uauce5 Of the country may be M onc ear nom now
We Sec the abest men OF the country q ring widely
as to what should be the fnauci policy OF the country,
as they do ON matters OF free LHic ,ud tailh.
Although the average price az which Judge Illinois
ana IOw WOODS have sold al reel Oh be nos 10 exceed
which We lie arises fully much froin tic drOnth |
brE SuI low S@r T S crop ~ Wool Here IN Central illinois
thousands az our sheep have gone 20 Asoul 70
sold that STATE but driven there py ner l.la2i9
owners ON top Of short corn crop We are g"ug 10 |
have Winter % least month longer tlln usual D9-
cause the drouth stli continuing. We nave no Fan Ie
IL has beenoyer months since We ha rin 10 sui
the ground. haye dug seven sood wells an9 pSAPse
nearly all OF them dry every day As 80 me vino pells
tempered the slorn lamb" We cau't see H. eN, l
eopt 9 The tct s 9H .o nd{ S'P tt Ss ,bsr .f,
Is all r.cked up good and bright That = sort oi cpp1
hay INK rains for the past r or i've weeks so AK 10 maze
plenty OF Fail fee should nave rev llat we M5ns
squeeze through the Winter There Is thousands OF led
10 Winter al ITO stuck N Illinois, DIT 0le iio Np NV
the feed don't own the stock, and won't buy II because
OF course te men WAC nave TIC S.uos can Duy Ie,
men Of such great expectations, therefore you SEQ your
New'York stock arkets crowded wan cattle hoss, ana
sheep whleh are fellhg no rdcuously yM PliVvs' ~
have noticed however IN years gone ~, tat wien an
men know We nave sAoi1 cVP, "t Ia sumpler
10 ut themselves IOr ~ tH9ush tto ~, 49,
mat does not get up quite 50 high as many eSIc
a. rv In thc season thai tley cannot buy at Nv
nr prices commence hurrylng OFF their stock ON the
ia no 80 strongly as to what pile Of money their corn
will bring them, that they what le s'oeA ttY ln'o
too frequently, instead of selling eht corn hardy good
shipping corn, TO some feeder at eorhNulk snei az
Icr, no ar three months 10 the time when they expect
TO ret the dollar kernel by ana ~ tI o.ts e1 ,s
due and all that kind ~ Is pushhg lo bu}ers puU
i'm the time much of the surplus stoeA has eh run
out Of the state go 4, ,ho o., r,os. .bi.
year but will show By next May, iarse decrease. 10
,tgr with such IA Wl be into the mutton Market
-. ncat rnarFet same Of thcm many Of Onr sick
Will try tosce bow many they can starye some
Whole Winter through "sLn 'em boys the pelRs worth
mOren tho Sheep ~, m ,,,,,,,, q ,,asr
or two Tof 10 b such drugas lremenDer IA my boy
hood When used 10 see good wetheia boutht i9r Sc 20
7ne tr head and mt screw press Tor their ar
Low have scrn wagons gOm the rounds OF the country
scu tc nicest OF mutton hams az retail, Tor pick
, eh sx 10 eight pounds Of the best meat IN
sIeen selling for sixpenoc! do honestly believe how
ever TINT should present tariff he Knocked ~ the
head and our ports be open almost free wool from the
"a oe world We would come that within three years
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