Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-24
FFan sAs RegoTi - tAs leassuaeat q a griesssare
PoPt LAR PALACES CONCERN
ING WOOL.


In commercial circles AZ least, most er-
roneoas views concerning the qGaiisg. con
sanplloa, present supply, aud tie influence
q existing lmpast Aws Gpoa present. pTicgS,
appear 20 prevails leT q which are not5c-
ed, VIZ
!. That ist gaq}itg u -ancrSoaa sood7 has
9efer6agzfclf. has been holdly asserted
that the dissemination Of American Merin-
oes has been injurious 10 the quality of the
wool 1Ae most jadicious3y bred and care-
tGllg housed thoyoughbreds have, indeed.
furnished very Oily uawaSle3 teeoes, un-
pTaht2b.e to manufacturers on accaaat os
Tie -1ss n cleansing. bat for che Of these
there are scores Il not hundreds Of their
praEeag, whose gool ) vastly superior TO
thar q she5r coarse aose5 ancestors. and of
that quality most IN demand at American
factories, answering for ali except the finest
cloths ard Of sufficient length u become
substitute for c3mh5ng Wools IN oelalnes This
breed has 50 far affected vast improvement
upon tae coarse m0ngyel sheep constituting
the great mass OF hockS af foTmeT days Ii
Is not Necessary 10 affirm this fact before in
te.i3gant wood growers. bat millions Of Ame-
E1czu citizens mag be mIsle1 by widely pub
hsbed statements of the inferior condition Of
ouE Eooi clii2s resulting from crosses Of Ame-
rsc2n Aleslnaes upon the sheep Of the vest
= Iasf doHlxssc lgao' S tafeseY ie FIR
egrsl. very reverse Of this statement is
true In strength Of 6bre and durability of
fabric our home grown wool Is Tar superior
% thai which is imported Every manuiac
tuEeT who has tested the matter wi. corFo-
b0Tzta the statement Writers in the for
eiEB wool seilius interest freely declare that
proportion cf foreign vol Is necessary for
mixing with the domestic, and that in is ab-
ssRoe the manufacture Of the home Aceaes
must decline. The statement IS utterly eT-
roaeous. The Only pretext for il Is IN the
adaptation % machinery, II certain factories
70 this mixture. livery month Is rem0v-
lnE this mechanical lmpc1iment 70 the su-
prenacg of domestic wools. The progress
OF manufacturers, in this respect, has been
wonderful the past year Colswold aud
Leicester c0mbiHg Wools are in fact scarce,
but TIE deficiency can b easily supplied IN
few years, and the 5uveutso1 Of our manu-
facsgrers, impatient Of delay, has found an
excellent substitute IN the long fibre Of
Merir0 grades, By the aid q changes, IN the
machinery by which lt Is wrought Very
little wool, except carpet grades, EE5ch are
admitted with less duty than the Wo0l grow
ct pays a. taxes, Is now required ty manu-
lsturers from foreign soUrces " hen tie
b7ozac.oth manufacture shall be extended
Eere, 8 9nsr Meriuo VIII be wanted. and can
BE supplied without foreign aid.
g. That tcs need ssrt3fg wi5liieas u p3aRGs
n f3ra.2a ic1ol 10 s8uEBeuie- tie domestic
sli175a. The imports of al. w0ols, IN four
years Of war. were but sIxty-three millions
per year, with SIX millions Of ofshoddy-lH 81
nor. precisely, Z19, lS3,049 poundS In
Is61 the imports were onl 5 half as much,
and the home product ba; sixty millions
the zctua! mauutaciare but eighty millions.
Ii ls folly low % talk Of sixty OF seventy
millions deficiency, when the trade Is SUI
erIBg from g sUrteIt Of woods aud w00ilepS
notwithstanding the decrease Of imports Of
wool since the war. On the other hand
there are persons who prefer 70 believe that
the domestic wool product Is II excess OF
the demand. position equally anfouaded,
(. 1AQt he roofaf ia5g has not besaeRted
sc5o{ production aB8 manufacture be
close Of the war found fui supplies of wool
len goods. and immense stores Of unused
army clothing, aud n aBuclT patton Of leglsia-
tlon affecting importation, nearly as many
wCo.sans were introduced, IN a single year,
as we're imported during the entire PeFlod
Of the var In this state Of facts. utter
Guuihilst5on Of wool growing and uznutac-
tur.ne vzS only prevented By the operation
Of the law IN reT7essing further Importation
and inspiring confidence N the future. when
the immense surplus should be exausted-
Ii has produced al the advantages that lts
most ssuguine friends could claim for 1t, IN
preventing in a large degree, rulnous de-
preston and the sacrifice Of hocks, aad 10
having the wsy for entire suc95ss IN the IL
ture. which shall benefit every Interest Of
agriculture and every branch Of Industry.