The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-08

comparable with some of the bogus
fancy clips"
Almost all kinds of wool are pro-
duced in this section-French, Spanish,
Saxon, Selisian, &C., and even the
Cashmere-each kind having its own
| favorites. The most money is proba-
bly, in the Spanish, and this, obtained
in an honorable way, is what we are all
after, and this blood Is probably more
widely "circulated than any other:
lies nearly all the .fiocks; yet it has re-
ceived SO little addition, that it is be-
coming very thin" and the pure Sax
on flOcks. as have said, can be easily
counted on the fingers.
The buyers tell all to go into fine
wool. The moment this becomes pleu-
ty, it is "cried down." Even now they
do not pay enough to justify the raising
of fancy wool. Any dodge TO cheat the
grower out of his wool.
ut is wool we want" say they; "not
gum or grease" So says every honest
wool grower. And they give this as a
reason for not buying Spanish. Yet
the thousand pound, when mixed in
with wool that has a reputation"
All, it is understood, that the honest
dealers in Spanish and other heavy
woods ask is comparison of clips, and
if they cannot produce more pounds of
t0ooL, and of as good grade, the ship
will be given up, and the writer will
pay their subscription 10 the IFTELLI-
GENCER.
The writer has seen come off some of
these Spanish a perfect cloud of beauti-
full white wool-not one fleece, but a
whole flock ofthis Observation-Disclosures
to be wool mot grease or gum, by breed.
er Of fancy wool (not bogus) which sold
for 80 cents, when this Spanish sold for
| less than 60 cents. In fneness, a con-
noisseur alone could have told the diff
ference.
And these 1leeces washed 6, s, 10 or
more pounds of moot. Another string
of "facts" note.
We have mentioned the Spanish here
as they are more generally raised and
can be more easily tested. While
heavy, gummy Spanish have been in
troduced here, they have been bred out
long ago, by all honest growers,
and only kept in by those who
quit breeding Spanish;" and the only
the bogus fancy clips" just whisper
this, by way of negative emphasis, into
the ear of your intelligent stock
dealer, who appreciates what A.
Ward CALLED "goak," as
| showing how easily some OF our shrewd
wool dealers and manufacturers are
gulled.
This is quite common for those who
have these clips to get hold of-not buy
direct-the refuse of some honest Span
ish grower who is breeding out his gum
and grease and mix in with his own,
gets his fancy prlce-buyer examines
alI-can't see it.
These "tricks in trade" it is pre-
sumed, will have to regulate them
selves, and it is in desire to assist this
CIRCULATION" that this humble attempt
is made, which, as has been intimated,
is written in the interest of no person,
party or clique, and by, as your read
ers will discover, one nnaccustomed TO
the use of the pen.
Aud, Messrs. Eds, we would apollo
giZe for length and for the tone of the
article, which you may deem n little
caustic, yet, considering the nature of
the subject, we have "drew it as mild"
AS possible.
1gain, we would say, the writer is
interested neither in sheep, wooden or
wool, nor is he ''WooLLEY."
Augusta. 1868.