The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-07
Aayifultural department.
co. DuLTtb BY Albthl LnkPMA,
sheep Raising,


~ Coi. J.. S. Me-seti, # Ctvnwah.
(CvscLu0rp)
But cyco this bad su cDd, for alter
enjoying this unprecedented prosperity
until about 1865 .r le6G, the over. pro.
ductioo, stimulated by the failure ot the
cotton crop 10 the Southern Status during
the late rebellion, created y reaction vi
the American market hot slope.bvt every
O her wool center Of the world became
70 euof mou,ly overstocked that utter ruiz
col snuihilatlou stared wool growers aud
manufacturers alike ia tho face. But
the American wovl growers aud manu-
fscturcrs wetc not 10 be driven TO ID,
vail without an .fort. They vent IL
convention in Syracuse 10 December
1865, coming from every part of th,
loyal States, big With the imI orance Of
their undertaking. Common darger'
made cotutD'u cause. | cen not d.
better than 10 quite Mr.. J"hu l.. iiog'
ir Im his X ruud address to wool g'"aei'
ard nsbu'gcturprs ct S racu-c, N Y it
u .rmhtr. 1s7I lie SAYS:
he COW, ntion OF lc55 is memora.
be amoug other things, for the couaict.
Ing sentiments 10 the wuolen iodustr,
which preceded, and was the cause fu
invoking It. y d.farence OF opiuioi
unountiug 10 actual hostility between 'h'
two interests, supplying and usnil uls'ipr
the raw msteria Of uur wouleu mill, bso
ben gaining ,t,,ug,h for 6'tY Years. sto
had rs umcd the base Of sectional ami
mostly between the Fast aud the West
On the one hand, the West. representing
the wool g,o~ing interest, Exaggerated
the profits Of the Eastern manufacturers d;
claimed that it b re without compensation
the burden Of the duties which promoted
their profits; ignored the fact that the
tpecifs duties % foreign goods competing
with our own we're but the equivalent
for duties on the raw material which the
wool growers received, aud d, n anded the
pis-cslled equality 20 obnoxious TO the
manufacturing iotorest under the hofl-
Sontal tariff Of 1876. The msnuisciur
sTs, Oh the other hand, representing d
growing sentiment at the East, were be-
coming more sud more dsl osed 10 look
abroad fer their chief supply of raw ma
teti.l. They were not unwilling to avail
themselves IF tuch commercial practices
as would diminish the duties intended TO
be given for the protection Of the Amcr.
eau wool grover, and were incliued TO
advocate the British policy Of free trade
il raw material including wool, al th'
wieert system of rtotectioc to usnutsa
turers. They overlooked the fact. which
they have since acknowledged, with re.
turning msRuaumi'y, that it hss been
tho experience Of all usiiuns that the do.
mes'ic SUPPLY Of raw mst,tisl hos beet
the drst aud Away. chief dep, odsnce CT
its manufacturers.
'.Thsy JAILED, also, to con.ider that
shile aiming ut the argtft sud cheapest
supply Of foreign Tool, they would reud, :
American rheep huohaudry unpro6tahle
and inevitably destroy domestic produc
ton, thus reducing themselves to Z sol.
dependence upou sources liable TO be Gu,
of by foreign wars, or political revolu'
tons The inevitable result Of such d.
verging views must bsvo been perpetua
strife and legislative action, which favor
ing each interest exclusively, as its in
eueDce might prepcnderate, must alter
nately ruin both. From this explanation
Of the old differences which formerly dis
trscted the wooiep industry. it can bsrdl,
be doubted that the dissfectiou towsrt
the prevailing policy exhibited ny lin
red lumber Of the older waol growers, /
ut TIE expression of the Traditional hos
,ility 10 which they were nurturtd. Tn
CO uveution Of 1865 II chiefly memorial
for Ito /, 4 ienre III ier".cn,ug ihia di'as
trous teud. Tni. il @ ,euce vas the re
suit Of the .imrlet means, nothing NOR
than b.ipRiug, for the frat time. face t
face the Interests which had been pr. j.,
diced and hortie only because they MI.
understood each Cher A conference @
but day hetweer 'hc rival ipietest- wa
sDficient 10 estal lish buei- OF aajus'
meat. Ths baYie was the rccogni'i.n {
"muiuaii,y" of interest ard RI, I
equality of protection. TIE pnuc,pIt
upon which harmony might be establi-he
was expressed iu the resolutions unau
mouslv adopted by the Cuuveutinn. whic
have su historical value a, the frat joiI
txpreeeiou Of the tgo branch,s OF Il
wool industry of the country. Tucy a
as follow;
"Resolred That the mutually Of Il
;ntrlests uf the wool producer aud 20
manufacturers Of the United States i, t
tabli-hed by tho closet coumercisl BON
that Of d,m,nd aud supply; it haviI
been demonstrated that Tia Amer ca
grower supplies moro than 70 per ecu
Of Ill the wool consumed by Americi
mills. and with tqlal encoursgeme
would soon supply all which is proper
adapted to production here aud, FL
'her. it is confirmed by the experience
hslt century, that the periods Of pre-
perity aud depression in the two branch
Of WOODEN industry bpvc been Identical
time. aud induced by the same geuel
cause.
"ReSolvea. That as tho two branch
Of agricultural industry represented
tie wcol,n interest involves largely I
labor Of the country, whore producti'
LESS is the basiS OF national pro~peri'
eouLd policy t'qui'er euch legi,la i've 4
ton IS shall place th, III IN sn equal fot
ing aud give them equal eneotra. eme
aud Ero,t ciioD in omEe,iug win the ,
circulation capital and low wages Of o,t
countries"
Thus these Evolutionary sn'sgoni
Quilted % the basis Of "mu'usltJ" Of
tereNts, aud together they weut beft
Congress for 4 revision OF the tariff
suitably protect the WOODEN industries
America.
"Us'oItunstely." ssys Big'low, 9TH
did not succeed 10 getting IT, in the r
zion of 1856, aud 10 anticipation
It's passing the Dezt session. seventy n
lion poupda Of wool aud woolens-alm
squalipg the entire imports of the &