The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-21

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country, and the extent Of the demand 9
the products ofwool:s Eg.a. e.FHc
"With the exception Of growing grain
to sustain animated nature, sheep hus
4 bandry comes first in importance, both II
the essential Of furnishing q healthy ant
palaabIe food and producing wool which
affords valuable texture for apparel
especially for those living in the mort
frigid latitudes Of the world. While ID
flesh furnishes q most nutritious meat, IL
wool produces the warmest and fines
garments, and its hide Is converted intol
thousand conyeniences, from the founda
ton Of the "poor mans plaster" which
strengthens the weakened spine to The
delicate French kid boot which graces The
loot Of our fashionable ladies'. Hence the
importance and necessity OF sheep hus
bandry in the United States. ~
Many centuries ago the European na.
tons took quite an interest In the growing
OF sheep and In the manufacturing of!Wbol
into various fabrics for garments. BY law
many nations tried to protect aud encour.
age this branch OF industry. AS early a
1881, by enactment, England prohibited
her subjects from wearing foreign ,woolens,
which continued for four hundred years,
or till 1860, when the law was. modified III
some respects, and continued on the statue
books TIL 1921 Flemish ,woolen-weay
were introduced into the kingdom Ia, 1913.
A law was enacted in 1878 which required
hH has ID
should be buried in woslen shronds,
This law, continued in force, up TO 1910. i;
The early settlers Of this country. saw
the importance of sheep, and they both
landed on our shores at nearly the same
date. In 1910 there were at least 5000
sheep in Massachusetts, and the colonies
Iot Virginia and New York had each about
the same number. For many years all
the wool 10 the colonies was spun and
woven in the families, and generally Tor
their family use. As early as 1708 wooden
hroadCloths were manufactured on Long
Island, N. W and found q ready sale.
There doubtless was no factory for the
spinning and weaving OF this broadcloth,
but twas the work OF an individual who
did his work under the domestic roof.
English Jealousy In those days would not
permit her subjects In America Ia, enter
into such enterprises. While England was
willing that her colonies should produce
the raw material, she would not allow
them the machinery nor the privilege to
manufacture, and that industry she re-
served iorher own subjects Mt home. In
fact, all machinery for manufacturing cot.
ton or wooden clothsatth9t date were dis.
connected and In i crude state compared
to what 1t -is.at the present time, For
many years the spinning would be done
at one place and the weaving in the fami-
lies. For onesthousand years there was
no material change In the'lo or mode
OF weaving cloth, and person who can
remember the old hand.loom that their
mother. used 10 weave I'M, saw the same
kind OF frame, with the same kind OF
i.'weayers BEAM" harness, reed and treadle
that was used many centuries ago. g
After the British yoke was thrown of
the American people began to manufacture
Tor trade as well as domestic use. About
1888 0 wooden factory for spinning wooden
yarn went into operation at, Hartford,
Conn. George Washington visited this
factory, and, owing TO the novelty and 10
| tSS"aI'nk n!S tHAYeuS0 II tvSISt4uk euS laa "a
dustriesS he ordered cloth Tor suit OF
Iclothes, and in 17S9, as President OF the
United States, he made his address 70 Com
'tgress in this suit, the cloth Of which=was
woven in a hapd-looms in' that factory.
There were many other prominent men
and Congressman who wore greytmixed
cloth made in this factory. si,ti ~ y
a WOODEN company was stablished at
Byheld, in Newbury, Mass, In l79i.T The
factory wasrunl with English, "ArkwrtghIt
spinners, which BY English law were
prohibited from leaving the shores Of that
country. They were run 6y English
operatives, who came over 70 ms ,cosndntFyy y,
with the celebrated Samuel SISTER, and
commenced business il Rhode Island in
10y, Arthur scaoaelS. "a Easlisshm z
MAUI the nEes ue'fvIVaue!vu mn e WIS
county IRON ron, meI n snesp az rissneln'
Mass, In lsoi: ms cioih was woven "
nandlo3ms. IN tnose Gays I.-Wooi ssl
factory consisted 10, o. OILY mscnineety Igt
spinning; me clotn 'Was maze n lan !l'
t ,ooms ana tue WORK prlucipaly oone la l
tamllles: 1 v.
ne census Of isiuIePortea tWentyiiou[
WooIeh IeStotle a IN tnlb country tn4t spu W
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sbe III Ie9uaeln goo4s ~ W saiue y. ~
a S0u,QO0 annually. owing 10 the great de