Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02

ION CT the goo Is nov m2de DO not con
3 sain more thsn 10 to 80 pc
cent. OF new wool Our mills ar
forced 10 use this inordinate proportio
# caeap material ia order to compel
with foreign goods and to supply IN
, demand for cheap clothing. Further
more every pound of wool raised in tn
world is needed fer clothing, blankets
etc, and al enormous Increase over Ia
present amount would find ready msr
Ret 81 such prices ss consumers Of cloth
ing can sfford to pay.
s. The increase las been enormous il
the past fifty years, and tnis increase hs
been much greater In some othe
countries than in orr own, although the!
have no protective tariff on woods. h
clip Of Australia is seven fold the amour
raised in 1860.
I. Wool ID the best fibre YET discovered
for the use CT the million, and its us:
will extend as fast ss the supply. TEE
question is, shall the United
States make their fair proportion
OF these goods, or shall they de.
pend upon foreign manufacturers? Ex.
ceps for the restriction OF our tariff VIZ
should be how making more thaa half Of
ell the goods that are imported. This
increased home demand would keep up
pricsg OF domestic wool and raise the
price abroad. Except for the advance in
| Europe the past few months the recent
advance IN prices Of fine domestic woods
would have been impossible. The sd
vances seldom come when the wool Is il
the hands Of the growers.
5 States east Ct the Mississippi mugt
| depend lpon the csrcsgs and no. on the
wocl f2r their profit In raising sheep;
either sheep for breeding purposes TO 60
to other localities where wool can be
raised cheaply, or for lambs or mutton.
II N,5w Z lgland the early lamt, In three
or four months, will brig FIVE times es
N 1ch as the # eece after feeding twelve
II 11ths; and where farmers are properly
situated In this business, it ia profitable.
Merino sheep exclusively fer wool
can only be raised on chesp lande,
and with the lowest possible cost for
labor, though not necessarily low priced
isoor, these laborers in Australia are
probably better psid thsn say ofhsYs in
the wS-ld who devote their whole time to
agricultural pursuits. Three 20 f7a men
IN AustTslis will take the whole care CT
$4,000 TO 100 600 eheep. Their w,.es
will PROBABLY average fully ESQ year,
snd al their expresses paid. The shesripg
is done partly By machinery and b7 gangs
Of men who make il :heiz whole business.
Everything Is done With system, for put
Ting their wool before the consumers in
the best possible condition. OF course
It Is very popular With manufacturers, as
1t rms very even in qualify through the
bSle, and each bale is graded TO contain
Only it5 own sort. Ia every flock of any
s;za six to ten grades sTe made ard
packed separately.
9.Lhsye no doubt that portions CT Texas
will bsfound where this business csn be
caIFfad on il competition with Australia
or hg7 part. Of the world, but We must
up the mills for manufacturing
the class Of goods which require this
particular wool. This embraces very
wide range OF goods, especially merlnos,
etc., for ladids' wear, snd the finer broad =.
cloths. There are no mills Tow in this
country, making thsse goods I'VE are
getting the skill acquired, gradually, and
If We had the material 1t would come }
They canno. De established unless they
can have access TO different kinds Of
wool For nearly all woolen fabrics moro
then one class OF wool is required. The
skill Of the manufacturer consists largely
il Masking the proper blend for producing
certain desired effect. The
European manufacturers with choice OF
all the woods OF the world csn ge, inst
what he needs for SOY quality at the low
est coet. He puts esch where 1t will do
the most good. The Ohio sheep driven
into Illinois Or Michigan, after two or
three years will decidedly change charsc-
far IN I'D fn 10 n
point that will take time and expeHffEe
menE are best suited to the severaI4sQS.
tiles Of our country and in the came s&teS,
In o ito, even, tbs woods in SOMA c0uH$38
have 8 decided preference oY thoseA
Others only few miles distsHtXxIt iSS46i
in England. But every kind Sf ooHi4
adapted TO some particular maIufSesdre,s
and when this ia established there will be
the demand that will give sgood ma;kst
10 The duty on $ools has never helped
the prices. l sendt you table showing
past on fac clothing merino fseces.
These are taken from the actual records
q each yesr. It is the duty on the goods
only thst will induce their manufacture
in this country, that can possibly help
l1S prizes u nOUis L. San SH y 10 oeCN-
to msnufscture here. L cannot be
exported until prices sbroRd are
higher than they are here.
Prices abroad csnnot advance to anYs
TIL G like the prices here, SO long as Tss
shut cut the wool in the raw state By g;
prohibitory tariff. This protects tn;
foreign manufacturer from American coIk
petition. The duty on iae clothin5f
woods, es found in the European g1fi
other markets CT the world, is more tHn
100 per cent. on the average. There aye
been 8 lumber CT large lots Of sc6dt3
Woois imported into this districs )
season on which the duty Is 100 peg cent?
80 cents per pouud-End the goods in
which 1t will be used can be imported at
about GO or 65 per cent. duty. OF course,
they mue. use cheap material TO mix with
this. Those that can be. imported st
much less rate brig higher proportionste.
prices, in consequences Of American COM
petition, so that the cost to cur manufsc-
tureys is still that much more than to
their foreign competitors. The goodss
made from these woods can be impossef
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