The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-10
The sheep Industry.


Everywhere the wool growers seem to
be triumphant, and the desire to quit
cattle and begin with sheep is becoming
almost a craze. With the decline of
cattle values in 1886 began an upward
tendency in mutton and wool, which has
resulted in a most wonderful prosperity
among sheep owners. And this pros
perity seems to be still on, says the LiUe
Stock Journal.
AS result. thousands of farmers and
ranchInen are converting their cattle
holdings into cash with a view of en-
barking; in sheep husbandry. Sheep
raisers have made money all the time
since the advance above named, but
feeders have been compelled to work on
a pretty close margin during the past
year. The demand for feeders has been
SO strong that they sold very close to
their ripened value.
The signs of the hour point to a
change of position in the two callings
within the next few years. With every
body running to sheep, the probability
of heavy surplus production in the
near future is almost a certainty. A
surplus means decline, just as resulted
from the overproduction of cattle.
Secretary Rusk does some plain talk
ing in his annual report about the plac-
ing of hides on the free list by the Nc
Kinley tariff law. He says: ''The
large quantities of hides which are being
shipped to the United States from for
eign countries, and are admitted free of
duty, have caused great depreciation
in the prices realized. for hides of do
mestic production. This has had very
marked tendency toward keeping down
the price of cattle, and has, consequently
added to the burdens of our agricultural
population The secretary recon-
mends that the president take advan-
tage of the reciprocity clause of the
Mckinley law, which authorizes him to
restore the old duty upon hides shipped
from any country which shall not by
the first of January, 1892, have granted
equal concessions by the free admission
of the agricultural products of the
United States, to put the duty back
| upon hides shipped from those countries
which have not entered into reciprocal
agreements with us.
Portland's gross assessment this year
rises to $65, 900 900. That the enormity
of Portland's wealth may be understood,
let US figure Portland has 5000 peo-
pie and according to the last assessment
this amount divided among her popula-
ton would give to each 81 600. Divided
among the $4,000, 900 people of the
United States, each person would have
one dollar. When it is considered that
the average wealth of each person in
this country is but eight dollars, it may
readily be seen that Portland is very
great city in point of wealth. Welcome.
Teacher-If your mother had twenty
five yards of stuff, and made dress re-
quiring but eighteen yards, how much
would she have left? Little Girl Mann
ma cant make her own dresses. She
has tried often, and they are always
either -Teacher-suppose she sent it
to Il dressmaker how much would the
dressmaker send back? Little Girl
Depends on which dressmaker she sends
it to-. Some wonldn't send back any.
Teacher (impatiently suppose she
sent it to an honest one? Little Girl
Some of the honestest ones cut things to
waste, so that there is never anything
left, no matter how much you send 'em.
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