The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10
The Wool Industry.

240, 900 900 and import in the form 0l
wool, wastes, noils, campl'S hair and
in wooden goods the equivalent Oi
$50 900 900 pounds.
We should have, and with suffici.
ent protection soon will have, l00.'
600 600 sheep capable of producing
all kinds needed in this c0untry,
With this number of sheep a large
proportion will be found in the terri
tories of the c0trsest, hardest varie-
ties, and there always will he large
number elsewhere of unskllIful wool
growers who will produce inferior
sheep of the cOarser classes without
proper care, and the '"Ufeech" and
"hiU lock" wool of these will yield a
sufficiency Of the "coarse. hairy and
kempy WoOls."
l will now show what our sheep
should be, and with adequ ,te protec.
| ton will be, and how we can secure
carpet woods.
HOW CARPET wOoLs SHOULD BE
PRODUCED
With hundred million sheep one
half should be coarse wool sheep. the
residue should he merinOs-the fine
wool sheep. In 1884 about one-half
of our then 50,0O0,00 sheep were
merinos and one. half coarse wool
sheep; hut under the reduced Carpet
wool duties of the act ol 1888 our
sheep in 1890 consist of only about %
per cent of coarse wool Sheep-lO..
375, ,000-and 70 per cent Of merinos-
81, ,l25. 600; the deficiency in coarse
wool is furnished by imports of so
called carpet woods. In order to-
produce the required 600 900 900
pounds of wool we need $4,000. 900
merinOs. OF the coarse wool class
the S"uth Downs. ShrupshirnS, Cots.
WOlIS, LIncOlnS, LeirpStprShirpS, Ok
ford Downs and ujhrr downs would
constitute one half, say 81 900 900
~herp, producing n average of seven
or l15 900 600 pounds in ali. Fully
one tenth of this. being the "hip
locks" and "breech" wool. would be
"Stiictiy carpet wool" not suitable
for ordinary good clothing purpOs Is
making in all II 500 600 pounds.
| have i'll my possession samples of
ScOu: ed Russian Donskoi cal pet wool &.
and secured American "breech" and
''hip lock" CDtsWOId wool, and it is
impossible for any person but a
thorough expert to distinguish the
one from the other. In a conference
between wool growers aud ingram
carpet manufacturers held in Wash
II9tOn, ID. c., April %, 1890, Mr..
Alexander Crow. Jr., a prominent
carpet manufacturer of Philadelphia,
stated that the C0tsW0Id wool is the
best carpet wool which can be used
for carpet WOrsted, that is, for the
Warps OF ingram carpets and for body
Brussels carpets. Thus the Cutsw0ld
and similar long wool sheep produce
the long combing wool required for
the warp of these carpets. Every
man who owns one OF these sheep is
thus directly interested in having
market for the "breech" and ship
lock" wool of these sheep for carpet
manufacture. He is interested in a
Protective Tariff which " i'll keep the
foreign competing product out.
THE COMMON AND QUARTER BLOOD
SHEEP.
Another 25,000, 900 coarse wool
sheep should consist of the coarsest
breed of sheep called common
sheep" with some quarter blood and
crosses with CutsW0ld sheep prOduc.
ing an average Of five pounds un
washed wool per flAece, or in all I25,-
600 900 pounds. all of which would
he good carpet woods. unexcelled by
any in the world. The "breech" and
hip lock" wools would he exclu.
siyely carpet stock. or about l2. .5OO..
600 pounds. Much of the residue
would be suitable to manufacture
into good cloths, blankets and ladies'
dress goods. brsidl as we'll rs carpets,
thus securing for all who may require
it, cheap but good durable clothing
goods.
Thus every laboring man in the
country is directly interested in such
protection as will encourage the rails.
ing of coarse wool sheep. While
making the best wearing carpets, this
wool also makes the b st wearing
clothes. This wool would also fur.
nish the "wOol" or "tilIing" for in
grain carpets, so far AS new wool
would be needed. The filing of
cheaper carpets would he largely
made and properly so of redyed wool
(Shpdiyl and cow aud calf hair.
Mr.. II. Lewis Rutter, of Pniladel-
phia, connected with one of the larg.
est wool houses in that city, in an ar.
tioIo in fhn DbfJoJ.Tnksa H.. - r