New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-15
LOSSES or VOOL-GROWERS.

The Wool Association has just made public
its computation Of the yield of wool in 1876
namely 272.i74.7OS pounds, or IG,Wa'.43O pounds
less than the yield in the spring of 1ST'. after
the transfer Of Government TO Democratic hands.
The average price of 1O4 qualities of domestic
wool quoted in Coates Brothers circular was
- II cents May |. 1893. and is now 121G cents.
The value of the wool produced in 1893 was
about SO 143011 and the value of the product
in 1896 at present prices is S'3 49,. 424. showing
n loss Of about $4,000, 900 to the wool growers.
II would be some satisfaction to them. having
made this frghtful sacrifice. If the sum had gone
into the Treasury and had prevented the deficit
which has caused their own and their children :
industry to be mOrtgaged for some years to come.
The loss is very unequaly distributed The
decrease in yield is largest in Texas. ll.ll3,oo2
pounds: in Ohio S,O6S.222. in California '.62S6Io
in Michigan 72J7. I;O. in Pennsylvania 800
IA in New York 4.149O2S, in Illinois 3.36GOS9.
in Wisconsin 2,I19.4S2, in Kentucky 236I.GoI.
and in Indiana 2327 IA pounds. West Virginia
also lost 2OOOOOO Kentucky 2.361 900. and Mis-
souri, 2146l9i Some of the mountain States
which are also silver States, being rapidly set
tied. have lost little or actually gained in guam
tity though losing heavily in price but Utah has
lost :}.4O7. 9i3 pounds since the clip of 1893.
All the States and Territories share the heavy
loss resulting from fall in price. 1t is mcan
choly TO see that the Senators from Montana. who
conspired with Democrats to prevent restoration
of wool duties last February. helped TO cause
the wool growers to sustain Il heavier loss in that
State than in any other by the fall in prices for
the average price of Montana wool has declined
TO-, cents. or j51 per cent which amounts on
this years yield to S2.211.591 Oregon lost 81
cents in average price. 81 .SO1,0SI; California
about . cents or 81 .7S7119: Texas. Sc cents. or
Sl621.7O4 and TIA 81 cents or SlW'S.i6
But the silver men drag down with them others
who had no such personal responsibility. and
the loss in price averaged 1874 cents for the five
Central States. Ohio losing in that way Sl.S94,
90 Michigan Sl.24Si71. and Illinois. Indiana
and Wisconsin about SJo0.OO0 each. the loss by
change of price alone being in these five States
$iD2O.306. But the silver States suffered still
more ON their 81 30 G3S pounds of wool raised
this year the difference In price alone, comparing
the quotations of the various kinds Of wool with
those OF May 1893 is no less than $1.32i so.
which is nearly $40 for every voter in those
States As the farmers in those States num-
bered only about 10000 according to the cen
sus the loss must have averaged over 800 for
every farm-owner Whether they wish to be
taxed 500 apiece for the berelt of silver mill
lonalres they can decide this year.
The loss by slaughter Of sheep and consequent
decrease in yield of wool since 1893 has been at
the price realized in 1893, about $l7,OOO.OoO But
this also has been very unequally divided Texas
gets large share. $2,054 800; but Michigan gets
"A larger. about S2.l7OOOO. and Ohio one still
larger. 9,2l0.m0. The shrlnkage in product at
| hn all Of hepu al Y N
NcwYork and Pennsylvania together. $i,0s2 300
In the border States. S7.i2i,5i9 In the five Cen
trail States. and S14SS.6sO in the three Pacific
| States. Taking both kinds of loss. from decrease
| IN quantity of yield and from loss of price. the
| five Central States have to bear Sl2,OOO,000 of
| 1t, the silver States over $S,000,000. the three