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wool, but she is also 4 great producer
OF wool, and she usually has Il good
deal of wool left over for expectation.
Eussia's expectation, however, Is large
~ made up of the cheaper sorts of
wool, and the value of her expectation.
taking ten years trade for compari
son, is not quite T5 per cent. OF the
value OF her importation.
The annual production Of wool by the
United states runs from 250.000.000 to
So0,o0O.o00 pounds. l, has been as high
(n 1880 as 310.o0O.OO0 pounds. In 1898
it was 267 ZOO. 900 pounds.
Our cXportat ton of domestic wool is
comparatively small and extremely
nuctuating. In 1893 it was only 10000
pounds. In the four years following *
was. in round numbers. $4,000 pounds,
4.275,000 pounds, 6.950,O0O pounds and 81
$4,000 pounds. In 1895 1T was almost
nothing.
Our import of foreign wool, retained
for consumption, is, on the whole. grad
ually increasing and is becoming very
great In 1877 it was $4,000 900 pounds.
In 1857 it wac 107 100000 pounds. In
1897 il was 3i7.500000 pounds. In 1888,
however, it was only 13S. 600 900 pounds.
Our total consumption OF wool, do
mest!c and foreiSn--or rather the wool
we retain for consumption-has in
creased from 100000 900 pounds in 1873
to over GOO. 100000 pounds in 1897 In
1888 the amount was 391, 900 600 pounds
In the ten years ended 1898 it average
1925 pounds.
Great Britain for many years has
been the principal wool nuracturin;
country of the world. The figures for
her wool production. importation. etc.
for 1897, which may be taken as an
average year-exccpt in the cxporiation
OF home grown wool, which perhaps
was exccssive-are as follows:
Pounds.
Sleeps wool and lambs wool
imported :. ...... ........ 75l 900, 900
Pulled from shecpsllns i'm
ported. ...... 800. ...... 10000. 900
Produced at home. ..... 100 900 900
Goats hair imported .. 26O0O 900
Wooden rags imported. $4,000, 00e
Total. ................1 900, 900. 900
Foreign wool rc-exported. e. 37l 900. 900
Domestic WOOL eXported..... 10000, 900
Total. ................ All 900, 600
Retained for home consump-
ton. Observation-Disclosures. Coz. 600. 900
Total. ................l0 90. 600, 900
That is to say, Great Britain in 1897
retained for home consumption co., 0GO =
600 pounds OF wool, against COO. 900. go
BOUhNS ItiHllcu ny ourselves. 1t IL
doubtful. however, if our 3ctual con-
sumption for that year extended to
more than iS0,0O9,0O0, whereas Great
Britain's actual consumption that year
was 100000. 900 pounds
France produces 125. 900. 900 pounds of
wool annually and imports (ncO about
ioO.OOOo0o pounds. She thus ha; n net
consumption Of about 525. 900. 900 pounds.
Germany has il production of about
5000 900 pounds annually and n net
importation of 49,. 100000 pounds an
nually. Her consumption, therefore, is
about 800. geo. 900 pounds
Belgium has a production of about
100000 pounds and imports about 325,
100000 pounds. But IA large part of
EelSium'S importation is for re-eXpor-
tation. Belgium is, in fact. one of the
5 .-'.all nin.-- naiinrs of the
world. Her exports of wool amount 10
about go. 900. 900 pounds. Her consump-
ton therefore is about 100000 pounds
annually.
Russia has n production of about
POS 600 pounds and Il net expectation
over Imports Of about 10000 600 pounds
annually. Russia's consumption Is
therefore about 2i5.OO0,0OO pounds an
nually.
The great wool-producing countries of
the world Gin order OF production) are
Australasia (Australia and New Yea
lanU. Argentina. the United States,
Russia. Great Britain and Ireland,
France, South Africa and Uruguay
Lesser but still importan. wool pro-
ducers are British East Indies, Spain
Asiatic Russia, Germany. Austria Hun
gary, Italy. Canada and Portugal. The
approximate figures OF production arc
as follows:
Pounds
Australia leverage OF ten