Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-06-20

iNOCtoDe1 III lvVSs es W 49, 20 Cone
tumw4 Iowa, under the ACT "
NHrsss Of March Z. 1879.
.N WOOL PRODUCTION.
The discussion Of the wool tarin
N schedule in congress- lends interest 70
III q report Just issued by the bureau OF
III statistics OF the department OF co@
v merce and labor which deals with the
II production, importation and exporta-
ton OF wool. The report which shows
that wool always has been an impor-
tant factor in the foreign trade OF the
United States and goes as far back 90
1880 to show the extent Of the com
merce in this commodity, is as follows:
In 1850 imports of wool amounted
to 1880, 900 pounds valued at $1,6S1..
sci: In 1851, 32,60O.O 900 pounds valued
at 33,saa,157; In 1860, pounds not
stated. yrlue 34.S49,162; In 1870, 49,
\ 900. 900 a,-nds valued at $8.743,S6O: In
D 1880, 12s, 100000 pounds valued at $685.
727.65o: in 1890, 105,0oO.000 pounds
valued at 15,264.0S3, in 1900. 10000
300 pounds valued at $20,c00,000; In
y 1910. 264,000,000 pounds valued at $b1-
II DOO. 900. and in 1911 seems likely TO- be
100000 pounds valued at $27.-
n 100000.
n The quantity of wool imported into
fAshe United States during the last 10
,NSAars was 1892 100000 pounds valued
~ TGs324, OOO,O 900 and the quantity pro-
du sNNed at home 3,051 100000 pounds
yalfSle at $685., 100000. The average OF
thaB imported wool as whole during
th1 ten-year period in question was
~ cents per pound, and the average
val uation Of the woods produced in
Nm United States during the same
~ .iod. % cents per pound though 1t
e vproper to add that the stated valu-
atiSn of the imported wool Is the cur
rent, wholesale price in the countries
\ from which imported. OF the 1892
900 900 pounds Of wool imported in
the last 10 years. 100000 pounds
were exported, and in addition to this
100000 pounds Of domestic wool were
exported. ,
Meantime the valuation of wooden
manufactures imported has been, in
the last 20 years, 1913, 100000, an
average of $25,O0O,O00 dollars year;
land the value of wooden goods exported
I'm the same period. $32.500,000, an
8hverage. OF / % million dollars per
ssannum., The high record in tnporta-
lions OF wool was 351,000,000 pounds
I'm 1897, when in anticipation OF trans
sSker OF wool from the free list OF the
@kWilson tariff law to the dutiable list
EgASjof the Dingley law. exceptionally large
sAuantities were imported. Prior to
1876 the quantity Of wool imported
Nanever touched the 200,OOO,000 line,
INAyhile subsequent to that period the
seal years in which total of 200,-
" bO 900 pounds has been exceeded
~ re: 1905, 249,OOO,OO0 pounds; 1906,
"a OF, OOo,0 pounds; 1907, 204,000,000
81 ounds; 1909, 266.000,000 pounds;
bio, 264000O00 pounds.
n The importation of wool into the
hited States has steadily increased,
D. annual average during the 5 years
iding with 1910 having been 212,000-
b pounds; in the 5 years ending
Eth 1905, 174,0O0,000 pounds; in the
n ayears ending with 1900, 1S9,00O,00O
funds; in the years ending with
lbs. 142O00000 pounds In the years
fding with 1890, 117,000,00O pounds,
"a Akd in the quinquennium ending with
mss, 100000 pounds, the average
Annual imports Of wool in the year
Hriod 19O6-191O thus being three times
much as in the year period 18S1-S5.
81 ~ OF the clothing wool imported, over
Wle-third is stated as from Great
III Aitian, q little less than one-third from
N. argentina; and about one-fourth from
III australia and Tasmania. OF the comb
H, sSg wool imported, over half is credited
Il NJ coming from Great Britain;
III tbout one-fourth from South America,
4 md the remainder. about equally divi-
Med between Canada and "all other
Fi@untries." Carpet woods are chiefly
fM ~ oh
Ent; the United Kingdom, about rs
Yer cent; Russia, IA per cent, and
n Hher European countries II per cent;
sjfthile about per cent Of imports are
III Fedited to Turkey in Asia and Argen-
Ina respectively. Europe supplies
host of the wooden goods imported,
considerable share of the carpets
s,rought into the country.
The principal domestic sources OF
he s21 100000 pounds Of wool pro-
Nuced in the United States in 1910
y7ere Wyoming, 36,O00,000 pounds;
Montana, 33,666,666 pounds; New Mex
}gaco. 19,2oo,Ooo pounds; Idaho, 10000
400; Ohio, 100000 pounds; oregon,
N S4, 100000 pounds; Utah, 100000
q Eounds; California 13,333,333 pounds;
4Htuu MlCulSdu 11,oOV,OOO PouhuS,
IA hough practically all the remaining
\ tates are represented with totals rang
II hg downward from 100000 pounds
E lroduced in Colorado to less than 49,
loo pounds produced in Delaware and
Rhode Island, respectively.
The value OF wool manufactures in
1905, according to the census office,
was 1881, 1000, 900, as compared with
k297,0O0 900 In 1900, $271,000,000 in
1880, and $23S, 100000 in 1880.
Mr.. BRYAN DEFIANT.
sWilliam Jennings Bryan evidently
determined to show that he has
Nv good fights left in him, even If
Z. circumstances compel him to choose