The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-22
THE PRODUCTION OF WOOL.

gress and thus throughout the cOun
try during the next few weeks, has
been always an important factor in
the foreign trade OF the United States
AS far back as 1850 imports of wool
according TO the official reports OF
the Bureau of Statistics, Department
of Commerce and Labor, amounted to
1871 million pounds valued at 1851,
691; in 1851, 32k million pounds, at
S3,s33,157; in 1860, pounds not stated
value $4,S42,162; in 1870, 49 million
pounds, valued at .o,743,350; in 1880
l2S million pounds, valued at $23,727,'
$50; in 1890, 1O5 million pounds, val
ued at $l5,264 ,OS3, in 1900, 156 mill,
ion pounds, valued at 20 million dol.
lars; in 1910, 264 million pounds, val
ued at 81 million dollars, and in 1911
seems likely to be 165 million pounds,
valued at q million dollars.
The quality of wool imported into
the United States during the last 10
years was 1882 million pounds, valued
at 324 million dollars, and the quaint.
ty produced at home, 3O5l million
pounds, valued at 697 million dollars.
The average OF the imported wool as
a whole during the ten-year period in
question was II cents per pound, and
the average valuation OF the woods
produced in the United States during
the same period, % cents per pound,
though it is proper to add that the
stated valuation of the imported
woods is the current, wholesale price
in the countries from which import
ed. OF the 1882 million pounds of
wool imported. in the last ~ years, Az
million pounds were exported, and in
addition to this 2 million pounds Of
domestic wool were exported.
Meantime the value o. WOODEN man
ufactures imported has been, in the
last 20 years, 513& million dollars,
an average of % million dollars
year; and the value OF wooden goods
exported in the same period, 3Z12
million, an average OF 20 million
dollars per annum. The high record
in importations of wool was 35l mill
ion dollars per annum. The high re-
cord in importations of wool was 35l
million pounds in 1897, when in anti
cipation of transfer of wool from the
free list of the Wilson tariff law to
the dutiable list of the Dingley law,
exceptionally large quantities were
imported. Prior to 1895 the quanti-
ty OF wool imported never touched
the 200 million line, while subse-
quent to that period the fiscal years
in which a total of 200 million pounds
has been exceeded are: 1905, 249
million pounds; 1906, 202 million;
1907, 2O4 million; 1909, 266 million,
and 1910, 264 million pounds.
The importation of wool into the
United States has steadily increased,
the annual average during the . years
ending with 1910 having been 2l2
million pounds; in the . years ending
with 1905, ia million pounds; in the
3 years ending with 1900, 1S9 million
pounds in the years ending with
1895, 142 million; in the 5 years end
ing with 1890, III million pounds, and
in the quinquennium ending with
1885, 60 million pounds, the average
annual imports of wool in the year
period 1906-19l0 thus being three
times as much as in the 5-year period
1S81.S5.
OF the clothing wool imported, over
;rl To g+a
ed States Kingdom; a little less than
one-third from Argentina, and about
one-fourth from Australia and Tas.
mania. or the cOmbing wool import
ed, over half is credited as coming
from the United Kingdom; about one
fourth from South America, and the
remainder about equally divided be-
tween Canada and all other coun-
tries" Carpet woods are chiefly from
the Chinese Empire, about 80 per cent
the United Kingdom, about 20 per
cent; Russia, IA per cent and other
European countries IL per cent OF i'm
ports are credited to Turkey in Asia
and Argentina respectively. Europe
supplies T1OSI VI Ine "OOlcH SoouS IN
ported, though southeastern Ala sup
plies a considerable share Of the car
pets brought into the country.
The principle domestic sources OF
the 321 million pounds of wool pro
duced in the United States in 1910
were Wyoming, SO million pounds;
Montana, 80 2-3 million; New Mexico,
1915 million; Idaho, 10 million;
Ohio, II million; Oregon, 14k mill
ion; Utah, IA million; California, 1S'
1-3 million, and Michigan, liz mill
ion; though practically all the re,
naming states are represented with
totals ranging downward from mill
ion pounds in Colorado to less than
10000 pounds produced in Delaware
and Rhode Island, respectively.
The value OF wool manufactures In
1905, according to the Census Once,
was 3S1 million dollars, as compared
with 81 million in 1900, 27l million
in 1890, and 23S million in 1880.
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