Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-11

issued providing that the manufactured
tio'h did not 20 to the central empires.
" M" inc matter was being settled
runois ram 10 and fro a dozen times "a
"hE embargo was Oh. the embargo
wa OF. Prices swaycd up and down
Win each fresh report II took an
active man TO follow tho market
NO" that tn" smoke has cleared
away. practically every one concerned
can look back on e prosperous year
IN" grower had combination of high
prices aud favorable range conditions
y" ihank for prosperity. The dealers
handled largo quantities OF wool on :,
iisin: narkct-always "a guarantee or
the right sort OF balance sheet Tho
same rises took care OF most of the
SPECTATORS Tho mill men rcaped their
harvest IN European business The
whole wool trade is looking forward
20 the coming season with an attitude
of caution lihcrally Favored with con.
ndcncc.
TWO Developments Of tremendous i'm
t"rtancc and intcros, are goin; forward
~ the industry. some what obsCurcd
" tho mor" spectacular effects or
World war but hasicalIy more signi-
hart than any war. The position OF
to United states il being suited from
national stand 10 ono primarily in
tcHatiora! and the sheep business. one
OF tho oldest and strongest IN the cu
| tire West. IS being rcadiustcd to meet
- lev got 81 conditions
r" Hold Foreign Trade.
~ in other lines, the markets in
Philadelphia and Eoston hop. to hold
u par Of tho great volume OF war
huSiu:is permanently The general
movement TO capture South American
trad" Intends to wool Some Of tho
princiml wool and textile Journals arc
printin. leading articles in Spanish.
Austrait Is ono OF the worlds great
wool pr.lUCors and II her production
or fam share Of 1t. can DC handled
4 through american ccntcrs, instead OF
through .Ondon, under normal condi-
tons u nay mean much to tho in
dnSirtal sdc Of our. wool business
'ut any Nch development must hc
brought bout without Injury to
Amcrican poduccrs. The sheep In tho
West rcprcAnt a livelihood to tens OF
thousands o. Americans and an enor-
nous invcstcl capital
Resides 'hiaprospcc, OF foreign COM
petition, The WOOL grower is faced by
a chang" IN Tie vcry face Of his couu-
try. TN" passing Of III" raucc is no
less problem TO tho shccpman than
I" the cattle kh:. The cattle business
icii u irst ana has already rcadiust-
"d its"lr almo" completely. bccaus"
sheep can 1.-Two where cattle would
Ttarvc. Hence tc homcsteadcr pre-
roachinG rapidly on tho arcopman's
domain. The pcntinG Legislation pro-
Nicirg for larie grazing home
stead in the less fertile parts of the
West "a being v!EOously contested in
its present form L., stockmcn. The
hnost delicate prohlcu before the public
'and legislators Is he adjustment OF
Nc conflicting claim of stockman and
MINER on the public domain
| Science In sheep Hnising.
VA" sheep Industry is meeting the
/ siNat!on by an adoption OF the moro
scintihc and intensive methods Of
/ huNandry that dimi'Iling range and
/ kcc!er competition callror The breed
/! rs benS improved rapidly until In Mace
! Oh I'm coarse range stock OF .wo doc
adrs past VIC hnv" sier that com
! 'arc nvorably with the hand tended
ANNA on little Enslist farms Ret
! Ter shcp mean greater valun and
Srcaterunnual yield per lead. which I'm
,"rh mons that the sane returns con
| We hau trom less tcrrit3ry Greater
returns Rom The same number OF oni
mars meihs that the sheep owner will
no ioh3e'hc dependent Oh indrcc; aid
| from IHc Hatc in the shane of ovcr1v
! cheap use >r the public lands EinnI
, ~ ana mast important OF all thr
methods of.arin& for SHEEN and wonI
! are beng tvoiutioniZcd Under thn
oiu res linc. the sheep business was
one Oh nc 'oSt speculative and the
| .,"H' "aStei" IN existence. It is rap
idiN becoming one Of tho most con.
Servative and rouominaL
war rmh"hi@s will pass sooner or
.attr ne graf changes m world
trade and rang methods mus, 90 on
'" some parlS the West 4 will no
IohG t'inc befoc the change is knnn-
| ~ tct. In othes il is being fol- To-
"a!' Whenever comes. there is lii,
tie "oubt that tn West can NEE, !,
successfully. -