Year: 1865

OF much interest 10 All WOOL SIoN''N /
and manufacturers ami it~ discussion .
by tnos, familiar with the subject call
not .u.. TO he OF benefit lu both


SuoEEHAsL May 3. lNG5.
Eu RtaolI Hnt@. In your issue
Of April eth ] noticed commuuica-
tion upuu the subject o. wool and its
preparation for market. signed Manu-
facturcr" which contain, charges
against the WOO. grower, Of Vermont
so obviously unjust that it demands q
notice. While we admit The fact that
most OF the wool Of Vermont is put up
in It's natural safe. or but slightly
washed. We believe that no one, who
will pay the least attention to the facts
in the case can fail to see that the res
possibility for this state Of things rests
upon quite another class than the great
majority OF the producers, and had
Manufacturer called to mind facts
connected with the history Of this mat
ter with which Jas he says he has long
been in the business LIE must have been
familiar, he would have been more spar
ing in the application Of the epithets Of
rascality" and dishonesty to the
producers, and possibly found himself
engaged in wholesome meditation upon
his own responsibility in the matter, in
common with others OF his calling. But
to the facts. As he states, Vermont
WOODS were once p1t up in much better
condition than now. Clear streams and
uofteu waterfalls We're sought, in which
to cleanse the wool upon the sheep, and
it was usually thoroughly done. But
in this business as in all others there
are occasionally Sam SIoycne and Peter
Slack who pay little attention TO clean
illness. and put thcir wool up in shock
ingly bad condition. The manufacturer
or hi~ agent. comes along to buy the
WOO Of the neighbors and pays nearly
uniform price, constantly refusing to
discriminate between the clean and 6.-
thy, and pays Mr.. Sloven year after year
nearly or quite as much as his neigh
bors, whose wool is in prime order


II the latter demonstrates and de-
mands price corresponding with the
greater value OF his wool nc is prompt
ly met with the reply that his order lim-
its the price to be paid per pound. and
he must either take about the same
price that his ueighbor gets for his filthy
wool, or he (the buyer will pass on and
leave it. / the producer is q man OF
wealth and spunk h. will refuse to be
thus imposed upon Other buyers call
upon him, but as the rules Of the differ
ent manufacturers and dealers are the
same, the result is as before He soon
finds that the wool of his section il
nearly all sold, that there is not enough
left to attract buyers to his neighbor-
hood, and he must necessarily hold over
to another year or send his wool to mar
ket, where he is entirely Unacquainted,
COnsign it to some commission merchant
whom he never saw, and where he feels
and knows from observation if not
from experience, that there is danger Of
loss, and where withal the same rules
prevail. The result is he holds over.
loses the interest and runs the risks, and
finds himself at last obliged to submit
to the imposition.


His neighbor Sloven mean time has
sold his dirt with his wool, for the
same price per h., or perhaps one cent
less has lost nothing in the way Of in
terest and risk, has not had his patience
tried in the least, in short has made q
good sum out OF the operation. This
has been substantially the experience of
every Vermont wool grower who has
attempted to stem the tide and persist
ed in thoroughly washing his wool m
less his limited means has prevented his
holding over, or his observation taught
him the utter hopelessneSs Of success.
In so doing. He has become fully con-
scious, that he could not compete sue
eessfully with his neighbors, and had
the more Calling consciousness. that the
fruit OF his care and labor has been ap-
propriated by the dealer to paw for his
neighbor's dirt.


Here is an Illustration. An acquaipt-
ance Of mine accompanied manufac-
turer to look at various lots Of wool in
his section. They called upon one
nel elshoor whose wool was in shockinolv
oau pllght. The buyer made him an
offer. They passed on to look at an otl,
er4ot which was just the opposite of the
srst. Thoroughly washed, and in ex-
cellent order in every raspect Tbah,--