Year: 1865

friend said to Nun, 'lhaL lasL lOt OF
wool is worth ten cents per ID. more to
YOU than the first and why can't you
pay it 2" The manufacturer said in re-
pIy, eve can't undertake to discrimin-
ate between all these lots. We intend
to buy SO that it will 0rerGgs right."
Thereby admitting, that he intended to
buy the clean wool for enough less
than its true value, to make up for the
shrinkuge on the dirty wool, To eleat
the man who washed his wool well, out
Of enough to pW his acig4jor for his d.rt.
Is this honcst2 call it downright ras-
cali>y Manufacturer will please
excuse me for appropriating his cpl
thcts


The present state Of the trade of which
"NIauutactur' complains, is the natural
and legitimate result Of this unjust and
unreasonable manner Of doing business.
The laws of demand and supply always


have. and always will regulate such
matters, and it is right they should.
Where there is u demand, there will be
supply if practicable, and no one


ought to complain unless the producer
has reason to believe that the demand
j., for an evil purpose, as is sometimes


the case with articles OF the nature Of
alcohol, opium, poiSOns, &c. If dirt


will sell in open market for forty cents
per h., no one should be blamed for sup
/ plying the demand. If the producer Of


cotton can sell his crop as it comes
/ from the field, in its natural state, for
! ginned, he must be very foolish to spend


his time ginning it. If the producer of


flax, can sell his raw material for as


much per hundred as when well dressed,


he would be very silly to dress it. And


if the wool grower can sell his wool in


the dirt, for as much as when well


washed, don't think it would be a


great piece Of raScglty to do it.


How absurd and unreasonable to


charge the farmer with dishonesty for


simply selling his wool in its natural


s,Ate, especially when a very liberal al


lowance is made for shrinkage, as is al


ways the case, and both parties fully


understand the nature Of the transac-


tion, and the buyer having more expert


ence, and consequently being better


Judge Of the probable amount of shrink


age than the seller. 1t is the most nat


ural ard consistent way of doing the


business, and more exact justice can be


rendered to the producers than in any


other way. it being much easier to get


a tho true value Of his wool in its nat


ura, state than when washed, as it nee


cssarily must be under the circum-


stances, each man doing it in his own


way. He can we'll afford to allow liber-


ally for shrinkage and extra Transports


tion, If he can thereby save the expense


and injury to his flock, which he must


sustain by washing, to say nothing OF


the unpleasant nature Of the job and
the loss Of flesh and often Of wool. at
tending the discomfort Of carrying thick
| heavy fieeces far into the heats of sum
{ mer, in order that the streams may be
, come sufficiently warm, to render tht
operation safe for himself or tlocks
It is perfectly legitimate transaction
, " Manufacturer doubtless never thinks
Of charging those engaged in other call
ings, who do business upon precisely
| the same principles, and they are many
with untairness and fraud, and why the
wQOl-grOwcrs ?


With regard to the placing of foreign
substances within the ieeces to add tC
their weight, have but few words tC
, say. Such instances are very rare, anC
+ would be much more so if the wool
f dealers had not virtually paid premi
um upon filth. But l have an infallible
specific for the cure of these evils. 1t il
| this: Let the manufacturer instruct his
agents to give up entirely, and at once


their reckless and dishonest manner o
buying. demand that they shall examin,
closely the article purchased, and theI
make decent and honest discrimina


tion between dirt and wool, and whe,
: they detect the fraud, buy the lots il
| which they discover it, and then motif,
: the culprits to walk up and settle o.
suffer the consequences. Make then
) pay heavily for their vlllainy. They
will invariably do it without resort t
law, and with little trouble to the buyer
, This will effect a cure in most cases
But if there are still those who persis
in those practices, place them in compa
. ny with the manufacturers of shoddy
= ana other kindred swinders, in the stat,
institution called Penitentiarv. and le
them work for the public, and my wore
= for it, it will cure the most inveterat,
cases. This course will restore conf


dence and good will between the pro


ducers and manufacturers. Criminatior
and recrimination will cease. and a Man
ufacturer' will have no further occa
sion to read lectures to the wool-grow
? IF