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The total forein supply of our woollen manufactures in the four years 
reported was, therefore, as follows; 
Pounds. Cost. 
Dnrade gr) 2 oe OSS Eee SE ee ae 241, 137, 532 | $38, 993, 079 
Free from Canada---..--.-- Wotig -aepwaseias) dase ses oe Se ttle 10, 585, 559 4, 207, 832 
ieemebioe irom obher GOUNtMICS 4 <5 o< oa 5-5 tn 2s oss 304, 825 55, 539 
Eee ce esc Ao eee ado nie nt ones 27, 155, 133 2, 055,519 
AGE Ne aaa ALE UTUNT rR SEA DY 279, 183,049 | 45,311, 969 
1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 
Woollen cloths and shawls- $d, 547, 644 $5, 147,404 | $10,698, 035 $5, 257, 819 
TSE LADS ek ge 1, 945, 707 1, 297, 864 | 749, 793 838, 741 
Woollen and worsted yarns- 372, 523 383, O11 434, 549 393, 130 
Delaines and dress goods. -. 17,229 1, 744, 639 10, 069, 768 7, 817, 139 
CCGG) Se eee ere 466, 5 596 1, 016, 562 1, 658, 380 471, 65$ 
WIMMINCIS Pee ete oon aa) URS shy eee ee ee 457, 410 83, 329 
Felt and lasting -.---...-- 63, Ble gl Poo emt ee 102, 910 87, 213 
PAM GUNENB oe Sos 5k ke 6, 435, 412 10, 822, 145 7, 968, 491 5, 398, 583 
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ee | —— q— ——“-— —— 
otal meee ea. | 14, 884, 394 20, 411, 625 32, 139, 336 20, 347, 563 
4 | 
mmnrrdoninn imported, loos 6th. . 221 on She ood Uae cesta ee $14, 884, 394. 
BU WwOUNenevinn poled. (Gb = see saab sale ant ane ne lan ogee i oe 20, 411, 625 
ROLHeM COUGHS MIA DOLLeO  hObt 122m. = ann = eee ee = nn ean eee oe 32, 139, 336 
Total woollens imported, 1865...---...-------------------- +--+ ++--++---- 20, 347, 563 
Beier iee ete cele a amie nara ne oS a hora hain ela ala aval een eer 87, 782, 918 
This amount of woollens, upon the authority of the president of the Ohio 
Wool Association, is equivalent to 220,000,000 pounds of wool. 
The grand total, then, of wool obtained and woollens imported in four years 
represents the following amounts of wool: 
BENE Re SUPULY «25 oa Setye tare eer Sane eda Ae Bs liye 300, 009, 000 Ibs. 
Rema MMA OLARION ./2/2)\55) G4 Aaa Oa ase «5 ee oe tai 279, 183, 049 lbs. 
Equivalent in woollens imported........-..--.--.--+.-- 220, 000, 000 ibs. 
meee heifers d . pare fe suis ly oe Sais WS 799, 133, 049 Ibs. 
Or almost exactly 200,000,000 pounds per year, instead of 506,000,000 pounds 
required by the Commissioner’s estimates, or 600,000,000 pounds upon which 
consumers’ tax for protection was based. 
So here is another reductign of that tax, amounting (in round numbers) to 
thirty-six millions of dollars, in addition to twelve millions in error first—a mis- 
calculation of forty-eight millions of dollars, and less than twenty-four millious 
left. 
The extravagance of this esfimate of woollens requiring 506,000,000 pounds of 
wool annually may be again shown by reference to consumption in former years. 
The manufactures and importations for a series of years preceding the war 
scarcely equalled an average of four and a half pounds to each individual. Mr. 
Randall’s estimates never exceeded this quantity. During the war, as is shown 
