124 



SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



own manufactories alone. The following Table* will show th** value 

 the imports of wool into the U. S. from 1837 to 1847 : 



of 



TABLE No. 9. 



It may be a matter of interest to know from what countries these wools 

 were imported. The following Table f will give this information for the 

 last fiscal year, (1846,) and will also give a general idea of our wool trade 



TABLE No. 10. 



That the course of trade indicated by the above Table, will, as has been 

 already intimated, be materially affected by the New Tariff, I think there 

 can be but little doubt. That of several of the places enumerated, too, 

 has been, heretofore, merely a transit one. 



To the following letter from the most extensive, and concededly leading 

 American woolen manufacturer, I would call your particular attention 

 Several of its declarations, placed in italics, by me, are highly significant 



LOWELL, Mass., Feb. 10, 1847. 

 llE>mr S. RANDAM., Esq., Cortland Village, N. Y 



My Dear Sir : Your very kind and interesting favor of the 27th ult. duly came to hand 

 and should, if praoticable, have received an earlier reply. The business of wool-growing in 

 this country is destined to be of immense importance, and I am firm in the belief that within 

 twenty-Jive years we shall produce a greater quantity than any other nation. 



* Compiled by me from Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury. 



t The fiscal year 1842 ended on the 30th of September. Since then, the returns of imports and export* 

 have been made up to the 30th of June. This year, therefore, embraces the imports of nine months only 

 ending on June 30, 1843; and subsequent years end 30th of June, 1844, 1845, and so on. 



t Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1846. 



