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own manufactories alone. The following Table* will show the value of 

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



TABLE No. 9. 



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

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

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



TABLE No. 10. 



Whence Imported. 



Russia 



Hanse Towns 



Holland 



Dutch West Indies 



Belgium 



England 



Scotland 



Gibraltar 



Cape of Good Hope 



British West Indies , 



British American Colonies. 



France 



Spain 



Italy 



Trieste (Austria) 



Turkey 



Morocco (Africa) 



Mexico 



Brazil 



Argentine Republic 



Chili 



Peru 



Asia, generally 



Total. 



Wools iwt exceedmg ', 

 per pound. 



Quantity. 



Pounds. 

 955,163 

 6,966 



10,774 



7,177 



1,188,800 



21,132 



207,006 



83,662 



8.694 



168,589 



84,799 



20,730 



81,1.56 



111.981 



5,744,328 



72,816 



42.5,148 



45, 215 



4,295,659 



1.819,772 



122,686 



945,729 



16,427,952 



Dollars. 

 60.678 

 330 



556 



248 



3.5,944 



1,382 



12.339 



6,810 



537 



9,543 



5,424 



1,425 



4,720 



8,151 



398,822 



4, .554 



26,984 



3,083 



327,572 



130,837 



8.588 



58,778 



1,107,305 



Wools ezceediiig 7 ccTUt 

 per pound. 



Quantity. 



Pounds. 



13,820 

 170 



1.407 

 28,406 



522 



39,346 



396 



43,831 



2,397 



Value. 



Pound*. 



8,433 

 93 



775 

 6,668 



70 



4,562 



40 



6,011 



269 



26,921 



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, 

 bas 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, Masi., Feb. 10, 1847. 

 Henry S. Randall, Esq., Cortland Village, N. Y. 



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

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

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

 tncenty-jive yean toe 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, embi-aces 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 'freaaury, 1846. 

 (282) 



