t;he southern planter. 



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command of those to whom it is consigned. 

 And the business of wool growing is now so 

 extensive that to exercise a controlling effect 

 upon the trade, this fund must amount to at 

 least $1,000,000. However, as we have not 

 yet considered the subject enough to speak 

 determinately upon this project of the Con- 

 vention, we will content ourselves with giving 

 its preamble and resolutions: 



Whereas, it has been most satisfactorily 

 ascertained by the wool growers of West- 

 ern Pennsylvania, North Western Virgi- 

 nia, and Eastern Ohio, in a very general 

 Convention, assembled in Steubenville, 

 Ohio, February 10th, 1847, that the me- 

 dium and fine wool growers in this section 

 of the United States, is regarded by the 

 woollen manufacturers of the United 

 States and in England, as fully equal in 

 quality to any wool grown in any country 

 in the world ; and, whereas, it has not 

 commanded the price in the New Eng- 

 land market, nor in any American market 

 usually given for European wool of the 

 same quality, nor at all, in any due pro- 

 portion to the prices, for which the cloths 

 manufactured out of it are sold, by the 

 manufacturers: and, whereas, in fixing 

 the prices of the different grades of wool, 

 according to their quality and constitution, 

 there is not a just and reasonable discri- 

 mination made: and, whereas, the conse- 

 quences of this state of things are such 

 as not to compensate the wool growers, 

 therefore, 



1. Resolved, That it be deeply impressed 

 on all wool growers, that it is a matter, 

 not only of justice and honesty to the 

 manufacturer, but of vital importance to 

 the wool grower himself, that his wool be 

 thoroughly washed and cleansed from 

 every sort of impurity, and foreign mate- 

 rial whatever, in order to secure a good 

 market. 



2. Resolved, That it would be of essen- 

 tial advantage to the wool growers of the 

 West, that in order to have their wool 

 fitted for any market, a committee be ap- 

 pointed in every county represented in 

 this Convention, to have sub-committees 

 appointed in every township, or wool pro- 

 ducing district ; said committees to urge 



upon their fellow wool growers, generally, 

 the necessity of having their wool so well 

 cleansed and prepared for market as to 

 entitle it to that character which its qua- 

 lities so richly merit. 



3. Resolved, That inasmuch as it is as- 

 serted by manufacturers that the supply 

 of wool exceeds the demand in the United 

 States, in consequence of which, there is 

 a surplus in the market, it is of the ut- 

 most importance that a committee be ap- 

 pointed to ascertain the best foreign market 

 for that surplus. 



4. Resolved, That it would be of much 

 advantage to w t oo1 growers 1o have a 

 Western and an Eastern depot, to which to 

 send their wool for sale or on commission. 



5. Resolved, That the Eastern depot 

 contemplated in the above resolution, be 

 established at Springfield, Massachusetts; 

 and that the Western depot contemplated 

 in the same resolution be established at 

 Wheeling, Virginia. 



6. Resolved, That the house of Perkins 

 & Brown be recommended to wool growers 

 as the depot contemplated at Springfield, 

 Massachusetts. . 



7. Resolved, That a committee of three 

 be appointed to make the necessary ar- 

 rangements for the establishment of the 

 Western depot at Wheeling, and to have 

 the power of selecting or appointing the 

 agent or agents to take said depot in 

 charge. 



8. Resolved, That it would be desirable 

 to have woollen manufactures established 

 on the Western rivers, and that it would 

 be to our interest to encourage those that 

 are erected, and to favor the erection of 

 new ones. 



Committee to Ascertain the Rest Foreign 

 Market. — Samuel M'Farland, Washing- 

 ton county, Pennsylvania; William H. 

 Ladd, Jefferson county, Ohio; John Brown, 

 Akron, Summit county, Ohio, or Spring- 

 field, Massachusetts ; Alexander Camp- 

 bell, Bethany, Va.; Dr. Chaplin, Wheel- 

 ing, Virginia. 



Committee to Superintend the Establish- 

 ment of the Western Depot at Wheeling. 

 Virginia. — Isaac Mitchell, John J. Jacobs, 

 H. W. Chaplin, Wheeling, Virginia, 



