Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Wool and Woollen Tariff of March 3, 1883
American sheep husbandry is not merely an adjunct of the home woollen manufacture it is its very foundation. Nearly three quarters of the wool consumed in our mills is of home growth. Our fabrics are designed with reference to the peculiar qualities of our own fibre, and derive from them their soundness and durability. Our machinery is adapted for working our own wools, and our best skill, founded upon experience of these characters, is exercised in manipulating them. Although we may import limited supplies Of foreign wool, the ample domestic supply regulates the cost of such raw material as we may import. The failure Of a domestic supply of wool would be as fatal to our mills as the drying up of the streams of water which move them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
