CHAPTER VIII. FREE WOOL AND THE END OF THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT, 1890-1907

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. CHAPTER I. WOOL-GROWING BEFORE 1800 1
5. CHAPTER II. THE ADVENT OF THE MERINO, 1800-1815 12
6. CHAPTER III. WOOL-GROWING FINALLY ESTABLISHED ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS, 1815-1830 35
7. CHAPTER IV. THE PERIOD OF THE EAST'S SUPREMACY, 1830-1840 82
8. CHAPTER V. THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE WEST, 1840-1860 94
9. CHAPTER VI. THE CIVIL WAR EPISODE, 1860-1870 156
10. CHAPTER VII. THE RISE OF THE FAR WEST, 1870-90 208
11. CHAPTER VIII. FREE WOOL AND THE END OF THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT, 1890-1907 274
12. CHAPTER IX. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 317
13. APPENDIX 329
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 329
15. STATISTICAL TABLES 335
16. Number of Sheep and Amount of Wool Produced in the United States, 1840-1907 335
17. Number of Sheep in the United States, by States, 1840-1900 337
18. World's Wool Supply (Wool in the Grease), 1850-1907 338
19. Imports of Wool and Manufactures of Wool, 1822-1907 340
20. Imports of Raw Wool by Classes, 1867-1907 342
21. Average Annual Imports of Wool and Manufactures of Wool under each Tariff Act, 1821-1907 344
22. The Tariff Duties on Wool, 1789-1907 344
23. Prices of Ohio Fine, Medium, and Coarse Washed Clothing Fleece Wool, quarterly, 1824-1907. Also Gold Prices, 1862-1878 347
24. Prices of English Wools, 1790-1901 350
25. Prices of Colonial and River Plate Wool in the London Market, 1860-1902 352
26. Relative Average Annual Prices of Agricultural Products in the New York Market, 1825-1860 353
27. INDEX 355