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Show 9 THE ROOSEVELT iTF . One of Worst Storma In History of New York Follows Dlibandment of Parade In Colonel' Honor. V A. ... hum, yv, 'v "W ft " New York MM HUE. urn r i AN'S first clothing was an animal pelt, and without doubt a sheep pelt. It may be suggested thnt the fig leaf antedutes the sheepskin as an ur tide of wear. Thin may be true, but tha fig leaf can be considered only as a temporary expedient which was discarded with the first cool winds which sweat lowlands. over the Mesopotamlan The sheep pelt or Ihe wool plucked or sheared from It was the principal clothing of man from before the dawn of history down almost to the present day. Now cloth made from vegetable fibers, principally cotton, hat a more extended use than wool. Hut this does not mean that cotton and linen are displacing wool ns an article of human wear. Far from it; the use of wool constantly advances by enormous strides, and the even greater advance Id the use of cotton Is due in no email measure to the fact that the supply of wool can not meet the demand for clothing. Mankind must perforce woar the vegetable fibers or go unclothed. The same fact is true of the product of the silkworm; the supply can never equal the demand. Cotton, of course, has conquered for itself a new field the clothing of the unclothed race of the earth. In addition it has supplied new articles of clothing to civilized man, whose ancestors wore but little else than wool. The European or American of today does not wear less wool; In truth he wears more, but he also wears more articles of clothing and these, for the most part, are cotton. There is a close parallel all over the world between the cattle and the sheep industry, but there are some Important differences as well. It has rarely happened and can scarcely happen again that cattle will anywhere be raised primarily for their horns and hides, but the raising of sheep for their wool is one of the steps In the it la the fact that this can industry be done so as to pay a handsome profit that built un the great sheep Industries in the west-erpart of the United States In Australia and New Zealand, In South Africa, and now is building up a great-e- r Industry In South America or very cheap pasturage is the Free fundi, mental condition for this kind of sheep raising. Were it not for these new lands where the cost of feeding the sheep Is nominal, the price of wool would advance to a point where wool clothing would be beyond the means of any except the very rich. Sheen raising Is a profitable Industry in r0.Gfrn''any- - or the eastern half of the United States, not because of wool, but because of mutton The fleece Is a just as the hide of the steer or of the dairy cow Is a the principal value of the animal Is Its flesh. In the new sheep centers of South America the principal value of the animal Is Its wool, and fortunes were made from the flocks even when not a pound of mutton was exported or sold. Wool, as tne word Is used In commerce, is not a product alone of the sheep. It may be wool, although it comes from the backs of several varieties of gonts, from the camel, the alpaca, the guannco, the vicuna, or the llama, as well as from the sheep. It is the thing itself and not the zoological classification of the animal which determines whether the liber Is wool, hair, or fur. Since the classification is commercial and not scientific the line between these three classes Is necessarily vague and indistinct. For Instance, the under covering of the camel may be camel's wool or camel's hair, and bo we have alpaca hair or alpaca wool. From the sheep there are many varieties of wool, long and short, straight and curly, coarse and fine, and, what la generally more Important than any of these, varieties in the serrations or imbrications appearing on the surface of the Ibers. It Is important In considering wool as a commercial commodity to keep in mind the three different kinds of cloth made therefrom. Theso are commercially known In English as In felts, woolens, and worsteds. The processes difso are cloth of kinds making these three inferent aB to make them entirely different machindifferent entirely dustries, employing in ery. Felt is made from the wool or furlock mass, the cloth holding because of the clutch of the imbricated fiber. Woolens and worsteds are spun from threads, but the threads in the two kinds of cloth are prepared In a different manner, and the weaving is different unlike. Formerly, entirely kinds of wools were used for making the two kinds of cloths, or rather It Is more or accurate to say that only certain kinds Alworsteds. wools could be used In making mamost any kind of wool could be used formore much were king woolens, although some suitable than others, and, ns a rule, those least inr suitable- for woolens were best sultablo woo worsteds. In effect, therefore, certain were used for woolens und certain other wools mafor worsteds. With the Improved nmdern limitations these mills worsted chinery used in ue are fading away, so tout worsteds can now tins for used made from wools formerly not , purpose. Is card-"d- ; The wool used lor making woolens o effect that for worsteds Is combed. The wool these two processes Is that In Hio Irst the a much as interlocked il.r:, are c,o,,ed and out drawn are ; iile. uud la to,, .second they ' i :' K JnyM' a l home-comin- m W t . If. II- - NT1 U A 1 k .W si l breeds r Border Leicester, Cotswold. Lincoln, Kentish. Devon , Longwool, South Devon, Wensley-daleand Roscommon. breeds this class The short-woo- l includes among others the famous mutton breeds are the Oxford Shropshire, Southdown, Down, Hampshire Down, Suffolk, Ryeland, Somerset, and Dorset Horned. The mountain breeds are th Mountain, Blackfaced Cheviot, Herdwlek. Lonk, Dartmoor, Welsh Mountain, and Limestone. All of these breeds are English Chevl- except the Border Leicester". are wnicn and Blackfaced, Scotch, the Welsh which belongs to IreWales, and the Roscommon to land. The Leicester from an historical of standpoint Is the most Important It and sheep, l long-wooEnglish the of the was the great reputation n.,1 of this breed that gave Eng land In the past its prominent po counsition as a Is the of it all, Most important try. Leicester blood which Is the of many of the other best has exEnglish breeds and as such tended itself over all the world. The wool Is fine, white, and breeds. The long-woo- the Leicerter. fiSW - Ill ; g of tho city. As a result of the storm seventeen met death and at least twenty-thre- e were Injured. Three persons were killed In Brooklyn, the collapse of a circus tent at Manhattan fluid caused a panic and one woman met death. In Jamaica bay, four row boats were upset and seven persons were drowned, while off Seagate four lost their lives, and tho Huckcnsack river claimed two victims. But it t 'eared again shortly after S o'clock, In time to give Colonel Roosevelt's eager fellow citizens of Un Island 'ample chance to see him standing on the rear platform of his special train as ho waved them a r, foun-datlo- n long-staple- i r en-Inl- y "Roosevelt to the lust on the o of the discuulon of the tinguished hunter. Though liot and sultry, the weather held fair until the marine parade, the exercises at the battery, and tno march up Broadway and Fifth avenue to Central park had been carried through with punctuality and precision, and then It rained grout guns. It was ono of the most terrific wind and rain storms, accompanied by thunder and lightning, in the history ' """" '' The City. good luck" held V" lit LUCK HOLDS i i m un sy v s i The Lincoln is the largest and heaviest fleeced sheep. Many of the fleeces will weigh from 18 to 20 in pounds, with a staple 20 Inches the resembles Lincoln The length. Cotswold. but has a wool tuft on the forehead and. the '' Is closer curled. The wool of these sheep has a fine glistening appearance which has earned for it the name of "lus- m ..r i tory. Whether these are derived from any one of the existing wild species, or from the crossing of several or from some W"1 extinct species Is a matter of conjecture even to scientists. Variations in the different domestic breeds are very great and in no other particular greater than i i I In the wool. Domestic sheep, not considering the Asiatic breeds, may be classed under two heads the Spanish and to be parallel, as in cotton or linen. Woolen . look and feel light the Kritlsh breeds. The Spanish breed is the yarns, although Merino, which has modified more or less the and fluffy. Worsted yarns appear finer and issheep of all Europe, including the British stronger. now hard-spun- The weaving of the two kinds of cloth is not unlike, at least not to the unskilled observer, except In one particular, and this Is a most Important one woolens are fulled and worsteds are not. The fulling of the cloth, ac- complished by heat, moisture and pressure, brings together and interlocks, by means of the Imbrication of the fiber, the several threads entering into the cloth Into a more or less felted whole. The cloth shrinks, sometimes as and in such material, as for much as doeskins and broadcloths, Instance the It appears and feeds like felt. It is this process of semifeltlng the cloth, made possible by the peculiar lie of the fibers In the yarn, that distinguishes woolens from worsteds. Formerly, entirely different classes woolof wool were used in the two cloths for Imbricated carding highly the ens, wool, merino lor example; and for the worsteds slightly Imbricated or smooth the H.v modern machinery It Is wools. combing short-staplwools In possible now to use the worsteds making washed In practise the raw wool, after being combof series a to Is subjected scoured. and which the particular of In each ing processes, are exlibers suitable for a certain purpose is each combing after residuum The tracted called a waste, although Its value per pound the extraction of may have been augmented by one-hal- short-stapl- long-staple- , e fibers. to Tutted States census reports, of manufactures of wool rank tenth in the list invested total The capital industries. Anu rlean valued at wax i'lio 170.749 and with an output classification t'io 4SI a year. In the t 'the manufacture of clothing Is not the lower-price- According adopted enorSince 1900 there has been an wool manufacturing In the increase mous of principally In the manufacture of number the census worsteds At the same Since was 39.Sr,2.967. States rni.ed the Hh ep in Increase In there has been a 43 Pt cent. a report by as appears of H.ee,., llull,ber on January 1, 1910. ofllee census the ksued by In the country at which shows 57.2lfi.o0O Kheep are valued at an av-These lime. present of f2.13.G4l.-I- , of JI.0S. giving a total value the 1900 country of isy the census 27.r.C7.SS4 pounds of sheep's wool and hair. 5, SjS pounds of mohair andofgoat wool as at that he same average clip at the pres. So production of the country of wool. . should be about 400,090,000 pounds be greater, on account of should it I,, reality In sheep breeding. lh(, improvement hunded varieties of several There are and In the wild domestic the Hlu,p both in under the do--5 been have former The ee ls dawn of his- the before since of I l 1 LsU-"tin- Ion g lands, North and South America, South Africa and Australia. The Merino has a very characteristic appearance, which easily distinguishes hliw from other breeds. He has a thick covering of wool over the forehead and cheeks, his horns are large, ponderous and convoluted laterally. The wool is long, soft, and twisted Into silky looking spiral ringlets. The wool fibers are highly Imbricated and possess In the highest degree fine felting qualities. The origin of the Spanish Merino is not very well known, but the breed Is known to have as a foundation the original breed Introduced into the Peninsula by the Romans upon which was crossed certain Kngllsh sheep, most probably the Leicester or Lincoln sheep. I'p to the time of the Napoleonic wars, the position of Spain in the wool trade was at the head. Spanish wool went all over the civilized world and enjoyed a reputation for being the best. However, the peninsular wars, with the attendant evils following thereon, had a most disastrous effect on the wool trade of Spain nnd produced a depreciation In Its quality and a consequent loss In exportation for the wool of the famous breed. Spanish Merinos were taken to Hungary In 1775 and to France one year later the most famous French Merino is the RambouIIlet. Spanish Merinos were first brought to RambouIIlet by Daubenton In 1782, and from this first Importation the breed was developed. It Is now known all over the world as one of the best of the Merino strains. Spanish Merinos were brought to the United States In the early colonial days, but the breed was lost In a promiscuous crossing with the earlier Imported British breeds. The first Spanish Merinos whose descendants have been kept pure were brought to the United States in 1S02. Merinos were taken to the Spanish-Americacolonies almost with the first colonists, and are the foundation and almost the sole foundation of the native breeds in all the American Latin republics, but the breed was not kept up, and consequently decayed even more rapidly than subsequently In Spain following the Napoleonic wars. While Spain has the honor of having produced the most valuable single breed of sheep, bred for wool peculiarly suitable for clothing, the Iirltlsh Islands have produced the greatest number of vuluable breeds of sheep bred for wool suitable for all purposes, and even for the particular purpose for which Merino wool Is best suited, but little Inferior thereto. Of course In the mutton breeds Great Britain has always stood without a rival, but also in its l breeds It 1$ without rival In wool of this character. The British breeds are classified as long wool, short wool and mountain n d long-woo- ter wool." Hampshire Shropshire, The Southdowns, are Dorsets and among Downs, Downs Oxford short-woo- l sheep. The Dorse! the better-know- n la tha shortest the The Cheviot la the best known among is sometimes Cheviot The reeds. h ,.in U1UU11LBIU sheep. called a middle-woo- l The French beeds best known are the Choletaise. which carry a good fleece, the Lar animal with tac, a short, thick-se- t , but rather scanty wool, the Berrlchome du Its qualifor milking heavy known better ties than for wool, and the Manchamp sheep, known as La Chamois, which produces a mos combing wool. excellent long and in addition to the domestic sheep Introduced into America by the English. Spanish and Portuguese settlers, South America possesses a group animals which are native to the of country. This group, the auchenla. Is one of the two branches Into which the existing genera ol the family of the camelldae Is divided. The other branch Is the camel (camelus) of the Old .toio long-flbere- Cre-van- flne-fibere- d wool-bearin- g World. Most authorities agree In dividing the auchenla into four species, the guanaco, the vicuna, the llama, and the alpaca. The two last named are not known In the wild state, but were domesticated by the native Indians long prior to the coming of the Spaniards to South America There Is no reason to doubt that the guanaco and the vicuna might also be brought under subjection. The vicuna Is a smaller animal, about the size of the fallow deer. It Is found In the high mountains of Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, seldom descending below 13,000 feet. Although It maj be tamed, it Is to all Intents and purposes a wild animal. It yields an exceedingly fine and delicate wool of a reddish-yellocolor, which Is worth Kbout twice as much as alpaca. The alpaca was the animal ol the Incas, as It Is yet of most of the people ol the Andes and the west coast of South America It Is found principally In Peru and Bolivia, bul does not thrive below about 5,000 feet. All of the South Amerlcnn countries are producers of wool from the domestic sheep, and most of them are exporters to a greater or lesa degree; but the recent development of the sheep Industry in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile lendi a particular Interest to South America as a pur veyor of this ono of the world's staple articles GREETED BY NEIGHBORS. Colonel Roosevelt Talks of His Trip and 8ayt It It Good to be Home. Oyster Bay. Every resident of tho town was at the station to greet Theodore Roosevelt upon his return to lib home on the 6 o'clock special. Bowing and shaking hands with his old friends, he walked through the mud to the park, where a grandstand bad been erected. About 3.000 persona gathered on tho green. Five hundred high school puplfs were the flrat to do tho honors. They sang "Home Then William J. Youngs. Again." United States district attorney, delivered the address of welcome. Col. onel Roosevelt replied as follows: "My friends and neighbors: I hope I need not Bay how glad I am to see you and be with you again. My trip began the 23rd of March a year ago when you bado me good bye at tha station, and this is the ending, when I get. through speaking. It la good to to see you again at the station and walk up behind the band. I enjoyed hearing the children sing and I hope that there are some children present from the same school that my children attendee. , "I am glad to see you all again, men, women and little Oysters. A normal school boy passes hia time in e a state of at hta elbows and I suppose I was no exception to the rule, but those who knew me as a small boy seem to have forgiven me by this time." "I can't say how much these tome-cominto Oyster Bay have meant to me in the last dozen years. I know you all and I do not think there is one among you with whom I am not on good footing. I never forgot the welcome you gave me when I came back from the Spanish-Americawar. "I have had a most Interesting trip, and enjoyed it very much, Hons and everything. Perhaps I enjoyed it a little more on account of the lions. I started at the headwaters ot the Nile, where the people are in a state ot savagery, and finished up at the moat highly civilized capital lu the world. I enjoyed everything in Africa and Europe, and the capitals of Europe and their rulers. But this Is not the occasion to talk of my trip. Some day I shall tell you all about It This Is .merely a greeting, and I wish to thank you all. "It touched me deeply to have so many of my neighbors conio to New York and take part In the welcome and in the parade. But It touched me more deeply to see you all here; to live among you again as I have for the last forty years; to take up my duties. "The first duty of a man Is in his own fam ly. Before a man can aspire to reform a nation, he must turn his attention to the folks at home." semi-warfar- n PAID REGULAR DUTY. Colonel Roosevelt Refused to Take Advantage of Official Position. New York Although Colonel Roosevelt, as special ambassador to King Edward's funeral, had good technical the United States right to without examination of his baggage by customs Inspectors, he inslstod ; mat ne comes as a mere citizen and pay full duties. His request was granted, and members of his party j f filed eight declarations while Colonel i Roosevelt prepared a typewritten lot- of trade. ter, describing what he had purThe annual wool clip of Argentina for the sea- chased abroad. In all there were sevson of 1840-5- 0 was 8,000.000 kilograms, 17.600.000 enty pieces of baggage, but the duty pounds. This was a respectable showing for the all told was not more than $300. time nnd gave Argentina a position of ImporAn Early Adjournment. tance In the wool trade. The wool, however, was Washington. Congress leaders are a coarse grade, most of It what Is known to the trade us Cordova, used by worsted spinners for now predicting the adjournment ol f carpet yarns. In 50 years the Industry had In- the present session by Juno 23. There creased thlrtyfold so that the clip of the year are many others, however, who bo-- J was 239,000,000 kilograms 525,800,000 Ueve that the session will not come This pounds. ol to an end before July 2. represented about the world's production. The quality of the wool New Yorkers Start Campaign to Place " meanwhile had improved. l: Colonel at Helm Again. A recent census of the country (1908) shows Y. N. "For governor of New Utlca, 67,211,754 sheep. It Is almost Impossible for the mind to grasp theso figures, but some Idea ol York, Theodore Roosevelt." r That Is the slogan of tho no pub- their significance can be gained when It Is stated that "If the animals were assembed In a gigan- llcaa club of Oneida county, sound- - j' tic drove, 12 abreast, they would reach across ed at a special meeting hero Sutur-- ; tho continent from New York to San Francisco day night, when resolutions wer This places Argentina second to Australia, which adopted calling upon other Rcpub- leads the world with over 83,100,000, the United llcan clubs in this state to' get bchm.l ' States third, with about 515,000,000, and England the Roosevelt boom. Speeches wtj-with about 35,000,000. fourth, made, all of which acclaimed Colonel ' Tho export of wool from Argentina tor thf Roosevelt as tho one man to e...- - ' tinue tho Hughes policies and to unUa f year 1908 amounted to 3SG.183.00u pounds. .11 factions of. the uurtv. 1S99-190- one-fourt- h , j . ! |