{"newspaper_name": "The Columbian fountain.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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FRAUDS IN WooL.--Several parcels OF
wool received here from the West have
been found to have their weight increased
and the quality injured by the following
process The fieeces are opened, and the


nsides wet and stuffed with tags of value
less wool, and sometimes even with dirt ;
after which they are rolled up and packed
in the usual way. As il is customary for
the dealers here to assert the fleeces with
out opening them, it is very easy for such
fraud to escape all suspicion till it is dis
covered by the manufacturer. This was
the case with some of the parcels sent to
England last year and from that or from
some other cause very strong feeling ex-
lists against American wools with some
persons there. Letters by the Cambria
tell story Of a manufacturer who attended
the large auction sales and bought very


freely. There was one parcel which par
ticularly pleased him, and he marked good


price against il on his catalogue, but on


learning that il was American, crossed it
off ut once, saying that he would not have
i at any rate: yet he was much chagrined
on looking over his purchase the next day,
to find that very parcel among them. Il
had attracted his notice again during the
progress Of the sale, and not having paid
much attention to its marks and position,
ne took il for another parcel, and bid it off,
.aFf4 N. Y. our. Com.