The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-08-01

GAltdrcn ) 500 otai 1000. n.nn.
The inci'easc Of casling and spln.lng OF
cotton by Machinery liz establishments Tor
that purpose, and exclusively OF that done IN
pri gale families, has therefore been iourioid
during the last two years, and VIII have oeeh
ten fold III th,ee years. ne table (D') she"s
the situation and extent OF these several nils
and that Though the greater number is III
,fe vicinity of Providence, IN Rhodc-lsland,
they are scattered and extended throughout
all thc states. Those situated within thirty
miles Of Providence, are exhibited IN the ta-
bic (c) and the statement marked (D.)
gives the detail of one of the establishments,
as furnished by the proprietors.
The IL mills ia the State oi H. Island, IN
cIuded in tn: table &C. which are in opera
ZION, and worked l42oo spndles' IN the year
1899, are also stated to have used during that
year 100000 pounds OF cotton, which produ-
ced 5lo,6oo lbs. OF yarn oil which l24,ooo
lbs. were sold for thread and knitting; 100000
lbs. were used in manufactures attached 10, or
in the vicinity OF the mills ; and the residue
was either sold for wick, and for the use OF
family manufactures, or exported 10 other
parts. Eleven hundred 10 ms are said to be
employee in weaving the yarn spun by those
mills into goods, principally of the following
) descriptions, viz.
Bcdtcsins, sold at IS 20 90 cents p yard.
Stripes and checks, 80 70 ~ do. do.
Ginyhams, 40 10 Sd do. do.
Cloths FOR shirts and
sneetng, IS tots do. DO.
Count& :, mes at SO each.
Those several goods are already equal in
appearance TO the English imported articles
Of the same descripsion, and superour in
tiurabiity {; aud the finishing ~ still inprov-
Ing. The proportion OF fine yarns is also in
crcasing.
The same articles are manufactured in 9TH
er places, and particularly at Philadelphia,
where are also made from the same mdteri-
al, webbing and coach laces, which articles
have also excluded, or viii soon exclude SIM
liar foreign importalions) )tal,Io and other did-
. per cloths, jeans, vest Patterns, cotion ker-
seymercs and blankets. The manufactilre OF
sattins. cords, and vclyets, has also been COM
menced in tho interiodr and western parts OF
Pennsylvania, and in Kentucky.
Some of the mills aforementioned are ale
so employed in carding and spinning wool,
though not to a considerable amount. But
almost tho whole Of thar material is spun and
wovc in private families and there are yet
but few establishments for the manufacture OF
WOODEN cloths Some Information has, how.
. ever, been received respecting fourteen OF
these, as stated in table (E) manufacturing
each, OH an average, ten thoussnd yards OF
cloth year, worth from one to ten dollars
~.,. 4. - L~si~...t ,i,~. ...-v are others
from which no informrtion has been obtain
ed and it is known that several establish-
ments, on smaller scale, exist in Pniiadel-
phia, Baltimore, and some other places. All
- M nc we'll fhece M mi fact N Il
in private families, are generally superiour
in quality, though somewhat interiour in APP
pearance, to imported cloths of the same
price. The principal obstacle to the extern
sion Of the manufacture is the want of wool,
which, is still deficient both in quality and
quantity But those defects are daily and
rapidly lessened, by the introduction of me-
rino and Other superiour breeds, by the great
dcn,nd for the article, and by the atteation
now evccy where paici by farmers to the in-
crease and Improvement OF their Rocks.
Manufacturing establishments for spinning
and weaving fax, are yet but few In the
state of New-York, there is one which en-
ploys capital Of $4,000, and % persons,
and in which abou, ninety thousand pounds
o AK ere annuty spun and wove into Cam
v;'s and other coarse linen. Information has
beeo received respecting two in the vicinity
al Philadelphia, one OF which produces annu-
ally, 70 900 yards of canvas, made of fax
and cotton in the other, the fax is both
hacked and spun by machinery, 80 looms are
employed: and it is said, that 100000 yards
OF cotton begging, sail cloth, and coarse lin
ed,.may be made annually.
Hosiery may also be consiuer as almost
exclusively household manufacture. That
Of Germantown has declined, and it does not
appear TO have been attempted on u larger
scale in other places. There are however,
some exceptions (; nd it is stated that the
island of Matthias Vineyard exports annually,
1900 pair of stockings.
IL. Household Ik,nwfac,ures
But by tar the greater part of the goods