Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-11-21

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to the following letter, without in the least
pledging ourselves to the correctness Of the
statements which it contains -
To the Editor Of the Traveller.
SIR, J.
We often see misrepresentation OF
facts, or reputed facts, inserted in the news
papers, which are not OF sufficient conse.
-qurnce to any individual to draw forth
contradiction; but one lately inserted in
your paper, and in several others, is of a
nature, so very injurious to a considerable
branch Of our manufacture, and 10 large
portion OF our laboiing poor connected with
it, and already worn down SO much by the
hardness of the times, that it is incumbent
-on every man of common feeling TO obviate
as much as he is-able, the cruel conss quen.
ces likely to result from statement pro-
duced either from seIf-interest or ignorance,
or both. allude to a paragraph setting
forth as known factshe unexampled fall
of broad cloths, viz. from two ganras to
2Ss. per yard. Now, sir, / defy the writer
of the above to prove, even in the FIRST break
ing out of the advance last year, that the
former price or any thing near it, was given
for cloth, except indeed it might bean in
stance or two of some hot headed specula
tor; on the contrary we well know, that on
q much lower price being asked by many
clo!hiers, fatal stobpags OF orders was
the consequence throughout the country &
this stagnation prevailed until it began to
cool little after so unusual ferment, and
clothes were bought very sparinsly Gas in
fact they are at this hour at the price de.
manded by the generality of the trade dur
ing all last year, viz. 2Ss. to sos. The
wooden trade had always been OF that steady
nature, that an advance OF only Is. per yard
had heretofore been considered most hate.
ful measure; so during the novelty Of the
late rise, many persons moro fond Of strange
tales than of truth, went about with stories
Of -4os. to AS. per yard, perhaps with
view of obtaining their own Comparatively
moderate prices. Upon the whole, there
tore, it is certain that the paragraph in
question is founded in i:isehood, Inasmuch
as the great price therein stated was never,
as have above asserted, the market or
current price Of cloth: and it can only tend
TO the. preventing of the diapers from buy
ing, to the great injury Of many hundreds
working people depending on this valuable
manufacture for their bread.
Your writer goes on to state some
thing about the low price Of Yorkshire
cloths in the Auction Mart, but his express
III II "a Init Of
decided reply; his conclusion, however,
SO gravey accounts for this happy change
by The vast supply of Spanish sheep lately
brought to this country, that it would pro-
woke smile at his ignorance, did no. an
apprehension Of the consequences like to
result from its circulation, incline one to,bc
serious.
Will this paragraph writer assert that
more than 5000 Spanish sheep have beer
imported? And even allowing that all of
them had lived. TO be sheared, (he contrary
being quite notorious) that their produce of
fine wool would amount to fifty bags a
proportion SO trihing compared to the con-
sumption of the articles that no more, I
think, needbe said to cenfute such a doc
trine.
have now to ask your pardon for thus
intruding upon you bat could not help no.
tic:ng few days ago, the paragraph alluded
| to, copied into a provincial print, with an
observation of the editor, that 1t had not
been contradicted." And this,' | know,
would be readily laid hold on, to the preju-
dice OF all parties concerned in trade. On
that account sir, trust you will give this
all:the publicity you can; and oblige
Your constant reader,
nj. r.
.Somersetshire, Sept. 10, 1910.
The annual consumption has been reck.