Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-05-18

- - =. $50 os''. S-s lSOiitCs TIC Oark
rs sbundant and cheap; aud it seems
jby the annexed Communication, mark.
led (A) that kiGes cost in Americe
Is Ia cents, ana in England seven
cents pound; that the bark used for
tanning, costs in England nearly as
much as the hides, and in America
not one tenth part of that sum. 1t is
ut the same tire acknowledged tina,
much American leather is brought to
market of an inferior quality, and tina,
better is generally made in the middle
than in the northern or southern states.
The ,anneries of the state of Delaware
employ collectively a capital of one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars,
and ninety worsnlsn, and make an
nually 100000 dollars worth Of leather.
Those of Baltimore amount to twenty
two, seventeen of which have together
a capital OF 1877. 600 dollars, and tan
annually IS. 600 hides, and IS 900 calf
skins.
Morocco is slso made in several
places partly from imported goat skins,
and principally from sheep skins. And
IT may be proper hero 70 add, that
deer skins, which form an article ofex.
portation, are dressed and manufacture
ed in the United States to the amount
required for tho consumption of the
country.
The principal manufactures OF lea.
Their are those Of shoes and boots. har-
ness and saddles. Some isconsider-
able quantities OF the two last articles
are both imported and exported. The
annual importation of foreign boots
and shoss, amounts TO $3.50 pair of
boots and $1,000 pair shoes, principal
~ kid and morocco. The annual ex
portation of the. same articles of Ame-
riean manufacture, to $500 pair Of
boots and 127 900 pair Of shoes. The
shoe pfsnufacturss Of New Jersey are
{ xteaave. That % t-yH,, in Massa.
ehusetts, makes leo,GCo pair Give
mems shoes annually.
The value o! all the articles annually
manufactured in The United States !.
which are embraced under this head
(leather) may be estimated at twenty
of dollars.
Soap and TalIow Candles.
A great portion of the soap and can
dies Used in the United States is a fa-
mily manufacture. But there are also
several estaDHshme ats on an sAtensiee
scale in all the large cities and sevorai
other places. These Of the village of
Roxbury near Boston, euploy alone
a capital of one hundred thousand doh
lars, 4 make anhusiIy 10000 POUNDS
candles, sec, 900 pounds brown soap,
* $4,000 lbs. windsor & fancy soap,
with prefit, il is said, of Is pet cen.
'um on the capital employed.
The annual importatiens of foreign
manufacture, are candles 158,oJ0
pounds, soap 100000 pounds.
The annuAl exportations Of domss-
TIC manufacture, are candies 1875 900
pounds, soap s,22o, 900 lbs.
The annual value manufactured in
the United States, and including the
Quantity made in private famil es tor
their own USE casnot be estimated
less than eight millions of dollars.
Spermacei Oil and Candles.
The establishments for this manu-
facture are at Nantucket and New
Bedford in Massachusetts,, & at Hud-
son in New York. Besides supplying
the whole OF che domestic consums.
ton, they furnished annually, for ex-
portatiOn to foreign countries, 100000
pounds Of candles and IL eco gallons
of oil. The whole quantity annually
amounted TO about 500,
600 dollars. But the exclusion FROM
foreign markets has lately affected the
Refined Sugar.
The annual imporlations OF foreign
refined sugar amount, for the years
1908 to 8O7, to 1900 lbs.
The annual expectation of American
refined sugar, amounted, for she same
years, to 100000 lbs.
The then existing duty was, in the
year fsot, collected on $4,000
pounds; and as the manufacture has
kept pace with the increase OF popula.
'ion, the quantity now annually made