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

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articles are both imported andexpor:cd. The
annual importation of foreign boots and snoes
amounts to s,2so pair boots and $4,000 pair
OF shoes, principally Kid and morocco The
annual exportation of the same articles OF AZ
merican manufacture, amounts to $500 pair
! of boots and $4,000 pair C. shoes. The
shoe manufac tories Of New-Jersey are ex.
tcnsive. That of Lynn OF Massacfuse is,
makes 100000 pair of women's shoes annu.
! ally.
The value Of all the articles annually man.
uiactured in the United States, which are
| erabraoed under this mead (leathcrJ may Co
estimated at 10000, COO of dollars. -
! Soo;s and TaAosv Candies.
great portion of the soap and candles
used in the United States is family manus
iactare. But there are also several ests,ish.
ments on an extensive scale in ail the lar.se
cities and several other places. 1hose Of.
the village Of Roxbury near Boston, employ
lone capital of one hundred thousand dolls.
and make annually $4,000 pounds candies,
$4,000 pounds brown soap, and $4,000
pounds windsor and fancy soap, q In profit,
OF percentum ON the capital employed.
The annual expectation Of foreign manaA
'acmre are candles $4,000 pounds, soap
100000 pounds.
The annual importation Of domestick man.
eiaeture are candles l,775 900 pounds, soap
2,22O,o0o lbs. '#a
The annual valuc manufactured in the u.
states, and including the quantity made in
private families for their own use connot ba
estimated less than 100000 of doliors.
Stermaeen oil and 6ansies.
The establishments for this manuF,ct,,re
@re at Nantucket and New Bedford in Mass,,.
chuseets, and at Hudson, in Ncw-York Sc.
sides supplying the whole of the domc,Iick
consumption, they furnished annually, ,or -ex.
portaton 10 foreign countries, 10000 pounds
OF candles and $4,000 gallons OF oil. The
whole quantity annually manufactured anoun.
led to about 100000 dollars. Blu, tire ex,u.
sion from foreign markets has lately affected
the manufacture.
Refined Suger.
The annual importatons Of foreign refined
sugar amount, for the years 1908 to 1907, 10
$4,000 lbs. MM
rnc annual explorations of American re-.
nned snsar- amount fnr the same years. t0
10000 lbs. - ''',sf - = - -
The then existing duty was, in the ycar
1901, collected on 3,s27,ooo pounds and az
tho manufacture has kept pece with the ins
crease of population, the quantity now annu.
ally made may be estimated at 100000 Of
pounds, worth 100000 Of dollars. Tho
capital employed is stated al 5000, 900 and
half OF dollars And as the establishments
have increased in number, some of them
lave declined in business. 1t is beIieyedt that
If a drawbacks equivaleas te the duty pid oH
the importation Of the brown sugar, used in
the refined sugar exported, was again allows-
ed, the foreign demand, particularly Of Rus
sia, would give great extcntion to this
branch A special report has been made ON
that snbject to the committee of Commerce.
md manufactures.
COTTON, WOOL, AND FLAX
/. Spinning 0dAs and Manufacturing
Es,abhshments.
The first Cotton Mil was erected ia tho
state of Rhode-IsIand, in the year l7sl a.
mother in The same state in The year l7o5,and
two more in the state of Massachusetts, in
the years so3 and A. During the three
succeeding years ten more were erected nd
commenced in Rhode Island, and one in Cons
necticut, making altogether fifteen mills er.
cctcd before the year SOB, working ~ that
time about 5000 spindles, and producing aa
bout 100000 pounds of yarn year.
Returns have been received of S7 mills
which were erected at the end OF the year
1909 60 Of which (48 water and Ia bose
miiIs,) were in operation, and worked at thay
time $1,000 spindes. The other rs will all
be in operation in the course Of this year,and
together with the former ones (alinost all ct
which are increasing their machincryD viii,
by the estimate received, work moro thu
eighty thousand spindlcs at the commences
meni OF the year 1911. t,
The capital required TO carry on the rnsa..
ufacture ON the best terms, Is estimated at
The rate Of one hundred dollars for each spins
die including both the fixed capital apPlled
20 the purchase OF the mil-scats, and TO the
construction of the mills and machinery, AID
hat employed in wages, repairs, raw mstei~
4ls, goods on hand and contingencies. But
IL is believed that no more than at the rate ~