Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1811-11-20
K UkAL ECONOMY.
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EXTRACT FROM AK Essay on Sxrsp.
ROBERT r. LIVINGSTON, J.. L. D,
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is 1.-THE cooiunfuop OF nae ci3,a IN lhis
couo;ry- .hate are te, pa5s'e 10 our ca
ties who wear iuch clath as can be made
from BSlfila .yoll, she 6neii ol which vii
not make cictt Of IAe Yatue Of more shaa
tilirfeeo l0s aogs dsrtieg rer yard. 5 he
! bTii tccoDt snd lhird cinshs are al made
I tfo.i 'l,r.a ao2i vi iIffenc ,s3 II
hpensis IHor, q we raaY helicsc An,3er-
ii9p, IS there any cioth ~ wajch Meriuo
! and Bridih wool are rnixc5 their quail
Sies beng 70 dil'.nillF. aai ,nev ihrlnE1 70
d'f.rensly IN he pgiRe, thar they cannot
be sorkcd gogeshsr. II Is aIlo mifake
to iuppoie sinss, wi,! tle fang materials,
we Cannot max oiotl 81 tlc fame quality,
and az the fame prs, w;th that of Britain.
We now card by water, snd fpin with len
MES; 70 tha5 much os slle labou- is faved.
l have for three year, ,aR been in the ha.
pr OF manufacturing all rhc cloth neceGary
TOR my o va ufe sn; for the ule If NV We
ry large family and ] can fay with car
sainry, shat Can manufaetur. cloth of ev-
efy quality from three - tsn dollars Der
yaEd 10 much cheaper 4. TO receive two
ootssrs .of my tine WOOL, and one dollar
and Atsy cents for the fcconti, and at lean
one doii'r for hait-brcd ws,, and yet fave
20 pei cent. upon the maaafatturc, be- iide,
great gain 10 the iuperior Hsength of the
closh. Ihts is very conceivable b. thcte
who calculate the expenies with ehich
britih manufsttares are loaded bcf,r, thew
come 70 Us, whlca much .nnre hsa com
peniate !he difference in the p.;.a ufla',or.
1T. The Manufacturer, profit. al. The
Pirchi he and ttan!.oortarisn to Tea. port.
81. The commIiGon 10 the merchant in
England. 4sh. Fonr cens. Rritih duty.
5:h. freixhr. ON. Infrsncc. 18th. A.
meficaa dnty, ievenssea aud ha9f Ger
cent. 9th. The merchants prof., which
is never ..ets than fifteen DER cent. ON.
Toe retailers profit. fake ali theEe i.
tens together, and t,:ey will nor fall hort
OF eenr. per cent The difference berween
the PEicc OF iabcur bettoWcG upon i t,;ec,-
OF c,oth OF any degree al dneneis in Eurore
'or tnerica, nears 40 proportion 90 his :.
.of Ia.tsnce, two PoaadS Of the fDeR Me
rino wool makes yard ot!opel6sc bfoa..
cloth, which ictis IL England ar twenty-
Jour ihililnga frr'aeg the 2oal COR, rhere
fourteen ihi!inss ana fis-pe,,e fterlisy :;
the merchants profit u2aa siis IS NOT lcfs
thaa ten per ceat. or a5ous t,yo ,bi,t;nos
and hvc-pcnce she whole iabour then EN- :
| Pioyed In the manufacture is only C.yeo
thillings and one penny aeflino. Suo,oGe
the price OF abour here 70 hs tittv Der cent.
higher, which exceeds the Faa. the, the
price OF the material being the fame, the
Cot OF making it here lhouid be three
sisnth' more thanin England, that's, three
ih!iiings and eight-pence upon twenty -four
ihillings: ard cloth Of that price. !, ma.
nuiactured in the United State, aaoald Gel,
tor twenty-feven h;ilings and cigl;-ps,cr
iter'lns, OF about Ave dollars and fxtv.
three cents 1--we fhillings aerlinp 70 the
doilar), whereas NO imported elotS Of tba,
quhity can be purchafsd here for lcfs than
Twelve dollars. What an im,nenfe avine
tnen would II be TO the United States re
cu'tivate the breed of il,eep which. will
firnl'h materials for an article which thcv
noY pay Upwards of 10, per cent. +! wbs,
neld does II OPEN borh to the manufst au.
Icr and the farmer While rhe one can sf.
ford TO give rwo dollars and fifty cents re,
pound for wool, the other, even after hay.
Ing rese'Ved thar advanced price, can pur-
sha'e MS c'oth much cheaper shan he Can
now 10, vacn he tells the Heeces of hi,
hook ut t.nrry fix cents per pound. Blu,
now much greater till will be ,he oro6 :,
II ne Manufactures his own WOOL into 4 os
CLOTH for the market. will venture to
lty' mat cloth OF tea dollars the ward
may. IN this way, be made hyperion in
Quality to Bfitifh cloth, though pefh ans
| not quite 10 we'll dreEed, for three dollar,
per yard, of feven quarters wide, and give
the farmer profit Of three dollars pei
pound Tor his wool, after allowing one dol.
ldr as d conmiflion to the fhop. keepers who
leli MS ciotn. 1t is bus juRlce, however.
10 the iheepI have mentioned, TO wiz.
one Arlington breed, to o5ierve, that their
hesces are adapted to purpofes, TO which
thoic OF the Merino cannot be Applied win
ti r zane advantage; flch as, the making
OF worteds, cdmblets, ferges, and perhaps
me blankets. hele m in1f16earcs req lire
long comoise wool, whereas cloth
oendnaS nne ihort wool, and one canno, he
ilsRifuFed for the other without loft.
"ooi "nich is intermediate is or that &C.
count INFERIOR to either, as pot being well
. aoap9ed to cloth, and too ihort for comb.
ing' his is In fomc fors the character of
!he new Leiceaer or Bake we'll WOO were
II a ie~ inches longer or lhorter, IL y ouid
ieii much higher than it nov does /: isu
PFeiess price in the Bfitilh market is on.y
Ten pence Herling per pound, aud yet it is
ct q toiersbly fine fapie.
A't IS my win ts dirsa the choice 81