The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-05

home manufactures, and introduced into
the market specimens that compare in eve
ry respect with the cloth of foreign make.
1T would reasonably be imagined that the
acvcnturers in these useful undertakings
have nothing farther to contend with.
They have, however, to contend with Eng
h'h cahhai. This cafiitai. enables (from il,
great eNtent) the manufacturers of that
country to send their goods abroad at a We
ny sma" proht, and wait year for the re
turns or, what Is the same, to give to the
purchaser years credit. The cehtfuk of
The American manufacturer is nearly ala
sorbed in the buildings and machinery ne
ccssary for his establishment he, there
lore must have quick returns.
Formerly the enemies of American arts
treated with ridicuie aud contempt the es-
says that were made to manufacturing of
woollen stuffs. & affected to believe, that it
could not be done, and the attempt was pre-
mature. Perceiving, however, their error.
and that this valuable branch of nat;unal
industry In many instances. has .anpYears-s<i
perfection and generally extending very
rapidly to supply commensurate with the
national wants and consumption. the only
ground they have now left to attaci il on. IS
a discouragenient of the sale OF domestic
cio!ns, thereby hoping TO give to British ca
American ingenuity and enterprixe, and
prplongng a Independence which should be
tolerated from necessity alone, ant, not
choice. was led TO the foregoing observa-
tions from the relation OF = fact hy an enter
'prizinS Individual concerned In the Milton
manufacturing society. established in this
county. He stated that the cloths made
there under the direction of a celebrated
artist from Europe. were considered b;i
competent Judges in color, texture, and s.
nish, equal to, any usually imported from
England into this country, but that notwith-
standing when the novelty had ceased. no
~ arked preference even in the city of New
York, was given to them, farther than the
mere close calculation of pitifui mercan-
tile PROFIT on the article. And even with
some, the specimen of American ingenuity
was evidently source of modification and
chagrn.
ihc celebrated doctor Mease, of Philadel-
Phia, visited the institution frequently ia the
course OF last summer he felt the highest
sa'lstactlon at the progress making there.
ana TOOK lively interest in its welfare.
ne expressed an opinion that such cloth as
he saw manufacturing there, could not but
command preference in any market in
the United States. and believed if some of il
was sent to Philadelphia it would meet,with
ready sale. He encouraged hope, more
over that the demand for It in every direc-
tion would be so steady and constant as to
enable the proprietors of the institution to
nave quick returns. man Of an enlighten-
ca mind, who at once pcrceves the whole
bearing that any one branch of manu- c.ure
mas on the interests of the community, and
.he nation at large, must, like doctor Mease,
nave felt great pleasure to think that the
ara or manufacturing wooilcn cloth had at
tanned such perfection in the remote coun
.ys OF saratoga that from the general sem
timent prevailing to the eastward. the pro-
babi.ity is that the time was rapidly an
preaching when the manufacturing interest
would deserve as much attention from the
rulers OF our country, as either the agricul-
tural or commercial.