Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-03-21

others, VIII remember, that they have been dcprv-
ed OF lucrative commerce for two years, because
the President did not make known that the French
Government had opened its West India ports to
us, without condition. In the lower part of this
Statc where grain and lumber are the principal sta.
pies, the people will take notice, that this Admin
istraton has closed and kept closed the ports in
West Indies, almost the only markets for these
articles, two Of them, for two years after they
were Internationally opened by foreign power.
To notify our readers Of this fact is all that is
necessary. They have intelligence enough to
know that if this trade had been opened to them
BY our President, as was his duty, their corn would
have brought nearly double the price they have
sold it at, and every other article in connection
with it would have experienced proportional adj
vance. There can be no expectation that the
people whose interests are thus neglected, or
criminaIly sacrificed, will consent to keep in Office
such public servants. The ballot box of Delaware
will tell very different story.
The extent of domestic manufacturing in phila
de'pha j, not perhaps generally known to our rea-
ders. The following extract will show the great
Importance of this source of national prosperity.
and will tend to point out the necessity. of proper
governmental protection, to all the branches Of do
nestle industry.
There are in Philadelphia and its vicinity lo4
varying mills at work, each of which is sufficient
to employ from 40 to so weavers, making the NUN.
Der OF Wpayprs ahout 50O Overs nyrr ono. snnn.
lcrs 5000; bobbin wndcrs 1000.
WAGES.
Weavers can now average dolls per week.
Dyers do.
Wrappers 5 DO.
SPOILERS from 80 cts. to so do.
Bobbin wnders l do. 4 found
HOUSES OCCUPIED
Manufacturing establishments over so, average
rent 80 dollars per year
Houses occupied by Weavcrs about 1900, aver
age rent so to 80 dollars per year.
Indigo used per week, 1900 bs.
Flour used as sizing, per week, SO to 40 bbls
Quantity of goods produced per day, 81 900
yards. average value 6 cents per yard.
s. The above is an estimate for this season-in
the winter when other employment ceases, the mum
Der increases considerably say one. third
philadelphia, 25th June, 1927.
Thomas Hughes John Waters
John Steel John Funston
John Mcguire Thomas Ford
Robert Wilson Renins & Austin
Patrick Mcbride Thomas Laird
Ab, alinn Cumming NuSn Sii.A
James Brown, jr.
From the foregoing data We have made the fol-
lowing calculations: dollars.
$500 wcayers at s. per week, amounts
per AMMAN to 100000
900 Divers at So do. do. $4,000
5000 spoilers at Is cents do. ll7,Oo0
1000 bobbin winders at 81 do. do. lO4 600
l01 Wrappers at So DO. do 27,ooo
In wages 100000
so establishments average
rent $50 5000
1900 houses occupied by wea-
yers 20 100000
$4,000
1900 lbs. Of indigo per week, or
IA, 400 lbs. per annum, at 2 dolls. 228,ou0
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IS BIS flour, used for sizing per
week, or 1920 per annun, at
dolls. 9lOO
$1,000 yards of goods per day.
makes per year Of 500 working
days at 16 cents per yd. S5,6SS,000
which at yds. Of cloth. per pound
of cotton, would require per an
mum, raw cotton lbs. 6,075 900
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or per of bales, weighing IS Is lbs.
bales, 20,950
which would make the consumption
about CT bales per day, or 400 bales
week.
| The amount of value of the goods
manufactured as above S5,ssS,O00
Cost of raw material, say Co.'s, 900
pounds of raw cotton, at IL cents. 100000
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