Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-27

Answer. That Of our weaving, which IL prn.
ted, Is called the 200 reed. and is made of
No. IS, exclusively. We print no other num-
ber Of our own make, but purchase and print
considerably from No IL TO No. AZ but none
higher. Tho proportion We print compared
with what we make 10 inconsiderable. Al
Whitestown we mako about 1000 yards per
week; at the New York Mills about 1000 ysrdp
per week; and at Troy about 5000 yards; from
ell which we print only about /, 400 yards q
week.
Question. What are the values of the differ
cnt qualities OF cloths made st your factories be-
fore, and what after :hey are printed, in the mar
kets!
Answer. What we make at Wbnestovn.
commands IL l-2 cents in the grey or unbles cb,
ed State. Al the New York Mills all is bic, en-
ed before sale, and they bring % cents. The
cambric mnslins have not bean brought into the
market. The cotton shirtinRs made .t T,ov
are bleached and sold at 10 cents; these ar.
made Of No. ,S5. That which is intended for
printing is worth before il 10 bleached ~ /. a
cents; this is also No. 36. We purchsse about
II, 900 yards unbleached, weekly, for bleach
ing and printing, Of the numbers men, ioned In
the answer TO the fifth interogsiory. The pri-
css vary from Ia to IA cents the yard. Az
ter they are bleached and printed, they sell
from l to 80 cents the yard.
Question. What is the difference of expense
to the proprietor ofa factory, between manu-.
featuring the same qualities Of cotton in Eng
land and in the United States?
Answer. The buildings can be put up for
about the same in Hudson as in England. and
for 10 per cent. less in whiestown. The
taken all together, will cost nearly
double in this country what it will in England,
independently Of the propeIling power. There
'hcy work by steam, and in this country we
work BY water; the first cos, of which, with wa
ter privilege, &c. about the same.
Question. What is the difference Of expenss
Of printing the same patterns and qualities Of
cloths in tho two countries!
Answer. The expense Of printing is one
third higher here than in England. This arises
from the difference Of expense in fuel, d,ues.
and wages The fuel which costs 8 ~ in Man.
chester, will, in Hudson, cost s. l2O TO do tho
same business. The li2 lbs. Of coal in Man.
chester cost ten cents; oak wood in Hudson 10
four dollars q cord.
Question. What is the capacity ofthe man.
in the United States, 30 far rs YOUR
this country with fine cotton cloths printed and
not printed!
Answer. I am not sufficiently acquainted
with the factories Of this country to answer ths
question.
Question. What is the difference in price,
at which the English manufacturer can afford
his fine and printed cottons IN the English and
in the American markcts9
Answer. The English manufa acturer can ac.
ford fine printed or other cottons for the Amcri-
can market, for Onc-third less than the Ameri-
can manufacturer. II costs the English manu.
iacturers fifty per cent. on the price in the Eng
llsh market, to get printed cottons into tho
American market. On cotton, Of one yard
wide. made Of No. IS yarn. and in the 1900
reed. the operative duty s, at this time, just 10
per cent. on the cost in England: the other char.
ges, viz insurance, boxing, freight. excha nge.
Of the cloth that would cost, in England, about
8 cents per yard. am enabled 10 s,ate
this with accuracy, having been large export
or from Manchester.
Question. Is there any other printing estab-
lishmept. besides yours, in the United Ststess
and. If any, to what extent?
Answer. know Of six, each Of which print
more than we do at this time, and there arc
many smaller ones.
Question. What are the finest cottons which
you weave! Is there any factory in the United
States that weaves finer or so fine as you do!
Answer. know Of no factory that spins or
woaveS 80 nne az we DO.
Question. Do you know of any factory in
the United States which operates with the Sea-
Island cotton!
such. We used the Santees, sometimes called
Sea Island, for a short time, for warp, but found
that the Orleans answered quite as well, and
It is much cheaper?
Question. Does not the manufa cturer of
cottons in the United States. considering tho
means OF payment by the consumer, enable him
10 Use more than he could do if he deoended on
q foreign supply!
Answer. am decidedly Of that opinion.
Question. Is the protection now afforded to
coarse cottons, such a. to enable you to sus-
tain competition with English goods Of tho
samo quality!
Answer. II is quite sufficient on coarse cot
tons not printed. speak Of that made of No.
rs, or any thing under it.
Question. Tsking the price at which you
can produce coarse cottons or calicoes at your
factory at Hudson, can you print and sell them
at such prices as to sustain . competition with
English printed caicoes Of the same qualities?
Answer. We do not produce a. much coarse
cottons as we print, but taking that which we
buy as the Standard, we cannot compete with
the English manufacture.
Question. To enable the American manu-.
facturer to compete with the foreigner, in prin-
ted co,,ons, are additional protecting duties ne
cessary? ESQ, what addition to the present du-
ty is required?
Answer. They are; and my opinion 10, that
two cents OH the running yard OF all printed
cottons, in addition to the present rates Of duty,
would furnish perfectly sufficient protection.
QUESTION. What pei cent. on the cost Of tho
fabric would be produced by an additional du.
u Of two cents on the yard!
Answer. l, would be equal 10 an I'd valorem