The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-11-20

800 the ton, few years since, and now
sells for only 500 reduction Of Is per
cent. because cf the domestic competition, err
'''tS 'MzNUFzcruREs e g iss;e; OF Wool. J,
The duties laid upon foreign wool. for
the protection of American farmers, .(and
which we heartily approve Of, except as to
the coarsest and finest qualities, because
we do not produce any Of the former, and
very little Of the latter has prevented a
large general decline in the price Of wooll-
en- goods, exceptin what may be called
the medium qualities, which were about
% per cent less last year, than previous
to the increased duties upon them. The
price of wool has advanced, and so have
such cloths-but they are still heaper, Of
American manufacture, than they were, Of
English product, under a mere revenue
duty. The very fine clothes retain pref
ty nearly their old prices, though rather
less. All mixtures ofcotton and wool are
much cheaper. The /" Welsh plains"
which-averaged at least 65 cents yard,
previous to the tariff of 1924, fell to so
cents, on the increased duty, as soon rs
certain Of our factories were put into ope-
ration. And the article known as " Can
ton cloths" much more valuable one
than the &C Welsh plains," sold last year
at from Sc to 60 cents. Their price has
since advanced, because that the stock of
foreign coarse wool is exhausted and there
is no domestic supply. Negro cloths,
such as in 1925, 6, Z, and 8, sold for 81
cents--and because a glut, last year, for
90 eents-now sell for AZ cents--for the
reason assigned. The South imposed
the duty on coarse wool, and will pay II !
1t is difficult to fix detsrminately de-
scriptive quality Of cloths, and SO not easy
to make out clear comparison Of prices
but it is manifest that their cost has gen
orally declined with the increase of du-
ties on them. The fact is, that the manu-
facturs of yard Of clotk in the United
States, now cost less than in England, be-
cause ofnew and improved machinery, mot
used in the latter country, and which, per-
haps, cannot be used, because oi the great
number Of persons that it would throw
out of employment. The difference in
tue COSt VI u ydiu VI SiOtu hiuu~ Ah shS 1T
nited States and in England, if any there
is, is in the difference OF the cost OF the
wool and dye-stufs used-for the protect
ION of farmers and planters. As before
observed, 1--WE heartily approve ofthese du-
ties, so far as they effect articles produc-
ed by US in reasonable quantities but the
duties on very coarse and very fine woods
and indigo, have direct tendency to tax
consumers of the cloths made out of, el
dyed, with these materials. The farmers
have had large advance in the price oI
their wool, and we are glad of it-we al
much wish an advance in the value ofcot-
ton. a a.aa.9 ES sea
A great rise IN the price Of flannels was
predicted--but, with two tariffs heaped up
on them to increase the price, such as
sold for % cents in 1873, will hardly
bring that sum even now. Last year
these goods were at II only. This shews
that the tariff has no effect on their price.
Wool was cheap in 1898, and is now
more valuable, and SO are flannels. Such
wool as sold for l8 cents las year is worth
go. SIS .lfn f n
(To be continued'
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