Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-03-18
tom iho Baltimore American.
THE COTTON MANUFACrUREtN GREAT
BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

- NaNA RI > AlEN 7
a British Pap,r notices a work recently publ -hed
the cotton manufacture of The United Sia.
ties with that ofGreat Britain. The author MIR. Mont.
GOmcrv. was trained To the business in Scotland; anJ
IN 1856 he leh the country To hecune The superinieu. Z
dantof u cotton factory ia The State OF Maine. lie an.
pears also To have travelled through the chief mani.
iaciurug districts in the United S,aics. a,d k,V, ,-,,,.
suited freely with persons hes, inE,rm,l nom ,ho
practical details Of the manufacture in this county,.
The London Joarnal which notices his book pron,ui.
ees WORK "hish pres nts to the practical man OF
no'h countries a complete idea of both countries a
complete idea OF the methods of manufacture adopied
~ each aud The process in which one excels The 9th.
er-S'ne facts are alec stated aud specul-;ions enter.
Cd iato wih regard 10 tho fufure-inlerring "ih,i
Great Britain runs a very considerable ri.k of being
.uosessiHiiy competed with all foreign markets by her
American rival"
In the prclimianr, process Of cleaning. eardinr on5
drawing the cotton TO the American manufacturers
arosl'd To be inferior 10 tho British. Bat i'm those de-
P''meh's which relate To weaving by power "tlIe a
merean' says Mr. Montgomery. have in every res
peer equa'led and In some things surpassed any thing
hihs ! have yet seen either in Glasgow or Man.
chester, | refer 10 common power Ioun weuy.
ny"
The American manufacturers have further a decid.
Cd advantage IN the abundance of water rover winch
lhcy can apply 10 the working Of factories. while the
British are oblighed to use steam which rc,,,irc, 6,cI
Asain m tNis country the raw material j. procured
ehea's by about Ia per cent. than n ran be Obtained
IN England. the conclusion Is that in nil articles
where the value OF the material exceeds tha, of
'e Workmanship the American goods must
drive the British out of the market. moi mere.
y IA the United States. but also in foreign coun.
tries.
Another Consideration is dwelt upun with much
'or'o IN reference TO The future. independent of the
natural advantages already mentioned of yaier pov,,
yet unemployed to n grsat extent, and of an ir,Ii,.r.
lsis raw material, u sohscrVed that ecnn1mical man.
ss'heh' mas already reached its limits la the Britain
'"'ot'es' anu That very little iG any further saving can
~ 'il"c'ei IN lhis direction. IN the United States
on the contrary, there is great room for immediate and
extensive savings IN the processes and The MANAGE.
mshi' IL IS said that waste or loss Of raw material
'sAe pace in ihis country to n much greater extent
''ah IN England; and one reason OF il Is that our aclo.
res being upon n smaller scale aud each beinz limited
ID 'he production OF one kind Dfgoodsih ran n,aio,iuI
cannot he used To 50 great an adyanlsg. ms whore ey,.
y uhtSreni SORT of cotton can he aplied 10 the purp,,o,
Tor which 1t is best n,lartrd.
IN some departments of tho manufacture the BritisA
mach'hery IL sad 10 be superior 10 ours. THIS is an
auNah'o@e which viii not renia am long with our Ing.
lish irieuds-since the ingenuity orour coun,ryv,c, :.
al least equal TO theirs aud there is no want OF
lHi y sishieinesS on our part % discover where n do
AGENCY exists, or 10 devise tho bcs; IN de Of remedy.
ing it. '
We have deemed these particulars in,er,,,i,r =.
""'sh 10 10 thus briefly set forth, inaslnurh as the,
come lron a practical man who has had simple OF.
Ipr'Hhiiies OF Judging curcclly in The matter and
mo n'ly be slpaOscito have recovered h. eSDcricnc,
WIN iinlariiaity. 1t is important that The norman
uihciIriiS PARTON oC he Union should know ,he
''t' extent OF the facilities and capabilities of tn,
o'her portion where manufacturers do EXIT A ii.
Se'' exercise al The protective power Of The Govern
mehl' u may thus he seen. will not be usclcs.ly e.
ened IN attempting 10 uphold a system winch IN,
stale OF the country Is yet unfit for The system IN,
sesses inherent aSiliy-st least sufficient strength
% sho" That II is n zeal aud not q fictitious In,,rcs
and that the fostering care ofthe Government !,
asked ni to cherish al eIoIic but TO Cultivate natural
growth.