The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-16
9,463,630

This is tina amount of all descriptions Of wool and linen
imported Of those articles adapted to the Of the far
the amount importedis not more than % per cent
Of what they make themselves. The is that they
do themselves cheaper than either the protected
corporate companies with stone palaces, the import
can furnish them and pay the duties. The only
in which manufactures with the exception of cotton
business hal increased Of late years. has been in
peculiar and primitive way We have alluded to the
ner in which goods made in families 1t has to
be true of late years. that individual will buy at
cond hand as cheap possible, suitable machinery
andslocate in populons district. He manufacture
f. shares that is, he sends round at shearing time
among the farmers and bargains to make up their wool
into CLOTH allowing certain price for the wool in CLOTH
he has cloth hand he exchanges at Every
farmer knows what quantity OF cloth his wool will pro.
duce. If he bargains to have his wool for him. in
the early cold weather he calls for it, and has made up
at home. The advantage in this arrangement is that
is ready in time at the that 1t is,wanted These
little share manufacturers grow by din tot economy and
industry, precisely the community around them I'D
vances in wealth and prosperity. Neither the tariff nor
English, New England manufactures have any thing
to do with the matter. For instance, If girl takes
vice the western part Network she the part
invests her earnings in sheep. These sheep
keeps for her shares" every thing ION shares II
she say twelve sheeo farmer will keep them for
the increase that the flock remains good to her. aud
with the wool she makes her winter garments
The production OF clothing by these methods ofndustry
and ingenuity in the United States immense and its i'm
portance ry little estimated at home or abaoad II
the legitimate and only method by which new country
and agricultural people progress in the arts. The
facts here stated, familiar to every farmer the
country.
In the midst of like these, few individual CAPT
taist will subscribe capital, procure incorporation
h huv
chinery and 60 to making cloths The result is what
every body Of sensewoud anticipate they can
not make them cheap durable, as to induce the
buy. The only market in the cities and there
cheaper and better be procured from abroad These
individuals being then in scrape having fresalled the
advance Of the country, request Congress to pass law
taxing foreign cloths for their benefit All this 10 wrong
torginates in error and progresses in folly Some Of
corporate Nabobs in their marble palaces attempt
make linens in competition with the foreign We have
neutrality-suspicious. Europe in the vicinity olarge Cities
ed the humble of small farmer where nvaria-
bly, in room, is small loom for the weaving of linen
cloth. Every leisure moment is here employed. The
fax grown and prepared the place. and excellent
quality Of linen produced in amazing quantities consider
ing the means These little collections of linen find
their way to city merchants, and exported. Tho
only competition tn be sustained against this 10 by
q similar economical industry. To build expensive
ana machinery mahhBeu W CofPordeoih
the usual manner and expect the consumers to pay
the expenses the corporation in the shape Of duties
preposterous and ruinous.
The whole consumption of cotton goods in the United
states is now supplied by home manufactures, and it
tax about per cent!o the crop That is the manu-
sc,urers the United States took last year $4,000 bales
cropof 237s 006 bales; all the remainder used
up by the capital Of Great Britain and the industry of
100000 Of it's people. The product finds in the mar
Of tho world The following is table Of the desti-
nation OF plain cosons exported from Great Britain in
each OF the first two quarters Of lss2 and 1885,
EXPORTS OF PLAIN CoTToN FROM GREAT BRITAIN, Two
QUARTERS 1922