Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-12-04

FOREIGN kkEsPoSDEncE oF n. v. rRl1pNE
LONDON. Aug }. l643.
Much has b~en ssid alb al the . !. p>r,or,tv oI
sriin.h psodscsons those Of the Un,,ed Ssa,es
IS well ss The eomtnrsnvs Of rriees IN Tho
alter. a. rresris manufactured articles. Twelve
month resi- 'rnce in this country and constant
qairy inio this subject have satisfied me hat i,h
The exception &c a lew csss-. OF manufactured ar.
'c',, md tho<e we have yet M prrt~s, to
compete in. (p,rcris'n sris. f- exampie.) se ran
not ouIy meet them but beat Them; am, sh,, t,o in
many articles they claim excInsivs. I am SUR
prisei more and more every day - . one new
inquiry or adventure elicits new facts 10 nv
observation this head The subject lar lie whole
scope, were TO enter into details. wauld reqare
desl Of labor for me properly 10 communicate what
desire; therefore will leave II with as briei
notice as possible here.
The ignorance Of The American people upon this
sshjact arises iiom many causes. among which are.
The character and profession of nerc1nlle men who
come here fnm the uniisd States TO obtain Brilisl,
gods their trade is iu some degree mnnotsIy. aud
such msu are always apposed TO the home mann
,sc,uss lfosn pride. they always consider the
m re Of impTer :" s.ar: best. rail~r than he div
en- heir ow neighhors, frusa inseress. ss. Al
mo - al home. ies-s xperi aud bu.,nrs. .ones
ion Mould he necessary. aud more competitors
woud arise ia the irade.
And further. The Ameris IN merchan'. and their
agents. whp resiJe in visit Eug and 10 obtain
mechanism or manipulation Necessary To produce
the article they desire; they judge comparatively
10 value ind have idea whaieyei, az 10 What
Tho real cost OF pr;duciion shsuid be- Their pm
iession sni apprentice eship has been bay and sel
and no farther; aud nine IN could not tell a pin
machine from Que To make nurse shoes except thai
one Was bigger than the other; or loom 20 wea, e
saiia damask from n machine 10 dress lotion yarn
The manufacturer WIN cu,nes here is upon flying
visit I'D hnis difficulty in gaining any affirmation
or access Ia any Oi he nIlls The great jealousy
OF tie proasi~iorS here toward Eietcners gene raIy
bot particularly ihoss who knsw any thing about
their particular business.
TINS kind Of privacy pervades all classes respect
ing their business. and none like % have sraugers
look al them while working. ne II aIoiher compel.
iiof would he added 90 their trade. John Bull 10
The mast humbugging us we'll rs hnmhugable IeI-
low IN existence; and u has been by Ls mysieaies
m these matters AMI b,as,ing chsractersilcs con-
ueved through the English papers nd their emi.
siares. that much has been done blind our o, % as
Ia our real condili Ia cUmpeie With EN-.
For some yeas a certain style OF American print
ed eoiians, well Ms sheeiipss, have been i'm
ported regularly Om Boston to this country cor the
Hast India trade. and merchant al great di.iinc
lion tells me The amount is considerable. These
goods have been inflated here and tick
es aud marks put upon them 10 make them rs near
ike the American possible like The American;
bot The 'IndTans' soon detected the decep,ion and
now they will only bny the goods of such parties
a. can be relied on The explanation Is ihis- the
goods. white colored. were wanted E,r robes and
| the Americans use much better coton than the
English for that qualify Of yarn; the manufacturers
will not put rs god corian eoarse g,ods as We
30, boz they size sIrongly complete the pion
and ga curse guods they poorer colors. The
difference in wear soon told the story. great
fuss ~as mads shon abuse about the Amerl.
rams sIeIng their sianls aad ely lee la ease when
sarge lot OF these very goods belonging 10 Earrings
acre seized h'ca1se tie pieces stafnped Stark
MIlls. hfanc.ssier y. a. but when they found
here were no Stark Mill in Mancles,er and ,hs,
IN. H meant New Hampshire. they lei 60. but still
insisted that Manchester wss a fraud as We had
right To such a name.
! Was shnr time aimee in one Of The great tail
os'ng esiabshms nls. and wa, shown by The muster
cutter pair 81 shears made by X. Heinsh. OF New
ark. N. J. 1899. The party told me no knew Of but
Two pans OF Them 10 Lo,don aid he would not sell
The pair IN ques1n Tor ESQ unless he had another:
ihni he hHo neen offered .fl0 for thsm; that they
had been shown 10 the best London cufIefs who
could not aiesnpt to initiate Them. One trial was
ma ~ and pfaved fniiuse. He want. two pairs.
and u fhey can be sent 10 me BY sD.Be slew d Of
Lond IN packet. will cheeriully attend 60 H. gel
him round price. and send The money BY the same
hand in reinfn. ] think, however twenty pairs
could be sod by him ~ = week, and perhaps Ten
times the number he had heller Try u ihrDugh some
Commercial house. could give you many anec
ioss Of a like kind. One Of your Oldest hardware
merchants. who would have disdained domestic
hardware business. broughi over here some months
since variety of samples of American hardware
To he initiated for his trade New York, ani found
hey e"nld not be made as chespy here Ne n Amer.
ica- From this he went to Belgium. Holland, aud
found eusry uhsre me same ,esul.
In almost every article tuiensil) made from Tin
plaies or they called TIA ware We are 0,eaiv
before Nv n
sides. we have hundred convenienees in This "a az
ir tie kitchen and ok e. household uses they know
nothing .of. Their prices are generally 100 pes
cent. above like wares in Tie United Stats.. We
see along he sfiesis sometimes paradsd on the
walk, AT o hers il the Windows Of The sbops. an
t"a' Il dsir ~iih ~ affair lnt eIed New Amsrra
Baking Oven. az. ara half a ship Ioal Of
this order Of Yankee nDt'Uus SouId pay splendid
Pf"6s II shipped 20 London any pon in The King.
dom.
hnoiher sriiele trunks You can not get
good cosvenieni leather trunk in Los,dYn Their
solid leather pofimaRtoans' Of good material end
well mo,ie, bui small and announcement. aud " "a
not stand The Knocks like those made ia New York.
Bes,des for trunk thirty inches long and iu eIvs
ii'chrs sqDaie he ends. Of sold leather YOU nay
abo"i SIS. have trunks made By Caglnaek
that have causod me much annoyance. Cenilernsn
81 he faFad ssIsons and posl coaches will stop
and examine the trunks with arcai cnre end IN a
somser Of enses have been asked asked where
such irunks could be had. These trunks cost about
~ eseh, end wonld sell here qnickly for IS 10
El0 Sterling. would wager iho,ifunks end Srsps
they contain that hey he Duplicated IN Lon
don BY al English a''ssan.
Agreeaby 70 notice gwen though The papers Of
the eiy. highiy respectable number Of The young
msn a tho ely assembled on THURSDAY evening ,l,s
5tih insi. ~ he Lancssiersn Arsdemy-er an,
pufpose q oTming en- association or mutual nsnlal
Improvement.