Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-28

OF The manuscript fni il wr ten "cerCrt Illusion"
md 1t ough' 50 TO have been printed.
We never have seen an article that upon ono
SUBJECT cnrresppndej 50 precisely with our often
expressed opnioa as the following. which we copy
from the Boston Daily Advertiser. We beg the
reader. especially, il inclined To be free trade man
TO look At the quotation Of Mr. Gregg. near the cluss
OF his remarks, There is nothing Tor it, but TO
pash the weaker To the wall" This is referrcd
To- as n general expression in England iu 1871.
when We were without sufficient protection. II Is
intended IN this application. 1--WE can,ot compete
with the American manufacturer in The cost Of
production; but will use our large capital t., push
him with a snail one to the wall, To .crush him" /,
appears from this, that all we want l. s,rurc our
articles Of consumption cheaper. than We ever bef,re
had them. is protection Of our high price Of Dor
and sm1ll capital against English low prices and
large capital. We have nav a Tariff, book into our
siures and you Will fud American manulactures
at all kinds AT a low Prise. Lnok abroad ard we
find SKIP loads of specie coming To his country II
Is laying the foundation ior good prices Tor labor
good prices for produce, anu yet b, the increase Of
manufactures ia equal RATIO equally low price.
ifbr manufactured articles with the present. Is
Mr. HALE send Tor publication in your naper
AN extract from the speech Of RSberI Gregg Esu
which appeared n the Manchester (Eug )Guardiau
oiih0 lo'h December, 1871. Mr. gregg presided
nj he great meeting OF Cotton ManufaCinrCrs and
others interested held 81 Manchester on the ION
at the same month, and Is himself o(ihe largest
cotioa spihneTs IN ihs world, IJnpr ubable Of nc
co.np'ishnsnt as the prediction contained ia the
following extract seemed al the lime IL was spoken
u has already been fulfilled. Last week 40 iced
NlznNn Il 4 a III.
400 bales Of drillings board. which are believed
10 be the first American cotton laDrcs sent Ia Great
Britain.
All the statements m rIe b. Mr. Gregg are heliev-
Ell 10 be correct. The self acting mule to which he
refers has been intfolaced and will d,uHlIrs be
adopted throughout The cuunuy particularly m the
manufacture oi fine goods Ia evey description Of
colt IN and W Iollen guols since December, 1871 .
Ihore have been great reductions in the cost of
manufacturing. and have d,ubt they will be
sill greater. Furih Improvements wi be fnude
M the preparation, as we'll 5 ia the spinning and
weaving of cotton, which will materially reduce The
cost Of producIi1n. The hard times through which
we have passed and are passing. have taxed The wits
oi our ingenious mechanics and what has appcare
10 us great misiIrIuns may ia the end prove o.
high advaniage-sy opening lpreeN markets for
our products which could not he fRs cSse while We
were ms slate Oi apparently the highest prosperity.
There are IN the United States 900 cnlion mills:
capital OF Go 900 600 sterling 1850 600 OOO) Is
invested in The cotton manufactures they ha We nearly
4OOOO looms, aud produce $50 millions Of yards ~
ayear And / tan state, asp. on the very hest
-authory, That ;he L1wel mills, VIII ch consume
$1,000 bale (olI OF 100000. The Total cnnsumptinr,)
produces a greater quantity Of yarn aud clorh, bI
each spindle an ] each lnom, "a given time Than
- pr"ducei 10y a1y other mills iu The w-rld. They
turn oil fifty yards day in alIrhe looms az Lowell
aud We all know that nU English mills produce any
Thing like that quantity. To mo sure. they work
Father IpuupE Than ~ tlp her Thou ri
Lowell 49, hours week, IA other n,IIls IN Au4er-
ca Io4 hours. got return osly LIST week, from
a Trend OF nine whe has been at Lowell, Of the
work performed ia The last new mills which have
been baiit tnofc We ara familiar with me coarse
sdrlls, that we all used 10 make immense quantities
.oi At one time, 10 supply pantalOOn siuils for the
India and China markets aud they are used all
.s-over America and which not very many years ago.
The house ia which concerned used to make
- nftd ship TO q great extent. The new mi j. az Low
oil produce those Of 3 30 per pound rom The COLON
6f peps. (In other mills I cents) which yYth the
cafsaf brings the cost 10 . per pound for those
,arStess,ss 10 The advantage they lsve over u.s.
d. ggff57ggeraie when state u az upwards OF Id
per fesesl9n Cotton alone The freight 10 the Amcu-
canf695Szb 5fbg about half the aysrage freight to
F.Bgonds BBd tqefe our duty and other ex penses
In the SSDge19 IN shic Pam Interested, the extra
Tax ps,ds6,$zpsJeyhp bisli PRICE Of nour. amounts
Co alaN Of fOOtH s-tesr upshour mills % compared
with their mills 80 Aglerica = Hear Then their
water power costs al She highest rate, 81 OS per
horse pow err wne the lowest rate 90 this country
~ III per horse puwer. ! have not the smallest
DOUBT indeed ! am prepared prove that They caH
produce coarse dOIsosucs drills. and every thug col
that kind at lesst 81 cheaper Than we can Hear
They have beaien ~ out OF The lndia and Chinese
markets; Of course, they produce ior oil their own
consumption, and fer lule while have lnile
doubt that we shall have them introduced very
largely here. Hear The lest Thing they will do
BE- 90 attack the enemy 90 bis own camp; bot ! am
quite sure wc shall see u bye NJ bye; Of that
think here cannot be doubt The rate Of uages
considerable there; but the great obstacle o. The
rapid spread q production iu The American mills d.
the officially Of getting mere sPinners. When lhey
get self acting mules. that difficulty yanIshes w,
must make up minds 10 prepare fsr the loss .
these markets tie 81 90 disguise che fact
is If 90 use any Of saying. hold ont o. lOul
my neighbour there Is nothing fOr % bat 10 Pusi
che weaker ones % the ua' This is en- idle an,
selfish ssy Of expression. 60 cay no worse Of &c.
which, regret too many Of o. have been iUdulgni
m. (leaL) Let ~ take care that The strong b
not siso pushed 10 ihs Wali because We may Deepen,
uPOn 81, thai production. there are stronger cOun
.fues than ws are; aud II We are. az country th'
weaker one. Wc shall a 60 70 The Wsii togsiber.
We were talking yesterday with loco from Mon
re CO o. and he says that the asory u rhs peopl,
Of hat county 20 for as he can learn are fur Cas-,
fer President That syuoy gives abort 100 loe,
Hyony