New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-13
rrbe journal of Commerce anu Ine sim
INC p,stn.ss In Mansfield, Comm

Tho Ianr,aI Of Commerce, of August "ii'
,,r,a;rod an article headed "DEsrRucTios or
go, I.nrsrsr., ard instanced the almost
entire abandonment Of the SIX business 40
mansfield. Conn as proof that " tie d'nes-
d, culture Of silk in the Eastern States mas
been snnlhilatsd by Protection" A young iaoy
- Axiom fo1 we'll acquainted with Mansfield
and the SILK Business in that place. acciashlh''y
rs,d tb;s article, and was confident the thing was
mt so To get at tie truth of the matter, she
r-,o,a a letter to Mir. Z. S.orrs, "a old and re-
snsctable citizen Of that town, acquainted IN inc
nreo,i.cs. for information, and the following Is
his answer to her letter, published In the sum
mil Beacon, Akron, tO) Dec A;
N,.sfrrLp CENTRE, CT Oct. g. isii-
Mace ami for more than forty years nave oten "a
rni.isr with tha prodnc'ioh' value 1.I IN This
hoif raw ard manufactured, as condnc'eu ~ r,.s
ssctioo o. country. That there has been iainos
off NJ the quality produced Eere s true, ana tieiI
is not probably one half the quantity no" N ~
in his AID the adjoining towns, hat mere WIS ~ "
30 wears since; this failure however Is o"iuS ~.
,;.a, d;eaTen, causes from those assigned in the
Mercury. bv Mir Hale, as we suppose Inc seVeie
cold of the winter 1856 proved fatal 10 inc nos.
ofou, ed and healthy ress, and the seasons sIce
proyed unusually destructive TO Inc inu!osiy III '.s
rerion the worms also FOR several years pest, oi
soue cause he, ond The ken oil cur most
growers have not proved rs eaiihy,snu nc
of,ener failed than former years-out nave he'ei
heard any person, either Wing or Loco assign or
;n,nate that the present any Tarif1 mas had inc
remotest agency in lessening the crops o. sim, VI ~
any way operating 10 destroy the trees, OF 10 us
courage the growers. Az inrtheT prooi o. 'iie iu-
nrcss maid for rev silk formerly and at TINS Tune
From nv earliest recollection toe price paiu LOT ia"
silk here. was from 50 90 to 50 3o, and never e1-
cseied 81 90 per pound, except tao or lhres yeas
during our last war with England; now, ana lvr stA
or eight years past it has IN no case 10 my kno"l
edge been sold for lees tnan q VU uu se n NJ.
The time has sold es hig as i0O 10 saw per 10.
paid this week S4,75 per pound toI iot orous.t
here from massachusetts, and would be Wiling 10
nav that price for thousand POUNDS more U. .'lo
same quaty, but we cannot obtain II, lhsie no. pc
ing enough raised in the country 10 supply 'he Iao-
tories IN This town, and we ere oolseu 20 20 50 *
oreign stock hich we can purchase Tor S3oU 10 o.
We have in tSis own fourfactories, all propelled ny
water power and used exclusively Tor sl!K, IN all Oh
which we work from two 10 thrte bEnd!ed pounos
weekly, say about one thousand POUNDS per inoiti I,
there are other factories in New England whch aIe
ready 10 purchase American raw SILK rs last as ''.o
means and skill 10 produce il are brought ihto
operation, thus Offering ready home market 10 lne
PRODUCERS al price above that oil the foreign cru
Gle. Increase the duty on the raw article ana me
effect will be disastrous both grower ana manu-
fucturer-for if the latter cannot be furnished WIN
the raw material in such quantity as 10 insure
steady employ ment and al prices whichin compori,
son with the value of the manufactured article viii
afford fair remuneration for his labor, he muststop
and the grower must stop also, or depend on 10
reign market and thus be thrown in competition
with laborers who work for vastly less wages tnan
American farmers are willing 10 do.
Convinced Of This fact as to its practical opera
lion, the growers and manufacturers in this section
uuitediy peti,ioned Congress to lay the duties on
silk substantially as the Tariff now exists, and
confidently challenge MIR. Hale or any other person
to produce sing IL proof that single Mulberry
tree has been cut down in consequence oil the ope-
ration of the present any other Tariff, or that the
price of raw silk has been reduced by II; on the
contrary every person here at all acquainted with
The fact, knows that under the Tariff OF l642 the
raw article commands a higher price and meets
with more ready sale than at any previous peri
3D. have thus given hasiy statement OF i4cts
as thew exist and think sufficient 10 show that the
statements of the Mercury are without foundation,
and that the cultivsiors have not been sacrificed
in one grand heca,omb to the manulocurers, or
s.he culture Of silk in the Eastern Setes annihil-
ated by Protection" . ,.,,e.,,.,
With respect your cb'it servant, Z. sToRRs