Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-04-30
From the n. Y Eve. Post.
MACHINERY AND 'PAUPER LABOR ,

One OF the most elegant coverings for
beds is the fabric which bears the name Of
Marseiles quilt. 1t is woven in the hand
looms of Europe, and as that mode of man
ufacture is slow and requires an cxperen-
ced workman 10 each qocHo, II has hitherto
not been made IN this country, but import
ed from abroad.
An ingenious artizan in in Massachn-
sets has lately Invented, we are told. me-
shod Of making Marseilles quilts with as
much facility as the common brown sh et-
ing which cost niue cents n ward. A pow
err loom, driven by steam, evolves the beau
urul tissues finished with great regularity
and symmetry; tho raised figures on its
surface exhibiting almost every variety OF
patten. A little glrl, or any inexperienced
person, may tend several looms at once
The price Of the fabric can only exceed
that of common brown sheeting by the
cost of the material, inasmuch US The labor
of producing it is no greater
Ingram carpets, which form the princi-
pal covering of our floors, are also woven
IN Europe by hand looms, and the expense
Of employing the necessary workmcn has
DlIutTtu tllG CANCNSNC lllIOuuCllOl Oh lllD
manufacture into this country. The per
son to whom we have already alluded, has
invented power leon for weaving ingram
carpets with tire same rapidly that the
looms of our factories turn out the plainest
and coarsest fabrics. A certain rich capt.
,alist ut the eastward. has expended. we
are told. eighty thousand dollars, in assist
ing the inventor in his various experiments
10 bring ii to perfection, which he has at
length succeeded in DOUG A luIe girl
stands nj the machinery and tends four or
five looms which jerk out the finishing fab
ric with Incredible rapdity, As the prin.
cipal expense of making this kind of car
speting has hitherto been the cost of the la
lror, the price will be greatly reduccd BY
this invention. Its author has been offered
we have been assured, eighty thousand
pounds for the patent right in England
4hut this, his obi cations TO the capitals;
who has furnished him with the means of
bringing il to perfection. forbid him to &C.
cept Il the secret of constructing the new
machlnery can be kept from the Europe.
an manufactures, we shall send carpets TO
EeroEe, unless they arc inicrdicted by pro-
'hibitory dates, it,qrcsed after car own ex
ample.
We hear good deal of defamation
from the manufactures and their friends,
about the ''pauper labor" of Europe, rs the
toll OF the poor operatives is contemptu-
olsly called. and about the onormity OF al
lowing them 10 make the fabric we wear.
when the wnrkmen OF our country might
be employed instead. They who talk in
this manner, however. are the first 20 avail
themselves Of the advantages of machinery,
which equally prevents the employment,
OF American workmen, while II slaryes
the European operative. /, is only when
these people are demanding prohibi,orv
duties, that they manifest their zeal for
giving employ mcm TO the workmen of this
country; the moment a labor saving ma
chine presents itself, that zeal is cooled
add they leave their workmcn 10 shift Tor
themselves. For Our part, il the cost Of
thc goods we consume Is The same, we
would prefer that the price we pay for them.
should give food to u poor man in England.
rather than profit TO rich capitalist at
hons.
The in,roductiouuf manufactures in a3v
country is the introduction of very I'M