Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-04-23
American AND British Manufac.
lures Compared.

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We give below all interesting extract
from the Washington Correspondence Of
the baltimore Patriot, What shall be
SAID now Of the superior excellence and
greater cheapness Of British manufactures,
aud me policy, for this stale aud thorough.
iy'reluted reason, of breaking down our
Iarii and unwisely diminishing the rev.
nues of The Government. Lei those who
are siIll unconvlnced, refiec, upon this.
Quite an Interesting scene occurred 10
| day in the room of The post Office and
Posi- Roads Committee OF the House Of
Representatives. Tins is the room in
which JI Homer, the Agent of the Bri.
tish Manufacturers. has been located for
nearly month past, with specimens Of
Manchester goods, with prices attached,
TO aid in the great work Of breaking down
The American Tariff! This morning Mr.
SteWart, Of the House. with four gentle.
men from Boston. Messrs Page. Liver.
more, Fay and Iovey, whom he and 9th.
er Tariff members had invited to come TO
Washington with specimens Of their
American goods, that the same might be
compared with the specimens of British
goods already exhibited here, visited tho
committees room 10 question.
No sooner had The party entered, than
Mr. Homer commenced rolling up his
British specimens, for The purpose Of
leaving. Bat Mr. S,ewar, begged him no,
to 90. He said il would NOT be fair thus
to leave without, allowing a comparison of
the two kinds of goods 10 be made. Mr.
Homer still persisted, and said he had
rather not reman-tile gentlemen from
Boston nigh, have The room. Mr. Stew
art still insisted that he mus, no, 90, but
must remain and aid in the investigation.
Finally. Mr. Homer consented to do SO.
BY comparison i, appeared that prints
Of the same quality and stamp Of those OF
Manchester, worth 10 cents per yard,
and furnished by the Boston and Lowell
manufacturers at IL cen,s-wllh this diff.
erenee-and it is a wide one in favor of
the American side Of the questionable
British articles are "Job Goods" and but
% inches in width, while the American
are Of the frs. quality equivalent to 10
per centum better than the Job Goods"
Of the same article, and are 81 inches in
width.
This difference in the width gives to
the purchaser los square inches in the
yard, or 81, 1872 square inches in piece
of 20 yards!
Mr. Homer could not get over this "fix.
ed fact" 1t was-a slumper! There were
the American and the British goods, and
there were the prices of each. Every
one could see and judge for himself.
The Boston gentlemen exhibited a very
large variety of cotton, wors,ed and silk
goods. Ii was truly astonishing TO behold
10 VIVA, perfection COMPETITION, fosiered
by wise and judicious American Tariff,
had brought the manufacture of this des-
(, erlpion Of goods, as well as to what low
prices they had been brought. Some We.
nv thick. dark and checked cotton cloth,
su,sbla for genllemen's summer dress.
and so tirm tina, one could no. tear il with
his hands IN any way, was priced at only
ten cents yard. A sui-coai, vest, and
pants costing only 60 cents! Some
handsome. durable vestiugs. finely figured
at ten cents each. were exhibited. Coarse
cotton cloths, white. and Of substantial
quality at four cents. were also 10 be seen.
Ii is a charming idea truly. that we must
break down our Tariff in order 10 &c,
those goods cheaper than we can now OBJ
tain them! Perm aaency in the Tariff
| System is what our manufacturers want,
in oider that they may feel secure in em
barking in tie manufacture Of the finer
kinds of goods, snch as those manuiaciur.
ed by France. Let Mr. Polk succeed in
breaking down onr American Tariff. 10
crafty the British and those who sympa.
thize with the British on this subject, and
our capitalists will be cramped and unable
to 90 on in their praisewor,hy enterprise.
This matter demands the serious and car.
nest attention Of The whole American PEG.
pie.