The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-28
For the Union
EXHIBITION OF PROTECTED MANUFAC-
TURES-No 2 Tn.

iOhcS-NO, =.
What do the projectors Of the National Fair pro-
pose TO prove by their present exhibition Ii il
that the American Consumers are supplied with
merchandise as cheap those of another nationl
IL yea, why demand d continuance Of the present
system Of mlnimums, which taxes the foreign ar
tiele consumed by the poor three-fod that Of the
richl There can be no need of protection 10
such case. And if they still cry out for high du-
ties, the public will not be convinced but that the
pretence Of furnishing cheap goods is unfounded.
Rich lamps, eandsLabras, &C., Of Cornelius & Co.,
said TO make the most attractive and gorgeous dis
play OF anything in the fair-these paror articles OF
luxury subject to but duty Of thirty per cent
while the poor washerwoman's sad-iron and the
farmers drag-chain are subject TO duty Of about an
hundred per cent
Carpehngs sfns Tgi6siAs Company, Connseiieui.-
Some OF the Wilton carpetngs were very handsome
and priced al 81 Is per yard. We are glad to learn
that this article, used exclusively by the rich can
be made 10 compete with foreign goods which are
subject only TO duty Of 20 10 IS per cent and trust
that the manufacturers will not oppose the proposed
reduction on Kidderminster and ingram carpeting
rom 6O per cent. the present rate, TO equality
with the Wilton carpets.
Casssasres, OF fancy styles, made by Wethered
Brothers, Of Baltimore, and w. d ID. Farnum,
Waterford, Massachusetts. These goods were
well designed In pattern, finished in . most credta-
BILE manner, and, at the prices affixed, must dis
courage the Secretary Of tho Treasury from calcu-
OF ~ per cent. little more practice will entitle
the former gentleman to the gold medal for black
dooskins equal 10 imported"
Printed mousseiins Dc lanes manufactured by the
iookseu Company, Hooksett, New Hampshire,
and cannot but be commende for the skill in which
the fabric is managed. We are happy To apprze our
readers that one at least Of its proprctors the Hon
Isaac Hill, Is, and has ever BEEN against protec.
| tive, and in favor of revenue tariff.
Plaid eiOakngs and Hannsis, made at the Salisbury
| Company, Massachusetts. We are sorry to see
such extortienate prices affixed to these goods; iudg-
ing from the English prices Of similar goods, where
the raw material Is as dear here, deduction Of al
least IS per cent. be made and profit remains.
Green bookings, for laborers' and mechanics Jack
ets This article, made from foreign wool, Of which
wool twenty-four millions Of pounds were imported
/ IN lo45 at duty Of less than half cent. per
pound, is not as cheap the imported by at least
one-third. At 25 per cent. duty, as proposed, a
good article will be secured to the consumer, and
good revenue to the treasury, with no injury TO the
| domestic ioo0L groper.
Dyed eaHlb1es for Innings, from Great Falls Com
pany. These are at least so per cent. higher than
the English article duty Of more than 100 per
cert. on the liter prevents competition.
Dyed Siissias hcilsd eotiOnS, 30 inches wide:
Lucoma Company, State Of Maine: price H. cents
| -English article is II.
| Carbans, " hoiiisd dyed eoitonG Lonsdale Com
pany, Rhode lslandi price l6 cents-English article
| Is 10 cents.
duty of9 cents the square yard secures these
| goods from foreign competition.
! Sheeiings, unbleaehsd, made by the Merrmsck
Company, price cents: present price Of similar
goods in England, with the raw material dearer, g.,
| cents.
Shsetings, from Sugar river, Claremont, New
Hampshire, cents per yard: price in England for a
| similar article, q cents.
Shesiings, unbleached, from James, Mills, New
| buryport, Mass, IS inches wide, IL cents. Eng
lsh article, same warp, rather less weft, 80 inches,
| 6 cents.
Shseiirgs, bleached, Lonsdale Company, Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, ID cents: present price in
Manchester for a corresponding article, cents.
The consumer may not be aware how cheap the
above goods may be manufactured in both coun-
tries-we should say, and think we prove
equally cheap in each.
inches wide, could be bought in England, at the last
accounts, at from 1t to cents per yard, which
would be the price for the homemade goods were
the manufacturers content with anything like rea
sonabe return for their capital On printing cloths Of
which two hundred millions of yards were consumed
last year, the profits at least six millions Of dol
lars.
Let the exporter Of wheat -four, Indian corn salt
ed provisions lard tobacco &C., bu' recprocate the
offer of trade being made through the influence
Of the liberal party in England, and they may reduce
their expenditure for clothing at least one-fourth, as
well az secure better prices for their produce, by
| having two markets instead ofone.
We have a clue into a labyrinth never vet pene
trated the interior Of mill for the manufacture and
printing of coton-cloth through which, if the reader
pleases, will guide him in our next, and discover
TO him all its secrets. III.