Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-05-14
AMERICAN MANUFACTURE OF MOUsLIN DE
LAME.


One of the most remarkable and most beneficial
results of the present tariff has been the introduc
ton into the country of the manufacture of mouslil
de lame, and its almost instantaneous growth an,
maturity. 1t is now hardly two years since tn,
first yard Of this fabric ever made ON this continen
was woven, and already the American article il
cheapness, durability, and fneness, is surprising
me ioreign-and unless the manufacture is struck
down, IN Its infancy, by the ruthless hand of 90
vernmcnt, 1t is hazardng very little to predict that
IN two or three years more it will drive the foreign
article entirely from the market.
Not long before the tariff Of 1912. that most be-
neficial measure ever passed by an American Con.
gress, we were assured, by prominent manufac-
turer, that the manufacture of mouslin de laine
could not be successfully INTRODUCED into this coun
Try. 30 much labor supposed necessary fr its
production, 1T seemed hardly less than folly TO at
tempt 1t. How great a change has since taken
place. Under the fostering protection OF wise le-
gislatlon, new, and already one OF the LARGEST
manufactures, has sprung into being as if by magic
Few, indeed, but those conversant with the b,-
slness, can have any adequate idea of the impor-
lance and extent which this manufacture has alrea-
dy assumed. The new mill at Manchester. (Mas
sachusets,) by far the largest enc in the country.
commenced weaving the goods early in March last
In few weeks the print works of that establish
mcnt will be in readiness for the printing of fall
patterns; that mill alone will then turn out up-
wards OF HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND
YARDS per week. Besides this the mill at Hooksett
produces, on the average, thirty thousand yards
week; the Hamilton Company, of Southbrdge. in
Massachusetts, twenty-five thousand; at Marand's
mill, I'm Andover, besides slawls and ether articles
OF woollen manufacture, the average. about thir-
y thousand more yards of nicer style of worsted
goods, inclusive of mouslin dc laincs arc produced
weekly, and at least six thousand yards are also
made by the Central Company, of Southbridpe
that in fbn %
month or SIN weeks, when the Manchester mills
VIII he in full operation the manufacture OF NOUS
l'n de lanes in those four towns of Manchester
Hooksett, Southbridge. and Andover, will amount
TO the incredible total of TWO HUNDRED AND EIE-
VEN YARDS A WEEK!
In one year, these four towns will throw into the
market the enormous quantity of ELEVEN MILLIONS
OF YARDS Enough to supply dress to over a
million persons
These are supplied at cost far less than they
can now be imported. and with the improvements
that arc constantly being made in machinery. there
is every reason to believe they will be furnished at
4 rate even lower than at present.
Great pains are taken to secure the best mate
rails to form the web of the CLOTH and an article is
produced that can hardly be distinguished from the
highest priced foreign manufacture in appearance
and durability 1t is quite good, and in many in
stances is afforded at half or even third OF the
price OF the foreign article Two years. more aid
anu protection from the tariff VIII have so firmly
established this manufacture that it will drive the
foreign goods entirely from market, by the sub
stution of a better as well as cheaper article
When 1t is remembered that every thing except n
few nnimported articles used in dyeing, employed
In this manufacture, is the product of our own soil
when we take into consideration the number of
hands to whom it gives lucrative employment, the
home market it opens for agricultural products in
the neighborhood of its mills, we can then form
some idea of the value and importance of one only
among the countless blessings this country is reap
ing from the tariff of 1912.
The value of one years product will be more
than 2,2OO,O0O dollars. all of which is so much
wealth saved to our own country, while we should
also not forget that the country saves as much more
by comparative lowness in prices, all OF which, but
Tor the tariff. should have been obliged to paw to
France and Great Britain, and which we now pay
to our own fellow citizens instead. Over million
OF pounds of WOOL in the state will be annual
ly used in this manufacture, and the same amount
of raw cotton. All this is so much clear gain to
our wool growers and our home market for cotton
as these goods will take the place of an imported
and not a home made article, which is made of 70
reign wool.-BoStOn .Hlas.