The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-05-09
American Manufactures of
Mouslin De Laine.

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Mouslin De Lame.
One Of the most remarkable and most benc.
fetal results ofthc present tariff has been the
introduction into the country Of the manuiac-
ture of m,uslin de lainc, and its almost in
stnntaneous growth and maturity. II ia now
hardly two years since the first yard Of this
fabric ever made on this continent was woven
and ulIcady the American article, in chcnpness
durability and fncness, is surprising the for
eign-nnd unless the manufacture is struck
down in its infancy, by the ruthless hand OF
government, il is haznrding very little to pre-
dict that in two or three years more, IL will
drive the foreign article entirely from the mar.
ket.
Not long before the tarifTof 1912, that most
beneficial measure ever passed by an hmcrj-
can Congress, we were assured, by promi-
nent manufacturer, that the manufacture Of
mousln de luine could not be successfully in.
troduccd into this country So much labor
was supposed necessary for the production, it
seemed hardly less than folly to attempt it,
How great n change has since taken place.
Under the fostering protection Of wise lcgisla-
ton, new and already one ofthe largest man
ufactures, has sprung into being as if by magic
Few, indeed, but those convcrsant with the
business, can have an adequate idea the i'm
portance S.extcnt which this manufacture has
already assumed. The new mill ut Manchrs.
ter, by far the largest one in the country, com.
menccd weaving the goods early in March
last. In few weeks the print works Of that
establishment viii be in readiness for the
printing Of the fall patterns, that mill alone
will then turn out upwards of a hundred and
frcenty thousand yards per week Besides this
the mill at Hooksett produces on the average,
thirty thousand yards a week; the Hamilton
Co, of Southbridge in this State, twenty-five
thousand; at MARYLAND $ mill, in Andover. be.
sides shawls aud other article ofwoolcn manu-
facturc, on the average, about thirty thousand
more yards of nicer sty lc of worsted goods,
inclusive of mouslin dc LANES, ure produced
weekly, and ut least six thousand yards are
also made by the Central Company of South
bridge
twill be seen from this that in the course
Of month or six weeks, when the Manches.
ter mills will be in full operation, the manu-
fhcture of mouslin dc laincs in those four
towns Of Manchester, Hookset,, Southbridgc
and Andovcr, will amount to the incredible
total of t,co hundred and eleren thousand yards
q roek.
In one year these four towns will throw into
the market the enormous quantity of eirrea
millions Of ycrdsl Enough to supply dress
to over million persons!
These are supplied at cost far less than
they can now be imported, and with the i'm.
provements that are constantly being made in
machinery, there is every reason to believe they
will be furnished at q rate even lower than at
present.
Great pains are taken to secure the best ma.
tcrials TO form the web Of the cloth, aad an ur-
tiolc is produced that can hardly be distin-
guished from the highest priced foreign manu-
facture; in appearance and in durability it is
quite ms good, and in many instances is nfiord-
ed at half or even n third of the price of the
foreign article. Two years more aid and pro-
lection from the tariff will have so firmly es-
tablished this manufacture, that it will drive
the foreign goods entirely from our markedly
the substitution of IA better as well rs cheaper
article When il is remembered that every thing
except few unimportnnt articles in dycng,
employed in this manufacture, is the product
of our own soil, when we take into consdera.
ton the number ofhands to whom il gives la.
crative employment, the home market it opens
for agricultural products in the neahbor-
hood of its mills, we can thcn,form some idea
of the value and Importance ofone only among
the cuontlcss blessings this country is reapinq
from the tariff of 1912.
The value of one years product will be
more than 50, 900, 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 for the tariff, we should have
been obliged to pay to France and Great Brit
ain, and which we now pay to our fellow citi-
zens instead. Over million of pounds of
wool, in the raw statewill be annually used in
this man ufacture, and the same amount of raw
cotton. All this is so much clear gain to our
wool growers and our home market for cotton,
these goods will take the place of an import
ed and not home made article, which is made
offoreign WOOL Boston alias
THE TEMPLE AT NAUvoo. We are graft
fed to learn that there is n prospect ofconver-