New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-21

wees a. the business earn from - 70 - per
week There are about 30 males and ] 30 iemses
now employed in the building, bot the number Of
the latter is TO be largely Increased as more looms
shall be ready for them.
The Hours Of Labor, We regretted to learn, are
long-scsrcely less than twelve per dsy. The
atmosphere did not seem close nor too warm but
twelve hours per day is too long especially since
number Of the employed are quise young
We presume it is quite true that since they all
work by the piece majority prefer to "ofk %
long, while many would gladly work longer bat
that does rot mend the matter-Ten hours faithful
labor per day, in any vocation not interrupted by
bad weather, &c. il quite enough. Welearne ed
with pleasure that work is entirely stopped at 4
O'Clock every Saturday afternoon, not to be re-
,umed Of course till Monday morning
The cost Of this one factory so Tar has been about
sl2J. 900; when completed and in full operation
its cost will have been 100000. The Power
Looms are built on the premises. The production
per loom is from Is 10 i yards Of Three.ply or
from 20 TO p Of SupeIiine Csrpetng per day
When in foil oper alton, this factory will work mp
about $500 pounds Of Wool per day or 100000
bs per annum, consuming 500 tons Of Anthra
cite Coal per snLum. 1t viii average about S2oo
Yards Of Carpeting per day, worth from 80 cents
70 = per Yard. 1he payroll is about $4,000 per
week for Labor alone-We may observe that
this is strictly an individual enterprise with full
individual liability and all that-no corporate
monopoly about 1t. We do not regard it as bet
ter or worse on that account.
The average price Of Csrpetings in this country
is now about 40 per cent. lower than 1t was PRIOR
TO the great impetus given TO their manufacture
here by the Tariff Of si2. This tact would not
be conclusive If it stood alone but if the chatter
ers about the absurdity Of growing our own Pine
apples and Coffee under the stimulus oil Protec-
tive bountes W i'll name oHe article-just one-thst
was once wholly imported. and under the impulse
of Protecting Duties is now in good part made at
home, which is not now afforded cheaper TO our
consumers generally than it was when we mainly
imported it, we will admit that this argument
has less force than we have given to 1t. We may
farther observe that Tapestry Carpetings, which
have but recently been made among US to any ex-
tent, arc now forty per cent. cheaper than they
were year or two ago.
1t has been the vulgar presumption among us
sedul0usly cultivated by those whose interests
were connected with the unlimited diffusion oi
Foreign goods that our artisans could do toleraOly
well in the manufacture Of coarse common, every
day fabrics but that in all the finer and more taste
ful departments Of production we must look to
Europe for models by us unapproachable such
was once the fact such it would still be had those
who wish it so been able to control entirely the
policy of the country But such, we rejoice to
say, is the fact no longer. The world can show
very few-we doubt that it can any-ricber or
more elegant specimens Of Tapestry Carpetmg
than some Of the later achievements Of Messrs'
Higgins Il Co.'S looms. Those who do not
choose to take the trouble to visit their warehouse
and scrutnize their infinite variety OF CarpetIngs
may soon examine specimen OF their richest
| fabric on the floor Of the Governors Room III the
City Hail, for which it has just been ordered by the
Common Council