The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-05

imported, LIS. 800, $50, 1897 755, 469 ,008 l4S
The principal seats Of the cotton manufactur
are shown by the numbers Of factory operators in
different counties. Out Of the whole number OF
33O, 924. there are found 1888 in Lancashire,
35,772 IN Cheshire, l6,6 IN Yorkshire q, 759 in
Lamarkshire, and 1884 IN Renfrewshire the rest
are scattered over other parts of the Kingdom.
wooLLEN AND woRsTED FACTORIES.
In 1884, these two branches Of manufacture
which kindred, yet distinct were put together
under the general head OF " wool" They are
now gwen separately. In 1874, there were 1923
mills; in 1850, there were ,497 woollen mills and
Sol worsted mills--tota 99S; increase 676 mills,
or 81 per cent.
The hands employed were, in 1884, II ,274; in
1850, there were "A, 443 employed in the woollen
mills, and 79, 1871 in the worsted mills,-tot
l54, 100; increase 81 ,906 hands, or ll6 per cent
There is no document or authority, 80 far as
we know, giving the steam water power Of the
mills, the number Of spindes employed, in eth
er branch Of this manufacture in 1884 The guam
tity of foreign and colonial sleeps wool retained
for home consumption in 1899 was 80 ,065 500
lbs; in l649, the quantity imported was rs, lO0,-
$40 lbs. of sleeps wool and l,655 300 lbs. Apa-
wool--total rs, 756. 1873 lbs; of which IL 1884,
AIS lbs. Sleeps wool and l26, 082 lbs Alpaca
wool was re-exported-lesving for home consump-
ton Ga ,305, 1856 lbs of both kinds Increase since
1888, 1928, 0l6 lbs, or 81 per cent. There are
~" Wo'e''"'" III a'ot'ix tHe qudDuty Vi bTluSn
wool consumed at the two periods. Mr. McCu-
loch estimates the quantity Of British wool used
annually eight or ten years SINCE, at lie, 900 900
lbs; but we cannot offer any opinion the COM
paraive quantities in 1893 and l849; though il
may be said that the increase cannot be anything
approaching to the increase in foreign aud colo
NAL wool.
1t appears, then, that the increase in the num-
Der Of mills in the wooen and worsed manufac-
lures since 1894 10 81 per cent? the increase in the
hands employed ll6 per cent; and the increase in
the consumption OF foreign and colonial sleeps
wool, which forms less than ne-half the wool
consumed u g. per cent.
The woolisn mills are scattered over a greater
number OF counties in England, Scotland and Ire
land, than any other description Of mills; but of
74,4t3 hands employed, there found 40 ,6ll in
Yorkshire, 1916 in Lancashire, 60&3 in Glouces
tershire, 2o77 in Wiltshire, and 2I75 in Somerset
shire.
or the wors,ed mills hy very fnr the larges,
number in Yorkshire. Out Of ~, 1877 hands
employed 70,905 are in this county, chiefly in the
parishes of Bradford, Halifax, Keighiy, and Bing
ley.
The iacresse that has taken place in the worst
ed manufacture since lS43 has been much greater
than the wooilen manufsctur
f.lHf FLAX AND LINEN FACTORIES.
In 1884 there were 3l7 fax mills; in 1850 there
were 3D3; increase IS, or IL per cent.
But che hands employed were 81, $50 in 1894,
and Sc, 434 in 1850; increase IS, Isl. or l05 per
cent.
The raw material imported, fax and tow, or
codIla Of fax aud hemp, was in 1899 ,I29 ,G33
cwts, and in 1850 was SOC, 7sG evils. increase
CIT. 1853 cw's.. or 80 per cent.
In Is43. In 1850. Increase