Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-05-23

Mr. GREELEY, ofthe Tribune, is writing char
acterlstic Letters to that paper from Londo on
under the heading Of "Ganccs at Europe
No.. 2, dated May |, appears in the last Tri>
bunc, and is mainly devoted to an account of,
and reflections upon, the great Fair. lie thus
speaks of the American part of the grand show
Our Manufactures are in many department,
grossly deficient, in others inferior to the best
rival productions of Europe. In Silks and Lin
ems, we have nothing now to show: | trust the
case will be brnvely altered within few wears.
In BroadclotIs, we are behind and roinr be-
hind, but III Satlnets Flannels, (wooen) Shlwls
DE Lalncs, Ginghams, Drills and most plain
Cottolls, we are producing as effectively as our
rivals, and IN many departments gaining uunu
them. But few of these are goods which make
much show in Fair; three cases of Partisan
gewgaws Will outshine in an exhibition Il mill
ION OF dollars worth of admirable and cheap
MustlnS, Drills, F'lannels, &c. And besides
our manufacturers, who find themselves met at
every turn, and often supplantcd at their own
doors by snowy fabrics from abroad, are shy of
calling attention in Europe to the few articles
which, by the help of valuable American in.
ventlons, they are able to make and sell at a
profit | know this consideration has kept
some goods and more machinery at home which
would otherwise haze been here The manu-
iacturers are here or are coming, to see what
knowledge or skill they can pick up, but they
are not SO ready to tell all they know. They
think the odds in favor of those who work
against them backed by the cheap Labor and
abundant Capital of Europe, are quite sufficient
already.
a. Al. I
wish had been sent over. | think our Cut
Nails, our Pins, our Wood Screws, &C.. should
have been represented. India Rubber is abun-
dant here, but have seen no Gutta Percha,
and our New York Comppny IIudson Manu-
iacturing) might have put new wrinkle on
John Bulls forehead by sending over an assor-
ted case Of their fabrics. The Brass and kim
dred fabrics of Waterbury Conn ought not to
have come up missing, and a set of samples of
the Flint Enameled Ware of Vermont, would
have been proud of for Vermont's sake. A
light jersey wagon, Il Yankee oX-cart, and two
or three sets of American Farming Implements
would have been exactly in play here. Our
Scythes, Cradles, Hoes, takes, Axes, Sowing,
Rcapng, Threshing and " knowing machines,
No., &c, are a long distance ahead ofthe Brit
lsh-so the best Judges say; and whore their
machines are good they cost too much ever to
come into general use. There is pretty good
set of Yankee Plows here, and they are likely
to do good. believe Connecticut Clocks and
Maine North Wayne) Axes are also well rep
resented But either Rochester, Syracuse, or
Albany could have beaten the whole show in
Farming Tools generally.
Yetthore are many good things in the Amer
can department. In Dagucreotypcs it seems
70 be conceded that we beat the world when cx-
,ellcnce and cheapness are both considored-at
III events, England is no where i'll comparison
and our Dagucrreotypists make great show
lerc. New Jersey Zinc, Lake Superior Cop
per, Adirondack Iron and Steel are well rep
resented either by ores or fabrics, and believe
California Gold is to be.-But | am speaking
IN the strength of a. very hasty examination.
shall continue i'll attendance from day to day
md hope to CLEAN from the show some ideas
hat may be found or made useful.