New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-14

" WISH d snrO-lrhLe
rca as we ere aware that they are getting into use
without such encouragement. We believe, however,
al If carefully seet ted and used IN moderation, that
+. orter nan OF shieh We have spoken desirable in
nerican goods, viii m pst PROBABLY be secured we
too, in speaking OF these articles we may De
usideTed exposing the secrets OF TIE trade; ont IS
We write for public erghten7sRt. AID the advancement
ofour domestic manufactures we are sure that we are
justified IN saving whas We know Of English manuac
lures ia this respect.
HuGd feld snd Leeds. stand tE0 proniHeRces the
ptettv little towns Of Devsbury ana Bailey Car. The
stranger on aliohtng frCm the rais'aycar Is struck
with the unusually large warehouses ttilt 81 stone by
the Railway Company. For such smah s'stons these
are MYSTERIOUS crectiOns. But be enter he principal
warehouses he viii probably find piled M hundreds OF
bales containing the cast0 garments OF Great Britain
and the Continent OF Europe. Here IN iact rom al
parts OF the world brought the tattered remains OF
The clothes some Of which have been worn by TOY atty
in the various Courts Of Europe, as well IS By peers
ard peasants The rich broadcloth OF the Enghsh no
be here commincles with the livery Of their servants
and the worstcd blouses of French republicans wnhe
American uudershrts pantsloOns and all other wostcd
OF wColen goods msy there be found al reduced 20 one
common level, and known by one common apPeiatioa
Of rags.
The walls Of the town are pacarded with papers an
nouncng public auctions Of Scotch Shoddies," Mum
goes" Rags. and such ike articles OF merehan-
disc and every few DAYS tie goods department OF the
railwa, is beseeed b. sturdy looking lorkshiremen,
who are examining with great attention, the various
bales some of which assorted into whites blue
stockings" black stockings carpets " shawls,
" stufs' " skirtingsn Enseys,' black cloth, Nc
4 ioyal looking man of doubtful temperance princi-
plcs at last steps forward and puts the goods up 70
auction TIE prices which these WORKOUT articles
fetch is surprising 10 the uninitlated Old stockings
will realize from Ct 10 so ton while white Han
nels viii sometimes sell for as much as 500 ton and
even more TIE kardsn or black cloth. when clipped
free from all seams and threads are worth from L2J
To ESQ a ton. There common mixed sorts OF
coarse fabric which can be bought low as from %
to IS a ton; whilst the " rubbish consisting OF
seams nseys and indescribables purchasedby the
Chemists for the manufacture of Potash Crystals for
from f2 TO f3 ton.
II will be seen that asserting these Old wooens is
equally important with the asserting OF the different
qualities of new wool and there is the additional con-
sderation of colors to render asserting still more ne
cessarv II is surprising however, with what rapdity
all this is accomplished There are some houses where
old wooden rags are divided into upward OF twenty
different sorts, ready for the manufacturer Inc p.h-
cipal varieties are annels, of which there are Ing
iish Whites welsh Whites Irish Whites
and "Drabs" Each of these command a different
price in the market the English and Welsh beng
much whittier than the Irish aud OF finer texture are
worth nearly double the price of the Irish The stock
ncs are the next in value to the hannes account OF
the strength and elasticity OF the wool The peculiar
stitch or bend of the wOrsted in stocking manufacture
and the hot water and washing to which they are SUB
uited during their stocking existence nave the ehecl
nj prcducipp a permanent elasticity which no alter
DESTROYS and no new wool can be found to pos
sess Hence old stockings ore always IN great demand,
and realize for good clean cOOTed sorts as hcn as o
a tun in busy seasons The white worsted stockings
are the most valuable of the sOtts and when sup
piled in sufficient quantity, will sell Tor as much as
f.s tup Carpets and other colOred sorts are gem
erallv owing their rapid accumulation tn be had at
very low prices The rag collectors and merchants oil
America would be sure 70 find good market Tor nan
nels and stockings in England, but the common ar'-
Giles would scarcely pay for the transit -,
The harls" consisting OF old supcrine cloth, VIII
generally realize good prices in England and should be
striped of their and sfted Tree rom drt before
expcrtipp We have seen from 20 to 30 Irish women 10
a room all cutting the seams from old cloth Ihis Is
in fact an important branch Of the business, and in
Iiverpool Manchester and nearly all large towns hnds
emplo, ment for many hundreds Of hands They are
generally paid by the weight of rags they cut
Shoddy" so well understood IN Yorkshire, Is lhe
general term for the wool produced by the grinding or
more Technically, the pulling up oil all the SOLO wool
ems: and all wOolens soft except the superhne
cloths The usual method of converting wooens INTO
shoddy is first carefully assert them 20 as 20 see
that not particle of cotton remains on them ana then
70 pass them through rag machine This consists Oh
n Under three feet in diameter and twenty inches
wide with steel teeth half inch apart from each oh-
err and standing out from the c Under "heh new one
inch This cylinder reyOlyes 5UO tunes IN minute
and the rags are drawn gradually close To Its surface
by two futed iron rollers the upper one of which is
packed with thin stuff skirtng so as 70 press the
rags the closer to the action OF the teeth Inc GYM
der runs upwards past these rollers and any pieces OF
reg which are not completely torn into wool, are Oy
their natural gravity thrown back again upon the rays
which are slowly creeping into the machine The
rollers are fed by of creeper or slowly moving
endless cloth on which man, and IN some instances
woman lays the rags in proper quantities. one these
machines il commonly driven By q sevcnnch strap ana
requires at least five horse power Han tun OF rags
can be pulled in 10 hours by one OF these machines
The dust produced subjects the work people VINO hrst
commence this occupation TO what IS there called the
rag fever" But after time the Immediate effects
are warded off and although il no doubt shorens ne
The remuneration being considerable (two English shil
nes for every 240 lbs OF rags pulod) there u never
any difficulty in obtaining workpeoPle
Tie " MungO" is the wool produced by suDjec
the tards or superne cloths TO similar operation as
that above described The machine, however, Tor the
mungo trade is made with greater number Of teeth;
severs thousand more in the same-szct cylinder ana
the cylinder runs about 700 revolutions in minute
Tie rags previous TO being pulled IN THIS machine are
passed through o machine called " shaker. Ibis !,
n ode of ylnder, about two feet ana
half in diameter which reyolyes about ~ times IA
minute in a coarse wire cylinder. This takes away
LARGE portion of the Dust which Is driven out az
cfiruev by means Of a fan. The mungo pulling IS
tIerefoIe cleaner business than the shOddy making
and AZ general rule, is more profitable. Inc power
required for muugO machine Is that Of aOohs seven
horses , -.
for sone wears been saturated with oil but when we
wore last in Yorkshire found that milk had Deeh
apolied 20 this purpose, and found 70 answer eAeu
inely well The consequence was, mat MIX han iihei
100 per cent in price, and even IN that District VIZ
cows are Kent in large numbers, it was feared there
oud be areat scarcity of milk for the supply OF the
When well saturated with oil or MILK the shoddy or