The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-25
TIE COMMERCIAL CRISIS.

TIE COMMERCIAL CRISIS.
TELEGRAPHIC DESP ATCHES.
MONEY AFFALRs AT BOSTON, ETC.
BOSTON, Oct "A, 1857.
mere hes been rle change note In financial matters
auYpg tho week. eecs continue 70 be pFessed for sAle
~ range low.
YAs amount Of specie held by he associated banks he
Usang House he day OF suspsnaion q 900
M amount held Mis- day at the commencement Of bun
nso oo Increase since Octsber IA, sa17 100
THE NEW YORK SHIRT MANUFACTURERS
KysCH ov THE BusINEss-rRICKs OF fHs rRADI-
HOW IT 10 11YECTAD BY THH HARD TIMsS-waKR1
aHiRrs ARI BENT r0-wH0 THE sHIRrxAK8Rs
ARB-THI GOODS MOST IN DKMAND- THE MODS OF
BNPLoYNa HANDS AND GIVING OUT w0RK-PRIOEs
1AD-WonM OUT OF EnPLoY, ETC.
mo shirt trade has within ths last eighteen twenty
yss grown 70 be- next 70 the clothing busne, perhaps
Ne most important Of all other trader, 70 the sewiug
esses particularly the female portion thereof Up 70
aScut eighteen years ago n scarcely known = ds
usoave branch of business most Of the shirts then
bssg Manufactured 10 order BY the families Of the
wearers, Or by tho dsalsT In ready made cloth
~ fer the accommodation of their customers.
TEE YIRsT DISTINCT CITY MANUPAcroRY.
About that period hessys Judscn Osn, (sow JudRor
FowIer) Of 46 Murray street, then keeping cloh!ng
ucre IN P,an street, began 70 turn their attention moro
PARTICULARLY 10 The manufacturing Of shirn dadnos
branch Of buspess, and ly Afver few yeavs expe
saoe gave up their clothing basness and devoses their
whole time 70 The sht bugrees Since that period this
branch has increased in magnitude beyond a conception
much 20 that scarcely single individual thinks OF
having his shis made s home; for two 'f
which n that shirts be purchased ready maAe mach
eAeapsP and equally good vastly betser than they
bs made n home knd another that The Re
ae portion Of their fan ss do not Ike, In these days Of
hshion and famine, particularly in large cities, TO be
betAered with the trouble OF making any thing In .hs
c,otAns line for he male portions thereof
THE McRsAsE IN BUSINESS.
Whhn the shoss space Of eightsen years ths branch or
business In CITY creased that the presens
ums tAere are about twenty I'VE largo nrt olaM
secGurng establishments ocaaod in having their head
yuassss In New York, giving employment 70 upwards Of
twenty housszd females, and, % vAriousy estimated
wsrhing up nom svs eight million dollars son the
nseos sores factories located throughout tho Gy,
md employing prcbA ply from sayce 70 Ave or SIX thou
md additional HANDS IN manufacturing for oassonus d.
Fscty.
ZEE SEX or TIE EMPLoTJEo GENERALLY.
mis- branch Of tho senemens furnishing busiress In
ycporoa hs number and extent Of M facs,ries, far
nih~ employment 70 vastly larger nosr OF 70 naes
tAAn Ne c,oshng baa.r for willis the ortsers,
eaciusivey Dalss, most OF tho ove-ssers and cutters
Ss nassiso:onss Of sslr drawers, 30 employ one or
has very general thng these brauches given n
charge Of females Belonging exclusively and par
touhsly 70 heir proper spheres Of genius.
THE SHIFT SEWERS
avs ssersA over adjoining ccs and through
We country several hundred miles al sides Of
New York, aud mainly dependent dre,ly sad ipdi
rsosy on largo shirt mAaufAcories Of Now York for
~ work hey receive although ortuns.sy mot perhaps
AH Of he large number aboveesmated arc solely dcpsu
Cent the small psuces they able taus 70 for
sseA style Of eoods are sivea and up by
who have husbands, young girls Who have parents
vS chen nos othsr .se engaged in order 70 earn extra
vn money with which 70 grA'ify their appetite for dre
BOY TREY ArE DIVIDED.
mis- clAa are pi,ppay 70 be found In tho rural dis
t4o1s, suore he hrmeu, mechanics and t-sdeswcn's
wives and daughters, and vho perhaps, numser very
nsariy, II not qrne third Of the ~hols number
pasyed ihs branch Of business Very nearly another
iAhd nay be esrmaed bol,w, giving 10 shc sull
NJ country, who oascr ,f procuring rve
Mood ofesmcs not oay for themselves, ou, In some In
sn % az, o % earn %
gkh 70 be fcnnd scattered thrcus boot he country In
svsrl drecsos, bot more partisalsry IN large Villages
ed cies NE inesios Of The several Ses, who
ksQueBsy unable 70 procure any other employ ymsnt
A.d are consequently present, Ia very many inssaucs',
ne moss numcrous and ., prevent BY far tue mos In
pAnt class Of operatives and sewers those residing
- vosliss IN shis cy Who eonsisus up yards Of one
~ NE most psrs are present ou. Of employ with worry
mA prospeots ahead for the vlnisr OF those VINO
rsr1 IN NE nanuiscores where they s and . during
0s day. and another thra like work from the several
oS ,So 70 svo or ss s.sas :, work. uossp sne@ ~so ii.
saay make another third THIS lest particularly tho
nee wsh shoss Who Own machines - very many women
- sk> nxa~ A A. ais
gsh 70 epssass upon ., tnsr che o~ners) rssdcaces
wnmz GOODS ARE SENT TO.
TAs goods thus manufactured shipped heuoe 70
~ quarters OF The country, norh eas south and west
os NE lsTge sesdBg goois far the
sandwich and oshsr Islands Of the PAcac and from Maine
. Ne Atssso ooast Oregon the PAclno. Tho great
IAN OF goods however, here, and shipped
- Of NE city, cent 70 e soushers sad western mar
ho ho principal dspo for Me reoepuon and roc sh
~ Of the Hns being, In she wess, usao.so uscin
IN and g. Louis, largo proportion Of the whole beins
so.s = ~ q CIV Ss1s sr.noS rSs prOop sous
marksts New Orleans, Mobile aud Augusta, shere
seos branch houses are sso u'uay es.aolst ana
vho IN d,sbuie The ready sdo shirts The
sstivs South. Mat Of the New York manufacturers
sss1 direnly 70 all Of these markets, In addition 70
UeafnG smaller orders dreca 70 customers ocascd IN al
yar6 Of NE Union. oss or send any ofhr
goods 10 any Of ths EAsrn markes suoh goods beang
,nopsy oossssd 70 sn si%n,ss, n rssay %sSs .ncs
Ne Kasern aasss and By thom nucd 70 shirt bodies which
are usually made FOR theu customers 70 order Thus
maa may 70 reAail shiri dealer In Maine asd order
sossn shys 70 be made for him, su instead cr thor be
Nc, be suppesss, made up IRON, The mA4eral hs
cSey, nothing but the body parts TINS made, the bs
Uons collars snd wvsbAads haviax been reoeiv sd from
Rsw York sy tho bale, and merely atsed In The shirt
bodies - ordered by customers abroad.
rHE REASON
why shs course sdcpsed BY 90 large portion OF the
rsiI Sde the fac Mat the Introduction Of sevas
nachines several or me New York houses c,nine great
sxousvey, and ms aid of the mschoc enabled
DO The vork munh cheaper and 9Th much more unifor
sy than could otherwise be done; a. for Instance while
60 female OPERATOR on . machine suos IA generally
used By the shrt manuacturcrs Win nioh from
Svo 10 ihvee shir bcsoms Day the
sMhough she might be extremely good aud eaick hand
e ne needle, would have great dncuy by constant
vuSh ts ssoh three OF ihe kind OF boso In
ass tine, n, indeed, she could do n ~ sl.
THR GOODS MOTT m DEMAND
A ne esneme south the naoss vhIie linen shirts for
Ne better cssss Of ~hs people, and the cotton
ounscrec jumpers, shrs, and ovstnauh f,r ire nsve
-. o,..s,v NJ ~hco sppus rhl opcf III seys