The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-15


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There i perhaps no ether class ii tradesnon Who
already and who wi be seriously, affected b. The
crisis as those employed III The manufacture OF n,ons
and boys clothing There. are ia New Nos about
hundred and twenty houses engaged la the wholesale
clothing business, the great bulk OF whose castom
down South and out Wet and who give occupation
70 abont nfteen tlous md pei sons Ii these We adj
the numbers who employed by tn retail clothing
stores, v DO do business their account, Ia,
whole force Of tailors in city aud vicinity viii fall
little short a twenty thousand. We say the vicinity
OF New York for all these operatives do live
city, large proportion Of them residing in brooklyn
Jersey City, Newark and other places within circuit OF
twenty miles Of the metropolis. Of these twenty thou
sand about one third women and Of tho whole number
nearly the same proportion supplied with sewing
chimes. The valse Of ihegoods manufactured b. this u
army of operatives j. estimated al The yearly amount
Of twenty f,e millions Of dollars The paid in w0gcs
averaging The weekly amount Of each person in regular
and constant employment ut Fix dollars per ok, y
about six millions Of dollars per year Now least
half of the Who'll. number OF operative taors both
and women out Of work, the loss in wage dur
ing the present will be nearly two millions " dol
ars-that is the workmen and woikwomen VIII have lost
that amount viii have fall back upon their
little savings for support sell their clothes and furniture
and in the last resort throw themselves upon tn chart
ty Of the community 1t the present pFostrstou CONT
nues this css in wages to the operative taiors VIII
Of course b. st further increased, while the groccrs
aud others who partially dependent upon must
suffer to tie extent TO which their customers af
fectcJ review Of these figures gives die following
result, which present ia tabular form
Number of taos mcn and women al present ont Of en-
~ , :. = 90 !. WV
tenanre, estimating four % each family. and
allow ing for the fact that the husband aad wife
are, Il. nlsny Instances, engaged ht tn" same
"ccuiSth .'''''"'''' -''V
Hero W. have . 900 persons-,nen, women and chill
lren-who .c present time affected by ,h9 crisis,
and who H. Tho continuance of the present condition Of
things will be reduced Ia absolute p3urgrisn They
not as We have SAID, ~ residents Of New York BIZ II Is
upon New York they depend for the Of living and
npor New York the great body will be thrown when they
are reduced to tta last necessity.
Nost, MGR proof could Be given Of the disas effects
q. the crisis upon this rerc'ar branch al nusry than
he efforts which The wholesale clothing establishments
making 70 get rid Of the large surplus stock which
ha been icf Ill Their hands Different articles ar offered
Tor sale AZ les than cost price in he lang age 81 the
advertisers. II immense saesifse AM posters
tanning tie announcement that three hundred thousand
dollars worth Of clothing % be had cheaper than
before known t'rc "a the pass rs by from fences
walls. brick prs ant every place where aposter can be
lispayet.
Although the Gdi trade properly ~ skng over b.
.oro the effects HE crisis f1n b. tilt yet tho
rad, has alre&y iost about two u.ions the amount
which oSponlod e. supply the deficiencies in tho first
,rdcIs--tiat i, the Southern dealers generally
require about that amount Of clothing t.
meet further demands after the first AID principal
supply Of goods has been exhausted. These two millions
may be itc-ci virtually lost. 1t would b. well,
however u he trouble stopped a. this point; bat this
The least s.r.cus pat Of L diiculty. The woIknen and
nj - employment IN Consequence of q nearly
total discon II the orders from the south which
Al this Of the year always sent 70 whole
sale establishments. These orders for tho supply oi
spring and summer goods, the manufacture of which
gives employment t. the operatives from the month Of
November I'll that Of February These orders amount in
the aggregate at least millions Of dollars and
this tho falling on is already equal to four millions.
This falling OF viii be rendered still greater before
the LIT Of February when the sales Of the spring and
summer goods viii commence. The amount paid
FOR the labor Of manufacturing these goods is
about two millions, which, have said, will
be lost the operatives While upon this part Of the
subject may state that establishment, that Of
Messrs. Devlm, Hudson & Company, intend, as means
of alternating the distress OF those dependant upon them
Tor syehood a. sell out their winter clothing AT less
than the first cost and having thus cleared off all the
stock hand they viii put many hands they
% manufacture spring and summer goods inviting cssh
buyers ~ purchase them at reduced rates. They viii
ihus be enabled to PIT large number Of hand who
ne now actually suffering for want Of work II i Il
humane Intention and deserving Of imitation BY All who
afford 10 apply il in their BY the sdop
ton Of such plan. those who now out Il en-
III M hi.d IN III h Niu
nd great deal of prisaton and dcstituticn may hc
prevented.
The facts which We have given above refer more
particularly to the Southern trade; but the West.
is also greatly affected by thu crisis, though
somewhat different manner. In addition T.
he general depression caused by the present pc
ical condition of the country rather growing OF
a. tho heavy discount Western bills, amounting
nd fifteen per cent hss produced suspension of the
rade from this part &C te raou. We may state ~ this
connection hst We have heard q house which loses
bout ffiy dollars ovcry day discounting hills.
Tie benevolent Industrial institutions already SUI.
erins from The depcssion and large number de-
pendent mon then, solely support H. h feared that
q them may b. broken N altogether, pasicunriy
have not yet approached the most trying part of
The crsg-wh may literally be termed the starvation
point. The poor inmates 81 thcse institutions,
wbo, truly sp.asirr know 10 North and
70 south greatly puzzled 20 under
and the tanse u the trcuble, and will Ii the ncx.
wo or three months learn moro through bard adgc-sity
abon the poiict 81 tn country than ever they knew
before They ate al pray inc hard Tor To- prp,tr,on n
h. niob. and thsir prayers win douh'lcss -
ave tho country than H. politicians who
yrangng ani dspu,lng IN washington. Will tons q
hoo. and Il 20 called Free northern wrusn are n the
ter,e Of desisu,ion enc psuIrtirm
The dctiilcs Who Int few short months ago were