, 1860-08-14

The Hs~cA1nts' V.yI:ta., speaking Of The
Western trl1e, says:
"When the West cou'd no logger bur freely
on almost unlimited credit at The Fast. othrr
means we're resarted to to supply locul waata.
fnis !.d so q more decided Development Of lcc.l
manufactures. Nanr thriving Trims, IL! form.
cry bought their clothing aEd other supplies
troEi the E. ISL, turned their a.,ea:1oa to i.anu.
fscsure. Il is found that goods can be PRODUCED
ehe'per than by giving employ rnens ta the
hands on the spot, Rnd a hr m. market to mate.
rials. The resnl: il, diminished in
tercauFse East and West, to be revived. m
dtubt, Wien large craps aud bette. prices shall
have fenea ed speculative acton, ca!Iinv E ,,t-
ern ind imported goods, through the MEDIUM,
Of crec't, once more to compete with 1he nascsn:
f4brics OF the WsAs.''
We trusa, b3wever, that cu7 couteunnrarv
VII! fail in bis prc2nostic, and that the West.
having learned ~isstou by experience, will be-
s'o* to purcha*e imported goo,s to tie serious
prrlnIice OF her own iut:re4.. becausa she ~,
Luv sheu. through the MEDIUM u[ credit. Il
because that oUcc il five or SIX ears SUE c.r,
real!z. high prices fur her surplus crops. ~
Eeason Of N ls:sh CT some other iAulna abYc.aj
According 10 shc wr:1tr fIun, whcm We h..
Qunse', The West has at last discovered TIE trns
s-c..t u: prosperity. .-he kaS '.found tint oot,
o." r produced c's'ptr by aioi.y employment
TO fh@ and IN the spo:, ant u Lu7nt ma, h. N
n4a:erilts that SIZE can convtr. her own wno1
lnto cloth, enpioy her oitsr.:se uncmnloyed
labor IN dong II, and pay that labor in her avn
m, when. aod bAcSn-that it il cheaner tn ao
this than 10 seud her wool to Eu9Isrd to be
there nude into cloth acd brought buck tor use,
anu to deEd her co:n after it to uay fnr Tho r7nt
ing, she PAL inx III! the expeus s both vavs and
taksng such price 1or htr corn O. the English
Iaoorer CHOOSES to par, while her own pennle
a1e sse1icg for profitable: emplos uent in ~ n.
lhe consumsrs OF the Nest NAV have n,sn
found 0At that their hpme- N ade cloth i. cheun-
er, 10. tne IT a.oH that it will weG1 twice a. lonr
wool unmi1ed vita ".hoady," aad although; the
pF.c. naay stein dear at The Tins Of purchase. it
w..l prove Otherwise in the end. Whv. tbsn
ats,n n the West Continue 10 export her vn,,
and corn, aad import "shodJy" clnth a. an IN.
mense loss /" her>rl'. because lnporters will
-rl! lhef ct'eap stuff on credit: Better. far. to
supply her own Is frtm he: own mexns and
keep out Of cebt. Aud this, We unurrhrnd
she will DO to come extent, whatever teupta.
tons may be etIes ed in The shape Of cheap tor.
eign fabrics sold On loog credit.
We hare alluded to "ahoddy." Perhaps Ill
our readers DO not know what 1t il, nor what
they. put upo, their back. vixen ther buv
Eog1ish cloth. 4 writer in the q. s, Eeuao,a Il.
says:
"Io supply The demand fer shoddy. the
whnfe woztn il searched for rags; the gutter,
Of blthr cities, hospitals Of every class md
pllce where tl'tl, poverty and wretchedness ex-
ists, contribute largely 10 tata supply"
This being the material from which it is made.
no wonder, therefore that:
"Ahhoush the shoddy trade has added lsrae-
ly to the wealth Of those concerned in it. vet il
has its necess4rr evils. There is sickness
known in De*sburv as The rag fever.' h at
sdlict5 those who are dir, ctly connected with
the so1i'1g and grind ns Of wcolsen rags, They
are easily Know by their pale sni sickly looks.
aside from the disagreeab1e smell that is always
with them; and were it not Tor tao very s.rln-
gent sanitary regulations that are enforced in
England, the manufacture of shodLy would
breed plague ltrequitts bu. ; little strength
of the in4ay4nA!iol to picture Il Ourselves iha
amount o. filth. und The seeds Of disease thu.
must accumulate wnere shoddY is hugely mau-
ufActured."
Lie says Of the cloth made from this material.
in whole or in part:
1t ID n error, however, to suppose that tho
consumption Of shoidy fabrics 10 England have
increased IN the sane ratio that tkey have been
producsd n that country. Hy t4r the ssr.est
portion OF the cheap l3H ~onlens made il Eng
land are expor:ed-and the United States take
more OF them tban nv other country. Il wo1ld
BE- n5out ~ difficult to induce map in the
shoddy country 10 wear the article he Hanufac-
tu4es, US it would bs to compel an apotheca1y
to swallow ti+ own tecoctiona-they know too
mneh about it,"
And this is the cleth with which our manu-
f1ctuEers have to compete. aod 80 hardly are
they pressed with il that i: il said that they
will have to resort to the use Of thoddr in self.
defence We hop not. American cluths, both
Of cotton and wool. command large prefer
ence now from ts:elr superior strength and du.
rabilit5-!e: them lose tais reputation, and the
competition ssill be Ut au end, because ws can
NOT compete NTH England in shoddy, and VIC
shall lose IN the attempt uls We have gained By
making sound, homes. fabrics.
10 return truu this dlkression--the prospect
for great cereal crops at the West this 3. ason Is
quite ~ aattering a. that a. the South for cat
Ton. Ne trust That insead ofleadiogour Vest
ern friends into e1:rara3aDt living and purchase
Of ahoddy on credit. they 1il avail themselves
Of it to &c. out Of dsb:, and ssab!ish on still
tirmet base those manufacturers for which they
hare the raw material at Their owu docrs, for
taey .ll certainly End !" that good. eau be pro-
duced chelper b g'viaS employment to the
hands on The spot, aca a hc.ue mataet 70 mate
mails"