The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-09-21

ONE OF THE FACTORIES. a recent
visit to Baraboo, we inspected the wooden
factory of Messrs. Drown & ANDREWS, II
is a large wooden building, pleasantly loca
ted OH the banks of the river, and though
its stock Of machinery is large and COSTLY.
there is room for more. The water power
is first rate, there being sufficient to give
ample motion to three times as MANY ma
chimes as we saw working in the varied and
intricate processes by which cloth of various
kinds and qualities are made. On the top
most floor, piles Of Wisconsin wool are scr
ted, and on the second and first floors. and
in the basement, this is cleaned colored and
woven into the light, dark and plaid cloths,
which supply an. active demand, from the
badgers whose stStwart bodies they comfort
and ornament. Between thirty and forty
men and women, and more youthful work
ers, find steady employment here Iaboring
with a skill and system that is an essential
characteristic OF every successful factory
like this
The cloth is sold at wholesale to mer-
chants of the State, and to some located
even much further East, which is not sur
prising when it rs known that the plain
cloth manufactured here is sold cheaper by
five per cent than the same kind III the
Eastern markets The patterned cloths can
be bought cheaper in the Eastern markets
because the rquired machinery is there; but
good, plain, simple patterned all wool cloth
can be got cheaper here. The firm could
contract all their cloth to Eeste RI firms at
nearly as high price as they get from the
State merchants, but they of course prefer
to supply the home trade.
Considering the advantages that a man
ufacturer has on some of the unrivalled wa
ter powers Of the State over Eastern manu-
facturers, it is astonishing they are so slow
| in settling here. The best of wool can be
got without the cost Of transporting it a
Thousand miles or over Land and build
ings can be got cheaper and the workers
can be fed and accommodated more reason
ably and comfortably than in the overcrowd-
ed cities of the East
Messrs. DaowN & ANDREWS have so prof
tied 10y these advantages that in plain
cloth they can undersell Eastern inauufactu
rers, and are getting the machinery to ena-
bic them to do the same in the fully pat
termed cloths.
1t is a cheering sight to see such man
lufactory as that run by Messrs. DHowN &
ANDREWS, and while looking at it the wish
that such prompt and energetic men may
continue to prosper is strong and natural
They are preparing more room for the recep
ton of the requisite machinery for the man
ufacture of the various patterned cloths
that are at present supplied by Eastern
manufactures, and when it is running they
will successfully compete with the fancy
cloths of Eastern manufacturers, as they dc
now with their cloths
1t is ofno use to urge that such manufac
tories should be encouraged in this State,
because every man, woman and child Of the
least thought know that they should be, and
also, that the energy and enterprise of Their
management are the sure and best means
Of getting all unlimited and profitable en-
enlargement. These are the means that
Messrs. Drown & ANDREWS rely on and
that have increased their capital and skill,
since they have been in business, to high
degree of usefulness and remuneration.
We advise all our friends when visiting
the neat and fourishing village of Baraboo,
to make call at the mill and See for them
selves what skill, capital and enterprise does
in manufacturing an all wool cloth in Wis
consin, that can't be excellcd in cheapness
of production or quality by eastern or for
eli n manufactures ModeS0n JouIudJ.