New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-06
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY NOVEMBER G. 1869

value accordingly. OF this shameiuf lact Mt
BigelOw instructivey says:
Notwithstanding the unquestionaDe ana Ine
generally acknowledged excellence Oh our Wool man
ufactures those manufactures stu snHer more or
less i'm the market from prejudces and proposes
siOns which are alike il-fOunded ApreleTehce Ior
fabrics of foreign origin has very natnrally come
down from the time. not very distant, when our DO
nestc nrodncts were generally inferior OF those who
now habitually insist upon buying the foreign artl
cle some are honestly ignorant dney arc NOV aware
With others il is tho merest aplng OF q senseeSs
fashion But the delusiOn could not be long Kept
up were il not for the interest OF the dealer TO ss-
tain it, Ii is easy for him to make larger profit on
the imported article from the fact that its probable
cost is not so generally known In many instances;
the temptation is strong that truth honesty, and
patriotism make their appeal in vain. Not only are
! American productions Systematically dlsparaged'
but multitude of instances, these very produc-
! tons are labeled as French, English or uei-
! man. The extent to which this imposition is
carried is known only to those VINO are
let into the secret. There are, prOea-
bly,, very few of who have not thus been taken lh
And, what am inclined TO regret as the most lnelan
choly thing of ALL is the unquestioned fact that
some of the manufacturers themselves nave Go ?at
sented TO the deed. suppose the process ny Dn'on
such bargain is contaminated to be somewhat as
follows: manufacturer, after mncn tOil anu ou-
lay Is prepared to introduce fabric not before aue
here. He finds the market, however, tully supplied
with the foreign article. Those VINO hold IL give
him no encouragement for they know that the IN
PRODUCTION OF the domestic
chance for high profits, Between him and the con-
sumer twhO must be reached somehow, or his enter
prise fails stands class of men whose interest IL is
to sell foreign rather than domestic goods Inc re-
suit is compromise Says the dealer TO him, like
your goods, but / cannot sell them as American
Give them foreign brand confne the product of
vour mill to me- and will take all that you pro-
duce' The poor manufacturer, seeing no aterna-
tive closes the unhallOwed bargain
The Wooden manufacture of Great Britain is at
least one thousand years old indeed it is known to
have obtained considerable Importance while Eng
land was subject to the Romans. The kindred man
ufactures of France and of Belgium have likewise
been many centuries in existence, and have naturally
attained great perfection, through the accumulation
of capital the progress of invention and like causes
Ours is of comparatively recent origin; for, while
few rude fulling mils" land small manufactures
were established among us even before the Revolu-
ton, the development and Importance of our Wooden
industry may fairly date from the passage of the
Tariff of 1924 while nearly all our great Wooden mills
were built since the passage of the Tariff Of 1872 IT,
therefore our Wooden manufactures were still rela-
lively crude and imperfect, that circumstance need
not excite surprise but the fact is otherwise The
able Report of Mr.. Nudge on the Great Paris EXPOSE
ton, = already quoted, says
"The many practical manufacturers who have re.
Gently visited Europe for the express purpose OF
studying its industries concur In declaring that IN
these respects we are on an equality with the most
advanced nations Laying aside the supposed adj
vantages which we have in the possession OF water
power upon which far too much stress is Land IN pop
ular estimates apply everywhere, In our 1aDrGa-
tiOn of woolens, the factory SYSTEM ana make the
utmost use OF meehancaI power, ~hile H. ~
processes are still largely used abroad especially IN
weaving. For the preparation OF caru-Wool, no
machinery at the Exposition equaled IN efhclehcy
the American burning machinery exhibited, sucn as
is in general use here. In the cardlng OF WOOL no
improvements were seen at Nlrvlers, one OF inc
chief centers of the cardwOol industry i'll Europe,
which we do not have IN use ADInt S yd same h heTe
Spinning in large establishments abroad IS usually
performed by mules while Jack-splnnlng is more
generally adopted in ew-England as better sulted
10 tbe different qualities and quantities of yarns de-
manded by the variety OF fabrics usually PRODUCED
in our mills The mules used here are OF equal
efficiency with those in the best mills OF Europe.
With respect TO weaving, was remarked that looms
were being constructed at Nrylers such as we wOuld
not put in our mills to-day. 1t was also remarked
that no European looms for weaving fancy goods
were shown at the Exposition which would bear
comparison with the CrOmpton loom and, even upon
that admirable machine, great Improvements are
known TO be in progress. The processes OF man
ufacture such as dyoing, the same as In Europe
When we take into consideration the greater energy
and intelligence of our better fed ana better euu
Gated workmen, the necessary use OF every lapor-
saving process account of the higher cost oil labor
here and the admitted superiority IN construction OF
American machinery, il may be safely asserted that
a ward of cloth is made in this country with less
hours Of human labor than one OF equal qualty ana
the same degree of finish abroad. In other words
weeks labor will produce more yards OF cloth IN an
American than in European mill"
well; if such be the case, what further need OF
Protection ~ triumphantly queries a Free-Trader.
The Report proceeds TO answer as follows:
"But il is said that yard of cloth costs less in
Europe than in the United States Even this state
ment requires qualification for the American aborer
can purchase here yards OF cloth with the pro-
duce of a day'sIwork than the European laborer;
the ratio of the price of cloth IN this country today
moi being i'm proportion TO the ratio Of the rate OF
wages of ordinary labor. IL is still true that the
money cost of producing cloths IS greater in this
country than in Europe. From what has been said,
IL is apparent that the greater money cost OF tabr
eating cloths is not due to any want OF natural al
yantages or any deficiency in skill and effective
labor on the part of the American manufacturer III
Is not true of this industry is often asserted by
theorists, that it has sckly and hot-bed CROWN,
sustained only by artificial stimulus, and rendering
ia production as unnatural, to use Adam Smiths
often quoted com paTisOn, as that Of wine produced
from grapes grown in the greenhouses OF Scotland
The higher cost of production In this industry Is due,
solely to natural causes inherent in the condltlQh
of a new country and progressive people, TO the
higher rates of the interest on capital required 10
initiate and sustain industrial enterprises and the
higher rates of wages demanded by the greater social
and educational requirements Of our industrial p0pu-
lation."
The Pacific Mills Lawrence, Mass, are, believe
much the largest producers of Woolens in America,
and perhaps in the world. The following table
shows the prices actually paid for Labor therein:
France B1gm
Lawn LsSfs %:,' Gre., ssiiIsr. Ger.
Mass Britain land many.
pr WEE, Currency at H0s So. Goa Goa doid
Children under IS yean;......'"s3S Sl@ sSM Sg%% SY