New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-25
THE APPROACHING FAIR.

The Fair of the American lnstltute-iDr
which the reception of articles Will com
mence on the 1st and the opening to the public
will take place on the Sth of September
already gives assurance of unequaled magnitude
and excellence. Though the Sixty third-strtet
Skating Rink, in which it will be held, is far
larger than any edfce ever yet used Tor such
purpose in America, the Crystal Palace alone
excepted, the applications for space already tax
its entire capacity; the portion assigned Tor
machinery in motion being considerably ex-
ceeded. The National Exhibition of Wool and
Wooden Fabrics will surpass anything of the
kind ever yet seen in this country, II net III
any country. We trust that the exhibitors VIII
be induced TO aflix the wholesale prices
at which their goods are habitually sold
so that the public may see what has
been the progress of this important industry
not merely in excellence but in cheapDess as
well. The Free Traders are fond of p@ading
the high duties which Gas they cOmpue) are
charged upon the coarser and cheaper Wooden
fabrics, while those of finer and 'ostler
stamp are admitted Uhey ASSERT at lower
rates. We trust this exhibition may proclaim
! the fact that the coarse and cheap fabrcs thus
said to be excluded are now made n this
country cheaper than they ever were under
low duties-relatively cheaper than tie dear
and fine cloths still largely imported Our
! American fabrics are made of WOOL mot
| Shoddy) for which our farmers are paiC higher
! than those Of any other country and yet we
are confident that never prior to 1871 were
| Blankets, Flannes, &c, sold here for slch low
prices lin gold) as they are to-day
Among the inventions first exhibited at tins
| Fair will be "The Positive Motion LO)m,' by
James Lyall, 80 Wooster-st., which we deem
ore of the most important and useful ever
made. We shall not here describe l. since
| those interested will be satisfied with no re-
port but that of their own eyes. Suffice 1t
that the Shuttle is carried through tie warp
| instead of being knocked or driven through,
| its impulse being nseparable from that which
moves the reed, so that, if the shuttle should
| ever be stopped in its course, the reed IS also
arrested and held fast till the shuttle has
moved on and cleared the web. Friction, pull
! ing, breaking yarn. &c, are thus prcluded ;
! the power required is greatly reduced; while
| n web of any conceivable width may be
woven with ease We yesterday Jaw one
of these looms weaving drugge, nine
teen feet wide. yet requiring 10 more
attention than an ordinary loom; while
the finest and heaviest Silks wert being
woven without fault in a smaller loon beside
the former. Though this invention Is scarcely
a year old, and its development has boon
greatly retarded by a fire which consumed the
inventors premises six months since, yet more
than forty of his looms are now regularly ut
work. and hundreds more will be so soon as
they can be made. In fact, the weaving of the
world must rapidly be transferred to looms
based on this invention
There are several new and important Amer
! lean discoveries in the production If Iron and
/ Steel, sufficiently advanced to claim attention
at this Fair, which we trust will mark a new
era in American Industry and progress. We
shall speak of some of them as opportunity Is
| presented