The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-05-27

al his constituents, anu MS sODCltuue III
this direction was equal to that Of any
other New England or Penn. member for
his machine makers, and could You. my
dear Editor. he here and watch the prog
rcss of tariff bill through the House you
would agree with me that this solicitude
is equivalent to avarice.
Permit me to add n word personal 10
myself. IL we werc personally acquaint-
ed with each other, or werc you familiar
with my public record rs il stands in the
Globe ON the subject of tariff, l am conf
dent You would not Charge me with
speaking as an attorney in the Interests
of English machine builders" L may
have been misinformed. but no fee, how.
ever large. can induce me 10 advocate the
hercsy of free trade. Myargumepts were
based upon the best information could
command. and you will SEQ from the fol.
lowing extract that one of my authorities
is an eminent citizen of New England:
An association was organized on the Goth Of
April. 1868, by gentlemen from ALI parts Of the
United States who were engaged in the culture
and manufacture Of cotton, and who had con-
vened In the city Of New York, pursuant TO a
Cti tc,uci w tuc itutituk eOhtou
Of the country. AT that meeting. Mr.. Il. II,
Nudge, an eminent manufacturer Of Massachu-
setts. and one OF the American commissioners
ut the Paris exposition, said-I quote from the
report Of their proceedings published officially
by the association:
4It Is supposed by the people Of this country. gen.
the manufacture OF cotton. can only say that I
was utterly ashamed OF my'country at the exposi-
tiOn In Paris this last year, when saw that we fo
at the foot Of all civilized nations In the handling OF
the raw material which we produce in such abun-
dance. That may seem astonishing. i do not mean
that do not produce tho articles that We attempt
to make rs we'll as any other country. That ffec-
ly admit. But what mean s.that We arc only In
the a Is C'sOf our business, while other countries
have run nearly through the alphabet, many of
them. lf you will look ut the numbers OF the yarn
We spin In this country, from a material which Is
better adapted than the production Of any other
country To spinning variety OF numbers, you will
see what mean. In fact, with the exception of
England who showed her fabrics made FOR export 10
India and other countries, we were the only people
who pretended 10 show. piece OF tsheetinS-coinmon
cotton cloth. That was not considered by the ma
tOns Of Europe NJ article 10 send 10 an exposition
'Of the industry OF all nations. They considered,
suppose, that any country that could not make that
should not be admitted 10 expose their fabrics In
competition with other countries. You walk into
any retail dry-goods store on broadway, and exam
inc the Gotten fabrics In that store, and what do you
seel OF the number OF articles exhibited there,
III lou Nou VIII sou
perhaps that We make here the other 10 are i'm
ported Z"
also beg leave to correct an error in
your Editorial regarding the climate of
Of the South. While il is hot rs you
state, il is also moist the whole year. i
invite your attention to an extract of n
speech. had the honor to deliver in the
House of Representatives on the 2Sth OF
March, 1870.
Our peculiarly moist climate in the cotton
belt is another great advantage for the manu-
facture Of yarn. One Of our manufacturers,
exhorting his brethren Of New England to
come and settle among us, says:
'rhe SANG skill and labor at the South that Is
used in the East can be made 10 produce q muc,
finer yarn, for tho that the climate Il mild
and sOlt aud the cotton Is In it, virgin purity like
snOw-lskcs as IL calls from the gin.
To sum II all up, eastern sk Ill operated at the
the East, and can produce a liner yarn than has
ever boon made on this continent, or rs fine as can
be made on the Globe. The Yankees have taken
the premium in the world exhibition Of mechanic
arts ami they eau do - In the manufacture OF tho
finest yarns and fabrics If they but apply their
skill at the south, where the climate harinoniles
with tholr objects and where the pure snowflake
fiber as il falls nom the gin aids in their purpOss
Your editorial closes in these words,
1T appears that the excitement among
Southern members about admitting the
machinery duty free has been gotten up
by person who has ordered set of
machinery for his mills nj Tallahassee
Fla, and hopes 10 get il admitted free"
In this use of the language of another
YOU do me an unintentional but great
wrong. carry no such narrow views
or purposes into my public acts. Did
i not think the policy advocate of sub
stituting yarn for raw cotton us an arti-
Gle Of National export would in few
years add millions to our national wealth,
giving employment To thousands Of OPP
cratives who are now wholly unproduc-
tive. and creating vast home markets for
our surplus produce, i would abandon
the effort Mt once. To show have some
good reason for the faith that Is In me.
l invite your attention to the following:
ind in the British trade statistics some very
instructive figures. They show that In 1865
England exported in the form Of yarn alone
l7i,537,979 pounds.
The export value Of this yarn was. :. Eit7Oo, ,lsi
s'o los raw corton at lct perlb. .'iS,il'
Increased value give to 80 much cotton, k7,y7a,7g
We see that in the first process Of spinning
English labor and machinery double the value
Of the cotton that England receives from us.
To follow this cotton, made into yarn, We find
that Of the quantity reported, Ia, ,537, ,91O
pounds, there went to Hong Kong and Wham-
poa. 6,56S,3l0; to Shanghai, 3l5,700; 70
Japan, 4.siS. .275; to Singapore aad Penang.
l,62S, ,663; to Batavia and Soorsbaya, 6Sl :
SbO. 10 Manila Sl5ql2: 10 Calcutta 1854
4OS; 10 Ceylon, AZ, S,737; to Bombay, 7.llO.-
1903; to Madras, 6,SS4, 1926 to Turkey, II. .lS9,-
500; TO nlyria, Croatia. and Dalmatia. 2,7Sl, :
4l5; to Sardinia. 8,922. 800; to Tuscany, 81
|. sli. .7s0; TO Ancona aud Romagna, 1,Cs2 300;
10 Naples and Sicily, 7.6+2. .233; to Veuets,
le7, 100; To France. 2,osS. .63s; to Holland,
35,5l6 ,l55; TO the Hanse Towns, 81, ,207 ,7S3;
10 Hanover, II 600; 10 Prussia, 6,6i2, $50, "a
Russia. ,747,747; to other countries, 22.366,
060 pounds.
A little more than one half of all the cotton