Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-19

TIE fabrics are not distinguished, but II
is 10 be presumed that nearly all Of
Ohio are employed in the production OF
cotton, while the great majority OF the
Western mills, and all of those in the
Northwest are employed with WOODEN
machinery. Owing to the high price OF
cotton. the consumption Of woolens has
made marvellous progress within a few
wears. stimulated 10 a considerable extent,
too, by the large and increasing German
element in our population, which has
brought with it from Europe the habitual
use Of woolens as undergaFments, n pre-
ference TO cottons.
In January, 1868, the Wooden Maufac-
turers' Association Of the Northwest was
organized, and in the following summer
held an exposition of wool and wooden
fabrics at Chicago, which was a decided
success. Last year the plan was so ex-
tended as to admit all textile fabrics man
ufactured in the West and South, and an
exposition was held IN Cincinnati in Au-
gust. One hundred and tifty-ive exhib-
itors were represented by about three
thousand samples Of goods, comprising,
principally, hannels, jeans, cassimeres,
satinets, tweeds, ~rePellants, knit-goods,
shawls, blankets, worsted braids, carpets,
sheetings, ~shirtings, yarns, drillings, os-
naburgs, denims, tickings, ginghsms, cot
tonades and bags. The exhibitors repre-
scented twenty States. FOrty-two cotton
mills were represented, divided among
the states as follows: Georgia u, Tennes-
see 6, Alabama 6, Pennsylvania 5, South
Carolina 3, OhiOe, Kentucky 8, Mississippi
?, Indiana l, Rhode IslandI l.. Sixty wool
en- mills were represented, divided among
the States as follows; Ohio y, Indiana IL,
Illinois 10, Kentucky 7, Iowa 2, California
7, Pennsylvania 2, Michigan, Wisconsin,
New Jersey and New York / each.
A similar exposition is to be held at Gin
cinnati in October of the current year,
under the auspices of the "Grand Expo
sihol Of Textile Fabrics of the Wo0len
and Cotton Manufacturers Association Of
the West and South"
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A brisk business has been done during
the week in this lire, probably the best Of
the season, but the bulk of the spring
trade is over. Dealers, however, look for
q steady demand for a month or so to
come, aud are prepared to meet it-hsving
well assorted and good stocks on hand,
and receiving daily from the factories. OF
the New York market, the shoe Reporter
SAYS: Prices have evidently reached
. bottom and, although this is not low
enough to meet the expectations of buy
ers, it is too low to be satisfactory to the
great majority of the manufacturers. A
few, and few only, Of the latter, are max
ing any profits at all prOPOrtiOnate to their
risks and the amount Of capital they have
employed. The buyers in the market re-
present all sections of the country
The same authority says Of the Boston
market:
The market in general has been dull.
The New England trade, so far as jobbing
houses are concerned, has been very good
during the week. and some orders ave
been received from the Sicthern, Western
and Middle States, for sersOnable goods,
at fair prices which preNoil at present,
and are likely 10 be maintained, unless
manufacturers begin to OYerstock the
market, of which there is, perhaps, little
danger, although the hitherto unemployed
from strikes and otherYise-in different
owns, are now asking for work, and man
ufacturers have an opportunity to employ
the best workmen and get out such a linn
tied quantity of good stock as might be
safely put on the market without break
.ng il down.