The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-16

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IAmerican Cor. shefield CEng) Telegraph.
Thirty years ago there were few ar
tieles that wen 70 make mp the stock
of an American hardware merchant that
we're not made IN Great Britain. A few
articles Of heavy weight and coarse con-
Struction we're made here. Gradually
from that day to this. the inventive
g. MUS of our people has been exercised
to devise new methods Of manufacture,
new articles Of utility, until the whole
line Of first-class stock Of hardware
can be made up from goods of Ameri-
can manufacture. In conversation with
one Of our merchants recently, he in
formed me that the American made
goods had superseded the English,
being vastly superior in many cases.
He instaneed the mat ter of locks. these,
he said, which formerly were imported.
of the cheaper CRATES, would be so inn
perfect that about one quarter would go
to the waste-5ox as old iron. Padlocks,
ne said, that are now for sale at fifteen
cents, of American make, are perfect for
what they are pretended to be, and none
4ver went to the waste-box, as formerly
did the imported goods OF the same
class. inquired of this merchant what
per cent. of his large stock was foreign.
He eplied not over five per cent, and
he questioned II over half that were
foreign goods. he stated that occasion
slly tbey purchased a Job lot of Sheffield
goods, but that almost nothing came in
10 their stock regularly of foreign make.
ssATy own observation of She condition
If the the trade, in b~th England and
the United States, eOnvinees me that for
aeatness Of design, beauty Of finish, and
cnnomv Of material in manufacture, we
excel the old country manufacturers,
and that erelong we shall take possession
# the markets Of the world, do feel
almost certain.
The general appearance of what is
salled an irOumonger's stock, Gb preseni
IN London, Is that OF q mass of clumsy
materials. little improved from what
might have made mp the came kind Of
.fock thirty years ago, unless you GO
into one Of the better class of stores.
where many Of our goods are finding
heir WAY. Noticing baichets and ham
mers and various articles of American
nannfGcture for sale inan English stock
enuuirad how il happened tliat 50
pany American goods were finding
market in England. The reply was that
Rhiie the English goods we're the best %
the American gO0is were lighter and
handsomef, and hence the American
goods sold as = matter Of taste. You
G iuld not expect an honest confession.
Ienquired why it wa that the English.
with their cheap labor. with ali THE
knowledge that q long experiepce gives.
Eould permit the Americans 10 enter
heir markets with their merchandise.
He replied that the English manufae-
'urers we're generally unwilling 10
change their mode Of work that ip
roods that had once been po ular and
found a reads sale, they conld see no ca
con why change should be made. This
co sersatism Of commerce IL doing lie
sad work for the English manufacturer
Of iron goods. and, think. some
other department s. Another thing thaf
Hiniers improvement is the unfnenGli-
ness Of their patent laws. While with
rs an ingenious inventor can protect the
produee Of his brain labor at che patent
of5cs for some E35, i viil cost nearly
$500 20 do the same thing IN Britain
This VIII explain IN psEt Uily the detail
~ our roods Is larger. and also WY Cur
devices for manufacturing By laisor-sav-
ing machinf ~ and for Superior hnialIine
are 50 much multiplied Is compared
with the English.