New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-05
PATERSON INDUSTRIES.
SILK COTTON, sHAwIS, NETTING, CHEMICALS, AND
DYING MATERIALs-THE NUMBER or PERSONS
Thrown OUT or EMPLOYMENT.


DYING MATERIALS-THE NUMBER OF PERSONS
THROWN OUT or EMPLOYMENT
PATERSON, N. j., Nov 1.-The earliest in
dusres Of Paterson were cotton and silk manufacture
The second cotton mil erected United states and
the first Of the Hudson built here, and the first
cotton yarn spun in NewJersey made here in 1885,
in q mil the machinery OF which was driven by oxen.
The cotton interest became q controlling one, but the
manufacturers confined themselves TO spinning the
y8rn being sold the manufacturers Of fabrics
and fuding its way chiefly to Philadelphia. The article
thus went the market with the profits Of two man
uacurers placed upon its cost, aud it found that
the business could not be made remuncIatyo unless the
spinning and weaving both done in the same fac
tory. The Philadelphia and other weayers began TO
spin their own yarn, and the Paterson mill
owners, instead of following their example and put
ting in LOOMS turned their attention almost
exclusively 10 silk-spiDning which had already become
prominent industry In this, however, the same pol
icy was pursued the cotton mandatory only the
spinning was done here and the spun silk sent 10
other cities TO be The demand for this gradu
ally fell off, and within comparatively short period the
manufacturers began TO work up the silk into fab
RIGS ready for 1.-THE market. In the meantime, how
ever other manufacturers have obtained long start OF
them In the reputation they had won in the trade If not
in the real excellence OF their goods The silk manufac
ture Paterson carried is in its comparative
youth those engaged in it claim that the improve
ment they making from year 10 year In quality and
cOlOrs OF their goods is very great.
The silk interests OF this city greater than any
other except those Of locomotive manufacturing and
larger number of workers are employed in the former
though they consist largely of and children and
contain much smaller proportion of heads Of families
than latter Careful inquiry Of either the owners
superintendents OF all the large silk mills prove that
their embaIrassments very great, owing to an al
entire lack of demand for their goods There
some circumstances. however, which enable them to
bold out longer than the workers in the metals Very
few OF their manufactures order, and fair
degree of confidence IN good Spring trade encourages
them to accumulate stock. The additional value
given to their material by the labor employed upon
it small compared with that given TO the iron by
the locomotive maker and thus it is of less importance
TO the manufacturer whether he keeps hand the
thread or the fabric. The hard times are known TO ALL
and will be much more seriously felt before the Winter
is over.
Thomas " Dale Of the Dale Manufacturing Company
talked with your correspondent about the silk business
in all its branches There four thriving preparing
the thread for weaving spnning) dyeing manufactur
ing sewing silk and weaving He began to contract his
business In May last and sold out three branches
filming himself TO brads and bindings. The panic has
diminished the sales but has affected the small
department than Others because dealers In staple
goods always buy full stocks while the others
dered only as wanted They employed $50 workers In
good times and have less than lOO who working
reduction of from Is 70 20 per cent In their wages
The actual reduction OF hands from the effects Of the
panic not than GO, the force had been greatly
cut down before II Sales have d.
mished One-haf. They had accumulated q large
stock In the Summer in anticipation OF
the Fan trade, and 1t is difficult to move It,
They expect duh market until Spring Mr.. Dale
thought that capital would be plentiful soon,
tracts being rapidly consummated and no new
ones were making, money would to the surface
naturally Heretofore IL has been controlled by Walst
operators who have forced up the rate OF interest by
their vast specuat0ns, which have given speculative
value all articles OF commerce. There will have 70 be
general shrnkage before things become settled, aud
the public Will have walt patiently for II as they
can. The present Is not manufacturing and CONNER
clal but a speculators' panic, though unhappy all
classes have 10 bear the evils resulting from
t. In tho mean time he saw some good 10 the silk
manufacturing interests resulting from The present evil
10 has been very difficult for domestic manufacturers TO
compete with foreign but within tho past year aud