The New York herald., 1873-11-15
CONNECTICUT.

Depression In the Cotton and W0ollen
Observation-Disclosures Overlooked With
Domestic Productions - The Glass OF
Mill Owners Who Are Cruel and Heart
loss.
NORWICH, Nov. IL, 1878.
The safety OF Connecticut in the present crisis
lies the peculiar character OF her industries As
a rule, there are no very large manulacturing es-
tablishments such as the Cambria Iron Works. In
Pennsylvania or the Rogers Locomotive Works, in
New Jersey, and seven-tenths OF the manufactures
beong to a class that find sale ut all seasons OF
the year--Lnat people will buy despite even the
panic 1t Is not surprising that the carriage fac
tories OF New Haven should be forced to close.
Carriages are only for the rich, and even then
they are not necessities of a comfortable exist
ence.
Those who have money ride In ch aises
And those who haven't must walk like blazes.
The conditions expressed In this old cOuplet
were accepted In a past generation as the choice
for rich and poor, but we have a compromise now
ad iys IN the street cars, which even the ricu
disposed to patr0nIse panicky times like these.
People can afford to wait for carriages, but they
must nave calico, spool thread, hats. boots ana
shoes, pins clocks, paper, lamps, stoves and the
like ana to these Connecticut devotes the prime pal
share OF her Industrial energies. In regard the
COTTON AND wnOLLEN MANUFACTURERS
attention Of the people In the eastern OF the
State, am satisfied, from all have learned that
that there has been great Overproduction Mt all
the manu- lacturing centres. In England condl-
tion oil 0verprOducti0n Is relieved by the outlet to
the markets OF India, China, South America an6
Australia; but this country has outlet. or, hay.
ing one, does not seek to 1T and enter into
competition with the productions OF England,
France and Germany. 1t would seem tnat our do
mestic fabrics must lind o market at homo.
ovERsToCKED MARKETS.
The market tru Is very large, embracing con-
tinent, but it is now overstocked. The manulac-
ture OF cotton and wOolen goods has made gi.
gantc strides within tue past ew years. Think OF
Fall River, a place hardly known fifteen years ago,
having more spindles to-day than Manchester city
proper, IN England, and more than twice the num-
Der tnat Lowell Mass possesses. Cotton and
| wO3nen factories are not now confined to
tine land, and the agsresate proauoton is
| This being borne IN mind II must occur to one's
! reflection that the financial panic oil Wall street
ID not primarily Responsible lor the depression
that pre-, ais in the cotton manufacturing DIS
trlcts. Had no panic happened something like
ably occurred Few nave any conception OF the
vast quantity OF manufactured cotton goods now
In the hands g. , the VINO n esale dealers In oil the
tent the business OF mills again spreads
to It's full limits. Tnis -
Il
with a )pulati0n OF about $4,000, lives by manu-
| lectures entirely. Take them away and It would
is an old fashioned town, scattered over steep hills
and deep hollows, and though Its citizens are not
az pIous and righteonsly gwen. Tie Water
bury iolks are TOO modest to claim mo-
q nss rest 81
sentati0n In the Elysian hereafter there Ia uttle
hole .or the rematnuer OF the world.
The effect OF the panic on the lines OF travel Is
| felt on the Norwicn and New York transports tion
line OF steamers. The City OF Lawrence nas oeen
! Norwich, and the hands discouraged. At the Nor
wich and Worcester Railway shops, where sixty
men are employed, one ireigdt train each way has
RUNNING ON HALF TIME
are the Richmond stove WORKS, aud their monthly
payroll will thus pe reuuced from S. 0uO month
to $2,500; the Falls Company. with l5 900 spndles
Winsow Williams woolIen null, q. Yanticj ). L.
Hubberts paper mill. at Greenville; the MOwry
Mill and Axle Works. along VITA reduction OF the
Iorce from 100 to ~ hands; the snetucKet cotton
featuring company, employing 400 hands none OF
whom have been discouraged. and the Norwich
wOrstcd mills.
RUNNING ON THREE.QUARTER TIME
are q. b. Rogers a Co., makers OF woodworking
macn!nery, lorce reanced ,i 70 men; J. p COLLINS
cent; huntingtons organ factory, Az hands; Pot
ter Press Works IS hands; the hopkins Allen
| factory, iOroe reduced ruIn 100 to 100 men and
| wages cut down.
RUNNING ON FULL TIME
or the large concern, running on full time are
the Chelsea Paper Company, with 275 hands; the
Norwich Bleaching Calendering Company, 200
hands; the Thamesvlle Rolling Mills, 90 men; the
Cold spring Iron Works, 90 men. Besides these
are dozen smaller establishments employing
IRON IL to 30 men, winch are running tner
full capacity. The reduction In wages is pretty
general and ranges from ten to twenty-five per
| cent.
1 AT BOzRAHvILLE
west OF here, the Kent Manufacturing Company,
employing loo hands, nave shut down. They will
| not be prepared TO begin operations ior a month";
| Unemployed families III the meantime are gwen
their rent free. A rubber and a paper COMPANY
dong IN small way, are running iui time at the
same place.
AT PUTNAM
the Baou Manufacturing Company and the Put
nam WOollen Company are running on haII time
The MonOnausett mills and tho Powhatan mills
are stopped. Ihe Morse mills and the mills OF
George G. Nightingale sons are running Ave day 8
In the week.
HARD TAsKMAsTERs AND CHURCH MEMBERS
As far NJ Norwich and It's v. entity are concerned
there IL distress as yet visible. Tnere are about
500 hands oil ali kinds out OF work. IL must be
tnat tue operatives are schooed TO these muta.
tions OF fortune and accept them as they might
| the changes IN the weather. one hears no com.
| plant arising from them, though when the bitter
| days OF winter come IN earnest IL ~ hard TO sup
remain In Information aud make no sign. IL
| IL pleasant to 1nd that the factory own
| crs are disposed TO act kindly by their
| help. some. to be sure, are cruel and
nggardlI. and turn out their hands 90 they