Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-12
Industrial News.

Mr.. Charles Nordhoff, in o letter from san
Francisco discusses the Chinese labor question,
and declares his belief that the persecution OF
the Chinese is not sympathizsd with by the real
workipQmen Of that city. 'It you could assem-
Bile all who join in this persecution, and it then
vou took from this assemblage all the Hood
Inns. an the bar-room loafers. and all the po-
liticai demagogues. don't believe you would
have a hundred men left on the ground. In
regard to wages, he says that: THE charge that
the Chinese underbid the whites III the labor
market is bosh. When they frat come over,
and are ignorant of our language, habits, GUS
toms, and manner OF work they no douht work
cheaply; bnt they know very accurately the cur
rent rate OF wages and the condition of the labor
market and they manage to get as much ~ any
body, or il not this in some cases, it is because
they cannot do full days work 1t is tact
however, that they do great deal OF work which
white men will not do out here
A New York man who is an officer Of the Work
ing Womens Protective Union returned from
his vacation on Saturday. His notion OF sum
mer rest is q peculiar one He says he has been
working in the harvest fields on week days and
preaching on Sunday, and that on oHe occasion
he pitched forty-one loads OF wheat on and OH
wagon within fourteen hours.
All accounts agree as to the slackuess of busi-
nesa in the iron and coal districts OF Great Br:-
tain and the London Times. OF July 18th, IN ltt
regular review of these trades says The iron
hfaAmahiD building trhQo lb very uuiob III the
whole of the northern ports, and there are feweI
inquiries for marine engines The marine steam
engine factories not doing much, and tht
iron trade OF the Tyne and Wear is less britt
than it was a few months ago. More men arr
available for all classes OF employment IN TINT
coal and iron trades
The coal miners in the vicinity of lrwins
Station Pa on the line OF the Pennsyvan
Railroad, are on strike, They demand an ad
vance from 70 centa to 84scents per ton, whicl
the employers will not give. At a meeting re
GENTLY held, the men determined to submit til
matter TO arbitration.
The cotton manufactures of the Southern
States are steadily developing, especially Il
Georgia. and the newspapers there are san
euine Of great future success in this branch o
Industry. An instance is given OF the mills q
Columbus, which worked up, this season, 10
bales of cotton. This would have brought sbou
1900 OOO., in its unworked condition, but ate
being manufactured, its value was nearly twt
million Of dollars, and the latter amount, II
stead of the former, was realized to the sectlo
in which the cotton grew. The Atlanta COnSt
tuition thinks such examples prove that the co
ton mills of New England must Dc remove
= south "among the cotton fields but tine Ne
York B,lLlectn says that while there ''ls no quei
tion about the ability of tho South to compel
with New England in manufacturing heAV
warns or the coarser brown fabrics but when
comes to the production OF fine goods, ana eve
many varieties of heavy fabrics, then there al
requisites OF climate, markets. labor, social 60
(ition and proximity to financial centres, Whl'
the South does not and cannot meet.