The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-10
COTTON CLOTH EXPORTED.
THE L<RGE SHIPMENT or AMERI-
CAN FABRIC TO ENGLAND.



The Quantity Sent Abroad this Year.
In circular letter to several OF the lead.
Ing dry goods houses in this city Edward and
John Jackson, OF Manchester, England, write
encouragingy Of the importation into that mar
ket Of cotton goods manufactured in the United
States, an enterprise that is attracting consider
able attention, especially among English firms
In this letter attention Ia called TO the superior
quality OF American goods as compared with
the English, and IN the fact that they are made
Of genuine cotton are not Weighted with stinen-
Ing and nlling, and that they will wash and wear
In satisfactory manner.
This communication, which 10 an advertise
ment OF American goods by an English nrm, s
significant Of the Importance which Is attached
to the attempted revival Of the expectation Of
American cotton cloth.
Yesterday SUN reporter called upon several
agents for the cotton mills.
we are shipping largely" said one. at
should be generally understood that Manchester,
England, is the great headquarters Of the world
for cotton goods. Orders for China, India,
Africa, South America, and the w est Indies are
received here by way Of Manchester. We have
to-day nlled orders for Rio de Janeiro by the
way Of Manchester. So that It does not follow
that because American fabrics are sent to Eng
land they are to be sold in English markets.
But they compete with English goods none the
less. Before the war our expectations To China,
India, and Africa were considerable. rhe
cloths sent were the medium and coarser grades,
from fourteen to thirty yarns. Three causes com
bined TO almost destroy the trade. First. our
commerce was DESTROYED, then during the war our
home mills were making such enormous profits
nve per cent. they could make by exporting.
hut the chief cause OF the decline IN our eX
ports especially TO China, India, and Africi, was
the fact that ENGLAND throw into those markets
for a ess price than we could adulterated goods.
COTTON, CHALK, AND STARCH.
Hero Is circular issued some time ago by
TO gam control OF these markets, the Manches-
ter manu-. cturers increased the quantity Of
size In drills aud shirtings, until one third
OF the weight OF the goods was chalk or
starch. OF course such goods were worth al
most nothing after beng washe Il. THIS me
circular SHOWS that American goods contain
only the Size needed for their manufacture, and
are otherwise better than the English, aud
proves that, taking tue actual quantity Of cotton
than the English. Well. the merchants In China
and India are finding out the frauds practised
on them 10y the Manchester manufacturers, aud
the demand for American fabrics Is increasing.
We eau produce the grades Of goods sent there
the medium and coarser grades-cheaper than
any other market in tn. world, and there Is good
reason to think that we shall get our share Of
the t45 .CsSvoO heretofore annually paid to Eng
Lad bv CHINA for cotton cloths.
within four months there have been sent to
England from the United States from 500 to
10000 pieces OF brown shiitings, made OF from
cost and charges, to net shippers as high as they
could have been sold here. something that WAS
the profit was small. such il the depression OF
the market here, that we are willing to make
from two and half 10 i've per cent. II we can
SUPERIOR GOODS.
I'VE send" said another agent, the better
elasses of brown sheetings and shrtinVs and the
best grades of bleached goods to England, and
are competing successfully with the Englsh
goods. here Is no doubt but that our goods
are superior in every respect to those of British
make and our prices to-day are at point
where we can compete with the world. There
are those who say that unless gold Is at
q high premium We could not AFFORD To send
goods to England, but In my opinlon we could
do II II gold was At parthat is. II LABOR and all
the commodities that go To make up the expenses
OF manufacturing the cloths came down equally
with the gold. In fact i think that then we'd
be more equality than we are to-day. or
course N wages and prices remained as they are
TO export cottons to England. The excitement
that the English manu- facturers seem TO be IN.
and the prominence they have given TO the TACT
that we are sending cottnns To them has had
the good "a ct Of bringing American goods
prominently before the world. anu as "a result
we are receiving orders from other than English
markets. As AN example, the other day All
American merchant received an order from
Ilamourgh for goods to 20 TO south America.
Thus the American manufacturers are bcsttr-
ing themselves. Fall River house sent an
agent to Manchester last week.
Mr.. II. Il. Clatiin has said that II his Louise
had to pay commissions on their exports they
could not afford to make tnem" said the re-
porter, - Dut tuat, having a mouse III MtucueS-
ter, his Arm we're able To make profit. Does
your house nnd that To be the caset'
AMERICAN CoTToSs IS MANCHESTER.
"Mr. Clanin buys Of us and other houses, and
so we, I'm iact, paw him the commission for sell.
ing tue goods. Mr.. Fairchild, the member OF
the firm In Manchester, has done much tow RI
Introducing American cottcns there and tn,
fact that he Il there Is II great advantage 10 The
firm, Of course"
Mr. Clifin said to the reporter that there were
no new features connected with the exporta
lions. The conditions neCessary to success,
were a duh market here and a hiEh premium OF
| gold.
when gold drops TO ~" said he. I'VE can
make cent by exporting cotton fairies to Eng
| land. l was talking with several ~ the leading
Boston men yesterday, and they all said The
same"
The heaviest shipment this year was to Chin,
| OF l2.145 bales. LIVERPOOL received 5.,sSS bales
and l275 cases; Africa, As baes Mexico
lao baes nayti. 2-as bales; Venezuela, %
| bales Brazil, 5l3D bales, lG cases New Gren
ada, 1.h59 bales and the Argentine Republic
| lOl2. Ihirty--iX different markets were repre-
sented in the shipments. and the total oales an,
| cases from jan. l. $50 to the 6th II this montl
| were 3s.fJ. The shipment w To Dec. was %,
| 756 packages. In the same time in 1874 he shin
ments were only 1894 packages; In 1913, ld.0ls
| In 1872. EGO; IN ISL 1868, and In 1870. l4.lh
| For the same I've years the shipments IRON
| Boston were: In 1873, 1902 IN 1874. ll.1W; 1t
| 1873, 6,ls0; In 1877, ISIS Ia ISL, uU'o, and II
| 1870, 1,41S.