American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-28
INDUSTRIAL.

THERE are 800 glove and mitten manu-
factories in Fulton County, N. Y, $50 il
the town of JohnstOwn. 1t is estimated
that two-thirds of the buckskin gloves ami
mittens made in the United States ar
| made there.
| THERE is not broom factory in tn
South. Yet, if a market was created TO
| broom corn, farmers could realize 800 pc
acre by its production, and the capital in
vested in the manufacture would pay Al
per cent iehsbury Herald.
"A NEW printing machine, which is sale
to be modification of the Walter perfect
ing machine, is now building in England
| When completed, it will not only print al
| illustrated paper on cylinders, but will
print both sides at once and deliver it com
| pfeted, at the rate of 600 an hour.
IT has long been question what the
Maine tanneries would do for bark wher
the hcfalock forests should become ex
hausted, which bids fair to occur at nc
distant day, but it has now been found
that the sweet fern, which springs up in
great quantities where the woods are re.
moved, possesses valuable tanning proper
ties, and measures are being taken at Efls-
worth and vicinity to utilize it,
THE Quebec Chronicle says that a move
ment is on foot to effect revival of the
ship-building industry of that city A CO.
operative association has been formed for
the purpose with a proposed capital of
500, 600 in 800 shares, payable 21l per
cent. per month and the Chronicle under
stands that the intention of the company is
to turn out next winter three ships of $50
tons each, which will either be offered for
sale or sailed, at the company's option.
BRoOM-cORN used to be almost wholly
raised for this country's consumption in
~ <Nr
linois has been able to raise larger and
cheaper crops. Therefore, although broom
making is extensively practiced in New
England, the raw material is grown at the
West. The product of an acre can be de-
livered in Northampton for five dollars
Many brOoms are exported from Boston,
and those made for the foreign trade have
handles stained with bright colors.
THE Springfield (Mass.) Republican says
of the market for fine writing paper:
Probably no branch of manufacture is at
present so disadvantages the fine writing
paper business, and an unfortunate fact
is that there is no sign of Improvements.
The demand and prices were for time
somewhat improved by the results of the
arrangement of the various manufacturers
to run their mills on the shert- product sys-
tenn, but the market seems to be again
glutted to a considerable extent, and the
manufacturers are talking up the matter
of again running on short time.
ACCORDING to statement in the
Engineer a weeks work in Birmingham
comprises, among its various results. the
fabrication of IA ,0O0, 900 pens, 6 200 bed
1OO, 900, 600 buttons, I 900 saddles, $780,
600 copper or bronze coins, 10000 pairs
spectacles, six tons papier-mache wares, Z
$50, 900 worth of jewelry, 1000 miles of
iron and steel wire, ten tons of pins, five
tons of hair-pins and hooks and eyes,
100, 900 gross of wood screws, 500 tons of
nuts and screw bolts and spikes, fifty
tons Of wrought-iron hinges, $50 miles
1 600 dozens of tenders, $500 bellows,
800 tons of brass and copper wares-these,
with a multitude of other articles, being
exported to almost all parts of the globe.