New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-11

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- The Bourbon Democracy continue their
opposition to a protective tariff though
thay have permitted an Aight months ses;
sion to pass away without daring to repeal
SfSven modify that .'bill Of examinations
a they alvaya call the peoteeti1e aysse9
Il has been . matter Of surprise that tie
Southern pespls have carried tAsarI
hostility to protection so hr IS 10
resist the -intsoluction Of manufactures
under ths. undoubtsd and inezitahlei eject
/ Of projection They. have abandohAd.
the doekinss Of Henry Clay 1t the very
moment when they furnish the only
measures by which Southern prosperity
may be restored. We have been for some
time engaged in The inquiry whether there
are any new branches of eommsscial or
mechanical industry adapted to the utility
Of our city and people. 49,
It is plain that an acclimated CONNER
cial marine ought to do the carrying trade
between the United States and the
tropical countries. It is obvious that the
young men of the country and city could
be readily prepared for that service, and
that the colored seamen could here ~
elsewhere be drafted into the naval OF
merchant service with great advantage to
either We have mtisied ourselves that
cotton goods Gould be manufactured by
steam in our Isitys On competing terms
with the average cost Of the same basinesa
elsswhare. Our researches. however. into
the new enterprise of manufacturing nix
goods in the United States have astounded
| us in the readiness and rapidity with
which this industry has been constituted.
The. sstire success Of this movement has
been dun to the protection American
industry. :, n4ir rt.,@ u .5r","
The production Sof saw silk has been
demonstrated for more than . century IN
the colonies, and n .ths. States of th(
Un5oa.- The a&tsmpt however, to- con;
vert Il into fabrics was failure, bScads(
the production and preparation was Too
expensive Om authority says
Tho vi, witch coipsI1ed this govern
ment to lay heavy duties on oil WHISTLES 81
iduxnxy, 4r0vsA of CREST hsse6s 10 tia sill
| manufacturers. The tariff 0f August 1851
| raising the duty On inoSt Glasses OF Sill
| goods to forty per cent aud that Of Jone
klSS4,s 80 Amy par esot, ot which rsee u "a
! sipus. remained. .s,,'a~ = = g-sus n.
The ipportatiop. oft raw silk ipcsaaeed
larsly,ovhih tkat otsilk sooda dCraAaed
eeninnsusly.i: 49, ~ '' ~ n7'.'r
From this event aad this period Ii,
mahufscture Of Amdn silks advanced
until in 1875 the following results wer'
presented:
Capital invested. .......... ...........eM 30s is
Rroducs... '''''''''''. 80 an
Number Of operatives. .............. I4,*'
This is extraordinary. We have beel
furnished With 4 centennial report Of tn
silk industry, in which We ind engrav
ings Of the vast manufactures of dres'
J goods, satinA foulards, luta strings, grapes
.vslvets, ribbons, -hces, scarfA binding
braids, dress trimmings military, tailors
ana upholstefen' trimmings; of every
article, in fact, which enters into Amer
can consumption. These extensive work
have sprung up in New York, Phiia
delphia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, ant
New Jersey. They have been founded il
| part upon the capital and enterprise o
men from France and Switzerland. The!
have employed the .skil Of the mactln
lists operatives apd dyers of France an(
and Italy In some instances the Amer
can manufacturer has sent an agent Il
China 70 superintend the reeling Of tn
SILK thread for his own machinery.
} On boxing at these vast buildings ant
this splendid machinery Of the Sill reel mil
and silk tpianing frame, weobserve tina
the largest 81 these are run by steam, If
however, any reader should be rinctedu
lous, Or have curiosity to see the extern
and perfection. to which American sill
goods have been brought; let him call a
the house of Feilman Brothers,' No. -;
| Canal street, or perhaps at other houses,
and be viii be shown line Of such good'
| as will no dotbt as.onish the reader as i
has done ourselves. -
When it is seen that an industry BY
which fourteen thousand operatives-two
thirds Of them women-create annual
values nearly double the amount invested
and nearly twice as great, it may b
added, - the whole sugar crop of Louis
lana, we are inclined to ask if there bt
anything in the new industry which
would prevent its introduction here2 W.
can see nothing. unlesyit be our opposi
| ten to accept any protected industry
True, we patronize protection in ever!
| shirt and shoe that We wear, but we vii
| not allow On encourage the industr,
among our own people. II would seen
that in New Orleans We have industrious
| and skillful women, French and Italia,
| dyers, persons Who have excellent tast'
| in the modes and styles Of goods. Ou
climate is favorable to indoor work tn
year round; We have facilities for import
ing raw material from Europe or Asia