, 1876-11-19

! DECORATIVE PAPER.
4 BUSY TINE IN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| POPULARITY OF HANG1sGs-ExPoRrAT1o,
] FROM TIE UNITED sTATEs-THE PASSION 70
| THE ANTIQUE IN DECORATION.
From Occasional Correspondent
NEW YoRE, Nov. 16.-Hish taxes aud the dc
can Of public spirit in New York City threate
to drive from the borders Of Manhattan Islam
all the great manufactures We have here. Bu
| there is one class of industrial establishment
| which probably will never depart. d portion o
their business may 20 West when Chicago OPEN
her eyes E little more attentively to the exten
to which sue is dependent on other communitic:
for things which can as we'll be made within hel
own precincts Us elsewhere. Yet, for many
years, New York City will continue to be
the principal centre Of manufacture of one
class Of goods which are getting to be ex.
ceedingly popular and fashionable, namely:
the beautiful decorative papcr-hangings over
which, since 1865, there has sprung up SO much
interest. The wants Of great community
swayed BY luxurious tastes and craving for
whatever is rich and stylish in interior decora-
ton, have promoted the growth Of the industry
here at the expense Of New England and other
sections where it was once flourishing and i'm
portant business. Some interesting establish
1ncnts have come into existence here according
II. This fall there is state Of unusual activity
at these factories owing to the increasing sale Of
their goods at home and abroad. The subject
will repay moments attention.
It is one Of the incidents Of the Centennial
year that it has become possible to
EXPORT A LARGE VARIETY
'bf the manufactures Of this country which
,+nf@r ~, F~&n
fore. Some ri these goods are going to Europe,
the ore quarter Of the globe that has been i'm
prcgnable to the majority Of American manu-
factures. A few weeks ago the writing, print
ing, and wrapping-pa men OF the country sent
9ut an agen. 70 Europe to Try the,5 fortune
The enterprise hos been successful, and it has
stimulated thu paper-hangings men 10 efforts of
similar character. Agents have been sent ont
by them to Europe and South America, and
an earnest effort is being made to work
in those lands. The enterprise has been
successful in South america, and within q
week orders Of the most encouraging character
have been sent from that quarter. No report
has yet been made from Europe, but there is
perfect confidence that very fair sale caa be
built up there too, as soon as the dealers can be
made acquainted with the excellence, and with
what is Of more consequence to them, the cheap
ness, Of the goods. 4 promising export Of
American hangngs to Canada has also devel-
opcd. In those provinces our wall papers are
nov commanding reader sale and a better
price than the English Of the same grades, on
account OF their excellence Of design and finish,
and growing quantities OF them are being sent
over there every year IN fact, the expectation Of
his now become an established
thing; and The American manufacturer, no
longer content with the home market, is pre-
pairing to carry his banner around the world.
This new state Of things is imparting fresh vigor
to IN industry which, perhaps more than many
Others, has felt thedcpressing effects Of the hard
times.
THE ABILITY OF OUR FACTORIES TO EXPORT
is due to the reduction Of the price OF hangings
through improved processes OF manufacture.
When this class OF goods was first offered for
sale on this continent, away back in Colonial
days, they were as much an article Of luxury as
ported from England, which caused thu
republicans Of that unworldly age to
rriticise him Us lofty aristocrat, Few
could afford to purchase SO costly and luxurious
. decoration OF the family mansion; and it is
said that they were held so precious that they
Of removal, as one would one's pictures. They
were stiff, heavy, aud portable, like the tapestry
they initiated, and could be put upon the walls
With tacks. They were too expensive for the
masses, who had to put up with whitewashed
walls. When the Fourdrinier machine was in
of putting paper hangings within the reach OF
The people, it cheapcned them By dispensing
with vast amount Of hand labor. Hang
nss were, after its invention printed
~ continuous roll Of paper, T.. instead
vas exactly parale1ed to that since caused by tho
into newspaper offices Of printing
presses where the paper Is fed into the press
from huge continuous roll, instead Of sheet
BY sheet. In large offices, the use Of this new