The Morning herald., 1876-01-06
OUR MOROCCO MAAUFACTUhEH EHS

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QUE MOROCCO MAAUFACTOH1E" E"S
MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXCHANGE
NEXT wEEK--A GRAND BANQUET TO De
GIVEN THEM-sKETOH OF THE TRADE
IN WILMINGTON. ,D".. =.
The Morocco Manufacturers' :Na1'on"
Exchange will NEE. in this city on "ednes
day next, the 18th inst. Matters OF interest
to the trade will come before the Exchange.
Delegates from Massachusetts,, New York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey
will be here. Among the important matters
which the Exchange will CONSIDER VIII De
the selection and classification OF new STOCK.
| James Scott, Esq, of this caty, nne
morocco manufacturer of the State is VICE
President of the Exchange, and o.. v.
Baker, ESQ.,, is Secretary. B. +. Clemens,
Esq, Of Syracuse, is President.
Either in the afternoon or evening gfsno
banquet will be given to the Exchange Dy
the manufacturers Of this city, which VIII
be an affair Of unusual elegance. 49,
The Exchange held its session in this CITY
four years ago, and they were given
hearty reception. 't''"
We give the following sketch which we
have corrected somew hat, from the "Shoe
and Leather Reporter" Of the trade IN thls
city. 1,....,.r. ,.'r So - 8
The morocco manufacturers Of Whining
ton have NOT had very successful trade
for the past year, but change for the the
better is now observable, and, although pri-
ces are low for their stock, so that the mar
gin of profits is cut very close, still 1t Is
thought that better times are coming. no.,
Some OF the best and most reliable manu-
factures of morocco in the country are lOca-
ted in Wilmington. The older manufactu-
rers have carried on business there for
thirty years of century. The goods are
sold to the shoe trade all through the
United States. ........,,,.-... :,
; w. Jones & Co., manufacture Patna and
Madras stock, and are turning out now S6
dozen q day. Their factory is conveniently
, located, less than one minutes walk from
the railroad station, and they are the
largest manufacturers of exclusive ''hard
= stock" in the country. 5-'
! VIM, Bush g. Co., at Ala Walnut street,
near the railroad depot, have one OF the
largest and most complete morocco factories
!. in the country. They manufacture now ~
dozen of Cape and Tampico stock daily
!, with some Curacao and South American
: kids. The capacity of the factory is for q
dozen daily. This firm, originally Bush
Clark s. Co., has been In business sixteen
years. ....
!" !" manufacturing firm in Wilmington, have
. been in business twenty-five years. They
are tanning now 81 dozen Patna or 50 dozer
> South American skins daily. They make
: specially of heavy, first class stock in these
IY- SJVlo ooI lat tor
: ming open, as it is called, that is, the skinl
are suspended in the watts, instead OF being
: sewed in bags. They claim that this methoc
= plumps better, and as they do not measure
as much, and have no stitch holes arount
II their edges, it is better for the manufacture
7. of shoes. ,..,.n
The John G.. Baker Manufacturing Com
pany are tanning 60 dozen daily of Tampico
Rio Hache, Patna and Mocha stock. Mr.
J. Baker, the President of this company, hal
e been in tn . business about fifteen years, ant
Z Is known as frst-class manufacturer. II
this factory they use patent tanning
r process, and approved machinery for finish
E ing in the various manipulations.
vi VIM. Y. Warner has got a model tannery
d at Wilmington, which he has recently erect
y ed on plans of his own. Mr.. Warner econ
d omizes room and labor by his machinery
n much of which is of his own invention. HI
5. is now getting out rs dozen Of heavy Cap
'e daily. q"
n Frederick MalUritz manufactures how y
ID dozen day of Patna and Curacao stock
making black and colors. He has been IL
r the business ten years, and occupies tn
'g factory for SO many fyears used by the lat
p Joseph Richardson. -
le Charles Baird u Co., are now tannin!
from 80 to 40 dozen of Patna, Cape and HI.
Hache stock per day. This firm has busi
ness experience of many years. Their fac
tory is on Third street.
T. VIM. Basdenkopf has the factory late
e, run by Jacob Richardson. His product
o: Cape Stock, Of which ne gets out ~ doze
"; . week. - ..,...t
s. James Bonner has the old Jones Il Rich
ardson factory on Fifth street, where h
w. produces 10 dozen of Cape stock daily
n: He tans and finishes by hand work, in tn
V. old style, employing little, II any, ma
chinery. ..,...-
s. Postles & Son, at their factory o.
Fifth street, manufacture AZ dozen da
10 Patna and Cawnpore Madras stock. MI
- Postles is one of the pioneers, having bee
q: the business ~ years.
", John Taylor & Co., make 20 dozen = do
III of Cape and Madras stock.
a Myers, Armstrong & Co., commence
Ia, manufacturing here in April last. The
g. make nine dozen day Of Cape and Patn
re stock.
y. FIRE.
" Ahout 4:3O O'Clock Yesterday afternoO