The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-30
YORK HERALD SUNDAY DECEMBER 3d. 77QUApRUPLE

adul,eration The iron and sulphuric acid which
used 10 load the dye tue sh aud II win not wear,
but yet u has beautifully III ok aud Riossy appear
ance and ouiy good judge detect iraud.n
"Wha do you think Of the iur trade In its restons
to your maluiacturef" asked.
1--WE should be oet,sr OF with protective tarin al
long as the duty on our goods entering Other coun
tries h,gn. rho duty 10 Germany is thiriy.6ve
per cent aud 10 Russia & rty per cent. Tho German
and Freuch silks here Tree OF duty and iood
homo markets. Golden and Bright didn't care wnat
they did Us long as they came cut all right Some OF
the manufacturers have way which does US In
jury. hey NIX the German with the English silks
ana call them all Spitaheids, which cali very un
gentismanly conduct As l said TO Mr.. Milner Glb-
son-to use vulgar phrase-let every tub stand on
It's own bottom. We will take down our works and
retire; only be KIND enough 10 call your German goods
German aud not English"
.'Do any Germans come here as weavcrs?"
"Yes, but not being able 10 live In this climate a.
they do 10 their own without animal food thsy get
consumption They nnd they cannot 1--we long on
reaeie and ired nsh They get into the hospital and
showed on to tho pubic pusn
THE RELIEF FUND.
"ls II true" inquired, 'that many OF the weavers
often out Of employ aud that the funds raised
Tor thor roef are part gwen to other poor people
who move iuto tue district with that obJeci vieU ~
"Much oil the relief has been diverted IN that way.
think three parts oil the rellcf, to use u vulgar
PM ase. rs dead swinde | never had farthipg OF
RES carpenter, ana when the carpenter make
living ne has received nep because his wife IVES
viewers daughter"
AND WAGES.
..What number OF persons are employed In silk
weaving in sspisalaclds and vicinity and what wages
do they earn Y"
II do no; think there are more than lwo thousand
wcayers anu the average wages little enough. They
do not amount 10 moro than eleven shlngs week.
In the best times we nad about utiy thousand people
employed. Now the wsavers nearly ali old pecple,
Tor there Is little lnduceneut TO bring up child
such trade while 9th employ supply easier
and better living There were thirty oil my relatives
once in the trade aud now Pm the only one."
THE FUTURE OF THE TRADE.
Tho president VI tne silk Wcavers' Union an
older man. oil very quiet and respectable Appearance
He claimed descent rom tho original French settlers
ana was quite ready TO answer any question. Ho
thought tnat IN about ten years ths would
die for want OF lauor. No children apprenced
TO the trade. good many years ago cndren used 10
work at weaving lwed sarscuots, but these gooas
no longer manufactured. I'VE have hcard,' sad he,
"oi children who were SCI 10 work AT six or seven
years oil age gu ling silk, aud year or two later
pick ing out the laws, aud ycar two later throw
ing Tho shuttle, but these cases exceptional II
The truth IL that IN this trade children are the
way, and that u requires more patience hsn chdrcn
usually possess TO work at silk weaving. Tho bad
materiul gwen TO the weaver nov would soon put u
child out oil temper and he would hot nave the yKiii
to manage Il. rne warn organzne OF some kinds
OF silk consists Of Two or three thousand threads In
other kinds there Is much Larger number. In one
| working on now there are 10, 200 threads,
and child could not keep them IN order. The welt
nowadays is killed IN the dye und IS like cobwec.
There Is SO much Bengal SILK used, winch 10 bad at
the best, and many SILK abrics are spoiled by It.
Tue French welt Is the most desirable but tho Chinese
welt Is very good. 7"
us II possible to &c. pure black silk at any
pr,ces"
i.Ccrtainly, you get puro silk for six shlngs
and sixpence yard aud goou ducapc Tor seven sh-
ngs. For about eight shillings ana ,hrecpence you
viii get an excslcnt silk. The black silks
most and understand that IN Lyons they begin
niag TO LOAD the colored silks, nut II any wishes
the purc article II IS not necessary TO buy dirt Tor
silk"
VELVET
81 suppose you have woven vevetYn
"Ycs; but velvet weaving that paid us four and six
pence . YARD came down to tenpcnce and wo gave IL
In velvet the welt - cotton Tor II all silk does
not make as good velvet as II with cotton wef IL ID
I'm possible to adullcrato the silk IN velvet"
''Wny do you not Try manufacturing yourselves and
revive tho trader"
~ have tried It, but my work did not turn out as
good Tor wear us expected thanks to tho dyer, VINO
returned The expected weight, but u good deal OF "
was dyestua l think tho skcins OF ELK IN ight have
bands woven about them 80 that none OF the silk
could by any chance DO distracted while at The dy
cr's."
BIRDS AND FLOWERS.
care there bird fancicrs among you now as for
mcryYn
..some. but not as when they used 10 spread their
nets the tops OF the houses TO caich pigeons and
Iarks, ana when there were more open Holds about
here. Ny own fancy was Tor flowers, aud used 10
raise tulips roses and carnations The bird anccrs
used TO singing matches Tor their birds, and
that would sing The cftencst while an inch OF can
die was burning was declared the victor but there is
not 50 much o this among the woavcrs now. good
mauy years ago there were riots among the wcavers
and the quarIels between tho employers aud work.
respect TO wages had to be settled by acts oil
Parliament that continued IN force until 1874. There
are some black sheep among now, IN every
trade ana they givo US great deal OF trouble They
drink and do bad work and get into serious mischief
Our trade UNION Is proving success, and more than
have been able ~ prevent reduction OF our
pay"
sPiTALHIELDs vs.. MANCHESTER.
II Is old cry oil the weavers that they starry.
ing because OF the Importation OF foreign silks. In
duh times they have often been very FESTIVE ind
riotous When printed caicoes were first worn banda
OF these nery workmcn who fancied they saw i'm
pending ruin 10 the silk industry II prints should
become popular went through The streets tearing Oh
The cotton dresses from every woman they met.
House Of Lords and compelled an adjournment, and
not dcslst IN their iawess fury until the riot
act was ana the military called out.
Viewers wcro allowed, by laws strictly enforced
10 draw certain portion OF their pay while lheiI
work was In progress / have heard OF u weaver
who was in the Mbit oil overdrawing his wages, but
savage bulldog which he kenuoiled near his loom,
the salulary iear which the beast inspired KEPT
the balance OF the account invariably IN the weavers
favor.
spfrALFIELps' PArRoyYMrcs.
The man uiacturers oil silk who iivc about Spitl
square are generally oil French descent and nave re-
tanned their French uames In many instances till the
present limo Some nave Translated their French
names into English. For example, Leroy has become
KING; Lenoir Black; LOisoaux, Bird
THE HAZARD OF TIKI DYE
member OF q long established house OF silk manu-
faclurers London, to whom your correspondent up
pied for facts concerning SILK aduitcraons stated
for the warp Of black silks sixteen ounces Of
silk reduced 10 Twelve by boiling out the cxtraneoui
mas,cr, were often raised IN the dye 10 thirty-Iwe
ounces Tor the threads or shoot sixteeI
ounces, without being boiled ~ all, were raised q
cgnty-our ounces-ln average increase Vi weight fol
warp and welt oil sixteen ounces to ntY-eIght ounces
Tho aye used only Tor cooring will adj but Ittlt
weight 10 the silk Cheap black silks are often NOR,
than hall dye aud the OF the cord IS rather Ia
dicalion of loaded Six than Otherwise, while INT
lustrous appearance OF black silks rs very deceptive
returned from my Spitaneids' pilgrimage with ieel
ngs Of compassion iur the workers whose occupa
departing ana who are left stranded In their ole
ago upon the shoals shadows OF the great city.
cousoed oil them, however, by saying that. aite
all, the shameful aduiteration which inensncs thei
hard lot Is no new thing. "rhe web of lie
Mingled yarn good and Ill together so said Snake
spearc, through inc mouth VI a First Lord IN sAll
Well that Ends Well, F" three hundred years ago
REGKlESS MARRIA4E