The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-18
NEW ENGLAND MILLS and MANUF4C
TORIES CROWDED WITH WORK
Lspeclal oorrespondenpe, N. Y. World

PROVIDENCE, Il. l., February 7.-On all
| hands here are to be seen thesigns of hustle
and activity /; the business mea are bright
and alert the streets are full of life, and
every thing is looking well. Providence is toe
centre Of vast manufacturing interests, and
these are all revivIng FROM the terrible
prostratiou which has so s il cted the coun
try.
All the maunfactarers without a single
exception, report orders to the fullest capA-
city uf their Inllls; all of them report lu-
creaeirg foreign trade all of them extol
the Centennial ExhiC!tion as beneficial IN
the various lines they represent, aud all OF
them, without Il single dlsaentsut, express
confidence in the future.
The cotton brokers are, of course, elated
over the recent lise IN prices IN the staple,
aud they say that the advance IN the prices
OF sheetiugs and muslin has not been com
fnei surate with this Increase. Mr. ttank
Z R1udcs, who does large business here
IN both these branches OF the trade, aalh
that the products OF a least seven elghts OF
the mills we're eil taken up to the f:st of
April and that in numerous instances the
pr ducts have been taken up to the lst OF
July next-ard IN every case at prontaoie
prices. The mil in Fall River produce about
l3O 900 pieces (forty five yards average) per
week and they lad sold probably over
100 900 per week up to the lst of April. The
quantity produced in Providence is difficult
to estimate, but the weekly product ls in
the neigh borhood of 60 900 pieces. Most OF
this has been contracted for in advance.
The Centennial Exposition seems to have
operated on the cotton trade in two ways.
1t has made the country better acquainted
with it is own products, and has thereby
opened up fresh markets all over the land;
and it bias shown foreign purchasers-ln
majority OF cases in most unexpected maH-
ner to themselves-the kind of fabrics they
can obtain from US.
" - I,a tn f1,n
of the development of the foreign trade in
dry goods, a manufacturer said that the
Centennial had been of immense benefit IN
giving foreigners a knowledge of our dry
goods manufactures, aud in opening up
foreign markets to the producers in this
country.
Governor Lippitt is a very prompt, ener
getlc, explicit man and is President of
cotton ana wooilen manufacturing c"mPa-
MES, and interested in many benefcient
industrial enterprises throughout the State.
He said: " Decidedly tue improvement in
the dry. goods trade is most marked and
satisfactory, and believe this year will be
the best we have had for the past ten years
the best we have had since 1cO1. The
operatives are doing very well indeed.
Their wages are cot down a:Out 25 or 30
per ceot. from tao~e ot 1867, but then
| everything Is very much cheaper than it mas
| been, except meht-clOthes, bread, shoes,
| every thing they buy ia much cheaper-eO
| that, altogether, they are better Off than they
| have been tor = long time. | think the
| Crnteuui.l DID much to help trade, by
| showing tho world what cur man ufacturerS
could do; and now tie markets of the
| whole weld are gradually Opeuing to us
| We are finding market tor our y-goods
| in Australia, the East InGiee, Chlna, South
| America, Africa, Germany ard other parts
| of Europe, and, lastly, We are sending our
fubrIcs to England ltseif When people
have once bought our goods they prefer
chem to AL others The English goods are
| dressed up 10 give them body ; hut our
| goods hGvn no more dressing thi4n IS Tecue't
! 10 give them d proper ti0Ieh. They are
mai, 81 tH&t every woman likes t. work
"u io III, aoG tH"y are becoming popular
ever " acre. We eatiUavnr TO Eve the
peCp.e tie G:eatest pu5ait',a VdiG" IN goNda
fer th"!T money. l ICprra,.,t coDpauir s
engaged hutk IA caitGu aud G0u:lrE nIAuu-
furturo3 un1 a. of them tqHAi.y have felt
III" iuEurnco ct the Tevjvui---tho cotton,
| Iu 2at vc!, tnvlu tran Tie wUAl!cH. we have
also GraGriuE and Gyeigg WORKS, ani tiere
art TX a to JArir utmost Cap2CiiE ~ wo'k,
b1 ) UleacHt' = und dyeInk 70: ourselves
! and ;nT rj&vIs W mauniaClItv III tht'
| wnD,;cn departments overcoming ANA fancy
Cashmere. ~. Ne cannot compete Nct
! with The t1!uI -u' - III wOull%n goods, aut
#H hope 70 have the wUo!irLs up t. that
~i,ipe that "" can exnnrt them N"tll as
tie cottuna. DII the Presidential I: Ill ,El'y
buit our man ulG'' urS 4 OD, SI-, very
much, ludttd; itcIC We're * weeks IN
November und December when busiaess
was very much depressed on account OF the
political situation. We were net selling at
@lt. IL January, ho"eyer, Te"El" began /"
got over l., a1d huriness rvgap % Ia k Up
again. We never discharged my - Ger
people, hut kept euon:n5 cur mills al the
! Liuc. w, | believe, shall go on increasing
our export trade, for the foreigners are
much pleased with our goods. Why, VIC
have applications from maay different
foreign Batious, aud we have sent afro I'd
hundreds and hundreds of samples. The
Italian COMMISSIONER was the last who
wrote TO US fors some. We are evidently going
into Just the same markets that England
has oeen supplying have rot seen time
50 good in ten years as it is to- day. Many
of the mills have sold on contract all they
can produce up to May. 1t looks as though
there woald be a further rise, hut / hardly
know whether they will get it,"