The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-26
American Manufacture. Abroad.

The twelve thousand cotton mill opera
tlvcs now striking at Bolton, England. offer
iowork on short time, which PRACTICALLY re-
duccs the amount OF their wages, while
nominally keeping up the old rates. They
attribute the depressed condition OF trade
In cotton goods in n great measure 60
American competition, and believe the
difficulty. can only be remcdicd 10y
diminishing the British production In
point Of fact the difficulty lies far deep
er For years Great Britain has sought
everywhere to stilc competition by means
Of cheap labor, shoddy cloth. cindcr iron.
and cottons that lose third of their weight
pn their first immersion In the tub.
The Chinese and Japanese arc beginning TO
understand that American cottOns are more
honestly made than the British Here
toiorc England has had almost n monopoly
Of those Eastern markets for cotton goods,
and she has flooded them with the products
Of Lancashire mills. Tho tendency now is
howard American cottons rs being moro du-
rahle and more elegant in design. 1t is en-
ilrcly matter OF quality and price, not a
matter Of ovcrrroduction. American houses
established in China and Japan are now fur
nshing superior and more elegant article
lcrior British fabrics. There is no real
reason why considerable portion of
England's export trade should not fall into
our hands. Tho people of Japan show
The strongest desire to extend their business
relations with this country. We take fully
threc-fourths Of all the tea Japan exports.
l. it too much TO assume that under this
close and constant relationship If trade,
honestly made American cottons will, at the
same price, soon supplant the heavily sized
English fabrics?
The United States estimated by the bulk
ofits products, ranks second among the cot
ton manufacturing countries Of the world
For the year ending oct. /, 1876 England
consumed l.27o. 2sIOoO pounds Of cotton.
while during the Same period the United
States consumed G7i63s.ouO pounds. or 81 per
cent. of the amount consumed by England
Tho consumption uf this country Is nearly
Equal to that 81 Germany. France Russia.
and Austria combined. The rapid growth
Of our cotton industries Of late years can
best be shown by statement OF the III
crease in the consumption of raw cotton
and the Increase in the export of the manu-
factur,d article. In ls72 .20l 900 bales were
consumed. against l.3jj00O in 1876. while
Tor the year ending Aug. -, 1877, the con
sumption reached the highest point ever
attained in this country $4,000 bales
Meantime tho value of cur cotton fabrics cX-
ported has increased from s}O9oOo0 for tho
hs@'l year ending Jun go. $50. to slolsOno
tor the fiscal year ending Juno 50. 1871
certainly a. phenomenal increase during the
short ~pece of two years.
Thr appearance Of American locomotives
on Australian railways has also greatly
disturbed English mechanical firms, al
ready mono too pleased with tie intro
duction OF BALDWIN engines in Brazil.
Huhertoforc Australia has relied almost
entirely upon England for such locomotives
n she required. \ BALDWIN hoEic engine
has gone To- one Of the British settlements
IN Australia, properly So called, and the
New Zoaluud Government is also disposed
t. give the BALDwIS engine trial II re-
mains for American mechanical firms to
follow up their advantage by furnishing
cheap, durable and practical locomotives.
A bogie engine viii run with safety upon a
Tougher road bed. and win overcome
sharper curves than an engine with an III
flexible frame Of the ordinary Eng fish type.
il l.. therefore, just the engine for Austria
la Brazil, and other new countries.
oar manufacturers and merchants are
awakening To the importance Of the South
AmcIicantradc. Ninc-tonths of what South
Am'lica imports food, clothing, machin-
cry, iurn.tllc, J"wclry, building materials
lis shipped from European cities 1000
10 5000 miles further away from Spanish
America thanour United states ports With
the exception Of woollcn and linen fabrics.
all CLASSES Of goods which 20 to South
America and Mexico in any great quantity
ran now be- bought as chcaply in
the United States as anywhere in the
world, and generally ours are of
better quality. Tho result Of the
Efforts Of the FAN River cotton manufac-
turer7 to open the South American markets
10 American cotton has been cmnently
satisfactory. Last year the writing and
printing paper manufacturers obtained Il
valuable hint at the Centennial EXhibi-
ton They sent agents TO South America
and to Europe. Both have met with signal
success Neither the cotton nor tho paper
industry would have secured the increased
expectation oi the present except for these
efforts.
The reaction taking place in South
America against English goods works
strongly in our favor. England hav-
ing virtually the monopoly Of that
trade. and, finding no trouble in market
ing her goods in the southern hemisphere,
has made no effort to adapt them to the PEE
cullar wants Of her customers In too many
case her styles are unsuitable her goods
coar-r, hcr hardware clumsy. They appear
To- decided disadvantage when placed side
10y side with good, oi American add French
maxi" Boston ships To- Valparaiso Of
hardware alone, -.mn $4,000 in value per
month. During Tine months of July and
August ;jl9,9.j worth Of homo manufac-
lures embracing a wilde range OF articles,
were exported from Philadelphia pls-eu-
Pog cor wore sent t. Brazil and Cuba, coal
t. th' Wcst Indies and South America.
hardware to Liverpool amt the West Indic-,
car wheels t. BraNl and Antwerp.
hine locomotives TO Brazil, machinery
t. hlalii, Liverpool, Antwerp, and
tN"W"'le' nails 10 RIO, Peru, and the Wet
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