, 1879-02-16
ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS.
Trading on the Reputation of Their Grand.
fathers.

| Trading on the Reputation of Their Grand.
| fathers.
SEVILLE, Spain, JAN 15.-1o the Editor OF IL.
London fEaag.) 1imes: You have already opened
| your columns to letters on this subject, have
| been for some weeks in the south Of Spain, ami
| 1ayiuG had the opportunity OF speaking to a
| good many Spanish merchants about the trade
between Great Britain and the Peninsula, seud
| you this letter, which may interest some OF
| your readers:
lWrite from one OF the principal clubs of Se-
vile. It is composed OF landed gentry and Of
[ leading merchants in the town. In conversation
With one of the latter about British exports to
Andalusla, he remarked as follows: s.Your
trade with us Is falling of; OF that there Is no
doubt The other day I had occasion to buy
some iron wares. went to the establishment
where deal. was shown English iron goods
aud also Belgian Of similar manufacture. The
Belgian iron was quite equal to your OWL. but it
could be purchased for 100 reals, about e1 ster-
ling per ton cheaper. This used formerly not
to be the case. 1t is needless to say bought
the Belgian commodity" gentleman farmer
now Joined in the conversation. a curious
thing happened to me the other day,'' he OBJ
served I" wanted to buy two reaping ma
chlnes. Au American agent for these imple-
ments came to Seville and purchased the ma
ca,nes from him, and then, to my astonishment,
learned that his depot for these articles was in
Englund.'-
''You will have to 20 back to protecttou,'
said the first speaker. "You no longer in many
instances manufacture for yourselves. You haye
become the middle men. Knives come to Spaip
marked with the Sheffield brand, but We know
they haye been made in Germany. The cloth,
too, which fills our markets is brought from
England and is sold as English cloth. But it
tfne,t Tha eoea1,at eean ~ ranah ana IRON tne con'
tlnene" Ahe so7caueo fns1tsh manutacturers-
now IN many instances mere middle men-wll
mo out the aangcr OF THIS system before long.
theY a1e tGaans upon me good names OF their
1athers' ouf trades.people are learning where
tne ia1sely-Lerned Ensnsn manufactures are
maoe. lhey are gong to the hrst market and
t9as naturally n1y theiI goods lor less money"
H. Me c1ntinuea tp 1ou 90 not push your trade
IN ne oetentuFe. 1meraean, ana gives an account OF
AZ az Tue iatest Inventions 1or economlzln9 labor.
Ihe qessF1pt1o9 OF these novelties Is often
pupusneo IN spanish as well as 10 En-
glish. Our people are not polyelots;
they read, in their own language Of
tnese ln9ent1ons, ana are often induced to try
1hem' Inc ffencn papers' TOT, are filled with
aecouuts OIL now mucn cheaper ana better Amer
iean 5 gooos are than t9e!r own: read the other
~4-~ @-SAs~9
9'scults OF superior qua1lty TO those made IN
England, ana that they have started brcwertes
Whlch arc destined to prove formidable rivals to
your celcorated Bass: Indeed, it was said that
az aa Amerlean urn haa sent some bottles OF beer
nad expressed ms high appreciation OF its quail
NY: 7.
Why should ne go back to protection: :"I
INQUIRED. ''some people say in England that
Il VIC we're to DO 50, we should be merely taxing
ourselves" =. =. Because" he answered, ''if E0u
90 not you "lll ruin your manufacturers. The
Americans have fostered their trade BY
protectlng 1t. The result has not been
70 destroy their manufacturing inter-
ests, but, on the contrary, to develop
thcm to such an extent that they can now CON-
pete with you in your own markets. The Amer
!cans are slngulaFlv inventive. The hate manual
~ t1teu%o eoo1 very tattie III luz otatss'
r,.nd T.; r,n.11t5 5sate eAs5 wa pS atIeiu ot ~
sauu - naMutactu1es: 1 lhey Will then, naV!ug