, 1879-02-04

prcsart moment.
II ts evident that tic old tant1icraIts 4 II metal
are becoming obsolete: that tit Americana have
obtained start Of us BY being the r.t to res.
ogntzu tia; those manufactures which, like
guns, timepfcces. and iock*, consist of number
of small parta, exact counterparts OF ono
another, Gun bn produced by machinery at 4
greatly reduced cost; ind uncss our ,ltnuutart.
t,Ecrs hcsttr tstrmst!rce, the Americans Will
completely command the markets Of Europe.
Your otedlcnt Frryant,
GkoRuH wno71EsLEE, Colonel.
TnE CONTRACTORS LzrrKR.
So far as | ca,n Judge and ascertatn, t,,c ftf-
trcAs sou ntlndc to Is pretty equally divided he
tween the mining nnti manufacturing popila.
tfor. No doubt, f0re!Hn competition Inns con-
tributel q great deal to this dtstrcss; but hgy-
eral other causes have hcen at work-sacl, as
(1) overprHluctlon: {D tho Injurious action
u .ra.lesunions; 90 llle drunkenness anil Inn
providence Of the working ctRsscs: ~ tic cx-
antIpathv Of our. ,wotkmen to the use Of ma
chucrY; G} combined with thr nbtusei,css Of
the masters, who prefer TO rerrolnce tic saule
Glars OF gaiods frotn generation to generation,
Itlslend Of adapting Themselves to te advancing!
IDEAS Of The ase.; 70 lnY mind tleso arc t!'o
chief causes Of tue deplorab1e distress which
nov prevails.
Foreign competition would not be possible II
our H3n9LGFH IIlEIl "E{G III &tuQf ElGH UitE
intcrcsss moro; and II tic leaders nj Trades
nnuns were IN employ thcfe funds 10 educating
tl,r nrn technically, ur In rolfesng disabled
members Instead Of wasting slWtr retnurces In
fighting their masters, trade Htltllti have been
more healthy than 1t Ia.
An trontnaster In l'l1ston told mo year OF
two ago that a largo order Tor houp-trun iIRd
been Uttered lin fr,,Dl II Russian source at q
less hts men were nrrparct TO reduce their
jrfrcs. lie could '1ot do SO himself without
giving tllrni SIX month"; notlcr. lie therefore
called them together n1n! "tated the case. Il,n
tdtaw lots}, as,1 they ultimately
VOTED AdA1SsT 4 REDUCTION.
They were then earning from Fl to Gu per week.
Tile master told tllrn that ifle order would 10
10 ncIg!un1, md thnt thrir ufsllnate bllnslncss
was fast driTlnE tho trade oltt 1T The country.
Tic u1en's reply was, tn ttelr own worlls. 1--WE
don't care; let Inc tra.lo 10 to belgium; VIC will
follow It tt,crc; It will be BIT Ut houtinK fur
u.s." The result Is tint thrse men nrc now l!v-
Ing on meal nrd water, a1l the tnaatcr wh0so
councils they sct at nnueht IL Obliged to take
care uf ttleEr wives a1lll children.
With reapoct to my own particular trade, |
used to l,uY thu bulk Of my lockA IRON Wilten.
hall. am not eKaetfy manufacturer, although
slyeIv for nc. 1prcfcr to bea merchant only,
n should be sorry To hase direct dealings with
The British woskllan. I still buy l'ttls from
Woiyerhampton md Wi1lcnha1I, When t!lno Is Ut
conee'!ucHcei out H'y cuacl supply colaes NOW
from america.
WAS pHfVEN TnERn
BY the intertor1ty n1ul high prices at Engtsl,
workmanship and tho Willingness Ut tho mas
ters to entertain MY i.lcas uf Improvement.
The Inter are now comp1aning o{ my American
resunfces. as you will scB from u copy of thu
Iry,,,,oaYer sent yoll by this post.
They wish to tnjuro nc by tl,snuatlng that
put my name on the American locks to dsguise
,hr fact of their bcfn. American: But you
know we'll that | Hcrcr concealed this fact Mt
Wuutwrll, and n.ny say that all the War; {}jllce
officials who had to do with my orders fur Cy.
prus unsl elsewhere knew very well tllut nv
goods cumc froul Afnerlra.
HIT tny Wlitynllnll friends ara moro annoyed
at another n,attee than at my War-Oi!lcc nr-
tiess. . y9u WI, VII neasc & !" refer to tnv llst
~. .isac"Ln. S W. ~; au tta. n"'e suhpttea all
tne !uehs .ur .hlsu H0splta' a. "alsa'l,-.
wNh.n stonus t.'o" VI "nete !,HXe s ass lllnttc:
~. .esI H., Hat l., III. su a r. 1nitts, anu
es""ot ~ el"a'.a =" '''' eoh"''st i"'s -
ENDING Goals TO NEWCASTLE
with ytugeancei
have certainly reason to rejoice that visited
America last year. opened IN business rcjn.
taken pai,,s un.l SHARED no expense tp carry out
p,y yirws III relation to much ursilpl i'm nroy,-
nlen,s In the symmetry anil construction of our
English locks. :Yhu result IL Ihat l,ayo l,cen
able tu uYcr superior articles ut ess cst tlan It
Ia posstblo TO turn t.rn out for In this country;
and Wills tFule generally has been tiepresscl. [
huye been able 70 rxtcn1 .ny business yery ulurt
during tlle year lust cittrd owing to lila fnvnr
With which nv spcclaities have been received. |
ud too that not ouIy il The cost Of production
jesA m America, hut tt,c freight here N, iureo
quautitics uuly averages 2 per cent, and + huye
often had tu plv per cent IN s,nuII packanes
tEout Wtilcu!ial1,
You u,as lre TO stats the rUklilts Of nv nl,sor,
vatFons IN America anil tlIs sauacs operating In
f4yar Of American productions being chcABcr
ana l.ester snah tno En4iisa. "a t'1e 'lrst phce,
thu Americans certainly employ ni1cilnrty =
great tieal more than w 20. Inaecti !e bulk OF
our Fhkilan !ocks AFe 'la'aA 'lau1 anu ilers is too
scr"'laty, TIC Americans, both nlastcrs md
aacn' sceal 10 nave
MoItE TECHNICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION
tlau We ran boast NJ herr. W. In nnt thin,r
cnul,rh in vur maui ufactt,res whereas II wr,,i.i