, 1884-01-12

The voolen mills situated in our sissef
city Of D.Y:on have a,~,ys rad the reputa-
ton of turoins ont class Of goods that can
not possibly be exeellsd anywhere eise no
matter where they may be manufactured.
This reputation has been as good rs a TIA lie
marx, AID for . merchant 10 say that 4
blanket, AAnnel. shsvl, cashmere or any
thing else i, from the Dayton mills is. and
alx avs has been, q ! sufficient 1; has here
tofore paid better to use the pure xool in
the manufac.ure Of the goods tt an the shoddy
stuff which m turned out BY the million dol!
hrs worth in the shoidy eastern seases. and,
We regret to say, also in California. These
mills have hal varied experience and not
the ieas. reason for their misfortunes has
been the lack Of practical interested men
thoroughly conversant with the whole de-
tails of the workings of 4 6rst-cla,s woolen
mill. The original proprieton we're men
identified with the prosperity and welfare of
the country, and were enterprising enough,
but lacked the knowledge of the business
which no one man or company Of men should
enter into unlees they understood
HOW To MAKE IT PAY.
Men are never wanting to encourage WI b
their talk enterprises from which comma
nifty will benefit, but when it comes to
patronage these same men; nine times out Of
ten, arc found wanting. And so while the or.
iginators Of the Dayton mills were struggling
along, doing their utmost to make their en-
terprise pay and keep money in the country
which had been sent out of it for inferior
goods these who should have stood in with
them gave their patronage to shoddy goods
for the reason that they were the cheapest
Such instances are by no means rare, and
happen vet every day and probably will
happen until the Judgment Day. But the
Dayton mills are now On sound and solid
basis for the reason they arc under
THE INTERESTED AANAcENENr
OF men who may be said to have been born
10 the business At the present writing the
firm are working six looms, have twenty
five mes employed. and manufacture blan-
kets, shawls, buggy robes, fiannels. dress
goods, ca,simeres and yarns; they perform
custom work such - dyeing, cleaning blan-
kets, ETC.. and have such . general and bus
iness.like method of running their business
that . practical man gains confidence in
item with every step he takes through
their works In the past five months SINCE
the new regime took control they have used
u?
5000 POUNDS OE WOOL
And have every facility that tirrt class
wooden mill should have. In the card room
there are two SITS of cards, two spinning
jacks and spooler for stocking yarn. In the
weaving room are six broad and two narrow
looms, spooler, dresser, shears and brush for
sheariag and brushing cloth. The finishing
room il provided with fuller. washing and
gig, and two picksrs in the picker house.
The other Department, are likewise complete
IN every detail. The proprietors have expe-
rienced the same trouble in regard to white
help that everyone else has had, but hope
soon to have white families working for
them on whom they can depend. Nothing
is turned out of the manufsctory but what
10 Of
AYo. QUALITY,
And the difference between their goods and
the imported is that whereas one is pure
wool the imported is a rotten. shoddy stuff,
that, while il is cheapest at first cost is actu.
ally ten times dearer. You pays your money
and you takes your choice. OF late there
has been in the eastern markets immense
sales amounting to
SEVENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF shoddy goods which are fast finding their
way out to this country, and it il against
this trash our home manufacturers have to
compete. At every respectable store in the
cities and country, the Dayton Woolen
Mills goods are to be fsund, and the man
Who will purchase shoddy goods for the rea
son that it is cheap. is nothing short Of q
fool OF the trm Messrs. W. II. Fouts, J.
G. Bennett and d. 7. Rogers We can say
that they know their business and what to
do with the goods after they have manufac
tured them. The dyer Of the works. Mr..
Rogers, was at one time superintendent of
two Of the largest dying works in Massachu-
sett.. and Mr.. Bonner was superintendent Of
New England Mills, Rockville. Conn. Mr.
Fouts is general manager, and like the others
has had great eIperi ence.