The Republican journal., 1884-10-23
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

YORK county, writes Z. l.. NJ. to the Boston
system may do for the nump rous water mower,
scattered about our State. The Mou> river
| and the protective policy of this Government
have built up a thriving village at 1.-THE Cor
ner," that Is destined to still greater growth.
In 1867 Mr. Goodall, the founder OF the present
manufactures at Sanford, found that the pro-
| NJ upon certain cla>s OF horse blankets he
had peen importing from England had become
unsatisfactory owing to change III the tariff,
| ana ne at once sald he would manufacture
.henl. Al lnal tlme ne was manufacturing yarn
| IN roy y. H., and IN casting about for salts
factory water power TO run his proposed mill
! ne llAeu upon the one AT SANFORD small mill
was erected, ana a blanket equal TO the import
~ eu ~aflicie was manufactured. ~ that time the
NiiiiSe oi sanford was elSht inlies lrein fill-
loau' ahu ihe secret OF lne mills was easily MAN
taineo' IIush zap foptS were the next venture
anu aSalh success crowned tue Iapors OF Mf
uoouaH anu MS sons ana as Ia>t as machinery
COZ coula oe perfected 10 cheapen 'he cost OF man
ul"cl'lie .he purchasers OF thelr goods nave
oeth gwen t,ie peheii' oi the same " hoiesaie
puIthaseis at tiines pave peen surprised at thls
uietnou vi uoihS pusihesS, pu! IL mas resulted IN
tiie hialileiaiire oI az eAGiusNeclass OF manu-
laotuits ioi ,ue hlll' me parry VINO puI-
el'aseo lhelr business IN Troy sald ne would
no" .ieiii nv" W uu pus'i,ss ana iu' ms
pIlGes up; IN .ehI 9he Soou> ihahulaclurea
tA:.IusiNe'f pH 'nat lllil ioT seNerH years were
ne'ns niaue u! hearty score OF other hfhas'
10 conir1l ine manufacture OF a tihe "I goods
can o"'S or t nohe III these uay> ny chdi2lhS
pp pion' 'n"' "ii' "iS'oul"Se aiiotiiVl h'ti from
.ile 'oiiS anu ~ penslNe eouts. vi eA
tnre and to invent tha machinarv fnr Jning thn
same. If rival firm cannot see any money in
new business they will not enter upon it.
| This has been the MeSsrs. GoodaIf> system.
| They have always charged Il moderate profit
constantly reducing their price rather than in
creasing it, and depending upon steady de-
| tl,,,,,, L, al 1
come upon their investment The brains of
the firm have been constantly at work upon "A
new class of goods. The tariff has helped them
and heIped the consumer Without tariff
they would not have entered upon the manu-
facture of such class of goods. and if it should
now be removed it would compel them to shut
down their mills. Their margin Of profit is too
small. During the past sixteen years they
have so reduced their prices that their goods
| are now sold by retailers at one-ihird The price
they could previously be imported and sold for,
as appears from an examination of invoices of
sixteen years ago.
From horse blankets to elegant lap robes the
firm turned lis attention, and from lap robes to
Il quallty of plush that rivals anything import
ed for furniture coverings, ear seats. etc., and
from the latter TO smyrna rugs Were the ener-
gies of the firm directed. Nearly three years
were spent IN experiments before the de
''N" i"",t VI l'"Hl va ''l' ''u'" At: ,utV''i W, -
not allowed 10 examine if. The rroce,s is
their own. The trst uIn.b WAS made last
March. and to-day they couId sell more than
they manutartuye SiI thoIIsanJ uonnds of
mohair are used monthly which ,hpv i'm
unrt from Enoland. where i, is assorted. Only
the hest of tbe fleece i usnd ar ter nor cent III
tha+ s.nt from, Isl. Minor In ia thn ,rn..ut
time All 1hpir emhn.sinr has hnnn dane in NV
York hut .s embossed YIu,b hids tair ia rpt.,i,,
it, no,nIaritv tho N4l.rs GnnaaI b.,n cor
tracei for :. machine which viii ha .rt ,;,, in,
Iheir nils ~
NJ Sn, rno r,,. Lavo ,.t h.a,, ,,rt ,,.,n tb.
market -S,,,n,,lns byv, haa,, shawn ami o,,..
taken and th. mo, are. ,,ovr bnino fni>haI far
delivery Thev have onI, hern na,1If.,.t,r;r,,
ru~s for ahont SIX week. md viii, th,4ir r,r,,i
iaiion for GOOD work The only ouustion .tbont
their surrn,s i wb4thqr thnv' .htll snrrcrJ in
manufarturi,g nnnnInr tr>ions since thay
have been Al work mon rnGs n ,,,4rial order
for a carmel has been Given them. and a SMYRNA
Garnet of handsome drsi1n i now mon one of
their looms. The weaving of this class of goods
@ ll''s 10 NC uont pi rant Vu' 'ht otnVI utpai6
ii'' Nv VI n.y. ihlrV 'li,s i'luii' "o"u' IVY
'lo' po"ci ~ ol'e" "te 'n'il' '"hS i"l :! ne"
VIE loo'l nav peth uI"" H. "h'! ,, y : ~
pes.e" !. W. W IA eoon oe tltcteu; l, VIZ ~ ohG
stols' aoout lVVAl-o ieet' anu mann! I'Sntta
IRON from apoIe' ACCORDING 10 suggestions pE ho-
ware hthlilsol' ne l"uhua'ioh loI 1t new
questions ABOUT Il market lof 'nen goods are
Setlieu IL VIII pFooao'y pe erec'eu'
MAINE ATT THE Irv op1E>xs IMPOSITION.