Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-03

/ as he said, to backwOodsmen lum-
bermen, and those who would be
delicate about appearing in the vii
lage or town with clothing made OF
the goods.
We heard the man through with
his talk and we believed his statements
false and his arguments unworthy a
respectable politician. To prove or
disprove his statements, we have TAX
en- pains to correspond with the man
ufacturers, to obtain samples of the
cloth made at the two places named,
and are prepared to show that O'Sul-
livan's claims were fraud and a IL
bel on respectable men and respect
able industry carried on in Vermont.
We invite our democratic friends in
this county who heard O'Sullivan, to
call in and examine the samples of
cloth and read the letters in our pos
session. 1t is but just to say that
some of the more intelligent demo-
Gratis who heard O'Sullivan were dis
gusted with his performance but we
suppose must vote for him just the
same, all nauseana.
The factory at Craftsbury is run by
James Anderson and Son, very hon
orable parties, who are not ''shoddy"
men, and who use no shoddy in their
cloths. They buy the ordinary Yer
mont wool, not even trying to buy
our fine woods. They manufacture
several thousand yards annually of
goods. The cloths are greys and
checks, and are not only cookbook
ing goods, but they are very durable,
and no ordinary man would be
ashamed to wear them in town or in
meeting. They are worn in all this
section and make a most thorough
business suit. They are sold in sew
eral New England cities, by Jordan
and Marsh, Boston, and a leading
merchant in Burlington-even Bur-
lington; VT, where O'Sullivan re-
sides. There is no town in this coun-
ty which would not be more than
pleased to have Mr.. Anderson start
the manufacture of wooden goods in
its midst.
In regard to the goods made at
Winooski, we will say that the fact
of their being worn by so many uni
formed men in various professions,
shows not only that they are durable,
but that they are of that texture and
fineness which makes them desirable
by those who use the best goods. The
samples in our hands run all the way
from very fine ladies cloth through
various grades of fine and coarse
mems cloth up to heavy beaver. They
are exceedingly firm in texture and
the colors most desirable. We are
gratifed to learn that woolens of such
character are made in so large guam
titles in Vermont from our domestic
woods. We have only referred to the
two factories mentioned by the dem
ocratic stumper, but it is well known
that there are a large number of
wooden factories in this state where
pure wooden goods are made. Previ
Gus to the burning of the Greenbanks'
factory in Danville, thousands of
pounds of wool were purchased in all
this section to be manufactured in
Danville. The parties moved to New
Hampshire and are now doing a
much larger business.
Mr.. EditOr,-In answer to your inquir-
les, would say that the nominal capital
of the Burlington Wooden Company is
100000. The real estate of the Com
800, OOO We make from 375 900 to 4OO,-
600 yards of Ga goods per annum, this in
cludes summer and winter weights, goods
from Is to 80 ozs. per yard.
From Is to 25 years ago we not only
used all the waste we made by putting it
into the backs of beaver cloakings, but
some shoddy. OF late years we do not
find it profitable to use even our waste, or
in other words we sell large quantities of
yarn and card waste each year. We have
pounds of white fiannels, which have
been reduced to fibre and put into sales
yarn, mainly. The goods of this corpor-
alton are sold by Sawyer Burt & Manning,
selling agents of New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. They are distributed, how
ever, by statesmen who travel from Omaha
to Portland and sell to the best trade in
this country. We have uniformed the en-
ployes of the Central Vermont r. r. al
most exclusively, for the past seven years.
We are now furnishing uniforms to the
Pullman and Wagner Palace Car Compa-
MES entirely. We uniformed the police
department of the city of Boston for five
consecutive years. We are furnishing
the cloth for the uniforms of the West
End r. r. of Boston, which are the con-
solidated roads of the entire city. We
are uniforming the police department of
the city of Chicago, and many other cities,
as well as a great many other corpora
tions throughout the United States.
We consume annually about / 300 900
pounds of wool, almost entirely domestic
wool, largely grown in Vermont. We
have purchased thus far this year in Yer
mont from 200, 900 to 800, 900 pounds of
fine unwashed wool. We use Vermont
woods because they are strong in fibre, and
it is convenient for US to purchase them.
We do use some wool from the western
territories when the price is satisfactory
and we can select that which is strong and
reliable. We occasionally use a little
wool from Texas and California. We
have used during the last five years, pos
sibly, 100000 pounds of fine Australian
wool. The object in using Australian
wool is mainly on account of the low cost
of very fine qualities. As a rule it is not
a for Il Of r