Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-04

uring cost per pound 40 25 cents. Mr..
Schoenhof says the, he only introduces this
statement il confederation OF tho first,
which he had examined personally
and obtained the items in more speci-
fed form. The latter account was
mailed to him after he left Leeds. Tho
close approximation Of two accounts from
different parties unknown to each other as
furnishing the information, he considered
valuable confirmation OF general correct
ness. Mathematical accuracy" he adds,
''can only be obtained where, 81 in America.
one mil makes one class of goods only, and
then only with mental reservations, as even
here iferent kinds Of goods, though Of the
Same class are turned out in the ysar' S run.
But if come within fraction OF a cent
for each manufacturing operation In aIl-wooI
dress goods to reliable Information of COM
paratve values, we have covered all that
can DC reasonably expected for the purpose
OF this inquiry
AR. Schoennof says:
The weaving wages per pound OF finished
cloth nearly the same a. IN America
The running yard shows more difference.
The American goods of which nv samples
are fifty inches wide; the English are fifty
four inches wide. The fifty -four inch goods
are, however, also largely manufactured in
America, but as a rule about an ounce
heavier per fifty fourinch yard than this
class. The English wages OF a weaver in
wooden mills, mostly girls are from Us. to
is. week-not half tho American pay.
That the weaving cost to the manufacturers
is the same as is due to the greater working
power ami ouickness of the American ope-
rstive who, no matter what their original
nationality may De, soon learn 10 take up
the quickness and sprightliness Of their bet
ter trained American associates. l have Of
ten been told by English manufacturers,
when speaking of the phenomenon OF small
.l,f
disprorortlons in the two respective working
worlds, that they knew it well. They say,
and my Informant in this line among the
rest, that an English girl is satisfied If she
earns l2s., or, if she is clever, los. a week.
and does not exert herself to go beyond that.
l have found, however, exceptions to the
| rule, and We find in England variations Of
| an almost unlimited number, from the most
| progressive to the stagnatlng method.
Tho manufacturing cost per pound OF
| finished goods is SIS cents In America, against
SO cents in England. cents less in America;
| but the wool costs SO cents moro In America,
! in part on account Of the wool duties. In
other words, il ne had the wool At the same
cost a. the English, We could produce at
81 cents what it costs in England 90. 80
| cents to produce. Our woods, of course, sell
at as much higher rates over foreign woods
| as the duty and charges amount to. The
cheaper the foreign woods. the greater the
| OpSI O0tW ocu VII tTlCo oHu tuO
foreign wool price. Tho woods used
in England, cheap colonial cloth
ing wool, though very short,
are admirably adapted to that class Of
goods. They give q much handsomer face
! and have luyrre and lite which ours seldom
show. Most Of them are even of smaller
shrlnkage than ours OF corresponding nature.
Some Of them. however, a. the woods used
by the manufacture Z, are absolutely pro-
hibited. There the wool costs ii cents in
the grease. but the manufacturer importing
the wool has to pay . fns at the Custom
house Of 10 cents, not alone for the wool be
| uses, but 10 cents for each pound of grease
and dirt, which he has to import along with
| tho wool, and 10 lost in the securing; con-
ssquently four pounds Of wool, -
In Exhibit c. are required 10 produce
| one pound Of cloth 4x10, or 40 csnts ON
+3.6 cents worth of wool. "a wool, Of
this sort, would cost tho American manu-
facturer fully 11H cents more per pound Of
| greasy wool a. not alone the duty but also
tho extra freight and charges. brokerage
commissions, etc., have to - counted, 10
that the A cents in the pounds required for
| pound of cloth would cost him 81 cents, or
l0a per cont, more than the Ensikh manu-
facturor has to pAy.) Our Custem- house
statistics only show the rates paid On what ID
| imported, and never on what IL excluded by
| prohibitivs duties. The excluded materials
are those which mako the success or failure
of manufacturing. The excluded maksriab,
on the contrary, however, always dnd way
into the United States in the form Of manu-
featured goods.
The dysing il done In America in most
mills by the manufacturers, in England BY
separated dye houses. In America large
quantities Of similar goods, and frequently
of one color, are dyed in . days work; in
England large and small quantities Of dis.
similar goods are sent to the dye house from
q large number Of firms. A large wooden
mill in Massachusetts, dyeing In the wool
Of indigo blue dysing, Z. 800 TO I, 900 pounds
OF wool. For this they employ from forty i've
70 fifty men At 81. Is . day. Taking fifty,
the larger number, they would pay e57. so,
and with the head dyer say, In round num-
bers, go q day. These mon, however,
do the securing hkswiss Of the same
quantity Of WOOL The dysing AMI
securing therefore costs In labor only
six-sevenths Of . cent per pound. The
mill ID known for paying smaller wages than
| il general. On the other hand. this state
ment shows how much saving can b effect
| Cd when operations are conducted ON 20 large
| . scale - In this mill aud with no changes in
| the dye, etc.
"Whatsvsr the causes, whatever the id.
vantages or disadvantages in regard 70 the
| ultimate result in the character, quality, or
| appearance Of the goods, one thing il certain,
that 90 far - the oheapening Of price 10 CON.
| cernsd our Misunderstanding system seems to
have the honors. ! only allude TO this phase
now infsrentially. reserve to myself the
| task In summoning up the result of my in
| quiries into the manufacturing cost and
working methods of different nations, to re-
turn 70 aud moro fully trsat this very inn
portant subject in the economy Of produc-
ton. My present aim only il % report the
facts. I. B. X"