Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-03-28
DOyE BY THE TARIFF BILL.
ga of the Greatest Manufacturing
Concerns Of Europe Build
a Factory.
IN EARLY and Splendid Result of
the Operation of the McKin-
ley Measure.
an Grades OF silk Pushes To b
Turned Out History Of the
Enterprise.

Rf8,soort. Conn, Special to New York
r-;I,T.s. On account of the Mckinley
t.tI .re Of the largest and best known
-,.-ts.turipg concerns IN Europe has
-+.s,sb6shed a factory for the manufac-
.-s. III In GRADES of silk pushes in the
H rr,.al States. This company Sir Thomas
sIt Bari. Sons q Co. (imited), of Satalre,
ENGLAND. mas purchased the large factory
g +bs Howe Sewing Machine Company,
", bridgeport Conn to which ii has made
ar,srsiye additions and is already manu-
f-,r,ring goods. When running full
NV the concern will give employment
~, sone 600 hands. Much skill, expert
srra and knowledge are required to make
hi, plush. ii being the most difficult OF all
tsytila articles to manufacture. The com
amy has achieved the reputation of being
lro of the best manufacturers Of these
mods in the world and through It's New
York selling agents had secured, previous
=, +hp massage of the Mckinley bill. an
srornou, American trade. The Mckin-
lev biU virtually cut this trade off, and
t6ev must either come to the United States
N manufacture or lose their large Ameri-
can business.
The history Of the founding and build
irguo of Saitaire. England, by one man,
and me- great gifts and benefits he con
flrrsd ON the working people and COM
muDltv at large, is an interesting one.
Sir Titus Salt, whose title was not hered-
itar,. but reward of merit was born in
Yorkshire England and was associated
with his father, Daniel Salt, IN the bust
nss. of wool staples at Bradford The
firm Daniel Salt K Sons, dealt in Russian
D5nskoi wool, which up to that time had
oBly been used in the wooden trade.
Young Salt conceived the idea that it
could also be used to advantage in the
manufacture Of worsted goods. He visited
aIl the worsted manufacturers, endeavor-
inc TO get them to introduce IT. unsuccess-
fully, however, as they all only ridlcued
the idea. Being firmly convinced that he
was right he took a small factory In Brad
fordfor the purpose. 1t was finally so sue
ces,fu that he bought four large mills in
addition, in Bradford.
II was in 1886, however, that Sir Titus
SaItlaid the cornerstone Of the great for
tune he afterward amassed by bringing
mtopractical use the hair of the alpaca.
On visit to Liverpool he saw IN one Of
the warehouses a lot of odd looking wool
twooI of the lIama) which had been ship
ped there from South America, and as no
one could use it, it lay there practically
v2luee-s
Sir Titus Saltsexper with it, and
finally, by his great ingenuity, persever-
ance. and indOmltable will, surmounted
an obstacles and produced from it a beau
tiful fabric now known as alpaca dress
goods. He bought up all that class OF
.f liz, l.l fDr a
monopoly and thus amassed large for
tune. He was a pioneer OF the alpaca in
dustry, which today contributes so largely
to the prosperity and wealth Of Bradford.
England
Sir Titus Salt then began to take the
first steps toward carrying out the idea
he had formed many years before of estab-
fishing model manufacturing town, with
the highest possible advantages and com
forts for the operatives. He bought IN
lS53a large tract of land in the suburbs OF
Bradford and named it Saltaire after, his
family Salt, and the river Aire, which
runs through After twenty years of build
ing and continual improving Sir Titus
Sat had the satisfaction of seeing Saltalrt
become the model village of Great Britain
The mills are the finest of their kind, ard
have achieved a worldwide reputation
They give employment to about four
thousand hands. The operatives houses
labout one thousand in number) are built
entirely of cut-stone and are of handsome
and substantial appearance. They are
cor tructed on sanitary prime lples an1
haze all modern improvements. THESE
houses are let to the operatives as low a
they can obtain poor and crowded quart
Hrs elsewhere
Sir Titus Salt died in 1876 when the
active management of the concern devoy
ed upon Charles Stead, who is the preseL
chairman of the board of dire ctOrs anC
one Of the principal shareholders. Mr.
Stead was an associate of Sir Titus Salt
almost since his earliest manufacturing
helsa man Of remarkable sagdclty and
business ability and the success Of thu
company. present and past, Is much due g
bis management Mr. Stead, though
seventy years old, Is as.actiye as most mel
of Gifts.
slch is the concern that the McKinle.
bH. has brought to the United States
Alter the duty on tin plate and pearl but
tons, few items ware attacked with NOR
violence than the duty on silk plush by al
taa free trade and democratic press. Not
outstanding that an extra duty of g
per- cent. had been added 10 the upholster.
pushes the prices remain today exactl.
iaa same as they were previous 10 the pas
cage OF She Mckinley bill On othe
GRADES, where the duty has been advanced
~ t1 80 per cent there has been an ad
vance OF only to ! per cent.-an advanc
ar decline of this amount occurs almos
Yearly from market census. Furthermore
&, predicted bY weil.infomed person
'Hatln q year or two an silk pushes use
The United states will be made in TN
.tea States. and at prices far lowe
Than ever could have been under existing
Conditions previous to the passage Of tn
Mckinley Dill