New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-09
CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIES.
THE MANUFACTURE OF FINE CoTToNs.
TAFTyILLE AND ITS ENLARGED FACTORIES
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF GOODS
THE CONTINUANCE OF PROTECTION
ESSENTIAL. TO THE MAINTE-

THE CONTINUANCE OF PROTECTION
ESSENTIAL TO THE MMNTE-
NANCE OF THE INDUSTRY.
fyyep. sp,cia, Correspondent Of The Tr'bune)
Taftville Conn., Sept SIT Is due to Protecuo WIZ.
q village of 8, 500 has sprung up here Oh inc oA""'
the shetucket that It's population dwell In huhu'e"
- ,or,tor,ohl. bous,s and that one Of the largest
cot.on mills in the world is situated here. for !"
had not been for Protection the Ponemah hihs anu e
surrounding property Of COO acres ana ',o .'0"'
thereon would not have been pui''' ~ -
Protection that the capacity OF these worms u "
enlarged, and that the village Oh 6aiu'' i0'l 80
above on the shetucket River, WIN us n,,aIea.s
lie devastated MILL and magnificent water p'i'"se0s
~, 80 odd.a IN the plant Of the Tonemah Ml', winch
anno, now s,lpply the demand for Its goons' rive
vears ago the busting little village VI D"i"O
thrown into dire confusion by the purh'ie Vi ''o
cnoo,,e Mill The whole Of the magnificent plant was
DESTROYED and WAS not rebuilt Inc 'hihsc was
Sosartss and has remained SO until this summer Inc
whole property purchased by the Ponemah Mills Oo'
nanv will be ready In the course OF the next tweNo
ontbs for occupancy. It's 'waterpower VIII De oe
,,eoned and used to generate electricity To run the
weaving mill Of the company III TINS Nl'i"se'
deserted cottages have been repaired ana rep""''a
The electric railway. which row runs rom Nor"' ="
this Mace will soon be extended ~ Baluc anu INC '"o
villages will be alike I'm depending upon this grea' coh
Germ for employment , ,,noe,,,c
Y,s erst work WAS done In an Ole farmhouse CONVEX"
icn,ly near the Shetucket River In loo' uie p'''"
stock company was organized Most OK 'he s'och "s'
taken and is still owned by people living e.''e' ~
Norwich or Providence. The organization oi .ne .0'"
pany was effected principally through the eior,S %
Edward p. Taft and IT after him that THIS v''ase
,ros named Active operations soon began Dut IL
was not until ls71 that the company was reau' "
bep4n business A bodybuilding $50 feet long ahu
* feet wide had to be erected. A dam OF so''u III"
sonry was constructed, and the most lmpro'eu mo
cbinery obtained. This mil WIS staried III o'''' "
comuete for the home market with foreign hia""'''
urers There has been no deviation IRON t'a' '","
nolicy. I'd to the time these mills started 1cW NM
at,n dr.ss goods had been made In this country Inc
homs marriott was entirely supplied by French ah"
English manufacturers. The first piece OF gooos mH
WAS coarse In numbers. 1t WINS frehcn Pefo"'e' "'
had a so warp and 6o filling. From 'ha' ''''e '"'
numbers have grown finer With each year, anu INC
ompet,tion has extended to the high class OF goods
made at M,Ieho,ise and other famous places. me
numbers now run from 20 to 100. with tehaehcS ~
mako them even finer One Of, the earliest successes
of tho POnemah Mills was in making fine English WILL
ing used for Innings Of coats. When the malu'ao'i
OF this grade of goods was begun IL was soo ior -
cents yard few years ago when 'he NUNS
stopped making this grade the goods were sehs 'or
q "a cents a yard The demand probably was larger
hnf
This Is one of the beneficial effects OF Protection. IL
is exemplIfed In all lines OF business where there Is
bomestic competition. II the market Is cohuoHca "
foreign manufacturers the prices are mvaraSy mE"'
Hut n growing domestic industry inevitably F'uuo'S
the prices of foreign goocs.
Another Instance of the effect OF THIS nome ooi'-
pet,t,on which has grown. not Only with inc
ssve,opment Of the Ponemah Mills but With
the establishment Of similar mills. Is that I'M
vorters are now compelled TO sell the same goous
of 10 and IS cents a yard which they formerly SOFA
for Island 20 cents. Home competition sehefaiN mas
reduced prices on cot on goods from 20 10 Az per
cent In the last few years, ana nowhere III ''e
world arc hghc!ass cotton goods as cheap as they are
here. The falling OFF Of the importation OF foreign
Goods has of course increased the demand for the
dom.stc supply, although the duty on highcmss
cotton goods Is much lower than on the coarser
grades. Established mills have doubled thei capacs
so as 70 turn out goods Last year Tie fonena
Mills made about 10000 pieces OF 2oo or more MINIS
az fancy goods. This large output was reaaS sou
I'm competition with the finest grade OF cotloh ores'
goods made abroad. The patterns of The Ponenah
Minis are made 10 initiate effects In silks ana othef
fabrics and the designs so shliuiiy executed
that most remarkable artistic results are 'aneu'
Most OF the designers In the Ponemah NILS "eio
educated there, and do not depend on Iore'su Pat
terms In cotton dress goods for their Ideas ihs'e
of Initiating English and French patterns the domestic
abroad 1t is In the cotton dress goods trade Tvs II Is
I'm the wooen trade. The samples are made from SIX
months to q year In advance OF the ume Ior '''o
goods to 30 delivered, and q pattern can % qhchH
initiated or improved, whether 1t has Originated az
home abroad.
In the years that followed the success o the
Popemah Mills under protective tariff system, u
large weaving mill was added 10 the original build
Ing This has been at times by steam, but II
is intended In the future TO Use electrical power
as soon as the plant at Baltic is finished These Two
buildings are joined by short covered bridge 10
sa Is e Claimed that Is the longest mil Of nd
under one cover In the world. THESE mills haV e
2773 looms and employment Is gwen TO over 1.4OO
pesons The payroll last year amounted to over
s66Oooo The empioyes are paid zoos NV wages, ana
docs NOT the cooperative plan, but it believes
in the principles Of mutual goodwill and that good
rented to the employees for So a month They are in
excellent repair, and many comforts are gwen at
was s s1 threatened epidemic Of diDthera ING matter
was laid before the board Of directors OF the com
Rsay s Should be- T taken to prevent the 81
anything. Of the kind A superb water works system e1
and there will be immediate benefit 10 the com
psny, but the directors do not want to Ne In any
Of S'y the 4enants The wages paid are Is per cent
higher than those paid In Europe: great many
ersuves, and are dilsent and industrious. but as
rule they do not expect 10 I've In this country per
mancnly. lhey Will NOrh IOur VI HtS No|b'
carefully save their money and then 20 back 10 Can
ada, buy a farm and settle down. Besides the
Canadians there many operatives Of Irlsh
German and English birth. who have become citizens.
If outward demonstration ndicat on OF the pol o.
tendencies OF the operatives they all Republicans.
On Labor Day there not Democratic banner
sHoat. but there were two large flags and one
beautiful banner with portraits OF Harrison aud Reid
Strung across the streets in different parts OF the
town.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM THE STATE.
THE REPUBLICAN RANKS SOLID AND THE DEMO
CRATIC ONES BROKEN.
Chairman IIachett OF the Republican State Com
mttee has received the following reports concerning
The political situation In various parts Of the State