Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-14

! A criticism upon tho domestic manuiacturcT5
reiterated during the debate In the House q
Repre- sentatives, is that the wool tarin had
driven them into a lamentable use OF shoddy
and oil or substitutes for wool, that the charac-
ter OF domestic fabrics had rapidly deteriorated,
and that the American people can no longer OBJ
tain Atwood gods, but are defrauded and de-
lceived by the adulterated fabrics forced upon
them.
This charge IS wholly false. It originates IN
Itsnorance OF the conditions and the advance
81 wool manufacture in all countries.
CENSUS STATISTICS
The census shows that there were m%anuta
ItureI in the Unltod STATES, in 1890, I3i J3S, l63
square yards OF all-wool and wor5ted goods, of
ItHe milf value Of $a.3l4l33; Of mixed goods
that Is. Of goods into the warp or htiing OF when
sn0ddy or cotton was carded with wOol-5b,bl2.-
$50 square yards, OF the mill value OF S24, 500, i66
and ot goods woven upon cotton warps, l91.6jo,-
l4S7 >quare yards, OF tle mill value Of S63,3sI.Ool.
There was never q time when the proportion
OF Atwood goods made and worn in this country
was larger IN comparison with she mixed and
cotton goods worn than at present.
This is extraordinary In view OF the fact that
the use Of shoddy or renovated wool has reached
la very high development within recent years,
particularly in England.
USE OF sHoDpY ABROAD.
Shoddy is utilized abroad TO an extent IN
dreamed Of and unapproached by our own man
utacturers. The quantity Of shoddy consumed
by tho British manufacturer is vastly In e1-
cess Of the quantity used by our own while
both use nearly the same amount OF wool. They
haAFN al a oAAAA a u NS1NNNA'-6 e1 N'~
in utilizing wastes wo attn throw away, and in
combining them wish fresh material that no
mills in this country can equal.
THE ENGLISH sHoDDY @ANUFAorURE
There were in Great Britain In 1888 (see ON
.eIal returns undor the FACTORIES and Work
shops actin 125 shoddy mills, employing 1893
persons. as compared With the 1926 persons en-
.ployed in our 93 shoddy mills in 1890. No
.oniciaI return is made Of the product Of these
mills, but from other data accessible It is esti-
mated 10 exceed by four times the total con
sumption OF shoddy in al the wooden mills OF
the United States.
while $3.50, $50 spindles in the United states
consumed over 100000 pounds OF wool In 1890,
over 6.o00O 600 spindles IN tho wooden and sorsted
mills OF Great Britain consumed but 41O,OOO.OO0
pounds OF wool. A considerable proportion Of
thls great discrepancy may be explained by the
larger production of fine counts OF yarn In that
but IL Is evident that 70 keep these
900 epindles supplied there must have been
quantities Of sLOady and cotton pass
ing over them.
LESS sHoDDY USED IN Il UNITED sTATEs
These statistics prove that the duty on WOOL
has nothing 70 do with the comparative quantlI
of wool and substitutes for wool used
In the ind ustry. hoCg or elsewhere. From every
point OF view the same conclusion Is irresistlblyl
forced upon US. The American people, with
taxed wool, use every year two pounds perl
capita more wool than the people OF Great
e~nioying the advantage Of free WOOL
and our per capita OF shoddy Is
much smaller than that OF the English people.
CHEAP GOODS DEMANDED.
The manufacture Of adulterated goods is not
the work Of the manufacturer him-l
self. These goods, like others, are made upon
they arc made and sold because there Isl
a demand for them. There Is a demand fOri
them because the people vino use them find thatI
when well made they are slightly and service
able, and vol worth the money they cost. III
wool was free, this demand for o fabric cheaperl
tn an Atwood would continue, and would be met
In the same manner as now.
TIE UTILIZATION OF WASTES.
This cry against wool substitutes Is mainly
founded on ignorance. The utilization of wastesl
is as legitimate Ia this industry as In any other.
In every other It Is commended by the Yeryt
economists who insist that In this particular It
is an Evidence OF degradation and deterioration,
The discovery GEat animal and vegetable hbersl
can be combined ia a warm, durable and hand-I
some fabric has been a boon to mankind and
womankind, no: equaled, perAaps, by any that
has occurred since the invention OF automaticl
textile machinery.
The utilization Of wood pulp in the manu-
facture OF paper has enormously extended its
use aud increased the educating power OF the
press. Just so the us9 Of substitutes
for wool has added to the comfort OF humanity.
There could not be paper enough made without
the use OF wood pulp TO supply the demand and
there is not wool enough grown in tho world 10
properly clotho the people inhabiting rigorous
climates From he Memorial addressed 10 ne SH~
ate BY he NIti0sIi 4 ,ssOcatioa Of Wool kaaufA sur-
srs opposed 10 The Free Wool BIZ.