New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
THE BRADFORD TRADE.
IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF THE NEW WOOL
LEN SCHEDULE IN ENGLAND-VALUE
OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

III
OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
Bradford. August a.
bradford was once the drticst and worst regn-
lated town In England. bit II II now described
nv Frederick Dolman as the model municipality
Of its size. which has the honorable record OF re-
auc,nr the death rate In twenty years from
twenty-scvcn TO seventeen per thousand its
pre-eminence ms a wooilen town is acknowledged
al, over the world. Iuddersfed rivals IT In the
production Of the finest and most expensive
Qualities Of wooIlen and worsted goods. but Brad
ford clothes the masses at home and abroad IL
,s the great emporium from which the clothiers
draw their material for ready made custom ana
from which also fancy dress fabrics coa''nsS
and every kind OF woven texture are suppneo io'
the drygoods trade
Although q large city, L has practically only
one industry and when that suffers from oo'"
mercial depression the fortunes or the ""o'e
town are clouded 1t is invariably the hrs' vi ''e
great English manufacturing centres 10 ieei '''e
vivifyng effects OF good trade AFTER haru '"e'
When there is lack OF employment ana pus'"ess
3 roor tho workers OF the world wear their old
clothes and Brndfords trade shrinks pS tue
millions But when the lines mend and the
courage of the masses of the population returns
the universal impulse is 10 replace ola cio'nes
NIT, now and then Bradford retoices over great
prosperity.
Tho last state OF good fortune has now De-
.uan Z. Trade never was better. Every
woollen factory and wofsted factory IS ruhhins
on full time Manufacturers are at ther WIS
end 10 furnish goods rapidly as the nehiah"
requires Every loom. twisting frame ana IVY
vat is in operation. and every mall orihsS mo-
only fresh orders for new seasons trace Out
urgent solicitations for the fuliiment OF con-
tracts already made. The market Is also I'Si"e
A rand increase In demand when stocks were
abnormally low has sent up prices IN all h''es "
woollen manufacture. In some speciai'ies ""'''
were favored by the c1prices OF fashioh erea'
,,r,,nos have been made in the course Of few
months bv a few manufacturers. Inc uaue VI
the town has had during the last eight months
,,ha. xvould he known in America as tremen-
aors hoom Some branches Of business nave
nroated by II more than others. but there Is not
an Industrial interest in Bradford connected win
Tho xxoollen trade that is Lot In hlghiy pros
porous condition.
AMERICAS GIFT TO BRADFORD
Tho ,nnrovement in trade with America has
nod much to do with the restoration OF pros
or,,y m the English wooen trade. BRADFORD
economists seeming In the air germs OF cohtro-
versial discussion over tariff quesuons' are us
posed 10 minimize the importance OF inns uaue
and TO quote a distinguished statist'cans esu-
mate that 1t formed only 10 per cent Vi inc
woolen business of the town. But the consular
returns tell a different story. MANUFACTURERS
have 10 declare their invoices at the American
Consulate and the footings when taouated sho"
an increase Of business with the United states
which alone explains the present prosperity Oh
Bradford.
The egures began 10 rise as soon as the Cor
vary
Oh, outse, The first month Of 1895 showed an
increase of 1866 3j in the exports to the Oh''eu
States In February the gain was almost as
ora.t and in March it was 81. 003 7O5, and In May
:, w,s 20 101 3o5 In July all records were broken
uhen the exports amounted to f5343Ol against
zinc 74s during the corresponding month OF 1881
Tho trade with America five times as great
&c q had been under the previous tariff Inc
,rcrease for seven months for Bradford alone
amounts to sl4.969 $50. The gain IL so large
that /. is idle to speak of the comparatively
small percentage which American trade pears
IN the whole woollen business Of the town Inc
largest increases were In stuff goods for dresses
and Innings. worsted coatngs and wooHen ana
cotton goods.
A DELICATE SUBJECT IN ENGLAND.
Manufacturers pass over lightly the changes
:, ~. American tariff when they refer to the
increase in the export trade. They assert that
there is an Improvement in business in Engiahu'
Europe and Australia as we'll as IN America
end that Bradford is profitng by the periodcai
reaction against commercial depression Inc
,e,du,,,rn they saw has swung from one end OF
the arc 10 the other. Stocks In America nave
r,,n very low. as they have everywhere else
during hard times. and as soon as the wool
schedule was settled and the tariff bill enacted
adjusted their business 10 new conoitlohs ana
orders for goods came into Bradford with pre-
cinitate rush Manufacturers speak OF the phe-
romenal EXPORT Of woollen and worsted goods
from Bradford to the United States as tenn
norarv effect which has been caused by an I'M
precedented depletion OF stocks. They also refer
complacently 10 the increase In the export OF
wool and OF worsted. mOhair. silk and ether
warns as practical evidence that woollen manu-
facturers in America have no: gone out OF bust
ness but are finding 1t entirely practcapie 10
continue the production Of goods for their own
market The consular reports show that the
exnort OF wool from Bradford TO America has
amounted 10 sl,7S6.O3O during the last seven
months. nearly one-third OF it having been sent
over in July This Is very large increase
The gains in worsted. mohair. silk and other
warns have also been considerable. although In
significant In comparison with the increase In
,he exnort Of wool All this improvement in
the export trade, whether In manufactured goods
or IN .o-ca,led raw material has occurred on the
basis Of rising prices
It would be premature to forecast from single
wears experience the effects Of the most revolu-
tionary schedule In the Democratic compromise
tariff either upon wool producers. manufacturers
or consumers in the United States ! am not
formulating a tariff argument nor attempting 10
do more than TO refer to facts which are close tc
the surface refraining from discussing whether
American wool-growers can have sufficient COM
pensation In higher prices for the enormous In
crease in the importations Of wool. or whether
the consumer with the rising market for al