The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-12-28

Results OF the Wilson Tariff Seen In
British Factories.
Especial Correspondence

BBADFoRD, Eng, Nov. 10, 1895.
What Is commonly known as the
heavy wooden district of Yorkshire,
comprising principally Dewsbury, Bat
ley, Morley and good dozen large viii
lagos. have very great reason TO be
thankful for what the Wilson bill has
done for them. These centers, situ-
ated about eight miles from Leeds, are
at this moment ''sweltering" In the
heat of activity. and many manufac-
turers in that neighborhood are liter
ally ''cholxed" with orders Since the
inauguration of the German tariff,
manufacturers of heavy shoddy WOOL
ems have been able to get n footing in
your American markets, from which,
prior TO the passage OF the bill, they
had been excluded for many years. To
this alone the increased activity of the
heavy wooden manufacturers Is almost
entirely due. Presidents and low wors-
teds have been shipped, and are being
made for shipment, in large quantities.
Said wooden buyer TO me two days
ago: "You cannot buy In Bailey at
this moment presidents or even any
thing else for immediate delivery for
neither love nor money Manufac-
turers, even with many of them rum
ming their factories day and night, find
they have their full capacity taxed TO
execute their orders up to time. In
fact. their difficulty Is not to secure
orders but to refuse them
Any stranger putting his foot down
in Dewsbury for the first time, would
Dc at once struci--not with palatial
shop windows loaded with tasty things
but with an army Of signboards an
noupcing that the firms inside were
rag dealers, mungo merchants, cotton
dealers, wooden manufacturers, leald
and Stay makers. and all the other
businesses connected with that of tex
tile manufacturing. II is just the same
with Bailey and Morley, and as one
looks down upon the varied towns he
can see nothing else but smoking mill
chimneys. This Is indeed the greatest
seat OF wool manufacturing In all the
world, and II Is also the greatest seat
where. In point OF cloth adulteration
and a blending together of foreign
products other than wool In the pro-
duction of cloth, IL likewise stands
unrivaled.
''How long is 1t since Bailey and
Dewsbury were SO busy" This ques-
ton was put the other day 10 one of
the leading makers I'm that district,
and he frankly replied: "Over twenty
years have elapsed since the wooden
manufacturers OF Bailey experienced
such busy time as they arc now en-
joying."
But what do You consider has been
the greatest factor In bringing about
this present state OF prosperity"
"The repeal of the Mckinley tariff
and the substitution OF lower scale of
import duties have opened the Ameri-
can markets, for time Mt any rate. TO
our heavy woolens."
Then you really have found that
the opening of the American markets.
under this present low tariff, has been
the means of causing more of your dis
trict class of manufacture To be sold on
American nccount2"
"Undoubte dly.r
Gould you give me few Of the low
eat prices per yard at which these goods
are being made, together with weights
and widths?''
well, now, presidents are being
made as low as i3 pence eco cents) per
yard, weighing 70 ounces, and "a inches
IN width. Scrues have sold well at any
price from pence Us cents) and up
ward for % inches wide Low fancy
woolens can be bought at shilling
and 10 pence GA cents) per yard and
upward, weighing ~ ounces, and "a
inches In width. Until recently you
could buy worstcd coating weighing
23 ounces, 81 inches wide, az the
nominal figure Of / shilling and .
pence ls2 cents; but this advance In
the price OF yarns has caused the
maker 10 put mp his figure to shil-
llngs CAS- ccnts)"
And what are your future pros
pectsp Do you think that your makers
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