The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-02-13
Wool and WOODEN MaBufAoturss

} hhl Tue Cbtl uElc OF aleCunHtpu was Aut
If ct Of tue Be~ ter q gu tbs bfsucb Of
bu-iurss Oslus h. toe business deptess
iuu ~bicb bsd .ltlclFsied the ebSpee IL
the tsut al the time ~heD the new lss
~eLt IutO iieoI the couUtfy Vas slm oct ~
ufeiy tStitute oi NO, len aoods Of all
Eluds Merchants refused 10 boy aud
m.I utsctuItfs refused TO pile up soocs
wsitiug tot ssles. THIS .ss the best In
Of opportunity 10 take fresh Start aud,
uudrr Ordinary circumstances the businete
should have been excellent.
As MISTER Of fact most Of the mills
were kept running to supply actual de
msuds, bot utt al much profit, Soon
fortigB goods came 10 and psrtislIy sup
Piled the markets al small reductions IN
prices Foreign Imports have constantly
increased, erosdIus ont to large extent
American goods, 60 that the year closed
with gloomy prospect fer ln'ure busl
ness. The conclusous which the Assocls
lit vas areued that the great increase
Of domestic muuutscture, 10 consequence
Of free wool, would cre.te 80 large = de
maud for domestic wool thst the price, IN
stead OF falling by the amount OF the DUTY.
would increase. The price OF wool has
not only fallen by the smount Of the duty,
but II Is lower to day than the foreign
prices.
lit Is argued that free wool, by
chespenlDg the raw material, would greatly
lessen the use OF sboddy III the United
States. There has been more shoddy con
sumei since tbls law W nj into effect than
eve before 10 our eIpeilsuce.
Ill 1t Was argued that free wool
WOULD enormously reduc, the cost OF cloth
IDe TO the pc pie, 90 the pretense that the
whole OF the duty, both on wool and on
cloths, was added to the cost OF clothing
made OF domestic goods 1t has been
found that there has been no substantial
reduction III the cost OF clothing, grade
for grade, beyond tie isll IN values uni
yerssl throughout the world and this for
the OBVIOUS reason that the costs OF dlstrl
button, wbultsaie and retail, bsve remain
ed fixed, snd these costs bear so large u
ratio 10 the total cost OF Usnuihcture that
the tinsl purchaser Of woolens IN the form
Of clothing finds that the reduced cost,
due to the removal OF the wooden duty,
when diyIdsd up between wholesaler and
retailer, leaves margin Of gain for The
consumer go small us to be hardly sppre
clpbe.
lY.-It sss argued that. by reason OF
the advantage Of tree raw materials, the
American manufacturer would find him
self not only 10 full control ofthe domestic
market bat sctIvely compete for the !
m.kets OF the world We have seen the |
havoc played with the domestic market |
As for be foreign market il hss been prac |
tlcrlly co, hued. 81 nearly cas- al be sscer
tanned. 10 tso casts OF Vooleps shipped |
t. Bradford estlH IN The year, aud there !
Discovered bv the American consul, who |
Immediately trlrerspted TO tue secretary |
OF STATE 10 NssGIus ou bat the corqueet |
Of the foreign msrEets has been accom- /
plshfd, Tbst epi-ade has been The one |
smusIns feature OF the whole business
Ole OF toe boilers connected WITH elec !
tic li.br pIs shout mile esst Of the
' llsse OF b-nuins,on exploded Wednes .
day sheruoou, } + Daley, the engineer
sud Wllli.m CJulou, fireman, we're the
Only men at work, aud 10th we're serious
y Injured
BY the busting Of water pipe 10 Ran
dolph "Wednesday, considerable mage
~ss done sarge smouut OF earth vas
w.sb-d ont, sud one building patty 10
defmiurd
Tue ,Iecuilve committee OF the Yer !
mont PrchibnIou,srs has aste-d to hold /
tss convrutiun h. Montpelier MAY 10 /
nominate ,tstr en- T. sud .lect delegates /
10 the uttlousl c.ry-. .'tus Pl,tsbnrR. to
reo'sauiz cooutv ,mmi- tees aud reform
eouuty Orssn 2.l1us
A Des MoIu-. somsu ~uo his been
troubled sIth frequent colds, concluded
&c tty % OLD : mray IA a nes ~.y. snd
sccor iiusty 10 tablespoonful (ion,
times the u'u.l dos Of Cham b, rtsro's
Cough Remedy JUST b, fore going 10 bed
The nrIt nor az sh- found ttst her cold
bad slmCss enutsIy disappeared During
dy onr tcsspt obiu At Tine snd at night
sssIu took . Tablespoonful before soioR 70
bed, sni o1 tue ioiiosins motntug ssoke
free from I'll symptoms Of the cold. Since
then she has ou several occasions, used
bic remedy 10 like uanBeT, witt The sane
good tesutts, sBd ls mach elstcd over Der
discovery Of 20 qBick ~sy Of curing n
,oli. For ssle BY Biyltss a sowle, drug
sists +,
Three fuIts cane INTO tue HillEge 81 ,
,oolh Koysltou tue other utruibs ard
ome 10 sbot. we're hred al them by tT .
,rri hunters. Tso foIs, escaped unhafm Z
a willie the third got sssy wiih q hrok !
q leg, stisrssfd beisg captured by boy
ear Bnrnhsn's crossing