Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-01-17
HAPPY NEWSBOYS.
BRADFORD's WOOLEN BOOM
INCREASES SALES OF
THEIR PAPERS,.

Increase of $4,000, 900 in Shipments
of Worsted Coatings = British
Labor Busy While Americans Are
Idle-Demand for Rags and Shod-
dy, But Not American Wool.
BRADFoRD, November 80, 1895.
Hush! Silence! What is that I
hear? Not the street urchin, carry
ing under his arm his usual bundle of
evening papers and shouting in every
ones ears the final result of the morn
ing or afternoon races; but with a
changed chorus he rings forth most
generously, Bradford Trade With
America! Heavy Business Main
tained."
What better cry could the newsboy
have in his eagerness to sell his bundle
OF news? None whatever, for nothing
touches the "quick" Of Bradford's
heart sooner than to know what is her
position in regard to her American
trade. If prosperous she will respond
with smiling face; if the reverse
then you may expect q frown and
scowl. Having glanced through the
American Consuls latest production,
it was soon evident that we we're SAIL
ing still in deep waters. However,
let us take soundings and see how
matters stand.
"Can I vet report any decline" you
ask solemnIy. None whatever; for
October returns step forth and claim
third position. The occasions re-
ferred to were July ard August, when
the totals we're 1884, 301 and 9606, $50
respectively. while October returns
show no mean total of 9517, 1919.
But the reason of The total exports of
July and August being SO much in ex-
cess of those for the past month is to
be found in the fact that immense
quantities Of raw material were sent
| out in those months, and, on this, of
course, the labor employed is infini-
tesimal as compared with manufac-
tured products.
This to a true hearted Yankee, with
a feeling of concern for his own do
mestic factories, cannot be lightly
passed over; for in manufactured fab
RIGS October jumps into the second
place and not the third. Really it is
in this department where all the
weight of argument comes in, for if
one could see as large an increase in
the expectation of raw materials, it
would speak volumes for your do
mestic makers; but the result being
the opposite-n.adez up fabrics-in-
stead of raw materials, it must tell
powerfully against domestic mills. l
cay again, that while the principal
manufactured exports are below Au.
gust, yet they are considerably above
July figures.
Look for moment at worsted coat
ings, stuff goods and woolen goods.
In July there were sent to your side
goods of these descriptions to the
value of e36O, no; in August g425,-
6S2, and in October e408,540. And I
make bold to affirm that, if there had
been in October five Thursdays and
five Fridays, as there were in August,
October shipments would have been
the biggest ever yet chronicled. Why
is that you ask? Simply because the
principal cargo vessels leave Liver
pool at the weeks end, and on the two
days previous, Thursday and Friday,
three -fourths Of the declared ship
ments are made This I know for a
fact is the prevailing custom among
our Anglo-American shippers.
Worsted coatings-and what an
amount of labor is spent in producing
this class of wearing apparel-gives to
American makers another hard knock.
Last months shipment of this class
Of goods is the largest since the new
tariff came into operation. Think of
il, G1S2, 169 worth of goods in four
weeks. This means ei5, 542 worth per
week, and es747 per ~ working days
declared. If orders for this amount
had to be given out to 81 domestic
factories it would mean just little in
sveV department of manufacture.
The shipments of worsted coatings
alone for each consecutive month are
worthy of recapitulation. Let every
reader look at them squarely and
,oberly and study out what they mean.
sHIPMENT oFsHIPM ENTs OF
woRsTED coATINes woRsrED coArINas
UNDER GoRMAN ACT, UNDER MKINLEY
1895. TARIFF. 1894.
Jan.. 1888 l0Jan :. 1895 8 4
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