The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-05
WOOLIrys
Our Clothes Not inferior TO Tho.. =,
Manufacture 'on

To THE EDITOR OF THE ST.. Sir.
been much Interested In the letters yo, Nv
published In relation to American vng,i, "''o
ing had twenty-scvcn years experience Il, . """
Of the best fancy cashmere mill, N tho .v"''
During the Centennial Exposition n 49," "a wy
exhibit OF one OF those mills was In my "'
Among the Examining Committee /, So
awards were Mr.. Mitchell OF IIudtrr.Gc,a ~
land, and DIR. Max Wickcrt Of Berlin ro. ,- us
All the committee were greatly Interested H.
goods, but particularly Dr. Wi,Lcr, VI
he could not understand how If was
siblc for ono mill under one man,,.,no,. ~
produce so varied q line OF goods. We .La."
cheviots. c%assimcrcs, broadcluths and 49,
lines, all Of which were pronounced frs, ci,'.
We received the regular diploma and mcd'S
indigo blue broadcloth. After Dr. Wi.Itns
return to Berlin he wrote congratulate IT.
the excellence Of our exhibit aud askin! lo W On
quartcr-yard samples OF as many at the .,yioUns
We could spare; also IL we could not ron.iynaM
goods to a Berlin house 30 IA to open nm s ~ .
man market for them. Owing To the ]rondi,i"cnl.,
then existing. 10 was. Of course. impu..imoons
export and compete In prices with German iaLoW.
&c. This goes TO show that, while our Anil.
maniacs may not be induced to wear dotnes,I,
goods or to acknowledge that the fabric or coLo,
can be depended upon, foreigners see real toe,g.
In our productions and are willing To admit n
Docs any rational man believe that lie WOO,
we import from New Zealand, or the indigo IA
other dyestuffs we import or make here arc ~
rs good as the foreigners use . Isl helieyab.
that foreign workmen who come To this ronnt,,
are not as skilled as those who remain on n.
other sideI There is not u mill in this conntr,
that is making woollen goods that has not anon,
its overseers workmcn who have learned the,
trade abroad, or the sons Of such workincn. m
only the numskulls and bloCkhcnds come bers
and the good workmen remain at homei On The
contrary, II is the energetic. progressive men thas
arc ambitious enough to try to better their conI..
Then. why don't tho American pcopl. nj.
our goods moro generally First. because.
through ignorance, consumers will not admit
II they knew It they think It finer TO say thai
they wear only foreign goods. Third. the
merchant tailor can work upon the prciudioe
OF the. snob element Of his trade, and
/" work" them for big prices by making them be-
lievc that the foreign is the proper thing 10
maintain than those on domestic cloths. Ii
Is the tailor that cries down domestic goodI
There are some large dealers who get goods from
our mills, TAX off tho mill ticket. substitute
therefor one that sports the Lion and the Uni.
corn, and sell the goods to the smart" tailor,
who In turn sells then to Anglomaniac Gus
toners, who would have a sphsm II they thought
they were wearing domestic cloth.
Every manufacturer will tell you that with a
tariff high enough to cover the. difference in tho
duction, we can make Just as good cloths here
as are made anywhere. 1t has been demon.
strated that we can beat England on armor
plate and steel rails. and under the same condi.
tons that exist there can drive her out Of our
markets. But IL could not be done under the
policy advocated by Cleveland and his followers
Thank the Lord, tho Clcveland.Oln .Bayad
combination can do no more harm.
An OLD MANUFACTURE
PrTTsF1ELp. Mass. March 3.