Year: 1877

NEWARK. DEL April 9, 1877.
| To the Editor of The q s. Economist
DEAR SIR-In your issue Of the 7th


inst. I find the following; The New


England Glass Co.. Of East Cambridge.


Mass, one of the largest in New Eng


land, have voted to wind up the busi-


ness, being unable to compete with


Southern and Western concerns about


200 men will de left unemployed I"


What has become of that man Samuel


Harris, who, in your paper of February


8, 1877, in speaking Of the Southern


portion of our country, said: "Her
(tbe south) dependence upon distant


markets for almost every necessary com


fort, convenience and supply of raw


material was complete, universal, help


less and disgFaeeful THIS iacludes the


Diamond State. Her merchants could


not stir in their business her planters


could not enter upon the routine of ag-


ricultural work her laborers could


scarcely put food in their mouths; her


women could not even arrange their hair


without testifying to the humiliating de-


pendence.


In reply to the above quotation, at


that time through your columns, said


that SO far as it applied to the Diamond


State it was false in every respect, and
defed its author to produce his proofs


to substantiate his assel tions. At the
same time | said that if the author Of
the above quotation had any knowledge
Of the facts when he referred to the
Diamond State, he knew be was stating
that which was false; if he did know
it he was a knave. and if he did not
know it be was a fool Now at the
time | made the reply to his quotation
| only did SO as far as the Diamond
State was concerned. l now am going
to bring some proof that my language
toward him was true, even in regard to
the South, and as evidence of the fact
l refer you to the action Of the New
England Glass Company, of East Cam
bridge, Mass. Now what will become
of such blatant Yankee protectionists
as Samuel Harris ? l do expect that
in your next number be will be out in
a two column article in favor of Con-
gress passing law that because the
Southern glass manufacturers can un-
dersell the New England glass manu-
facturers that some protention should
be offered to the latter against tie
former; that the products Of the South
ern glass manufacturers should be made
to pay into the treasury of the United
States so per cent upon their produc-
tions so that the New England manu-
facturers will be able to compete with
this semi barbarous people Of the South
ern States, and that these 200 intelli-
gent New England citizens shall be put
back to work at the expense of the con-
sumers Of the New England manufac-
tured articles, just the same as any
Southerner now does who wears any of
that miserable stuff represented to be
cashmere, manufactured at Catskill out
Of cotton, old rags, jute and every
other conceivable textile fibre except
what it is represented to be-wool-
which | have been given to understand
never is allowed to get into the goods
except by mistake: at least citizen Of
Philadelphia told me SO, and from my
knowledge of the man have no reason
to dispute what be told me There is
one consolation, our Southern people
have learned to know the difference be-
tween good goods and inferior articles,
and the name .Harris" in connection
with cassimeres at one time in our
country was all that was required Of
them. This was in reference to goods
made by Edward Harris, but they have
learned that the goods that have been
in our market of late called Harris
cassimeres are bogus article, and our
people cannot be induced to look at
such trash as we now find under this
little, let alone to purchase them. We
are not at this time the vassals of New |
England that such men as your cores
pondent would try to make US out to
be, although we do happen to live
south of Mason & Dixon's line. We |
have both brains and muscle, and can
and do know how to use them for our.
1wn interest, and as we have shut I'D
one Of the greatest New England enter
orises by fair, honorable competition,
shall continue to do so one by one un-
ii we expect the real men who produce
he wealth of our country. the laboriug
lass, will all be emigrating to our
Southern States, and leave such men as
7our Calskill correspondent there to
tarve, and in their last dying gasp
will be heard to say It is all for want Of |
2-r-o-t-e-c-t-i-o-n.


Respectfully. WM. DEAN.