The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1876, Page 3

THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Views of Leading Manufacturers, Mer- chants and Retailers. THE RETURNING TIDE OF TRADE. Reports from the Lumber, Furniture, Hard- ware, Stove, Brick, Marble and Other Branches of Business. The Cotton Trade and Operatives’ Wages at Fall River. HRALTHY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS. ‘Wages To Be Restored to the Rate Before the Late Reduction. ‘There ean be no doubt that busimess, wholesale and Fetail, has largely improved during the last two or three weeks, and that the city, which is the financial and commercial contre of the whole country, is now om the upward grade. #rom the reports of represen- tatives of tho Hrzaip, who were jostructed yesterday to make patient, full and exhaustive inquirtes among eur wholesale and retail merchants, it is learned that the feeling in business circles is i viter now than it has been for some time past, better thao at this period last year, or, indeed, for several years back. A spurtin trade seems to have eet in about the first of the month, and every day marks @ higher and higher level aud commercial water mark, The business men of New York are, it is no exaggeration to say, tho best in the World. Obstacles and difficulties that would utterly paralyze the commercial men of almost any other com- munity are made light of and looked upon only as so many incentives to greater energy and endeavor. They are satisfied with asmailer percentage of profit than the merchants and traders of any other city on the continent, will take larger risks, work harder, riee earlier in the morning, sit up iater at might than any other people. It is because of these qualities and characteristics of its inhabitants, to- gether with its great natural advantages asthe com- mercial metropolis, that New York is to-day the tead- ing city on the continent; the leader in every great movement, moral or purely commercial, the pivotal city of the Republic. Darimg the last two or three years, of its central and commanding position, it has suite rercly; not as much so however as other places of lesser consequence. It is only vatural now that it should be the first to feel the thrill of re- viving trade and industry which 1s springing up all over the whole country. There are some branches of industry that aro, comparatively Speaking, as dull now as they wero twelve months and two years ago, but all that class of trade which lies at the foundation of business shows a very marked improvement. Purely speculative interests and enterprises still suffer or are 10 the position they re a year since; but that class of business which feals with the necessities of life has revived im- Monsely, Said a leading lumber merchant to are porter of the Henutp yesterday, “I am doing a great deal better now than a month ago. Since the let of Aanuary Jast there has been a steady improvemont ip my business, and I believe in tho lumber trade gen- srally, To be frank with you and to tell the ‘ruth, I have had to handle a third more Stock since the ist of January to show the Same amount of money on my books This is owing to the fall in prices, but 1am entiroly satistied. Our wales are more than a third greater now than they were for the first nine months of 1875, but our profits, if there are any, are about the same."” ‘Where does your trade lie, among builders?” “No, there is very little building being done But Z have a jarge demana for 1umber tur boxes and farni- ture work and tnen tor repairs. Holders of tcnement Property are doing a good deal of repairing new. For dustance, the geutieman whom you saw with mea moment ago owns a large number of tenement houses, He bas just made a large purchase of iumver. He says his floors and doors look bad, and when he tries to reat those applying complain of ahe appearance of things, aud ne cannot obtuin eligible nig, There is u good deal of work of tbat kind Deing don: 1 feel coniident wo touched botiom loug ago in the lumber trade; business has certaimly imn- proved uuring the lust twenty days, und I se. uo rea- might bea good deal worse off than we are, and for my part I see no seuse or rosson in complaining as much as wedo. It kills contidence and ueadens en- torprise, the two things that ougnt to be specially cul- tivated and strengthened in every way possible. THN FURNITURR BUSINESS. ‘The cheerful tone and spirit of the gentleman above alluded to, who has a very jarge estabishment on the Tiver (ront near Broume street, seems to pervade all classes Whom our representatives visited. ‘ibe princi- pal partner of a large chair und house furnishing es- fablishment on Pearl street was in the bost of spirits ‘at the present and prospective condition of trade iu his pe. Said be, “We have vot done a better or u saicr business for years, and during the last three weeks our orders havo been’ sc numerous that we ure pressed to Oli them. 1 will be glad to answer your quertions and Hexacp all the ipiormation I cun, but [ have only tw minutes to give you I am obliged to go to our factory out of town and make arrange- monts to increase i's capacity. Our trade is growing ‘e compelled to put uy in furnishing steamboats, and wuring the Past season Jast two weeks our domestic trade bas picked up con- We do very iittle business with the West, Mt baving factories of its own in vur line of business, We seil to the adjuceut cities in New Jersey, Penusyi- Biderably. ‘vania and Newark, a8 well ag to the city proper, and that trade nas shown a very murked improvement lately. The outlook 1s very éucouraging.” ‘4 GOOD INDICATION—OFPICKS AND LINRARINS. ‘The head of an establishment on male street, in ‘what might be called a kindred house of bdsivess, gave an equally bealthy report. “We deal,” suid be, *ex- clusively 1m oifice and library turniture, and since the Deyinning of the present month there has been a largo and steady increase in our business, We are dowg Detter than we did ut this time last year, Prices ura , but there is @ greuter demuod for goods. The demand for office desks aud furniture 18 better than 16 Ras been ior some tme, which, in our opin- fon, is w healthy sign of the return of trade nd of the guseral prosperity. Hitherio the rule bas been to givé up ollices rather tuan to open Bew ones, and the furnishing of libraries bas been al- Most ata standstill, We pave a good Southern trade Bnd it is growing every day. During the past month it bus improved iu a marked degrey and alvo our West- ern trade. PAINTS, OULY AND COLORS. The manager of a manulaciuring cuior house, white ‘nishes and artists’ materials, down town, Baid:. @ 100k forward to a Very good business 1a tie Beariutura We have bought this large property whick we occupy here, imvesied u guvd deal of money in our business and wo sro entirely confident ihut Wo shall do a large trade. uring the past thirty days we bave had quite a revival in trace Abd expect hencelorth au increase rather than Sdmmivation of orders. A large nu:nver of calico bs East have reopened and caused a revival of trade ta wat section. The Wostern trade bas always been very imir. Uur city and domestic trade has enot up Within the last month, and it 14 still mmproving. Btocks generally through the country ure very iow, end pasties buy now jor actual consumption, Prives tm our line are down as far as thoy can Well get, lower than Wiey have beeu jor years. The waiu staple, iin feed ai, Bot ruled so low since vefore the war, Lis price 2a0w in currency is Jower Uban the gold price at that time, Business is beter thane yearugo; trade shows amost decided improvement. Tue Centennial ‘Visitors visit New York on their way home and the Mowe of them buy goods of some description or other; but sue increase su that way very sibs compared With the purchases and orders thatcome in the pacural regular order. We nave got down to bed rock xt jand are doug business on sue basis Upon Which it showid be done; i401 laying up stocks or manufacturing jor @ rise, but tor actual consumption. * Turning trom tivese to some of THM LIGHTER WLAXCHUS OF KUSINESS, an equally ueaitigy condition of afairs woe found to exima. Ata large establisiment devoted to tue impor. tation aud mapulature of fishing tackie of all descriv- # jarge force vf workingmen, the parwuer «i & most encouraging season,” e «osaid, ‘8 over, but wo are making extensive — preparations tor the tirst of the year, when our b will begin again. The season just closed has veen a very good one, much better (han we expected, ang we have no apprehensions wha'ever of the future, This year our trade has been very heavy, We supply tho Southern and Western mark: ¥s, aud not only is the volume of business increasing, but (be demand for a higher and better class of goods iw general. ln former years the West was content with the poorcet ciass of goods; now it will have only tue very Vest and dnest. Rods and Nines aad books maiet be of the very best qualny or the West witli not touch them. We look upon thisas an eRcellent sign, sot only of business, but of the great and growimg imtorost which our peuple are daking in sporting :-strars. . ‘The voy houses and depots for the sale of gaming NEW YORK HERALD. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. implements of all descriptions show a healthy in- crease. The scascn for the outdoor amusements bas passed, but extensive preparations are being made for’ indoor 6 and pastimes. = Tha toy establishments anticupaie a large trade this fall and Are now making the most extensive preparations for the expected rush toward the end of November and tbe beginuing and middie of December. The importa- tions will be and the volume of business in this line, which es enormous proportions, will be larger tban it bas been jor several years past, THE RETAIL HARDWARE TRADE general ‘mprovement, bat not, according ution that haa been gathered, to a very ‘The demand this season is and bas been tor some time past, but there 1s, those ep- gaed in 18 say, room for 4 great improvement stilt cep are as low as they were betore the war. The Southera trade te froming. Fapidly and the domestic trade is a good deal better than it has been. There is a vast amount of capital embarked in THR STOVE BUSINESS, and those iaterested in tt seo « splendid prospecs ahead as tbe cold weather begins to set in. In a con- vVersation with tho representative of oue of our largest cou panies he said, businese has been down f 8 spring it has been very slow; prices are lower than for a good many years. Until within a month we have done very itie business, but duriug the last twenty or thirty days trade has picked up a guod deal und now we are having & regular rush, Customers throughout the country keep their stocks very low and are sailing closer to the wind now than ever before. This, 80 far as lean learn, ia true of all kinds of business, and is an excellent sign of tae mes, We lave ail stoppod manufacturing and laying up stocks for speculation, and it isa guod thing that wo have. We can always tell where we sland and know just what we are doing and what we aro not, Business of ali descriptions has been running rict, but tt has been brought withip proper himits at last, and it 16 tobe hoped it will be kept there. ‘We pave been doing a steady manufacturing business for months back, and with three or four weeks of the regular October trade we can clear out our entire stock. From this gentiewan it was iearned (hat there ina big Beh: among the stove nen at the Centeunial as to whe ail bear off the prise. If w t the fires pi wium,” said be, we ought to, it wil! be a big thing’ for ns and help our trade immensely in the future; vut if we have to buy it and pay mouey for why, we ilon’t want it, We havo sent the best tov there, but we have sent no money to centro! decisio: and influence awards, and we do not intend Ww do so,"” The stove manulacturers have been apprebensive of a strike among their employés during tho last two or three weeks. The men in ove establishment did make a demand jor ten per cent increase upon wages, but the fOrm decidedly retused to allow it and the workingmon bad the gvod sense to continue work, This is no tune for strikes, even in the stove business, A large GENERAL YURNITCL: house reports that the gity trade increased very largely during the past couple of weeks and 18 con- fident that {ts particular line of business will continue to advance for the next two or threo months. The gentleman in the establishment reierrod to who gave this information mixed up churches and restaurants in a very amusing way. Said he, ‘fhe restaurant and church business has been splendid lately.” The rela- tion between the two was not very clear without the explanation that it was as necessary to ait down in and to jurnigh the one as the other. - MB BRICKMEN, e not very enthusiastic, but th are full of hopes and contidonce, “f° am gli to soe,” xaid a leading member of tbe trade yestorday, ‘that nearly every other branch of busi- hess is going abead, read the Humatp and I know that what it says on this subjectis true. My own observation confirms !t. I wish I could say as much for the brick business; but LT caunot.’’ ‘The gen- tleman referred to then entered into u sound, economic dissertation upon the situation, so far as he wus con- cerned. Satd be:—'*The lumber and other busiuess will go ahead before the brick business, which bas a direct relation to real estate. which in turo bears an exact ratio to the surplus savings aud capital of the peuple. Savings nearly always go into real estate, but now there ia very little and the building interest is prostrate. ‘We shall be among the last to feel the re- vival of busness, bus for us I regard it us the best sign possible shat other business ia going We should be the last to feel the revival, but itis certain to come.” He was, though nota repub- lean, exceedingly severe upon the city authorities, shares In ¢! as they are called, complaining that during the last four or five years | something should bave been done in the way of city improvements. ‘I donot know bow true it is,” said he, “or to what extent, but I read in tho newspapers and I hear it among business men that we are losing a portion of our trade, that it is being turned in ovber directions—to Baltimore and Philadelphia. Now, this is all wroog. When New York joses business there is something wrong, and the sooner we fiod it out and remedy it’ the better Tho condition of docks and wharves is scandalous, and 1 do pot wonder that trade 18 going away from us. Why,’ said he, “I can see where business has been driven away trom my own door across the river to Williamsburg. A short time ago there was a float ing elevator here, employing a hundred men, but U foolish, unwise aad illiberal policy of our city authori- ties sept itaway, Ii wasa swull thing, to be sure, but I have not tho least doubt that che samo policy prevails all over and that other places have in this manoer been built up at our expense. We must havo a broader and more generous poiicy; we ought all to to build up instead of tear down our city.” THE MARBLE INTEREST, Down on and by Water street thero are several large Dropping intv one of the lurgest of tative of the Henap found an exceed- Vo are doing very “an our line and I can re- port a marked aud great improvement during the lost month or six weeks. Weare not doing much in the way of houses now, but our orders for furniture work are very large and are steadily increasing. The tine marble work ts the lust thing that goes into a house, Work hag been resumod om a large number of buildings, bu: they have bardly come to our point yet. ‘The first thing fs to get the floors down and the roof on and then come the mantels und the inside decoration. Trad« all over the country is, however, on the increase. deal in foreign marbles principully, and the demand is on the increase. With the South we have little or no business, but with the ‘West and the New England States we do 4 large trade. Notwithstanding the dull times the churcies have kept up steadily in the marble and statue line and show signs of improvement lately. Costly statues are now imported, which would show thut there is a do- mand for them,’? TRE COAL MEN are beginning to talk more cheeriully and anticipate a good trade. Prices ure of course down, and the ten- dency ia toward the cash system in this as in oiber descriptions of business. COOPERAGR ts a large interest and shows signs of improvemont, Most of the factories aro now roliing out barrels by the thousand daily, aad the prospect o! w large business is good. YEEDMEN are complaining very bitterly about the condition of their business, particularly that branch of it where tho dealings are with “truckers.” They say tbat all over tho city thousands of trucks are standing ile, doing little or no work, Their owners have ran up large bdilis with the feedmen, who bave been induced to trust them month after tooth, in the hope of a revival oftrade and better tumes.’ The wave of returning business bas not reached this class yet, but in the nature of things it cannot be tar awa: As soon as the thcusands of country merchants, who are now buying iu New York, bave completed their purcha: the question of trans. portation will come, when this class of the community cannot but tind employment. Altogether, the out- look on all sides 18 most encouraging. Nearly overy ‘one admits that we are now on the tide of returning prosperity, and rising slowly, but surely, toward high | water mark. THE COTTON TRADE AT FALL RIVER—OON- TINUED FIRMNESS IM THE COTTON OLOTH TRADE—ANTICIPATED ADVANCE IN THE WAGES OF FAOTOBY HAKDS TO COMMEMOK octonEe 1. Fat River, Masa, Sept. 25, 1876. Everybody in this viciuity 13 anxiously looking for- ward to the let of October, and it is fervently hoped thata strike will be prevented. Tle miil operatives aro determined to strike unless the mil! owners keep their word and give them back the reduction which went into effect Au Since the latter date the i. prico of print yoods has advanced from 3h to 436 conts per yard, with tbe market very brisk for that kind of goods, None nave found out this fact more readtiy than the operatives, who, to say the jeast, since the memorable strike of last lall have conducted themselves in a man- ner to win tho approval of their omployers and the public in general, Accordingly, in the eariy part ot the present month a ranss mecting of the operatives was hold at the Opera House to consider a memorial to be adopted for presentation to the mill agents ask- ing the return of the ten per cent reduction to which they wore subjected, as above stated, About 1,500 were present, and before the adoption of the memorial Mr. Seavey, editor of the Labor Journal, gave them some good advice and cautioned discretion. He told then that the New Yoxk Heratp and the New York Sun were tho on!y papers that had ever given their (the operatives’) side of tho ail-impor- tant question, The meeting was very orderly. It was voted that the memorial be sent to the mill agents, and that a committee of two wait upon them for their reply, aud revort at @ inass moeting to be held Wednes- day, September 6, The following is the memorial, and it 1@ almost needless to add that its (ove has been favorabiy commented upon by the mill owners and the press throughout New England :— TH, MEMORIAL. To Our Eurtornns, tux M. the ope: 1 share of the « Drought upon us—which in respect te duration and severit ie without » parallel in the bistory of the eountry—do confi dently hope thas you will not unmindtal of our clal or forgettul of your many assurances that we shonld feel 1! bei he better the ti ity which bas con do not ignore the re! whon the lat: 8 eae were some corporations whose f wures than the thea current We think, therefere, that the at of our wages should uot ated by the tracts of single firwa, but by the quotat 1s now prevail- fog. Nor do we think that any weizht should,be attached to the arguinent that the preaens Improvement is merely *peculative and that the advance caunot bi ng that contr, for three mont ad tered into and an amply remui jength of time thereby insu: for u \ respectfully, re * THK OPRRATIVES IN YOUR EMPLOY. N. B.—A delegation will wait upon you next Tuesday for your repiy. Patt Ktvxr, Mass, Sept. 2, 1870, A Herarp correspondent bas made a tour among the mill owners and operatives as well, in order to get their { Views upon the subject, tho reason of the advance in the print goods warket and the reasons of the cut down. The first geutieman called upon was Mr. W. M1. Jen- Rings, the most successiul mill ageut in the piace and a gentioman who has the control of the merchants’ mill, the largest singie mill in the city, and who is in- terested 1p several of the ot tmilis, He was very willing to communicate his 8 and was glad that the Humaup had taken the trouble to investigate the mat- tor, After referring to the foily of the strike of last fall, he seid:—"We should hav ade the reduction four or five months beiore wi , as there was just as much reason to do s0 then as there was in August. The reason we delayed the reduction was that wo were hoping that something would turn up to preventit, Atfirsta large majority of the manulac- tarers were in favor of runping on short tine rather than go through the trying ordeal of making # reduo- tion, ‘The rauning on short time was agitated as carly as June, but we did not succeed until July, aud thea only two weeks in that month, viz.:—ine first and third weeks. Knowing that wo could vot possibly rua on short time a reduction of ton per vent was doter- mined upon and it went into efiect August 7, with no ualifcatious as to when we would give it back to em, Stonday, Auguat 21, print goods advanced from three and three-quarter’ cenis lo four cents per yard. On the 26:b o! August they rapidiy advanced to four anda hail. Three duys fiom that date the beip began to get uneasy, and a committee In my mill waited upon me, and wanted at once an increase in their pay. lrespectialiy informed them tbat nove of the mils bad made any money during the past year and a bal upd that none had eurned a dividend within the pusi x months 1 then contrasted their patience with ours; they bad waited three days aud we hud waited mx months. I told them turther, that if the present market continued until October 1, 1, tor one, should be willing to retura the ten per cent reduction. ‘The com. miltee’s object {u waiting upon me was to see it the reduction could pot be returned the present month, aud we to Waive any cut-down at all 1 told them ‘that there was no poxsrble chance of this, my reasons being that more than one-bal! of the production of the city was contracted for at a loss—three and three-quarter nts per yard—uniil October 1. Shocia ihe latter be compelled to give back the reduction before time they would be obliged to run even at a loss than toey are now running. Cotton has Ke the cost of the goods one-quarter of a cent more per yard. Siuce the alrike Of last fall the operatives have behaved like wen aud women, aud at tho presont time we are in periect unisoo with our help. Since the last strike Fail River has produced more cloth than she ever did in that Jengtb of time before, and we all regres that we were oblizea to cut down their wages. ”? ‘Another prominont manufacturer, who {s treasurer of one mill and a stockholder ip several others, said “We havo run a year POR THR BENKFIT OF OUR DRLP. Tho cut-down should, by rights, bave gone into ef- fect last spring, aud { fully agreo in all that Mr. Jeu- bings bas told you in regard to this matter, There is no disguising the fact that many ot the mills havo lost money tor uo other reason than to keep their help together until euch times as the market would warrant au increase of their salaries, aud our dividends as weil. I have no doubt that the manulacturers would | have given back the amount of the reduction without the asking of the help, at such time as they were satisfied that the price of cotton and the raw material would warrant at, Such is the feeling of the different mill owners im the city. A few yours ago wo gave them back & reduction of ten per cent without giving them the opportunity to ask for it, I do not think tho price of print goods will remain where it ts to-day, tour and ahalfcenis por yard. Many of the mills in New Eng- Jand have not been running, owing to the drought und other causes, and their recent starting up will have much to do with the price of goods, aa tuey will throw a large amount of goods upon the market. Many of our mill owners bave their ull invested in the mills, and, ug you are well uware, have not been able to ro- ceive suflicient money from their investment to pay interest on the capital invested,” NO YEARS OF A STRIKE Mr. Ctarles P. Stickney, who bas recently beon in the Legislature, and who is ono of the moneyed men of Fail River, said:—"My impression is that the price of goods will remain firm. Priuters, bowever, in New York suy they capuot pay four abd a half cents per ard and make any protit at selling thet again for ven cents per yard.” He thought it unfortunate that some of the mills bad veen caught with heavy con- tracia, which wouid take them to November 1 w com- plete. It was his impression that there were but » few Spotted goods im the market. He had no fearsola strike, and bo was in Javor ol giviog the operators their Just due og soon as possible, lie thought a better feel- ‘ing existed among the eu.ployers and employed. The reveut exportations of goods bad tended to relieve the market, but now uo goous were sent abroad, CONDITION OF THE CLOTH MAKKXT. Your correspoudent then caled upon a prominent business gentieman iu order to get the cause of the re- cent flurry in the printcloth murket. He sald sub- stantially as foliows:—“August 10 we soid larj at 344 cents per yard for thirty days. On the 11th we sold jor 334 cents cash, both spots and contracts, to No- vember, August 12 we soid tor 3 18-16 ceuts cash; 14th there was a lull in the market aud no sales. On the 1éth we sold lor 3% cents thirty days; 18tb, 4cente cash, ut which price they were held ‘uutil’ the 23d, when we sold jor 43, cents cash. Oo the following way the price went up to 434 cents cash and on the 25a we received 444 conts per yard, which was the highest, There wore not many large sales, mavy of the man facturers being very sensitive, they Wanting an ad- vunce from what they vad been getting for the past few mouths, and as soon as they found they could not get it they ucted li@ the savings bank depositors dur- ing arun, Who wauted their money if tho bank had collapsed and were willing to let it remain if the bank | was safe and in no danger of bemg oblized to suspend business, The printers say they will uot again offer 434 cents until they are compelled to, or, in other words, they will wait to “see how the cat Jumps.” © printers are bidding lively, but there are jew es in the shape of ‘‘lapping’’ over, It depends very much upon tho sale of ,rints if the present cap be maintained. During last year’s sinke ived 53g cents per yard, but before it was over In August last (1575) spots and con- tracts were sold for 6;, wnd early 1m September they | dropped off to 6 cents, We received 4% cents 1 the early part of October and but 44 cents per yard beforo the end of the mouth, In November we got 4% aod 4% cents per yard. In bebruary of the present year the goods for the tirst time tell to 4 cents per yard, and the market held here for some time. March 9 there was a break trom 4 to 4%¢ cents, and in May they touched the lowest figure for cash—viz, 334 cents per yard.’ The gentleman kindly {urnished the following | explapation of the CAUSK OF THE LATE ADVANCES. “For some time past retail dealers betore buying apy more to replenish with, a8 bas been their custow in | years past, have beon disposing of their old stock, and wero quietly lying on their oars, waiting futuro devel- opments before runoing any more risks, Being in this condition, being obliged to buy their fall stock, they naturally created a sudden demand. The manutac- | turers, by way, as well as the jobbers, were | not overburdened with goods at the ume, and hence | eroso the cause for th tivity, At 455 cents per yard just week the sales were brisk, but only 5u,000 | pieces changed hands, Again, daring the year 200,000 | pieces wero sent to England and other Kuropean | | markets, and of course relieved the iocal market con- | siderably. ‘The stoppage of the Sprague mills iu Rhode Island and Couneeticut tended to curtuil the volume of production, and the burning of the Linen Mills, which makes cotton goods and not liven, as its | name implies, also tended to lessen- the production by neurly 12,000 pioces per week. Despite these numer- ous causes—Wwhich one would suppose would lessen tho roduction—goods have accumuiated to the amount of 500,000 pieces, which are in tho handy of the pro- ducer, the specuiator and the printer, ‘This, | not the result of over-production, but, as 1 havo al- ready stated, a disincliuation ou the part of the printors to stock up, as bas been their custom im years past, in anilcipation of a lively tal! and winter trade. In view of the constant decline tu the pi ot goods we were reluctantly obliged to inake another reduction of ten per cent. The present condition of the market is that in order to make sales at four-and-a-half cents r we are obliged to give thirty even sixty days’ credit. 1 think the sta up of tho Spragte Mills will have an adverse iutluence upon the market, and will be tho means ol increasing | the volume of production from 25,000 to 30,000 pieces In conclusion, he said be had vo tears of ik among the operatives, the disastrous pol- ley of last year’s strike being keonly remembered by Ho was firm in the belief that all the mills would, with their present contracts, be able to ran untilJanuary 1. THR OTHER In order to give tue operatives a hearing several of | them were waited apon. they were glad that a dispo- jhown on the part of the Heraxp to look them up and to hear their crice for redress. They claim that they bavo becu unjustly treated, and tuat they have been cut dowu fuur times in a your, They nave been obliged to work at ‘‘starva- Vion wages” for long time because they had no means of redress. They stated they bad notihe means to seok employment elvewhere, and that beture the cut- down they did oot carcely enough to keep “woul aud body together.” They were obliged to run in debt for article they wanted from the stores, but that thoir “bosses” were jays sure to deduct the rent of the mill tenements before turning their money over to them, The storekeepers had veen un- usually lenient with them, aud bad allowed them to jet their accounts remain unsettied for a month ata time. They were obliged to live on the plaimest of jood, and they could not expect the shopkeepers to | lot them bave goods at the ssine rate an though they a paid cast jor them. A prominont storekeeper informed me that he kuew « carder who traded with) bin who had a wile and three children, and who beiore the cut-down received $1 08 por day, and he was obliged to per month tor was a family of pine childrea, wo, with their father worked in One Of the mills and they tended eitugother thirty jooms. Uniortunately the father purchased « house sume time ago, aud be (the storekeeper) knew it to be a fact that, alter denyiug themselves, eleven in all, of all the juxuries and even many of the nvcossities of life, they bad deen able to pay belore the cut-down but is per month interest om the mort, on the house, Anoiher of bis customers, a lady, betore the cut-down, with the assistance of her litte boy, carned $18 per month, and out of this she was obliged to sup- Port ber husband, who was a laborer, and who had been out of work for a long time, and two smal! children, A bright litte miss of scarcely fourteen summers was noticed by the writer with wan cheeks aud a dejected ook about to enter one of the mills, Sho bad a dinner kettle tn her hand which sho was carriag to o younger brother who was inside, ing $6 per month, which was the sole support of'an invalid mother, having lost ber eyesight, and hereeif us well She said to the writer:—“Mother worked in the mt!i anu supported Johunie and me | unt! her eyesight failed and then | went to work. I worked too hard and ran six looms, aud so | was ORLIGRD TO GIVE UP IX DESPAIR, and my little brother took my place. [ fear I will never bo gable to help mother auy more, and I don’t know what will become of us.” And as id th) the painful look of despair was depicted on her ta and she slowly cross the street with a few “cold bits" for little John: dipner, Several able bodied workinen were found who we: earning but eighty ceuts per day, and a gentiewan in- formed mo that he could take me to bandreds of houges were fathere were uot earning a full dollar for the support of themscives and tamilies. A mill owner in- fortmed me tbat before the cut-own good weavers with eight looms could earn $7 7 per week ; und a few could rap ten lnoms, and these could earn $9 50. The | Wowen usually managed but s:x looms, and they eould make $1 per day. He thought provisious were un- necessarily bigh, and im Justice tv the auill owners it hould be stated that when they reduced wages they also reduced the rents of tenements ten per cent as wel ‘The iarge number of operatives seen by the writer, while they arc uvorse (o siriking, tee! that they bave been treated very shabbily, and they are yet unde- cided Whut they willdo, hey propose to act with tbe majority in wil matters pertaining to the trouble, and they ure in hopes that their employers will take but one month’s reduction instead of two, aa Dow pro- posed. They rm im the belief that something will turn up the meantime which will pre- vent their employers trom giving it back then, apd th cannot a even to work at tbe pri paid — eto down. Unlike last year, they have no leaders, and, as tar as I can find | out, Waut nove, and it is unjust, the following interview will show, to charge Mr, Seavey, of the Labor Journal, and the Darly Democrat, the orgaps of the labor party, with laciting them to strike for higher ww, Several of the mill owners apeuk of him in the highest terms, for he is a gentle man of culture who scems to have the beat interests of the operatives at heart. The operatives of « city like Fall River certainly are deserving of #ome notice, aud in Mr. Seavey they have found a friend in every sense of the word. He ba: r charged them a cent tor the work he has doue tor them, and go whero you will not asingle operative can bo found who will speak aught against bin, and at their earnest request they (the operatives), kuowing be would give a faithful | résumé, your correspondent called upon him this afternoon, and ater @ few preliminary remarks in reference to the = all-important matier the following interview took place, and it clearly detines his position in a manner wiich can but redound to his credit even among his enemies :— Ravortxk—Mr, Seavey, are the operatives likely to strike if the terms they uow ask tor should not be tin- mediately conceded ? Mr. SkavY—Thero will be no general strike, I think, if the manufacturers promise to restore the last re- duction ou October 1, as you injorm me the Chairman of the Board of Trade, Mr. Jennings, has decided to do conditioually; bat, although such w promise will keep them quiet it will not concit late then. RePoxteR—What is the additional profit the advance in print goods gives to the manufacturer t Mr. Skavey—Certainly not less than thirty-seven | cena per cut. A cut is forty tive yards. Cloth hus advanced one cent per “yard; cotton about one cent per pound. ‘There are about eight pound of cotton in acat of cloth, ‘The advance on cloth is about 45 cents per cut, the exact cost of | cotton being 8 cents, leaving a clear additional gain to the minofacturers of 37 cents, Tne product of one ot our mills- the Merchants—is some 10,000 cuts per week; the advance gives then, therefore, $3,700 per week more profit than thoy were mak.ng before the rise. Reporter—But is not the Merchants Mill working on a Contract wade prior to the advance? og Ssavey—No, sir, They are reaping the benefit of it. Rerouran—It is stated that the manufacture: a8 yot received no beneiit from the advance, true? Mr. Skavey—No, sir. On the contrary, it is an atro- lous falsehood, made tor uo other purpoge than to keep the belp quiet and mislead public sentiment to the pre)- udice of the operative. Thousands upon thousunus of pieces bave already been sold upon the advauc The Slade and the Fiiot m bad an accumulated stock nd on these, sir, they havo havo is that got the topmost prices. Rerorren—The argument of tho manufacturers 1s that the iniils have not made a dollar tor a yoaror two, while the help have anyhow been earning a living. What have you to gay to that? Mr, SkAVEY—Lt¢ is quite true thet nearly all the now mills have earned nothing, but otuers have made a protit and deciared a dividend all through the hard Umes. Those which have made uo profit are tue mills overburdened with debt, and which hold a great deal of unprofitable land taken at inflated prices for cer- tificates of stock ora speculation. The land yields no revenue, and property which should go to the payment of interest on legitimate investments and in den to stockholders 1¢ swallowed up in this way. The operatives do not deny that their em- layers bave hud to grapple with hurd mos, ut inasmuch as the depreciation of wages in other branches of industry will certainly not average more thun twenty per cent and theirs have been reduced about double, they think that they have bad their full share of the burden and are entitled to hi it lifted Just as carly as thei employers, Reportek—Have the operatives been paid yet on the reduced scale ertublished by the cut-down f Mr, Stavey—No, sir, And this is why thoy are so indignant. The manufacturer is gotting a clear extra gain of thirty-seven cents per cut, and yet insists on taking two cents per cut from the already pauper. ized wages of the poor weaver. Rervorter.—But the manutacturers say they are only Waiting to see if the advance can be maintaured, and if it can they inform me they will freely restoro the last cut down. Mr. Sxaver—The reply of tho operators would bo thut it ts in the power of the manulacturers to make contracts at the present prices for three months ahead, and therefore the enforcement of the reduction could at anyerate be postponed until then. and bere let me guard against a mistake which the Boston Herald secms to buye made. The help are not asking for an advance, but pleading uguinst a cu-dowo—the fourth in ut yoar, or little over a your, Rerorter—Why do toe operatives, then, remain hero and continue to work for.such low’ wages? Mr. Stavey—Unfortunateiy for them many of them are compolied to do so because they have not money enough to carry them elsewhere in search of work; others cannot go becauce when tbo land fever pr vailed here in 1872 they invested their savings, acc mulated through years of bonest, frugal toil, in real estate and in the putting up of a little cottage or a ton- ement block, and could scarcely give away now what cost so much then, (bere are, however, many of our most skilied operatives returning to the ‘old cou. try, a8 was stated in the Labor Journal and the Daily Dem- ocrat, One Fall River steamship agent sent to England seven familios the Saturday vefure ast, driven home by the proposed ctft-down, and in one of these there were four good loom weavers. the price paid for weaving print cloths in England, ame reed and picks to the inch, 1s 2 trifle over 29 cents per cut; tur preci-ely the same work @ Fall River weaver gets only 19 cents. Fall River used to have the vest help in the country. 1t will soon have the worst. The very lowest kind of Freuch Canadian belp is rapidly taking the place of tho skiliful, expert- enced Lancashire beip. ‘The difference which this will make to our reiail merchants tn a year or two wiil be immense, as many of the French Canedtans herd to- | getuver after the fashion of the San Francisco Chinese, aud instead of spending their earnings 10 the country and city whero they receive them, when they bave scrapod a little together they take 1} off to Canada. Hl Revortsr—The manafucturers attribute their troubles with their help to tbe presence of agitators and demagogues in their midst, Is there any truth in that statement s0 generally made? Mr. SKAVKY—Moat assuredly not. We havo a large number of operatives hero working on one kind of | work. It is very natural that a community of interest and sympathy should exist between thei. Is it rea- sonable to suppose that a great boay of men will tamely submit to « series of four reduciions of ten per | cont cach and not meet logether and enueavor by all the means In their power, ott reasonable aud despotic, to avert it Tho great wgitutor we havo’ hud in Fall River, who is responsibie for ail the disputes aud troubles which have betaliea, is in the ten per cent re- ductions. If he bad never visited us, or had made his Visits jess olten, other agitators and demagogues would hbuve been powerless to urouse the poopie, Revontxa—W bat is the present temper of the opera- tives? Mr, Sxavey—The temper of the help is more indig- pan wo havo over known it. They are not so powerful, but they aro more wrathful than evor. When this jast reduction Was propused it exeited a great deal | of sullen bitterness, but now that cloth has advanced 60 that goed profits can be made itis intensified to a degree which itis impossible to make any stranger understand, A PROMISE OF RESTORATION, The commitiecs irom the several miils waited upon their employers Tuesday, September 6, and were informed that should the market rewain as tirm as it was then—viz, four and a half cents per yard—they would give back the cut-down on the Ist of October, and thus they (the operatives) would lose but two mouths’ reduction. From that date until ti the miil owners have been doing a tbriv: business: and bave received four und a hail cents per yard for all of their print goods, and as there are but @ few days left before the date of the proposed increase of pay it is presained that the market will warrant them in car- rying ous their imtentions, The operatives, bow. ever, are afraid that the marke: may fluctuate in the moantime, and that print goods may tail of a ror b cent per yard, and which will be the sof the present wages being continued. They nvinced that their employers will not give back down unioss the present price is maintained to a letter, A prom!nent mill owner said to-day that the help wero dose: ving of the kind consideration of their em- ployer, and (hat there was a doubt in bis mind of tue advisability of waking the last cat down, no matier if they (the mill owners) were not making ax much money as they wanted Ww. Nv one know better than he tho present condition of the poorly paid help of this “city of spindles’ He wi ware of the cheer! condition of their homes and how they tad to look around lor along time betore being avie wo decide where to spoud their wages to the best advantage, and he hoped that even if print goods should falls traction of a cent between now and the first ui the month theten | per cent would bo returnod, aud should this course be taken he believed it would Le the means of accomplish- ing touch good in the future, He should use all his judueuce for the weliare of the operatives. He spoke encouragingly of ube present outlook for Fall Ki and thought that the 4 of repeated cut would be soon numberod among the things of the past. 1 Bouaicastle.” Some half a dozen mill owners, who think their help have no rights which they are bound tv respect, havi even in view of the advance in their goods, “kicked,” to use the term of a weil known apd highly respected urer, against yiving back the cut down at all, t, wnttl there was a greater udva arket; and against these obstucies the more cot erate portion of the millowners have bad to contend in order to bring about the proposed arrangement Jo all matters pertaining to wages the mills area unit, and the Mill Board of Trade arrange Ubia important Item to the bestof their ability, aud so you will see all the operatives work on the saie basis, ‘and which, no doubt, is a good thing for tue mill owners, if It 18 not always for their employés. With improved machinery in many of the milis, it prevents those employed in others which were built years ago from earning the same amoupt of wages, And hence there isa greater desire to seek employment atthe modern mills The Board of Trade, however, hus no jurtediciion over the | mill agents, and the latter can send their goods to the most favorable market, and frequently one makes more favorable contracts than his neighbor; but the help, Jou Will see, owing to the present arrangement, can- not be permitted to share the benelits of the same. All must be ugreed as touching the important item of To illustrate the ebrewduess of soime of the last tail one of thein purchased th materiai al twelve cents a pound and laid ip a stock which will Jast him until the let of November, while a short time afterward cotton Was bouzbt for nine cents per pound. goods be coukt manutacture for thre cents per yard up to November 1. Tuis ix un excep- tional case, and the gentleman referred to is considered the best judge of cotton im Fail River, and has always been upusually successtul iu the management of bis Is. li wus never thought that he could be caught He is perfectiy wiiling, having the unanimous conseut of his stockholders—who, through his elient judg- ment in the past, have receivod handsome dividen to give his employés the wages us agreed upon by bis more fortunate friends who paid but nine cents per pound for cotton, and who are receiving four aod a half cents per yard for their cotton insiead of three and three-quarter cents, It is almost neediess to add that this gentleman has the sympathy of many of the mill owners, who regret the unmlortunate position in which he bas been placea, ad three-quarter THE AMERICAN BOOK ¥AIR—WMHAT THE LARGE DEALERS HAVE ON EXHIBITION—THE BEST WORKS OF MANY AUTHORS. In spite of the stormy weather, a goodly rumber of people visited the Book Fair yesterday and made memorandums, prior to purchasing. AS the stock on exhibition ts very large, buyers seom apparently in a quandary where to select irom first. The display of holiday books 13 immense, more so than at any other period prior to the holidays The Messrs, Harper & Brothers, represented by Mr, John Harper, exhibit specimens of nearly 2,500 volumes, which form but a part of their extensive list, Among the books offered for sale are very many huodred works which are offered at low prices, Such books us ‘Motley’s Works,” “Hildreth’s History of the United States,’ Alison’s **History of Europe,” Lossing’s **Kield Books’, of the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812, Macau- lay’s “England,” wibbon’s “Rome,” Hume's “Eng- and,” Harper's ‘History of the Rebellion,” &c, are shown in various bindings including cloth, sheep, hulf morocco und half calf, tuil calf, &c, Their catalogue of novels numbers nearly 1,000 volumes, the most promi- uentol wuich are all those of Lever, Reade, Eliot, Dick- ens, Thackeray and Bulwer, The great successes of the son have been ‘Daniel Deronda,” the “Lie of Lord uiay,”” “Will Carteton’s Centenniai Rhymes’? and noyson’s Poums.”” The chict book tor the holidays anuounced by the Messrs, Harper & Bros. 1s Dore’s lilustrated “Rime ot the Aucicnt Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridye, a folio volume, bound in handsome style, and in all’ respects equal to the best of Dore's works. ‘This book will be pubiished October 25, Messrs, Seribner, Armstrong & Co., represented by Mr, John H Dingman, display their usual varicty of publications of a standard and miscollaneous charac- ter, “Every Day ‘Topics,’ Dr, Hoiland’s | work, leads the list in liveliness of sale, the pub! thus fur having veen unable to supply tully the orders re- ceived; Dr. Holland even Onks,”” which las reuched a sale oi over 25,000 copies, aiid bis “Arthur They show Dean Stauloy'’s new vok une on the Jewish Cuurch, bemg volume 8 of the series; “Ubristian Nurture,” the first revised volume in tho’ resesue of Dr, Bushneul’s works; the “sang Souct Series,” ina style peculiarly its own, rich and beuutiul in effect, and turming a worthy companion to the celebrated “Brig rac!’ series; the illustrated edition of ‘Mistress of the Manso,” their new holiday book for tus tall, Miled with fine illustrations demgned by Mary H. 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G. ‘“*Daie on the Atone- meut,” “Rev, Lyman Abbout’s Commentary on the New Testament” and many othor valuable works ure of- fered by this house, Mr. Martin Je hae an extensive publisher from ing member of the American Book display of some of his most nuracing new und completo serics of ‘complete Drawing Book,’ Noa 1 5; udiments of German Etymology,” ‘The ate Register,” arranged for clergymen of all denominations; @ large assortmout of prayer books, ranging in price from $1 to $5; “The Ladies’ Visiting List,”’ Taylor's patent book covers, which are seli-fi- ting and adjustable to books of any size; Martio Tay- lor’s commercial copying books, soa many others. Messrs. McLoughiin Brothers, of New York, manu- facturers of toy vooks, A, B, O, blocks, games, paper dotis, &c,, have contributed to the Book Fair gor the first time, and make a fine display of their unique and highly finished wares, Among tho assortment are “Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Books," the 1g Of ity books; ‘Jack Spraggle’s History Buffalo, and a le: Robinson ae very fuany publication, where a schoolboy tells bis comrades the history of Robinson and tllus- ri ot trates it on his slate; “Uncle John’s Drolleries,’ “Golden Light Series," “arthur’s Alpbabet,’” Oddamadodd’s Series,” “Little Pets’ Primer,” “Sunda: School Awards,’ toy books, paper dolis, A, B," biocks, games, toy blocks, &c., in jarge variety, ‘To-day a very busy day is anticinated, Ps The unfortunate agent theo tmade 4 contract for all tho | NEWTON'S CHANNEL. Popular Feeling Regarding the Work and the Engineer. CONTINUING THE SOUNDINGS. More Satisfactory Results and Preparations for Dredging. DIVERS TO GO DOWN TO-DAY. ““Newton’s Channel’’—the new title proposed by the Hegatp, yesterday, for the river track over the de molished ree{—bas been accorded the verdict of versal approbation, The application of the General’s name tothe channel bis skill bas so materially tm- proved commended itself toevery one as a well meritod compliment to the man whose name is now so com. plotely and thoroughly identified with it, The proposed change was a general topic of conversation yesterday and everywhere met with the heartiest approval, Many old skippers and Hell Gate pilots sailing over the Sito of the reef yesterday and finding an ample depth of water above the mangied remains of their old and treacherous enemy declared in their enthasiasm that tho government sould erect a tablet near the spot to commeworate the splendid triumpa of engineering skill and honor the man whe achieved Others, bowover, thought thia would involve much delay, and, perhaps, difficulty, and that afier all a tablet, however fine, would not be half so prominent or lasting & memorial as the renaming of the place. They did not propose to discard the time-honored name of Hell Gate as applied to the entire system of rocks and waters, Lut merely to give the Geveral’s Dame to that particular channel directly deepened and widened by hia great work. This bas heretofore been called the East Channel to distinguish it from the Middle and West channels, which thread the river each in the direction imdicated by its name, All along the shore in the vicinity of Astoria the change of name is already au accomplished fact, PROGKESS OF THE SOUNDINGS—VERY LITTLE UPHEAVAL OP THK BLASTRD ROCK —PREPARING FOR THX DREDGRE— THE WORK O THE DIVERS, Hallett’s Point was a dreary sight yesterday morne tug. The heavy clouds overhead and the muddy soil below, dotted with the biack looking buildipys, pre seuted a forlorn appearance, The rain poured down steadily and deterred the curious from visiting the spot where so many years of labor came to a success tul close on Sunday last, ‘the place presonted a de- sorted appearance, for the workmen remained within doors during the forenoon, taking apart what temporary apparatus had been ased in making the blast. Coils of wire were scattered around pre- paratory to being rolled upon wooden wheels and stored away for future use, The little wooden build ing, nding OM tho water’s edge, which was toppled over by the tidal wave on Sunday, was removed a short distance and placed io an upright position. The im- menso quantity of rock taken from the mt before the explosion lies piled up {a the form of a horseshoe, walling io @ marshy piece of ground and presenting the appearance of a fortification. It stands up over ten fect high and is flattened on top, forming a semi- circular roadway to and from tho water front, As load after luad was taken out of the mine and laid upon the marshy ground it sank of itsown weight toa depth of over ten feet before it reached a firm foundation. General Newton und Captain Mercur wore present during the day and are anxious to begin the work of demoliwhing Fiood Rock as svon as possible. Mr, Striedinger was also there with the government tug Star, waiting for slack water to resame the soundings commenced yesterday. Wair weather and slack water came at the same hour, and work commenced A line was sent ashore, marking the distance the boat stood out at 180 feet on this circuit, the shaft was dropped sixteen feet below mean low water, and alter moving @ short distance encountered some of the upbeaved rocks. It was raised to twelvo feet, ard another triaJ made, This time it struck again, bat ligutly; the third trial was made at eight fect, aud all found clear. ‘This is the nearest point to shore any soundings were made, as no vessel need approach so ueur, We published in our columns yesterday a tabu- lar statement of the results of the soundings made on extends over Ofty iato points _be- more and covers tween those already reported. shore just in: twenty-tive feet and a trial made. iy stood at five feet above low water mark when the # struck. The result was a warning to vessels crawing As much ag twenty feet of water to keep outside tue lines marked by the outer buoy, Another trial at 340 feet from shore under the same tide gauge and depth of shaft showed u clear passage of twenty feet around the entire swing. Below will be found the result of yesterday’s work. It must be remembered ti figures given do not represemt the maximam but t inui depthy calculated from the average low At 280 feet from * gt 160 yRRT YROM SHORE. Depth of shaft (on third trial ‘Tiae abovo low water mark Depth at low water........ at UAO PERT FROM SHORE. Depth at low water, 360 FRET FROM SHORB. at wepth of shaft . Tide above low water mark Depth of low water. aT 380 Depth of shalt... Tide above low water mark. Depth of low water..... Depth of sbatt ‘Tide above low Depth at low water, AT 420 VERT PROM SHOR! Depth of shatt........ Tide above jow water mark, Depth at low water... aT 440 PERT FROM sitoRE. Another trial was made, but the eurreut by this time Was 60 strougjthe work had to be abandoned, No record is maue of the trial at 280 feet, where the shalt struck W {eet below low water k. At 340 feet, how. Vor, a shurt distance beyond the outer buoys, vessels of 20 feet draught may pass with p Diving in the mine will be comm Striedinger and one descent. Their ovject is to ascertain-the condition of the bottom of the biast and to learn what effect force of the explosion had upon the roof rock, This is dove for the purpose of tinding what kind of dredges will be necessary to cloar away the shattered remains Be Sol BoB Ba Bak an of tho reef If, as itis hoped, the great mass of the rock is blown into small fragments, most of the work will be don with grapples. Tho removal of the larger rocks will require the use of huge chains and more powerful hoisting apparatus, and possibly the additional aid of surface blastiu The work to be accomplished by she divers will enable the officials to make a proper esti- | mate on the amount of labor to be done by the drodgers, Who may contract for the work of removal. In the process of drilling the rouf rock for places to insert the explosive cariridges fissures wore sometimes encountered, and at other points water leaked in. At such places it was impossible to distribute the ex plosives uniformiy, and som portions of splaced = rock wil, it {8 expected, ith, Anticipating such a reault, a e@burt was red in advance, marking out these localities and soarch will be mado to-day to ascertain if the undrilled parts can be found. By triangalation the position will be fixed on the water's suriace und marked by Jetting down a heavy sione with a line attached. Dows this line the divers will go and begin the scareb, An- other line will be fastened to the sun! stone by the aid of which the divers will be able to cover a circular area around its base. The results of their work will be not only of great benedt in removing the stone but will give officials the means of confirming the correctuess of their calewiations. THE SEWARD STATUE. At three o’olock to-morrow afternoon Mr. Randolph Rogers’ statue of William H, Seward will he anvelled in Madison Park. The stutuo will be presented to the city by Mr, Hamilton Fish, the responee will be de- livered by the Mayor and Mr, Evarts will deliver an address. The exercises will also include approprime muse, RUDOLPH'S NEW GAMB, Anthony P. Rudolph, of Villard fame, was yester- day before Justice Duffy at the Tombs Police Court, cbarged with keeping a gambling bh ing like a baga' a number of small ivory balls, Counsel Claimed that the game was not one of chance such taro, keno or the like, but one at whieh the won by skillaione. Justice Duffy thought ‘intron aud Mr. Radolpn was required to give bail in $1,000! trialat the General Sessions. Seven young trons of the ‘new patent game” who were with Rudolph, were discharged with