- Email: [email protected]
Report on straw goods
Reports oJ the Judges on the Thirteenth Bxhibition.
35
•~dditional Report.--Our attention having been called to the article of Jeweler's Rouge exhibited, we have taken the pains to inquire of those who have used it, and find that they unanimously recommend it as a very superior article for jeweler's purposes. W e therefore request to have added to our former report, the following recommendation. For No. - - , jeweler's rouge, to Mrs. Mary West, a certificate of honorary mention, for the excellence of the article. Report o~ Straw Goods. The Judges on Straw Goods beg leave to make the following report on the articles referred to t h e m : No. 214, specimens of No. 5 and 7, Amazon braid, manufactured by A. Casseli, N e w York ; the braid is purely white, exceedingly even and regular in texture, and o,f proper quality for the number. This article is deserving of high praise as a domestic fabric, and when made up, presenting a light, durable, and beautiful bonnet, equal, if not superior, in these respects, to any thing of foreign production. The committee would recommend to the manufacturer a certificate of honorable mention. No. ¢15, Amazon braid bonnets, made up by S. D. Hall & Co., of New York, who are entitled to praise for the purity they have preserved in the color of the braid, in getting up a neat and tasty bonnet. No. lO84, a glass case containing Amazon and Florence braid bonnets, manufactnred by Thomas White, of Philadelphia ; although received too late for competition, yet are entitled to much merit for the superior manner in which they have been made ; equal praise is also due to the palm leaf hats, and" hair edgings, by the same maker. Daniel B. Legg has also deposited some hair edging, entitled to attention, but received too late for competition. No thrther samples were presented to the committee worthy of mention; we would also further state, that, il~ our opinion, it is in bad taste to present for exhibition bonnets made up of braid, or other material, of foreign nature, and the more so when that braid gives much more than half the value to the bonnet. The committee are sorry to add that they are much disappointed in the very poor display of the articles belonging to Straw Goods ; the variety and quality is poor, and the quantity very limited. This subject is worthy of more attention by the manufacturers of our country, and we do not err in saying, that over a million of dollars have been paid in one year b y the United States, to foreign countries for articles in this line, and even now many hundred thousand dollars are yearly lostto us in the same manner. We have in our land al[ the variety of raw material, and the specimens in other goods in this hall, certainly prove that our manufacturers have equal skill with these of other lands : we trust that at the next exhibition of this Institution, the Committee on Straw Goods may have no cause of like complaint.
35
•~dditional Report.--Our attention having been called to the article of Jeweler's Rouge exhibited, we have taken the pains to inquire of those who have used it, and find that they unanimously recommend it as a very superior article for jeweler's purposes. W e therefore request to have added to our former report, the following recommendation. For No. - - , jeweler's rouge, to Mrs. Mary West, a certificate of honorary mention, for the excellence of the article. Report o~ Straw Goods. The Judges on Straw Goods beg leave to make the following report on the articles referred to t h e m : No. 214, specimens of No. 5 and 7, Amazon braid, manufactured by A. Casseli, N e w York ; the braid is purely white, exceedingly even and regular in texture, and o,f proper quality for the number. This article is deserving of high praise as a domestic fabric, and when made up, presenting a light, durable, and beautiful bonnet, equal, if not superior, in these respects, to any thing of foreign production. The committee would recommend to the manufacturer a certificate of honorable mention. No. ¢15, Amazon braid bonnets, made up by S. D. Hall & Co., of New York, who are entitled to praise for the purity they have preserved in the color of the braid, in getting up a neat and tasty bonnet. No. lO84, a glass case containing Amazon and Florence braid bonnets, manufactnred by Thomas White, of Philadelphia ; although received too late for competition, yet are entitled to much merit for the superior manner in which they have been made ; equal praise is also due to the palm leaf hats, and" hair edgings, by the same maker. Daniel B. Legg has also deposited some hair edging, entitled to attention, but received too late for competition. No thrther samples were presented to the committee worthy of mention; we would also further state, that, il~ our opinion, it is in bad taste to present for exhibition bonnets made up of braid, or other material, of foreign nature, and the more so when that braid gives much more than half the value to the bonnet. The committee are sorry to add that they are much disappointed in the very poor display of the articles belonging to Straw Goods ; the variety and quality is poor, and the quantity very limited. This subject is worthy of more attention by the manufacturers of our country, and we do not err in saying, that over a million of dollars have been paid in one year b y the United States, to foreign countries for articles in this line, and even now many hundred thousand dollars are yearly lostto us in the same manner. We have in our land al[ the variety of raw material, and the specimens in other goods in this hall, certainly prove that our manufacturers have equal skill with these of other lands : we trust that at the next exhibition of this Institution, the Committee on Straw Goods may have no cause of like complaint.