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The statistics of Lowell manufactures
show that the whole amount Of capital in~
vested in manufactures in that place is over
Sll 100000.


Bales cotton used per annnm, 62,O4O
Pounds of wool, l,OOO,OOO
Tons Of anthracite coal, l2,5OO
Gallons Of oil, 67,s49
Spindes, 2Ol ,676
Yards Of cloth made per week, l,425,s 800


From the above table it will be seen that
there arc 1 100000 lbs. wool consumed by
the Lowell factories, and if we allow 8 lbs.
to sheep, would require for its production
over $50, 900 sheep. Now, if the tariff were
reduced to 20 per cont. OH foreign woolens,
as is proposed by some Of the locos, tn,
wooIen factories would be closed. Where
in that event, would the farmers who now
supplies them with l,OO0,OvO lbs. of wool
per annum, find market for their wooll


The number of hands employed in the
Lowell factories is s,64O. They receive in
wages 81 800 900 per annum, and consume
of course vast amount Of the products OF
the agriculturalist.