| Title | 3 June 1811
John Longsdon at Islington to Firm on collecting arrangements from weavers. Take in goods at Winster and elsewhere on Thursdays - but weekly manufacture sent to Manchester preceding day and remain until Saturday before bleacher takes possession, Monday before goods get to Croft - 12 days if goods at Winster etc. taken in on Friday and total manufacture for week sent to Manchester on following Monday and be given to bleacher on Tuesday and be in Croft on Wednesday - 6 days instead of 12. Admitting firm has altered system of taking in at Winster, principle still holds good as to home manufacturers, bulk of which came in on or before Saturday.
Since this year firm have generally found whole delivery has been sold and must know that had each monthly manufacture been delivered in 4 bales 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th - on John's system delivered 6 days earlier - last on 23rd - so 3 bales coming into sales of month instead of 2 or saving of 1 month's interest on ¼ of firm's manufacture and giving other ¾ better chance of being well sold by being 6 days earlier in market.
London 5 - Please look at plan.
Evans said yesterday could have sold 100 pieces of shirtings got up in calico way to a House which had had few of that sort - none up. In execution of order and House could not wait. Glad satisfied with last month's sales. See no ground for curtailing manufacture - award goods will be lower and cotton and twist low. They have sold good New Boards at 12½d 14 days 3 months in London - necessary to quote article particularly good that the market may be glutted the quality may be nowhere else found.
Calicoes twist made to be of equal quality with shirting and in now way different but the weft is widely as described. Just sold all their shirtings 70 pieces to Habgoods at 12d. As to E Roberts & Co - think him declining again - no more consignments to them. Writer means what they hold to be brought in June sales if they can get 12 d. They have 3 bales. |