text:  In all the departments requiring greater skill more perfect machinery more taste and the peculiar arts of finish which long practice alone can give the old accustomed manufacturer for the home trade remains without a rival still prospering in the midst of depression around and whilst secure against intrusion in his own special monopoly of home supply commanding also a superiority in foreign markets for his surplus wares in the event of stagnation in home consumption over the less finished and reputed products of his less-skilled brethren of the craft