Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-05-18

uha, msy be inIsy:ei from ihe Preparation. 4
illc manufactures al hanging paper, and |
os p!ay;ug cards are also excessive; and
that OF prin ting |, pes, OF which there are
TWO establishments, the prs.c rsi al Phil |
ade!phia, and another al Bal,,morc, was
fully adequate to he demand, but has !
lately been afeeted by The want of reg.
illus Of aniimony.
MANUFACTURES OF HEMP.
The neutrality-suspicious. of foreign Hemp
amounted to 6 200 tons. But the inter.
ruption of commerce has greatly promo.
ted the cultivation of that article in Mas.
sachuseus, New York, Kentucky and Sc
veral other places ard it is believed that
sufficient quantity will in short time
be produced in the u. s.
The manufacture of ropes, cables an1
co.dnge, of every description, may be
considered as equal 10 the demand, the
expectations of American Manufacture
for 1906 end 1907 having exceeded the
| average of $500 quinals and the iu.
por,ations from foreign ports having faRen
short OF 4 200 ditto.
| Exclusively of the rope walks in ali
1
Falone, which consume about 1000 IONS
lof hemp year-.and new works we're
in state of preparation for the present,
year.
! The manufactures of sail duck former.
ly established in Rhode Island, 10 Goa
neeticut and at Salem have been aban...
doned or suspended. partly on accountol
the price of hemp, snd partly for want OF
capital. Some /. still made and the spe-
Icies of canvas commonly called cotton
lbagging. is now manufactured in various
lplaces on an extensive scale. An cstab.
'lishnent at Philadelphia employs eigh
looms, and can make annually 1900
yards of duck or $4,000 yards of csuon
| hagging. There are Is maoufa6 lories 10
Kentucky. and Two in West Tennessee.
The 1--WE at or sear Lexington, make an.
nuallY 2so,ofo yards Of duck and cotton
baggieg.
RPIRITUOUS & MALT LIQUORS.
The duty on licenced stills amour ed in
1901 to 372 ooo, and, on account Of omis-
sions, might be estimated a, 10000
dollars. AS The duty actually paid on the
spirits distilled in those stills did ret or
an average exceed cents per gallon,
the quantity of spirits distilled that year
from grain aud fruit Exclusively of the
| large Gin distillerie, in ciies) mus. have
amounted to about 9 millions of gallons
ard may at present, the manufacturing
having Increased at least in ,he.s ra-
TO as the populstion, be estimated at a.
I 100000 of gallons. To this must be ad :
ded about 8 eco 600 of gallans Of gii and
rum Disabled in cities-.making an aggre.
gate of Is .oco coo Of gallons.
! The iInpodations Of foreign spirits are
nevertheless very considerable, having a..
| mounted during the years 1906 and 1907
to 9 75o, GOO gallons year, and yielding
9 net anuuai revenue 10 The u. s.. of &, s6s,.
geo dollars.
This quantity of malt liquors made in
the Uni'ed STATES is nearly equa! 10 their
lccnsump,on.
The annual foreign imA
Portatieps amount OILY TO iss 900 gallons.
Ard The annual exporia-
lions Of American beer Sc
cider, to 1877 600 do.
Bus the amount actually made cannol
be correctly stated. 4 has been said that
the brewe,ies of Pbiisdelphia consumed
| annually I5o, 600 bu shells of mals--and, tx.
4 ciusveiy Of he hume ous establishment
on smaller scale. dispersed Throughout.
4 the country. extensive breseriesa { known
20 exist in New Ye,k and Baltimore.
/ From hose da;a the aggfega,e va We
of spit uous zad saig liquors annually
! mad- N ,,e United STATES, csnno. be IS.
.imased at less than 10 ooo, 600 Of dol
lars.
IRON s. MANUFACTURES OF j.
RON.
The information received Respecting
that important branch is very Imperfect
II is however we'll known shat iron ore
abounds, and that namsroIs furnaces and
. forges are e9ed Throughout the United
STATES. They supply e 2usicisnl quantity
of hollew ware, end of castings OF every
description but about $500 tons Of bal
! iron are anusllf imported from Russia
and probably an equal quauti,y from Swee
dea aud Engerd together. A vague es
} innate states the amount Of bar iron an.
) nuaiIy used IN the United States, at fiji,
thousand tonss which would leave abou
forty .housand for that OF American man
ufac'ure. Although a great proportion
; OF ore found 10 Vermont, Pennsy lyania
! Maryland aud Virginia, be OF superio
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