Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-25
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CottOn AianHfac Ures or BaffisS5re.-
lnere are nov running in Baltimore. or Ia
her m the CITY and il. cnity. about
9 GOO spindles; $500 or 1000 more GO into
operation before The first OF January next.
and from the works already ia great pro
Sresst there will be about 20 600 in the
whole by the en- % the easul year. rhrcs
years ago W. did not make a bread
hese works, IN he average, viii require
35OOih. OF cotton per da, 70 keep them a
M and reckoning 500 days ia The year.
"lii consnme, Ter annurn. Lose. oC0 To. {
cotton, "a her more than one eighth f he
whole export OF hat article ON the Uni
ted States in the year 1905 when t,ade IN
general, was nearly US height though he
cultivation ot that commodity has greatly
increased since then.
This cotton will make about one million
lbs. OF yarn -" hich sells tor an average ptIce
Of 70 cents, equal to S roo, 0UO per aGmum
for the cotton, IN its iirst state OF improve
mehS.
But this yarn will be wove into three mil
lions Of yards of cith, worth OH the average
IS Cents per yard. ma king 4 iinal value Of
S 100000 per anuum.
SO much for the " de voted ciry.n Resides.
the Union Manufacturing Company wilicom
meucc me third rill, as soon as the
building Of the second is done and
begin TO count upon the fourth. They have
seats for sixteen nils IN the space of a few
hundred yard~, to &c turned By the Pataps
co. Other works by Ctaer Companies are
| contemplated.
we nave also MANY valuable manufac.
tories IN the neiShborhood the property Of
which is in citizens vi Baltimore, as well as
several IN tie city. We shall at this time
only notice machine az E.icot', S mills tina,
cuts (piease to observe, d. not s.y will
cut, but cuts) twelve hundred nails In one
minute, more perfect than any heretofore
furnished.
From the facts that have come to ms
knowledge (and though am very curious
about such things / am convinced that
| am not fully in'ormtd) venture to say. thai
the domectic manufactures ct cotton wool
copper, brass, nails and glass, (ONLY SIX
ARtlCLES) appertaining to Baltimore
will give an ultimate value OF more thar
two millions cf dtlars for the year 1915
without taking into calculation any Other
than those works now in O, .eration r actual
~ finishing or erecting; wre ting that mIgh.
~ sum Immediately from the enemie, Ui
the United States, And much is done IN
! small way IN making many ether goods thai
three years ago were received from Grea
4 Britain, to the amount of. perhaps, $50,
0C0 a year.
Verify, terily. these things will provoke
".fiome Influence" and hasten the poi,uca
mdienum when we snail regard ali nationi
as enemies OF rs friends. as they may behave
themseivea'o US. la addition to these mOrt
weighy coasi'. ratOns, we exhltingiy make
! the remark, that oery person engaged IL
these manufactures r. rapidly adding to III,
wealth.
Though the breed o. Merino sheep i.
now very numerous 10 theUnitea States, tn,
great profits sccruing 90 Ia m, and the con
sequent desire OF many to possess thet.,, sill
keep them very high--68 fui blooded eve
brought at New York. few days ago, al
average price Of Sl27 90 eacl the ,hrei
To have made +" this othchl account
complete, the British Should hav. sur 0und
ed Hsmpton's army OFF, 900 met with ,her
500, and made the whole prisoDets lJsLcs
some, from the mpnstrOuslies cn,ained u
this account, may usbect it a fTgery, IN,
EDITOR Of the REGISTER assures us readers
that he copied it Immediately frotl the Mon
l ,real paper, in Which 1t FIRST apps red.