Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-02-16
) slTUATIoN OF ouR couNrRY.

IN our last We promised to give brief state
meht OF the different manufactures IN our coun
try' we will now endeavor to comply with tina
promise as lar AS our limits will permit Til.
improvements we have made in the seyera
branches OF manufactures since the American
revolution, are almost inconceivable. I'm no ma
ton have they advanced with equal rapidty
particularly since the system OF restriction vi a.
adopted. Necessity, it has been said, is The mo
ther OF invention, ana necessity hiss compelled
our countrymen to resort to this mode of acuu,
ring wealth, by supplying the want, and adding
10 the comforts OF society. 1t is an undeniable
TACT, that PRIOR to the revolution We were dc.
pendent on Great Britain, even for the bricks
and stones OF which our houses were built, and
the most trifing articles of domestic use How
different now Is our situationl How rapidly
have We advanced from this state OF prpilage and
dependence, and what degree of national eleva.
ton may we yet anticipated We cannot pro-.
mile our readers detailed statemen, =. ali the
different branches OF manufactures in this coun.
try; it vii! suffice barely to mention the prin.
cipal ones, which are all our limits will allow
Ut cotton manufacturing establishments, there
are in the United States 269, which make ann,l-
ally 1874 yards; from hempen cloth manu-
featuring establishments, there are made 3.0s5
pieces OF sail duck, and SO, Z Id yards of cloth ;
from WOODEN cloth manufacturing establish.
ments there are made II 1926 yards. OF cot; on
goods III families, &c there are made l6
SS9 yards oil flaAen cloth IN famiies 9. Q Ii. 962
yards; OF wooleu cloth in Families &c q51s 266
yards; of mix d and hempen do. chiefly mixed.
1881, 1913 yards; oi mixed cloths and fiaxen do
chiefly mixed, 1852 yards; of blended and
unnamed cloths and slaffs, 22,l31 ,553 yards; of
mixed goods and cotton do. chiefly mixed,
2,464, 45l yards; OF silk, 1900 yards; of web
lace and fringe 743,090 yards; of WOODEN bian-
kets 27S; Of carpeting and coyerlets, $685.
yards; OF bagging for cotton of hemp, 4e3.2l3
yards; Of stockings, 48I, 39e pairs of sewing
silk and raw silk l03 lbs.
OF carding machines there are 1,776: of fa.
ling mills ,682; of wire card manufactures S:
OF hand cards made, 1900; one floor cloth
stamping establishment, which stamps 500
yards; eighty eight blast furnaces, and 81 air
flu naces. In the manufactures of iron and steel.
there are made $4,000 planes, 1916 door locks.
$4,000 augers and bits; for cutlery / IL shops
two mills Tor grinding fat-lrons and one Ma
nuiactory OF files IL brass founderies; III
copper, brass and tin manufactures; two type
tonnderiss two plating manufactures and ten
bell fou"deriesj 1919 distiileries md 1879
breweriesi 1898 Wagons made; and 24l3
Carriages; 179 psEer mills, making 1852
reams; % glass works, which make 4, 967, 900
square fee OF glass, aud 1850 bottes
Their are many pther manufac lures and ma
nufacturing IS ADJUSTMENTS, which we have not
been much short Of tue actual number in exist.
ence at the time he report was made. Since
that, these establishments, from lie difficulty
OF procuring foreign articles, and their absolute
necessity, have oeen almost doubiy increased.
We have omitted the recent establishments
tor the manufacturing OF pins, andirons, shovels
and tongs, &c because We have not been able
20 ascertain the actual humber. But what we
have enumerated, will, We trust, be sufficient
H. s fsrt.rs n,.F,.
resources Of our nation, tue independence we
are capable OF reaching, and the comparative
Prcsf-' W. now eiJoy. On he subject of
manufactures, as adding 20 the wealth Vi ma
tion, we val, hereafter enlarge For the pre-
sent, we shall only observe, that no nation can
be independent AMI prosperous without the aid
Of the manufacturing class OF society, which
forms third, distinct and powerful interest, in
the community Of all other countries.
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