American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-07-24
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
MANUFACTURES

In December last the steam paper mill erected
by Mr.. Graham, in this city, was burned down the
very day it was complete for commencing bust
ness. 1t has been rebuilt on an improved and ex-
tended plan, and has been in operation since the
21st of May. 1t works six watts. and is properly
constructed for finishing expeditously all the pa
per moulded daily.
In walking through this establishments few DAYS
ago, | could not avoid feeling of regret that a
large section Of our country shou. cherish senti-
ments hostile to our own manufactures. Paper is
an article of essential convenience, and becomes
indispensable. in the rutest stages of civilizations
writings printing. reading. banking, trading peo-
pie. such are we the people of the United States
consume annually vast quantity Of paper. BY
manufacturing it amongst ourselves. create it
almost out of nothing. Rags the principal article
pot worked into paper, and The abour employed is
equally an original creation Its abstraction from
agriculture is not felt and, in truth, great deal
of it is actually called into action by the manuac
tory. About eighty individuals find daily employ
in the paper mill of Mr.. Graham. Many of these
are females, whose time, most probably, wo"d
otherwise produce nothing Here it is turned to
valuable account.
Every thing consumed in mandatory, con-
tuibutes something TO the common good of the
country. The stone coal used as fuel, is CONVEX
ted into the comforts Of life. Every cent of money
paid for it, increases the aggregate Of MEANS and
annihilates nothing. The miner. the wasgoner,
the boat builder, the navigator, find something to
do, and the cultivation of the soil proceeds as it
would do, was there no demand fer, or consump-
ton of coal And this is the great advantage Of
internal improvements and domestic manufac-
lures. They multiply employments, and give new
impulses to industry. The richness and protuc-
tlveness Of our soil, make it easy to produce pro-
visions in abundance. But our necessities cannot
be supplied by provisions alone. Indeed pro,is-
ion, though indispensable, is the smallest part of
what we require to make us comfortable. Hence
the necessity that the farmer should be enabled to
change his corn, his wheat, and pnik, for hats and
coats and shoes. And If he undertake to buy these
articles from those who get their bread and meat
from others, it is evident the farmer cannot pa, .
He must sell or he cannot buy. Ii, therefore. the
manufacturer is in the same nelghhouhood with
the farmer, their mutual exchanges increase the
comforts and the wealth Of both.
Thus, the eighty persona engaged in the paper
mill Of MIR. Graham, If allowed the meat and -four
daily that constitutes ration, would consume So
600 pounds of meat. and one hundred and fit,
barrels of -four per year. And the actual cunsulnp
ton is greatly more. because their labnrs enable
some to support families whose consumption il to
be added. If employed in agriculture, their la
Dor would only tend TO increase articles for which
there is no demand. But being employed in man
ufacturing paper, they contribute to increase the
market for provisions, and create the means Of
paying for them. And this creating Of hume
market for flour, beef and pork, is one Of the great
est advantages of manufactures, which u rot SO
we'll understoodas thought to be-.