Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-31

ring removed, II requires little argument Ia
prove the benefits that would arise from The
introduction OF manufactures among rs. Every
one knows that country must have clofhes,
furniture tools, and utensils, AS well as prov,s.
ions, and that lis wealth consists in the sI,an.
daace ofthe first species of commodities nj
well as The last. Its evident that there are
but two ways of procuring these manufactured
articles, ono, by giving raw pruduce In ex.
change tor them, AMI the other, by fabricaiine
them nj home. The first mode depends on
the concurrence Of for ign nations, we cauno,
purchase OF them, Il they will not buy Of ns
II lley r. fuse 10 purchase our four aud other
bread siuils, the states which have little else 10
export, must. of necessity, supply themselves
aiit manufactures. or do withou, them This
has been the situation OF the IN iddlo states. and
OF a part ofthis state for tue last Ten or twelve
years. Being thus deprived OF the market they
formerly had IN Great Britain for their pfinci-
PM staple wheat, and not finding IL easy 10
turn their industry into the unactnstomed Chan.
nel Of manufactures, lht consequence has been
tina, their lands have fallen in price, with their
products, wages have also fallen. and the in.
comes dfalI classes have been propo,iionatly
dininlshed, and thus, with all the Constituents
oi national wealth, except manufacturing eknl.
we have for want OF that, been continually
growing poorer and poorer.
Lei US suppose il practicable TO acquire man.
ninc'utiag skill IN Virginia, II seems feasona.
bio TO suppose that we could pro6iably engage
IN the following manufactures.
Coarse cotton fabrics. The circumstances IN
favor of this manufacture, are that the raw
material is one OF the staple products Of the
country, aud can Of con Sc be had some hat
cheaper here than Ia the northern states. In
'hls manufacture, too, machinery IS peculiarly
eiiicieni, and water power is no where cheaper
than "A Nituluia In La
known to u, the u, deftakers have mt, with
success; one al Petersburg. one IN Fluyanna,
and one nj Richmond In Tue last, Cunning.
hnin aud Andersoas sman ufae,U,y, thieh
coarse GOTTEN Iabric is made al fOutlsen Cents
The yard, which IS ~ once brtier and cbeaper
than os man oznab'ngs for slaves, aud must
we 'ninA, suporsede the use OF that asnele nj.
together.
Bulky iron fabrics. Whenever the expense
OF transportation adds matcrinty 10 the Coz, Of
- manufactured Article, aud bnfa tohrali
deg c. OF manuel sHill IS required, the manu-.
faclure may be tnrled az IN those places.
whore iron eau be obtnined on removable
terms Nails. plouBhs, spades, hoes, axes,
sc}the blades, saws, augurs aud snilar tools
are OF tins descfii ton, nearly all oil which ara
aow procured al oal o. ~ other states. Some
OF these articles arc now man ilnc'n,ed nesr
kicnnond, OF superior quail y, IL n manufae.
tory ow led sy General Iiaryle, and IL deserves
Il Ne mentioned, IN conGraa ION Of come of
our previous spffuatlons, TINT the lebour is
acre CARRIED Oh almost entirely by slaves.
Course Wooielw Whenever our citizens
shall turn their attention 10 the raising Of sheep
so as 90 furnish AN adequate supply OF wool on
fca onarlc terms, iab4ias fihs material may
be- made IN my VII age possessing waie power
aud saiiifienily ldrgr 10 ailoid accommodations
for the requisite workmen. The supply oil the
raw material mud It's manufacture viii 70 hand
IN haad. As soon rs "A ready market Is fur
nished at home Tor wool. II Will probably be.
this state as 10 almost any purt Of the u
mon.
Surprising II practicable, (as We really be-
heye II 10 be,) TO manufacture these articles
Tor ourselves, in 10 long time, what must DO
the elect on the wealth and prosperity Of tho
slao2 Without indulgiug in any golden viz
IONS of the utmost possible opulence, we may
confidently say that The prosperity Vi the state
would be greater aud would rest upon more
solid foundation, than AZ any former period
We will briefly notice the consequences that
may nationally be expected.
/. The labor Withdrawn from agiicultur.
TO manufactures, would lessen the present re.
dundancy OF our staple products, aud adapt
the supply 10 the demand by which the price
the effect ola sbou crop of tobacco on the
prlce OF that commodity, aud withdrawal OF u
part of the labonr expended 10 lis culture would
h We The same effect on the price. We might
then u lot make more Indian corn than we could
End good market Tor IN such Of The West In.
dies, ~ will receive IL, aud in Madetia, and
perhaps not more flour than wonld supply,
without Cutting the mark Is Of Cuba, Spanish
Am. rlca, and he West Indies. Should the
/ h.
features 10 Abe limited extent we have been
conei1ering then the same salntafy cneck
would take place ~ Tie cultivation oil cotton
md the same beneficial result Ia the advance
menl Of ITS price some persons, looking only
10 the number of operatives empIoye1 IN the
manutaet ores, cannot conceive that the a
mount of grleuiiural products could be mate
iialy diminished by the manufacturing poll.
cy.
But those WHO are Immediately employed in
the fabIlcaio ion of the commodity constitute but
ANAL part of the number 10 whom maaufac-
lures give employment. 1t comprebenJs also
those who erect the buildings who make tie
machinery aud tools, who transport, first the
raw material 10 the mandatory, aud then the
manufactured commodity 10 its various points
OF destination aud lastly, those who furnish
these several classes with provisions. In this
way commodity, employing hundred persons
in mandatory, may employ five hundred, or
even thousand Out Of il.
Nor can we estimate the amount of labonr
Withdrawn from the cultivation Of our staple
produces. Ivy merely reckoning the number OF
labourers transferred 10 manufacturing occu-
pa,ions, since these formerly furnished them.
selves with provisions, and they must now he
fproshed by The remainder OF the agricultural
Glass Thus, suppose the number transferred
TO he ten thousand and that. besides raising
their own provisions, they produced for market
FIVE thousand hogsheads of iobacGo, as these
ten thousand laborers, must now he supplied
with provisions by Others there must b. yer
farther withdrawal OF the labor previously as
sig ned to the cultivation Of tobacco in addition
TO that employed in producing the five housand