Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-06-28

the capital engaged IN manufactures m The euihe-
/ raicd places amounts to inoieiy OF the whole
eapital OF the commonwealth. They hno" ths ~
/ every important agricultural county more or less
capital is engaged IN the manufacture al hnnf-ihat
thc manufactures of pig aud bar nnn are scattered
over the whole county. between tide water aud the
Blue Ridge. aud Tie whole country west ol the fidge
to the borders Of The State that the manufacture ol
cotton aud tobacco has been rtohahiy c"ndaeled IN
several points not enumerated. aud that Other es-
1hshmcuts are IN progress and Will som be rnt IN
OPERATION. That the manufacture oi SAT- III inc
county Of Washington his employed = large capital
aud been source of great wealth III TIA, pdh oil me
! country The resources of Virginia IN nos. coal,
4 aud salt not surpassed by any portion oil the
nnion Cosl has been oau1 cast ollhe Blue Ridge.
on the waters Of the James. Appomanox and koa-
/ nnke. West of the Blue Ridge, II has been found
on the waters Of tie Potomac aud Shenandoah the
! Jancs and NcS River. West Of the hUeshany 1t
/ Is found every nhrfr lis article presents vast
field for the riafiaac employment Of eapt,t winch
Is vel only partially cNored. la the counties nea
Richmond aud IA the vicinity OF Wheeling, II least
1900 0e0 bushels are annually raised. The capital
invested Is supposed to amount 10 -, lo0,0o9-aud
1t notorious that II Yields Ia is rropriros good
profit Indeed. the coal tfadr Of Virginia is NOW 50
firmly established. that II cannot be doubted thai the
atiicle ean be yfaaurcd and sold in competition with
the coal ol olhcrsfaes. In The county OF hana"ha,
The coal business his brcu commenced recently, and
is believed 10 weld u tlr profit
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States. 1t not only enters INTO competition with,
bat has actually driven from a large country the
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4 branch Of our products i found In be firmly es-
ablshed. tn enter into competition with the rrodhc
TINS Of othcr states and weld far profit the result
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.'' hannl9cliiie PIG anu pH mn = "aa'H
eonuuefn III '"e eoiln''cs III i."'N"'i's' N''' s'iy
anu holelen'' NAlhc 'ud " '>''ns'at J" tn, ~
per pant al the valley IN augusta, Shcn'aooao'
aye anu ''n'I soh'"ItS in'l'' '"'' pau u NV
aHty, al /" me OF Tue eouau - po''''''S op 'c
oh''' and III The county oi ! ''"N'9' Gust ~ '''
ridge. Lie production oi plP n'i'l HAS "ii.nn
le" past Yeas been e'ndHetfd'h' county o' bu'"
m2h'4' 4nl IN some "laef couh,es cast o' Inv
nds'. lie tact t1at the non WORKS ol inc 'aoey
nave 0een sustained 'uioheh me n'o'' "l'aa'o"'
hncN' undtl many incA advantages ''' WI" 'n,'"
capital, atoIdS strong evidence o. ee aplI'y Oh II
gtni1 10 engage successfully III lNI' olan'n Oh Io-
dncton The want Of Information about he opera
uon OF mns o these works, prevents youf committee
from gong much lhin drtall.
They will however surpcst one disalvantlec under
,hich thrsc manufacturers labor aud with Which the
peculiar resources of the uadc alone has enabled
thcm Ia contend. ON channels OF transportation
! are very imperfect. The non manufacturer oil the
middle IS enabled to get his non 10 market At
an average cost Of Gse dollars and hall less hesht
aud lrauspo tlrion tlan the Virginia manufacturer
west OF the Blue kld1r. Wien II Is rccoleeted
that non sells III HE Richmond market NJ about
thrty five dollas average per ton, II will be seen at
once that the difference al importation Is equal
10 a bounty Of one seventh OF the lull price Of The
manufactured article IN favor OF the northern manu-
flClurcr TO tins formerly should have been added
the additional charge "I taking the article to the
j nortlefn market / hls bounty ronld only be eonn
lrmc,cd by the abandInce aud faculty OF procuring
The fuel and orc: the uch qualities oi the ores, ana
The chcapncss OF oui l'bour. Again, me l"petlec-
lion oI onr channels OF transportation often prevents
! lha manufacturer Of non from shipping hts produce
+ In months after II IS made. And 1t frequently hap
pens that N the month ct December, when Tue bust
ncNs 81 the year selnscdc AMI the supplies o another
Near are TO be provided, that the Manufacturer has
u Large quantity oi non on hand usrless To HIM. aud
IS compelled 10 lay ~ hs supplies on credit at loss,
laisc money by borrowing and lose the interest I'M
I'll he can btue his article into market and realize the
proceeds. ct under these disadvantages, the bust
ness has been sustained IN competition with the
northern manufacturers, aud that result demonstrates
that if IN enlightened aud Liberal legislation should
remove tins obstacle, that our manufacturers IN tins
branch OF business would excel those hcrctolnlo IN
competition with them.
i In addition To the facts heretofore stated your
committee would add SOM, sfloocsrions To show that
our manufactures IN Wbcc1mg. PETERSBURG. Rich
Imonf F,edcricksburc. Ne, can b. conducted rs
chcauly and efficiently AS fhnse of oiler States,
THE tnwn or Wbcclirp has arisen +, MS n,rson,
state Of nrosnr,i,y nn,,r, s,,oI,, communion wI
/ pirsbnlr-trodnp IA thc same places uth her and
suffering for want of tie facilities afforded to bust
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