Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-03-31
1OL IE.-ssO. 20.

er Wish 10 assail no patof the country but sir anu
compelled In say that the truth is the VERY r.ver.o a
this II is Southern capital against Northern l.bo,
The North has frequently been tainted as being rich md
graspng Gcnilemen have pointed ioour manuflcnrin.
villages as evidence that fatenng upon The Ia
boz OF "ha, they denominac the gffa producing States
nut why do gentlemen point to manufacturing Wills
gcs' Lei them look 10 soil rough and rugged "a IL
is and compare cultivated fields with their exhaust
ed soil and halt cultivated plantations aud ask leuselv.s
whether they cannot account for this difference by our
habits oil industry, and The character oe labor VIC ci
poy.
Nor s il true thai our manufactures are carried an ~
owned by the wealthy, 10 tho extent that gentlemen
would represent Many ofour Cotton and wo5leu milla
arc owned aud operated by If small capitsl.,he L.
bofers IN the mills owning portion Of tho property
Many species OF manufactures prosecuted in Mses,rl
sets land speak Of my own State only because %,
speak oil her more undestandnqly tan Of any othrr) r
quiro but very little capital We manuiacuc boots and
shoes 10 the amount Of tl50o9.ooD annually. This
large sum Is to great extent the Product Of labor The
conversion ola raw hide into sae is produced by hu-
man toll The manufacture Of furniture and chairs a.
mounts 10 ~ BOO 0O annually, and labor the prcatos,
ingredient in this product. The sstrne Of hats.
which ere manufactured b the of about 800
600 PER year. The annual product Of straw bonneix and
palm leaf hats s2oo0.cO6 and this toens and ords
in aor. aud labor too mostly performed by women and
children liy the official statistics a Massachusetts il
will he eeon that ore produced annually Of these III
tie articles these household manufactures as straw
Ia seine towns, where such articles are manufactured
the amount IN dollars Is too times the amount Of tho pop.
ulaion OF the town; and IN SOME few twice that a
mouni-hai Is. town Of two thousand inhabitants viii
produce OF straw, palm leaf, and arees of this charac-
ter 42l,tnO, and, In some cases. so 600 ,h,ueb i,
the latter case portion Of the article pary manufactu
red. WINS obtained In the adjacent towns These arti.
cles are 10 great dgreo, tho Product Of labor and ar,
produced principally by Tic women aud children And
Is by nnreni'iins oll, by patient and continual appl
on tn tilI llIgn El,.el tr, .l,tI II
such these, hundreds Of poor f!l,g Of ene widows
and destitute orphans, arc suppsflld
Aud would gladly ask my friend from South Caro-
lima whether he can present picture like this from his
own state whether the females or the males there will
submit 10 toll like ihis} He Knows that they will n,d :
And still he speaks Of our manufacturers AZ though they
were al men homegrown capital. rolling in luxury and
in wealth! Will give the gentleman a specimen of
Yankee manufactures. There are gentlemen with
in fifteen twenty miles IF my resdonce who
manufacture wooden ware. And what, Mr. Speak
er. do you suppose thoy rrod0ee2 | will tell YOU
They manufacture pas. and wash boards and mop-han-
dies. and clothes pms And where do You suppose thev
find market tr these staple cnmnndtcS2 / will tel
you, They send them into the Western widcrnce,--
They have actually agency in Missouri. to which
these articles are sent for sale.
We have another class Of manufactures Of different
character Our cotton, woolon glass. run and psIcs
manufactures turn cut annual product about equal to
the ca pal invested. Take al manufactures to-
gether and the annual product Is al least one third nom
ihan the capital invested MOI Thai tho onnnaI araa,
10 q, ,,ucb c,,r r,i,. FAR o,b.,,,-so ~ ~, P
iusnrnnce nm tho c,,3,,l and ci,ic a., o", ~ - anu
r,,iernl ,Lo cnat az rho jnhr al -. ~. NV
h.r+as ,r al =, ia ,ie,o,nJ J., Vu'.' neiaeh'"
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,h,, word IL used ne ia,inanib ,, l ~ j.; !" . I
nr,c,;on nc ,bor coto, cson II a., , ~ ''.o
srers and ,he ta,y wbo r,on vbo sro o.,, NV
the institutions and laws of,Le S1n,b ,bar H. 10y
nroper, yc,ni,al in Tho same sens ,l a,, ,aat; o
IL. and when ,hev talk of pro,ectino thoir lhar -,
mean. II ,hov meannnv tbing nro,ec,n, H.: 10y
crty. e ''s ''''' p'0P'
In ,bia view of the snh;ect Icai, M or;,a,;,,. AZ.
Woodbury Tim, Norhern mon with S,hssr ,,.;..;, ~.
MIR. Woodburv. late SECRETARY ,bnsa r,,I..Pp;,s
will moi he dsnuied nv mv een3 e,, 81 Way
lima. presents the same Wow !, his 60, 80,
cotton in 1896. lie estimates Tim Will. ,,rntn',
If caninl en,nloyed in tbo co,,, on,,,r, =. n -
Can,ol m lands 1000 mo ON 81
C,nt,l in slnvr, ans oon on1
(,nt,l In horaes catt1c g.. on soo pnn
Elnat,no can,t.l FAR ,,xos til '''
,yc,seersl gc On coa ooo
MAKING = prand TOTAL O, Ell ooo ono
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