The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-05
NUMBER as.

IF the Elstnrn States, New York, Penn.
sylvaula, Ohio indlanl or Kentucky, mat
had not one or more establishments Of this
kind where hats ARE made and repaTcd.-
There arc no hats imported into Kentucky,
they are all made at home and principally
with negro labor. Yet strange TO say such
thing as Il hat makers shop cannot be
found 10 our CITY; neither - there one ia
Columbia and we believe II would be DIT
fcult 10 fad ore in The STATIC OF South Car.
DINA. Ii is not quite go bud ~ the article
81 leather, shoes, saddlery, harness, &c.
for we do attempt these branches loa small
way, but there IS a vast amount OF money
sent abroad by US annually for these art-
cles, which could and ought TO be saved TO
the State. From the scaboard 10 the NOM
/ talus you viii scarcely find pair OF bride
reIBs that are not of ankee manufacture
purchased with cash, including in the cost,
the various charges incident to their pas.
sage from that country % this, and wthal,
loaded with the profits Of some half dozen
merchants whose hands they have passed
through; Wien, if things we're as they
should te, the purchaser, II farmer, would
have obtained the side Of leather FROM which
they we're made by The exchange of a few
bushels Of grain, taken for the domestic
supply of his neighbor, the tanner aud
we're this the course Of thlngS the consul
mer would seldom fell TO receive q much
more durable article, for II IS fact well
known 10 those " no tan and deal in leah-
or, that the Southern tanned leather Of su-
perior quality, finds better market in tho
Northern cities than is Afforded here II IL
there made into shoes for domestic use
Those who purchase i, make shoes and
sell them directly to The wearer, and are
not gnoran. Of the advantages Of retaining
the best at home for their own domestic
consumption.
Paper IS another article which should by
all means be made in cur State. Instead
Of this, however, great portion Of this ar
tice consumed by Us Is now imported INTO
South Carolina, and many Of our rags are
swept into the cutters, and with our waste
cotton, large quantities are annually swept
INTO our docks and serve no better purpose
than 10 rot there and generate fever
The rags Of our intclior towns are genera
ally thrown away, aud il ,s not until recent
~ that this large city has had lis rag mer-
chant, and much TO the credit OF this indi-
vIdual, who has become rosident and
owner OF real estate in oar rilv, be hos ad
ded his mite, IN au honest way 10 the say.
Jog OF very considerable sums 10 o2r State
II there was possibility Of aseertalninE
how much this city has lost IN The rags and
waste cotton which has been thrown away,
/. is thought, We would not have to date far
back to multiply sum which would pay
for paving with stone all the streets in
Charleston.
Ambng the articles are straw, palm leaf
and chip bats and bounets, although an ar
ticle insignificant in appearance, yet
source Of considerable revenue where thew
are manufactured. We could moi but no
t,co IN passing through the interior Of New
England, that almost every country store
kept palm leaf for sale, and wagons were
constantly met passing the road loaded with
this artcle, which is given out Ivy the mer-
chant 10 the country women, 10 make up
INTO bats aud hornets, for which they pay
according to pattern-4, 6, :, 10 aud II
cents each. Sometimes the raw material
is sold anu the hats aud bonnets purchased
in turn when made up. And this affords
employment to nearly every woman and
child down to ) years Of age, and SO the Wis
ting and idle hours are filled up. Aud be
assured rhe reflection was most lmpresslvely
forced upon us-what a happy thing It
would be could our poor saud hill people
have such means of feeding, clothing and
educating themselves :
Corn brooms is another article, which
although apparently not worth naming,
takes from us many thousands OF dollars per
annum. Tubs aud buckets are other COM
modhles which take from us thousands an
nuaIly; and we have all over tue State the
best material for the manufacture OF this
article. They are 10 be sure made in llmi,
ted quantities in different parts of the State,
but oil very inferior quality and tinish-iha
northern people with the did OF machinery,
are able to MAKE much more handsome
article for half the money. henco they
are to be found in common use in almost
every cabin 10 our State. LII not an uncom-
mon thing to see men at work in The inieri-S ).
or Of thus State, in this branch of business,
who have been engaged at it all their lives,
with the use of few other tools than the saw
and drawing knife, while in New. England,
the operation is performed by water. power
and machinery, The manufacturer, and all
his children, boys and girls, assisting, and
be is enabIcd by the machinery 10 make n
much moro perfect article, and five times
the quantity per hand. Wagons, cars and
wheelbarrows are also made by machinery
at the North, imported here and cost tins
State large sums Of money. Many oihen
articles Of equal importance could Dc nam
ed, II time and space would permit 10 our
next We will speak of one or two, the man
lacrure Of all Of which would follow IN tho
wake of cotton manufacturers. The rear
ing and manufacturing of silk would no
doubt soon grow into an important branch
of business, and add TO the many other sour