Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-10-01
Political Economy-.A plain Treatise.


excursion into Maryland. in the Of which
he passed Col. Capron's Furnishing community
AZ tho laurel. Tho following account. NAV be
found to havo somo interest, to those especially
who arc inclined 70 oppose the protective policy:
/ AT about twenty miles from Washington we
left the cars at tho Laurel Switch with a view
Of crossing by tho Laurel Factory to the camp
ground.-After q walk of very long mile, we
came upon village Of apparently five or six
! hundred Inhabitants. It's aspect totally dis
tinct from that of the usual tumble-down, stray
Cling. starving, povertystricken villages of the
South. 1t wos compact, fresh, and had all the
air and comfort about i Of enterprIsDg settle
men.. The houses were Of brick, clean and
commodlous. The streets ciean-tho H.
habltants were cean--the whole aspec. of tho vii
/ lnge and fields around was clean. The univer-
/ sal Yankee was at the bottom of the secret. In
the midst Of the village thsro stood Of the
largest Cotton factories we have een- four
stories high and longer than the Astor House.
Tho bell was ringing in the cupola as we passed
4 along, and if by magic from every direction,
groups of youdg women and boys came nocking
to the great entrance. They coming from
breakfast TO resume their work at tho spindcs
and the looms. In addition to the boys and men.
they employ about three hundred girls in that
factory. Besides this ,hero are several factories
Of machinery in the yillago-one Of cotton rnachi
merry, all of thom employing together about four
hundred men. And all this comes Of an enter
prising Yankee named Capron, who established
tho Laurel factory some dozen years ago. After
passing tho village met an intelligent country
man going in with basket Of eggs and a hand
full Of chickens, and the following conversation
ensucd between
Going TO market, suppose, sr?''
''les sir. going 10 the Laurel. Wo Sc: as
good prices for our truck at the LAUREL wo do
in Washington, and its oilers the cash down.
Them follers ut the factory say credit; and
you can't bring EN- too much truck.
"And yoa always get good prcos?'
"Ollers! They pay you issht down on the nail.
Its helped this country heap, tell you.
They ollors have money, somehow, tho Yankees
DO. Why, sir ten years ago this country was
starving death. All tina. could rake and scrape
enough to 90 out to the West were packing up
and moving Oft. But since that fac.orys been
put up, thcro is no more moving. We get
money now any time. Why, sir, there is one
old woman and her little boys, that made hun
drod dollar. this summer, Z sollin' backberries
and iucklcbcrrics at the Laurcl. And they OIL
.ors pay you tho money down. Thorn fcIlers IS
oilers got money. Whca. and corn, sweet po.u-
toes, chickens. bacon, eggs potatoes milk, cheese,
butter. why, they buy every thing, and are glad
10 you, and they pay you the money down
they oilers have the money at the factory. Tine
just rs sure Of tho money for my truck that get
i'll had it in my pocket. They oilers have the
money, them fellcrs do
II am glad to hear good story of tho Yam
KEGS, my friend Is there not another factory in
tho neig!iborhood!
Eyes, sir; the Laurel is tho big prong of the
Patuxent. and mile lower down, they arc put
ting up another big factory Of tho sort.
Them Yankees oilers havo money somehow.
They great help TO country any how you
can't stop 'em from going ahead. They oilers
have money, and they pay you right down on the
nail; and if you don't like paper money, they'll
give you tho silver. They ollor. have both
kinds
"Good-vory good. But is there not another
factory in the neighborhood!''
Yes, sir; the Savage factory, on tho Little Pa
tuxent, about two miles off, If anything is bigger
than tho Laurel, and they jist do business the
same way. They oilers have the money. for ev
crything You bring en-: and they glad to see
you. Tie Yankees good kind of people for
poor country. They scatter heap Of money
round. And tell you, if you fellers at Wash
ington 20 for to tear down tho Tariff. we'll be
down on you like I, thousand of brick, the \ an
KEGS say.
We ondoavorod to persuade the stranger that
had got such far start now in manufacture
ing that could do without the Tariff; but ho
asserted that had better tell that 10 the ma
rIncs.
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