The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-02-09
Washington, Dec. II. 1916.

Washington, Dec. ii, 1916.
Dear Sir had a delighted trip 10 New
England, The Yankees are wonderful
people. Ii would take volume TO give you
even sketch Of what saw and learned in
that world Of wonders. will avail myself
Of some leisure TO give J GU some Of my no.
tons oil the Yankees, as well as Of the Yam
kee Notions. soon discovered. however,
that Brother Jonathan was great man. and
hadn't half his growth. The tariff OF '46, as
said last winter. instead Of destroying mo-
nopoly, has established it in New England
It has checked investments every where else,
broke down the weak. and stopped the new
beginners in the Middle, Southern and Yves
tern States, where they must have 'protec-
iion' 10 help Them forward. But in New
England, where they have unbounded wealth
skill and capital invested and machinery in
operation, they can and will go on; and per
haps there never was time when more cap.
ital was being invested in manufactures than
there is al this moment in New England
they are erecting them not by The foot but by
The mile. saw whole city building up in
the midst OF Il snow siorm-not a hand stop
ping or defending from the house-toPs.
Three or Jour Incorporated companies, with
three or Jour millions nfcapital all at work
erecting factories by the dozen, and houses
by the hundred-one machine shop 1000 feet
long. and single factory.rhe floors of which
would cover seven acres OF granddaughter
which would consume the wool ul 500, 900
sheep annually, and one ofcoiton which will
employ $500 girls-and countless others 60
ing npor commencing in this new city, OIL
The MerrlmaGk, hall way between Boston and
Lowell. noiBet named. In Lowell they are
opening new race or canal, at 4 cost of
hall million, 10 drive new set of factor
les built and building, perhaps equal in pow
er and extect TO those already in operation
ihtre, saw III one factory 1900 beautiful
girls, with checriulness, happiness, intelli
gence and conientment legibly written OH
every countenance. In another, in VOL
len factory, (Sam' Lawrence's) in looking
over the pay roll. or book, which accidently
picked up from the table, | found on twenty
seven consecutive pages, containing 5000
signatures, nearly all girls. but single one
that made mark or u all written in good,
and many ofthem in most elegant hand.
The clerk observed 10 me that Lord Nor
peth, when on visit TO this country some
years ago, happened TO be present on pay
day, and with some surprise enquired,
"What, do your operatives write?' Scr
taInly sir" said the clerk. "thc Americans
all WRITE Directly there came in man
who made his mark, ''Ahn' said his lordship
with smile. 81 thought you said all wrote"
All americans, your lordship-this is an
Engfishman." Whereupon his lordship
grinned ghasty smile.
Hows it, | enquired of one of these man
uiacturers, that you are thus increasing your
investments under the tariff OF 1916 The
answer was. 'Just because you passed thai
tariff; and thereby stopped investments and
manufacturing every where else. II you
VIII force monopoly upon US. we will moi re-
iuse It The demand for goods must be sup
Piled, and we are preparing 10 supply it. One
oil our girls, with the aid Of machinery, will
pay for the labor OF forty men working with
out II. II you will, instead Of manuiaclur
ing Tor yourselves, send ms your wool, your
Hour and meat. we vii! work il up into
cloth and send il back 10 you and two dol
lars for one. We give you two dollars and
take one. We are working our spindles and
looms against your ploughs and hoes-the
forty man polrer, against the one man pe1r
err"
And this is The great secret of the wealth
and ascendency ofNew England over the
other States Of the Union. They talk OF
millions Of dollars rs Familiarity rs we talk oil
hundreds, yet originally their country YVES
land Of baroness and steriliy. without coal.
minerals or soil, not equa! in fertility and
productivness 10 our mountains between
Uniontown and Cumberland. Yet this couu-
try sof rocks and sand banks is now the
Eden Of the world. enjoying more wealth &
niellie encc, refinement and happiness. in
proportion TO It's population. than any other
portion Of Gods earlh-and all this is the
result of industry and the arts. BY the aid
oil labor saving machinery. their productive
industry is executed with forty fold power,
and IN some operation with a hundred
fold.
With these advantages, what would be
the wealth Of Pennsylvania and the West,