The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-26
Mauufaremres.

The conlmuu Quotations Of 49, en- this subject,
in the Louisville Journal. have attracted wide
attention throughout the country. They are
certainly smong the best which have appeared
Judge Beattie, of Mason, in the Journal OF
the 18th, commends them highly, and hopes
they will stimulate the Legislature TO act. But
what can tina, body do' We must have, not
work it uI,-not mineral resources-but the free
labor 10 turn them to account. Give us these
and no State will be before kentucky, in enter
prize. skill, manufacturing power and wealth.
The Judge says
1t has struck me that the authors views on
that subject will be greatly strengthened by
| showing what has been the progress of PePula-
ton aud what il is likely TO be in future, Of the
four States North of the Ohio river Ohio, In
diana, III nois, and Michigan; and the STATES Of
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri.
The population of these seven States by the
census OF 1910 was 96l ,4U7; by the census Of
1910 their population was 4 ,So1 ,223, having in
creased in thirty years :, 925 sic, being more
than four hundred per cent. II the increase fol
the thirty years, from lS40 TO 1870, should be
eqlal TO awo hundred and fifty per cent, inclu-
ding the new States and territories sPringing NJ
on the head waters Of the Mississippi, the popu'
Iaiion on the Ohio and upper Mississippi, inclu'
ding Ter uessee, and excluding that part Of Viz
ginia and Pennsylvania bordering on the water'
Of the Ohio, will amount TO I,lO5,2oO il
lls70.
| think there can be but little doubt tina
the population of the seven States above named
including Wisconsin, Iowa, and the territory
North OF these two states, will, by the census
of 1870, show an increase Of two hundred an'
fifty per cent. on the population OF ls4O. Blu
if we add the population Of that part Of Nirgiai
and Pennsylvania, bordering on the waters o
the Ohio, as il shall exist in 1870, think Their
can be no doubt that the total population 9th
territory described above will be equal 10 tn
; entire population Of the whole Union, under tn
census Of 1910.
. Now, with the population Of more than seven
teen millions in the great valley Of the Ohio an
upper Mississippi, including Tennessee, onl
, twenty three years hence, and with the grea
faciliiie. and advantages for manufacturing, $
clearly and satisfactorily pointed out by you
correspe ndent, can single doubt exist az to III
I policy Of early commencing system OF manu-
e factures on the Ohio, upper Mississippi, an
. other nhyigable streams; and on the canals an
RAILROADS., which are interesting the great We
in all d'ectionsl Should a system of this kin
e be commenced and prosecuted with the san
vigor " IN which it has been prosecuted in Il
Eastern States it could not fail 10 give great
increased value TO our lands, in consequence
, the home market furnished for all kinds Of sgr
: eultura products.
Well put Suppose, however, we consider Il
progress Of population in the free States name
Y what does it prove Our capacity, present al
o future, to engage in manufactures, ana cOnsun
n the fabrics we make. But where does il lea-
&c Kentucky Just where she is, II slavery be n
removed. With it, We cannot increase in pop
lation--in the power to be and do, Without
r. We should, in our opinion, equal, If not surPa
l. any State in the progress of population. al
he come up TO them in art and manufactures.