The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-07-29

toWH at ihe lnOutn OF the blefsey, and HTls-
toi was the important seaport OF western
England; but when the Lancashire coal
fields had built up large manufacturing
towns, Liverpool grew with astonishing ra-
pidiiy. Prior to, the introduction Of the
cotton manufacture in New England, the
growth OF Boston was slow, and depended
on the increase Of the India trade, the FISH
cries, and the gradual increase Of an agri.
cultural community; but. when the power
Of the Merrimack, Piscataqua, and even the
distant Connecticut, was applied to the
wheels of cotton mills. population and
wealth began to flow in constant and rap
id stream into this controlling city; Boston,
like Liverpool, became necessary instru-
ment Of the manufacturing district near her.
Now, let il be remembered that Liverpool
is at an average distance Of over fifty miles
from the workshops Of which she is the fac
tor, and that Boston is at still greater av
erage distance from the mills managed and
controlled by her. And lie; it also be borne
in mind that the railroads and canals from
Liverpool and Boston TO their workshops
have cost from two to twenty times as much
as the connecting links between us and the
positions named would cost. There are
large manufactures at and Immediately
back Of Portsmouth, Salem, Newbuyport,
Newport, ETC., yet the goods there manufac-
tured are sold at Boston, The mills on the
Connecticut at Cabotsville, and those now
in progress at South Hadley are controlled
by Boston stockholders, directors, and fac
tors, and it is said that the surplus goods
now made in Georgia are sold by Boston
agents. The financial arrangements con-
neeted with the operations Of these mills
are made by their Boston treasurers with the
banks in Stale street. The cotton is ship
ped to the point Of manufacture. and the
goods to the point of consumption by the
cheapest and shortest route. The goods
are sold in packages. and by sample; as
those made by machinery are always the
same, the buyer rarely looks at the sample
Of known goods; DO one thinks for in
stance OF mrolling bale Of ChickOpee-
De, until it is to be cut by the retail ven
dor. -
The same course of trade is followed
with most other piece goods, wrought and
cast Iron, pottery Of known forms and es-
tablished reputation. ....
Suppose now thar cotton mills were es-
tablished on the coal.felds, and within easy
reach Of the cotton, a, the mouth Of Rough
creek, on the Trade w alter, at Bon HaIbor,
and Cannelton, lead works at Caseyvills;
rolling mills and founderies on the lines Of
railroads, in Martin county, Indiana, Es-
ill county, Kentucky, and on the Sandy
and Licking, where there is an abundance
OF coal and iron in juxtaposition; the sample
goods of those mills would be in the stores
OF the agents here; the sales and the mo-
ney arrangements would here be made, and
the local superintendent, would receive his
directions to forward the quantity purchas-
ed by the cheapest routes to the points FOR
which the purchases are made. The Vim
cennes merchant is obliged to come here to
select and purchase an assorted stock Of
goods whose qualities he determines By the
sight and the touch, and while here he buys,
by sample, castings and the hollow ware
and the nails that be needs, made in his
ueighboring county, and which may reach
his store before his return. So the Bow
ling Green merchant need not go to Lewis
burg where the cotton is woven; he comes
here to buy. his silks. groceries and sundries,
and here he buys his brown cottons.
In these cases there is no useless trans
portation; the cotton comes by the railroad
or the river to the Lewisburg or the Bon
Harbor or Cannelton coal, and when there
made up is sent by the nearest and cheapest
route to the consumer; so the iron OF Mar.
tin county makes no expensive circuit and
is taxed with no useless carriage.
At Cannelton, and probably at other
points on the Illinois coal fields, are the
best kinds Of clay for the potters, and Of
sand for the use Of the glass-makers; queens
ware and glass are also sold by sample.
1t is worthy Of remark that Liverpool
and Boston are on the diameter Of semi
circular manufacturing district. Louisville
is the centre Of the full circle, and it is sta.
ted with confidence, that, in this respect,
Louisville has the advantage Of any import
ant city now known.
Now is it not preposterous that Pitts
bugh is to tax US and the consumers OF iron,
glass, clay, and cotton fabrics with the
freight on the pig iron from Tennessee and
Missouri, and sand and lead from the Mis-
sissippi river to Pittsburgh. and Of the fab
RIGS back again, when we ourselves can con-
troll as good, as cheap, and as convenient
coal as she can, so much nearer the raw
material and the MARKET Shall the Gen.
trail west continue to wait in the summer
for the waters to rise. and in the winter for
the ice 10 break in the upper Ohio. for the
privilege Of sending its iron, cotton, hemp
and food to Pittsburgh for market and for
the manufactured goods il requires, and be
yond the inconveniences of delay, pay a
heavy tax on the freight Of both materials
and products! Or shall we send these same
materials three thousand miles to New Eng
land to be combined with Pennsylvania and
Nova Scotia power; or shall we send the
same material still farther TO the Lanark
shire or Lancaster coal, through factors who
break on the average every five years, and
, TO manufacturers who will allow US in re
turn not over one part out of five for mate
rials9 na. i-l,y 80 3t-5- ,h.alari
The loom must come nearer TO the cotton
: the forge and the roller must come nearel
the iron, the man must come nearer th'
food: sooner or later natural forces mus
, overcome these artificial restraints; and EN-
ployments like liquids must find even her
+ their natural level. lit @ f1i y,