Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-31
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 30, 1850.
MANUFACTURERS.

be dscnarged on the first OF June, anu tie "uses
about 12S per The proprietors OF the STARK hiiS
Manchester propose stop about one hall oil 'er looms
during the summer. The Amoskeag Company VIII cu''ai
their operations TO some extent
Welearn that Manchester Cotton MILL here IN Nsi
na on the 2s inst suspended three ourhs of their opera
ves and continues one fourth but the james River Com
pany in Manchester, continues to do full work Mos :"
believe, if all the Mills in the vicinity OF petersburg
Virginia, have down 10 about half work IL Is grali
flying however, know that these suspensions are not s'
much from the of the ordinary means TO sustain ia
business from the extraordinary state into which the
ton market has been thrown from short supply, and by
which the material has gone up beyond the fair ratio
price at which the manufactures now be vended Some
times production advances rapidly than consumption
and consequently the demand fails behind IhiS however
does not nppear to be the case at present Yet force
sales before prepared follow the advance IN
the raw material would be fatal do it under the cir
cumstances of redundant supply From the number o
mills already suspended in part and the recent heavy expo
taons of Cotton goods it is absolutely certain, that before
long great advance must follow. The dminution o
goods BY suspensions will amount 10 more than one mil
lion of yards week, of besides the current con-
SYMPHONY This state of things will again soon bring the
operatives the spndes and the looms into active produc
on and mark wha, say, the companies, proprieors
&c. owning factories will reap rich harvest of these
suspensions. Ii cannot be otherwise.
The schemes of speculation which have been going
for some time in cotton tobacco California gold mining
operations, steam navigation, Northern copper and lead
mining and recently in city property AT the North have
drawn from the regular from whence the mannlactu
and obbrs in cotton goods procured facilities 10 carry
their regular productions and storing of goods TO wait h'
favorable views purchasers To extent therefore tho
cotton manufacturers like almost all other persons engaged
in any regular productive operation not directly connected
with great and exciting pursuits have been nconvc
nenced What do capitalists and their friends who wiolt
the money institutions of the country for the helpless
spnners and their employers or the Iobbes in
their goods when single operation in raw cotton tobacco
California or the moon promises large fortune at once /
the manufacturing interests of Virginia have been
concerned they have hitherto been considered OF little
consequence and their advocates camorous about pro-
,ecve tariff as duly command the respect conf
encc of The State the Banks the Of capital has
been obvious that many persons engaged in :hcm
planted the stability of the syc,em and the success o
each individual establishment upon the transitoy viii o
Congress- in passing and maintaining laws for their proec
ton against foreign competition rather than upon our own
skill industry and capital The consequence has been that
while men of capital could complain of large profits Il
be derived from governmental protection yet they did not
comprehend satisfactorily the safety of business based upon
so tenure and which the emptyng Of the bal
lot box might sweep away. But LEI them see tina
manufactures be carried with the fair protection Incl
dent proper revenue SYSTEM and that success 10 planted
upon that stable PLATFORM the foundation upon which every
saperstructure of human greatness must rcs skill industry
and economy and our for respect capital and patriot
ism will not be wanted While Northern neghbnrs
have been throwing sand in eyes for years about
protection they have gone forward in erectng manning anc
operating factories and in seeking out new and sku in
yentiops for more economical execution of the works o
art and such unknown 10 former ages until they
have not only "beaded the lion in his den but are sue
co,sfuy supplying the Oldest Kingdoms OF the world win
the very class of goods upon which they demand protection
Slow as we have been understand and profit by our posi-
on many Southern have at last seen behind the
curtain are following out the practices of our Northern
nerhbors and disregardng their precepts Factories are
being built up the whole Southern and western coun
ry and are doing WELL and will continue TO do so II
beginning be found that there is no advantage In carrying
the raw material from the neghborhoods of the best water
powers where labor and provisions arc alike cheap 10 cosby
powes IN the North where labor is high and there
featuring goods send back the South for sae under
charges of freghts nsuances commissions and profits
both ways But in truth that this system is constantly ma
king the Northern people richer and richer and the South
ern poorer and poorer We like those unfortunate phi
osophes who believe they uin Pharo and in truth
they do occasionally But the Banker must succeed-he
sts them at every tun and they must in the end break
So as the bank man, whose chances against the play
er are only fifteen per cent advantage always breaks MS
TONER the Northern manufacturer splitting us both ways
10 the amount of ten fifteen per cent each cannot fail
| ruin US in the end.
To feel the truth of these remarks is only necessary
call to mind the fact that thirty years ago Lowell was mi
serabe village of less than two hundred inhaoitans WIN
wafer mower not nefour,h equal that of Rchmond bu
4 .c tba aSnf thPrus nj (,
work in earnest and since raised city of about hlrt,
thousand inhabitants. They have vested in manufactures
capal of more thirteen millions Of dollars They make
upwards of two millions of yards of goods per week. "n
of cotton hundred thousand pounds
and wool fifty thousand weekly They have three Banks
and many pecuniary and literary institutions worthy oil al
older city, Yet these people dependent upon distant sec
;s If the country for their material their provisions
and the very fuel TO keep them warm; and depend
anon those distant parts for the sale of their fabrics
PHILADELPHIA too possessing special advantages owe
Richmond for and bearin. no comparison with ne
n manufactures (now with her envrons) contains popn
on coua to more than hathe free population of all Vrsi
mia. While Boston, New York and Baltimore have amos
n,rev srpped Philadelphia of her foreign commerce. sh
has eposcd triumphany upon her higher and more noble
resources of ndependcnce and prosperity her ndomabe in
stry and economy and her patient and skfu pursuits
the various bl ches of manufacture She has never iogot
ZEN her resolves which appeared last weet
| in this paper.
We add an article from the New York Farmer and Me
hanic and say we thank thee, er, for that Hord As We
cannot have Nashville Convention would let us have
manufactures we should
Corroy F.croR1Es IN ALABAMA.-ln brief notice Of
the nrocress of Alabama in her march OF independence
nrospery and wealth. the Tuscaloosa Observer remarks
owe were shown last week some samples oil Cottonades
nqbams Checks and Osnaburgs, colored and pan naoe
At the factory of Patton Donegan Co., Huntsville whct
for quality and durability would compare with similar goods
made in the manufacturing towns OF the North Inc color
ed goods were excellent, and were we not assured oil INT
contrary We should pronounced them Eastern goods
4 "The factory at Florence, owned by Martin, weekly
Co. is doing thrifty business. II works 40 iooms,'rh
ing 1900 spndles and produces $4,000 yards Of cloth PEI
week Besides this large amount of CLOTH 1t manufacture
olso 900 dozen of thread week. The weekly consump
lion OF cotton is about 5000 lbs averaging oo bales o col
4 ton per year. ..,.s - ,h;s -.
zion new one is about being established on the same
Stream ON the opposite side which, is calculated VII
cansume 40 bales of cotton per week.
The factory in this city is about Increasing lis nmoe
f ,ooms Al this tme works only 40 which are chie!
oved in manufacturing the four qualities OF goods II
s weeks the present number of looms will be increased
10 ID The cloths made this factory are in high repa'e ant
meet with ready sales ;,,- c,,o e.,s TN