The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-01-26
The Result of Home manufacturers


Detroit Tribune says that the surplus
,xportation Of wool from the State Of
last year, was over 100000
The various WOODEN factories Of
he State consumed 100000 pounds more
The export OF this year will not fall
short iof 100000 pounds, and in a,
mother year will reach 2 .0oO, 900 pounds
There are million Of sheep in the u
States at present, whereas in I84o there
were not more than 10000. The in.
crease Of manufactures Is equally en-
"a
TIE ABOVE paragraph is pregnant with
and exemplifes ID It's broadest
sense, an important fact. What causes
this enormous expectation Of wool from
Michigan-this immense manufacture Of
it within the Stateg Why should a
State, Comparatively so sterile in soil
with ours, and SO near the frigid zone
that sheep have TO be housed and fed six
months In the year--where the frozen
earth yields no sHstenatce, and where
the cold is so intense that single dighPs
exposure would assuredly result in the
death Of all exposed to the weather--can
derive such an immense and lucrative
revenue from the single production oI
wool? Why is it we say The qdes'
lion would seem atfirst glance, to be q
hard one to answer, but 1t is not. The
reason Is obvious. From the above
statement It will be seen that. Michigan
manufactures one-third Of the WOO
she grows. This Of course, adds tc
the aggregate wealth and prosper
| ily of the State, as home Manufacturing
always does. On her borders and with
| III stones throw Of theil sheep's pas
tures. This is the true secret; the fea
foundation Of the great and growing
source ofwealth 10 Michigdh. Aid s.
it will be always. Whenever produc
ton and manufacture 60 hand in hand
there will be found the, highest degie
Of individual and aggregate prosPerit.
and wealth, and every rescutce Of th'
soil will be developed Ii the best posi-
Bile manner, and every branch Of trade
and commerce will be stimulated AM
invigorated with renewed activity ,healtl
and soundness. anl'
IL wool growing can be rendered 9
proolable in Michigan where sheep hav
10 be protected BY shelter from the N
clemency Of the weather, as well as Ie
a large portion Of the year.. how mucl
more so would it be in our congen|a
cline where none OF these extenslv
prerequisites exist? There can be n
doubt that the business would yield
most profitable return, il properly enter
ed upon, Experience, the best OF guides
has demonstrated that in several south
ern States, and has shown that old wor
out fields, unfit for the cultivation Of tn
cotton plant, have been made TO produc
a better profit, turned into sheep pasture
than rich, new soils have, in the ralsln
ofcotton But, says the farmer we hav
no market near at home for our wool, an
we have found the trouble to ship it oi
10 distant markets too great for the pro
it. This objection brings US to the sui
iect o. home manufacturing once more
'Dhis obstacle should not exist. A maj
ket should be created at home, whlc
can be easily done by the erection
| factories, which would save to our con
munity the profits Of fabrication q
we'll as production. As we have re
marked frequently before, establish
cotton factory under proper busine!
auspices and a dozen more will follow
less than as many years, and all yieIdln
a handsome dividend on the capital u
vested. The manufacture OF wooIeI
would naturally come in as necessarlI
incidental 10 the other, and thus goC
! market would be open for all the wo
that could be grownih the vicinhy--o
fields worn out by years CfcuItlvatIon
cottbu would make the hest Of pastur'
and Weld better profit than when u
first virgin sod was broken by the PIo'
We have noticed with pleasure that tn
: subject has attracted considerable atte
tio6 elsewhere in the South, and Y
! : have thus cnrsorily alluded TO it to ORA
attention here; and perhaps as prelu'
to further lnvestigationol the matte
! --Natchez Courier. oaaa2 ayr
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7 Mas. Observation-Disclosures OUTRAGE
Ii will be remembered, that this lad
! who started project for carrying out
3 cargo Of females, but whose schemes ia
o ed. sailed for California from New 70
y in the ship Apgslique, with two
j. three companions Of her own sex q
e her Two or three children. AT Vail
+ raiso she was left on shore by the CT
tain, with scarcely a dollar in her P
D session. Her children remained
: board the Angelique. Itwasundefst'