New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-17

a ;,h .o,,,sn.s,;on pendulum rods. Of his own
esin and the escapemeDt Ter mo iei o. nus Own -
- - ,.srs IT cGmpsrSve ie ure, hi- uns "a. sly
H. ing this description 81 clocks, chenF 10 r-i-r
n. 10 accuracy time keepers making 'asy " ~
i,,ors with new torn. Of sscapem-Ht' 400
~ ,ser elapsed 10 10 the ne OF hts last sickness
a., .cna NV design in clack work -p-''nehs OF
,b;ob - new abundant These hings ne oii % tuo L
.l.e many times, Of taking sua1e ere .. "a"
- Ia ,fre accuIaul4ec sill h distribute 20 hiS AN
~, "a ave- awsv 10 different objects dnrng IN i-'
s ~ h Efe not less than 100000 retaining Al tn@ "a o.
frs an su,un. Of available property sufcivnt 20 Al 81
rim an annual income OF $4,000 This he rig Tsea A. ~
80 co. al as tenpsral wants When commencing ons
mes. in eIly lie he never once INDUCED me go
acruuuating one tenth tins Niloah" he N'eN '-S
unnecessary to add much in regardts clock making
j pro.. cud At this time II i scarcely 10 D. credited
-, IL million Of shelf clocks now Annually maze
IN Coruecicut ard places not far distant We nave rev
n however 10 believe that tbs estimate IS not An ei's
g.rstiou A. IA, ....;,a5
in uauu'aciuriug gradually reduced the prcs o. cls Ks
Tim. j. that brs.. clock which formerly c"-t RON -
IN $50 = superseded BY neat and convenient s..
csck snd Afforded and said At the very lo~ pres" y
g. and 80 Some may suppose these CLOCKS . DC p'o.
.r article snd durable THIS may b. true OF many
OF the clocks manufactured still Is 'qu,y uue ma
cock as good ard durable can nav os mto- AUG s'u ~
nron, a. these l. " prices What is true, also, ot th4 "a
m, clock i well illustrated by the reduction IN price, OF
several Of the separate parts ct the cok A. no" msI-
sn parts as at time cost ten twenty ana sven ut
o., Ia Zach clock are manufactured for one osrh
the amount in instances Tor less IMAM une OF
hat they formerly Spring clocks are mSoe ors OK
,ersvev than they we're a few years since lh4 spuags
fer on. eek that only six or seven years AZ ven
cents or more made and sold tor -ght am
seven cents II is proper add hsre that this description
of priug BE- imported, the secret OF maui
featuring III n kuo an ia foreign countries.
The. facts ,how the folly Of any slight experimenting 70
ascertain what can or what cannot be manufactured IN this
country President Wayland in h Elements in Political
ECONOMY virtually deIes the right Of Government to
nose DISCRIMINATING and probihory duties, but says hs
A Government can do much, by experimental IN ,nunc
lures which might show from time 20 time whIi branch
> Of Manufacture could probably be introduced into
"a country, how they might be successfully con
Quoted
Now then suppose the United States Government had,
SKY years ago, set up experimental vorksh p an
upr rfah en the business of msnuft auDg few clocks "a
Philadepts and afterwsrd in Washington for the pur
pose # aiming whether the manufacture could os
pr fably introduced into this c0uRtrs " hos many Gov
erI melt paid operatives with distinguished Govern
ne tai nsbob 10 superintend them, think you. would
have taken have Kept pace with Connecticut enterprise
and ingenuity 10 manufacturing clocks
In CONFUSION Il n ud be stated that these statistics ara
given FIR the purpose preserv ,on. The writer Il aware
that other branches of American industry, are equally de
serving attention-ihat the improvement attained IN otner
pursuits has been great the skill apparent the prog
ress as ran'd snd the results still more surprising.
Yours, truly, ~