The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-15

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No State In the Unio0 hes adhered more caeseiy
10 Or sharod more largely 10 bcnehts arising from
the American system OF heme profession snsn Ia
borders hes IT. busy water wheels plying machfnefy
for manufacturing articles to supply our wants.
The hum Of industry 10 heard on every hand, aad
lite concomitants, religion and inteui renee. are
typiEed in the couptless spires and schoolhouses
that dot her landscapes. In this consists the great
less OF cur puritxnical and upright sister. This Is
what the great statesman saw Ia her character 30
much to admire. when he tinted to her with the
swelling emotions of laudable pride, and said:-
/" There she stande-look ut her !"
Tie Boz ton atlas has entered upon sketch OF
the Iiogitss of the various manufactures OF Massa-
chui etis, and our attention has been directed 10
the article of hardware: IL teaches us that forty
years ago net more than half dozen leading
articles II the trade were Of our own manufacture,
the rest were ell imported; by far the greater
part Of The trade Is in articles made BY our own
artisans. The imported articles, too are one after
another yielding the palm Of superiority to those
Of American manufacture; American enterprise,
mach, Lery, skill and ingenuity are more than q
match tor European fcgyism. The EnRlish manu-
facturers aim of producing cheap article, strong
enough to avoid being blown to pieces by the wind;
thu American manufacturers aim at producing, aud
ia niue cases out OF ten succeed In producing, an
article a. cheap that imported, and possessing at
the came time the qualities Of simplicity, strength
and durability. This Is especially the case with 70
gard to light articles such As door atches, locks,
&c. Many OF our heavy articles are unapproach-
able by the pglsh imported guode. For instance,
onr eagle anvil, with its cast steel face Is frmer
and more durable than the English anvil Of wrought
iron; the American chain vice is an improvement
unknown there; the augers made here far In adj
vance Of tie Enplish ideas vi progress; and &, Of
m " other artir!ss, Fire years ago ma ons
ro~els were all iupo. ted; now $50 900 wo h Of
oweIs, cunfessedly superior to tie Euglish iie
mace by che mapuiacturer--Mr. Bisbee, In soah
ciItOn--and his bnsint 80 doubles annually. Eyel
The celebrated Congress pen knives are now repro.
ductd BY our own workman, with the elegance aud
excellence Of the Enelis knife, and we might ex'
tt the list Indefinitely.
We have not time and space TO go into a detailed
ST tems ut Of the condition Of all the myriad branch
Of the hardware manufactures Of Massachusetts.
We VIII, however, mention few OF the more pro.
mineDt items. Nine years ago the value Of the
nails annually made in Massachusetts was 81.
502, 275; hollow ware and castings, $l,2s0, l4l;
scythes $ll3 1885, axes and hatchets, $9A AL; cut
eiy, si4S ,l75 butts and hinges. $25 800; atches
and DOR handles So zoos locks $50 070; tacks and
b,ads, 1858 6s7; shoves, spades, forks and hoes,
2l2 besides vast quantities OF chains and other
wrought iron articles, machinery Of all KINDS,
plongbs and other agricultural implements, iron
ratings, fences, safes, DC. With the astunish-
State have lately received, the manufacture Of
hardware has sympathzed to the fullest extent,
and undoubtedly has, since the date to which we
refer, doubled IN the aggregate. and In respect to
some pdItCuiaL pfducocs HAS inofe tnad tIcuAeu VI
quadrupled. The Douglass Axe Company, for ex
ample, now turn out $500 900 worth Of axes year,
against $94, 900 worth made throughout the State
In ls45. The well known goods Of this establish
ment sold exclusively in Boston Against $685.
600 worth of shovels, spades, forks and hes, we
have now one mandatory, that Of O. Ames Il Sons,
North Easton, making shovels alone to the am punt
Of 500, 600 annually The manufacture Of tacks
and brads has doubled since then; and the same
rates Of increase apply in regard to many other
goods.
But for the fostering influence of home protec-
ton Of American manufactures, while in their in
fancy, the record of their growth and perfection
would not have been 80 fatterng az is here repre-
sented This as seifevdent az that the sun shines
from clear sky at noon day.