Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-10-14
HaNn1cRaFT TRADE.

3 We publish the sub0ined sketch of certain indus
trial productions in Massachuset for the purpose
| of showing how important such manufactures are
to the prosperity Of every State The articles mem
toned require little skill and less capital; yet their
annual product amounts to millions, and they yield
employment and pay wages to may who, without
these occupations might be a burden upon society.
We have heretofore undertaken to show how much
Baltimore is indebted to these mechanical employ
mcnts for her growth, and the Independence of her
population. Bait. Patriot.
TIE MAsuFAcruRE OF WOODEN WARE The COM
mencement of the. manufacture of wooden ware to
any considerable extent, regular branch of bus
incss, dates about the year 1925. a patent pail
mandatory was about that time established in
Keene, N. H., and others in Troy and in Brandon
W.T. were started soon after. The next year several
manufactures were commenced in Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire, and the business began to as
sumo some degree of consequence. In the year 1881
the first patent tubs were manufactured in Fitz-
William N. H. At this time there not more
than $40, 900 worth of wooden ware annually man
ufactured in all New England; but soon after extern
sive manufactures were established in Winchendon,
Gardner and bingham in this State, and in various
parts of New Hampshire, &c. In 1S45, the manu-
facture of strictly wooden ware, in Massachusetts,,
estimated at nearly half million, and probably
exceeded that amount-at the present time the man.
uacture extends more or less to every State in New
England, and amounts to three or four millions of
dollars annually, most of which finds its way to the
market. ,---
A large amount of the wooden ware manufacture
of Maine and New Hampshire is carried on on Bos-
ton account but there is also a considerable portion
of the articles manufactured in Worcester county,
which finds its chief market in Rhode Island. The
bulk of the articles manufactured in proportion to
their value, operates hndrance to their seeking
distant markets, yet the amount of this description
of goods annually shipped to distant ports is quite
large, and is rapidly increasing.
The following statement furnished us by friend
who is thoroughly eonversant with this important
branch of trade, will give an idea of the rapidty
with which the business has hitherto increased and
furnish some data for estimating its future growth
Capital invested, $4,000
Probable amount of business, $4,000
Number of dealers in Boston, in 1854, 10
Capital invested, $250000
Probable amount of business, 81 500, 600
The manufacture ofcorn brooms constitutes part
of this business. which is by no means to be
looked, amounting annually to about million of
dollars and half the trade concentrating in Boston
We have heard the opinion expressed that the mum.
Der of brooms used in any community furnishes the
surest criterion from which to judge of its moral
advancement; and considering the important part
which this insignificant little instrument sustans in
regard to domestic comfort and neatneSs the opinion
may be correct. According to this standard the
American nation must be in the most exalted stages
of moral development and progress, but in commune
ties where feminine difficulties customarily settled
by testing the strength of broomsticks, we imagine
the rule will not hold good
As is the case in other branches of manufacture
the wooden ware of New England eXcels in cheap
ness and excellence. In some of the Southern and
W estern States attempts have been made to intro
duce the manufacture by machinery, but hitherto
the Eastern manufacturers have been able to compete
successfully with them in their markets, both in
regard to the cheapness and the excellence ofwork-
manship in their wares