The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-19

GERMAN AND SWISS MANUFACTURING SETTLEMENT.
porter that the SWISS and German COLONIZATION Society had
purchased and was then paying the gold for a large tract
Of land adjacent to that thrifty town, for the purpose Of
iron ore and freestone were the natural staples. Cannelton i;
situated on the Ohio river, in Perry county, Indiana. This
s ,sss Ssy Di ss oee n, ORGANIZED onln1ns i0r Two o,y years Hs AN and r ~ commit an !
certain the mos: favorable site for their purposes and opera
tons. They were looking for q position healthy, central and
easy OF access, with close proximity TO coal and iron, and not
90 far from the cotton fields. We feel satisfied that they
could not have made a more judicious selection. They
vii. then have all the natural elements Of manufacturing
success, including cheap subsistence, and profitable and
near markets. This society is said TO be made up Of Swiss
and Germans in all our large cities, and TO be under the
They certainly have the power TO found a large city, and
they seem to be the men who will make the best use Of
There can be no question but that the great cotton
manufacturing district is eventually to be on the coal fields
of the lower Ohio. The wonder is that q field Of enter
prise SO promising wAe not largely occupied long ago.
Let any one look at the Cannelton cotton mill (now run
ming its full speed when most of the Eastern cotton mills
are closed or running on short time), and notice the per
fe4 system and economy attending its movements-th
great supply OF labor-the convenience and cheapness OF
It's power and heat-the. savings in obtaining its material,
and its facilities for dispoeing OF its product. With a CAPT.
tai Of some $500 900 it turns out q product equal TO tina,
Of one Of the lowell mills with a capital of 81 900, 900.
close to the market. 1t buys today and sells to.
morrow. It's success will produce others on the
same site. This German and Swiss movement!
has the same elements Of success. Their mer.
chants want 70 get nearer TO the market They see
the folly of paying q shilling a bushel for coal at Gncin-
natl, wnen they can have il al Cannelton for six cents a
bushel. They can'ta1ord TO occupy a lot in one of the
cities above the falls of thesOhio, which costs ten thou
sand dollars, when they can get a lt for ten dollars at a
point more convenient and three hundred miles nearer
their customers, and where they car. secure cheaper ma
terials
This city has no small interest in this moyeuenJ-we
are on The upper margin Of the cotton zone. TIE cotton
manufactured abroad goes from us; for the mills above it
will pass through or by us, and VI. must be 10 the same
extent, the recipients Of the commodities that are ex-
changed for this staple. II southern Indiana and Illinois
AMI western Kentucky spin and weave our cotton, make
our ploughs and wagons and supply US with their
surplus provisions and breadstlts, the Interchange is
cheap and speedy and both parties divide the
savings ID transit cost-our merchants, to a large ex-
tent, can secure the factorage Of a district growing su
gar, and large as these savings are mode, our advau-
tages are more apparent If we can send agricultural
implements, for instance, 70 East Tennessee and the north.
en sections OF Alabama and Georgia, and take pay in
cotton, giving in both trades the advantage in price over
Eastern merchants, IL is very clear that our property
owners, factors ana railroad stockholders would reap a
good harvest. II we can draw cotton from the mouths Of
the Arkansas and White rivers, Il 8 easy 10 calculate the
PROFITS Of the operation. The pr offs of fsctorages of the
The same energy, and one third OF the labor and capital,
can secure to our merchants the same patents OF nobility.
Southern Indiana is one of our natural allies. Her trade
IS, and always must be, with US. Our planters can be ut
her wharves in safety from those who would imprson the
white master 10 liberate the black slave. Let these
swss and Germans put up their workshops, and we will
furnish a market for the products, and shall be thankful
TO be released from our dependence on New England and
Ohio.