Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-05-21

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r was to be removed, from anything asked for,
! do not see. In conclusion, am Of the opini,
the Board OF Aldermen have perfect right
2 allow tie road to go to the Navy Yard, {
/ the line designated in Tate's petition; prov
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written more than contemplated, but hoI
it will be at least Of some profit TO my frier
Col. Martin. ! should not have written
much except to place the facts before the pul
lie as think they exist, and not with view
wound the feelings Of any one PHOENIX.
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.
We extract from that excellent newspaps
and conservative Iournal, the Boston Post, ID
following interesting and liberal views Q
southern manufactures, contained in long an
able article on the subject:
The introduction OF manufacturing estsb
recent than their rise in the North. And eve
nov their number is comparatively small. Ever
/ State south Of Mason and DiXon's line is strict
ly neither commercial Hor manufacturing in it
. character, bat agricultural. And whateve
attention has been given to the introduction o
manufacturing on any considerable scale, ha
happened within few years, and more Partie
ularly since the anti-slaSsry crusade Of thl
| North against their Sou hern neighbors Be
fore that, the Southern people willingly pai,
I their money, whether earned by free or slaVI
I labor, 10 their Northren brethren. for the pro
/ ducts OF their manufactures and workshops
/ which they as willingly received, thus becom.
l ing partakers Of whatever wrongs the systeu
Of slavery involves. The SOuih, instantly per.
ceiVing the Inconsistency and hypocrisy Of the
A5olitionists, who did not refuse to make
money out Of the price of slave labor when.
ever they were able, and to the extent Of theil
ability, became disgustsd and offended, and has
from that day been acting on the defensive
Unwilling to pay large prcfs to those who
were abusing them, and for the very system
that they themselves have all their lives been
aiding and abetting, the Southern people have
recently built factories and manned them quite
extensively, aud the work is going on with con-
stantly increasing vigOr. The subject bss been
discussed in various Southern commercial con-
Ventions, convened in all portions Of the South
at Richmond, and at various other places
It is true that up to his day the South is more
dependent upon the factories Of The North than
it wishes to be, unless northern ssntiment and
conduct shall become materially changed But
the signs Of the times now clearly indicate that
Der we'll be gun system Of manufactures will be
continued, improved, and widely extended, so
ss to become independent, or nearly 80, Of the
North.
Arror1i,- 70 fha Iatest -s4,,-ra o4.iaI 90
unofficial, there were in the United States, in
1850, I3l 957 manufacturing establishments. Of
which l03 932 were in the free States, and 81
Us, OF considerably Tore than one-fifth OF the
whole were situated in the slave States. The en-
tire capital invested in these esta blishments
amoun' ed in round numbers TO the great sum Of
$3.50 100000. The value Of raw m 4terial used
and consumed yearly amounted to $3.50 O00, 900;
amount paid for labor S240 900 600; value OF
articles manufactured 81 O20 300,O ,O00; number
Of persons employed 050,OJO-
The State with the largest number Of manu.
factories is New York, with 23,553; next in
rank is Pennsylvania. with p .5e5 while Obio
comes next with 10, $50; and Massachusetts, is
fourth, Numbering her S,259 Virginia stands
first among the Sluthern States, OF fifth among
all, numbering 81. The other States in the
South having the greater number are Mary
land, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisisns, that
rank next to Virginia in the order mentioned,
and that have from B. ,70S 70 ,016 establish
menis.
IL we lock at manufactures Of cotton goods
we find there are 1924 establishments in the
whole country, of which S92 are in the free
States, and POP, or not quite one-ffth Of the
whole, are in the slave States. The STATE
having the greatest number Of cotton mills 10
operation Is Massachusetts,, that counts up
2l3 while Pennsylvania has 2Js; and next
rank Rhode Island with l5S, and Connecticut
with I2S. OF the Soa;hern states Georgia is
at the head, with 35 mills; next in order are
Tennessee, with 80. North Carolina with %,
Virginia with p, Maryland %, South Carolina
Is, Alabama and Delaware u each, Kentucky
s, Arkansas 3, and Mississippi 2. Louisiana,
Texas and Florida, at the last accounts, had
no mills Of the kind. The amount Of capital in
vested in all these cotton factories is S74 SOL
03l, and the number Of bales Of cotton consumed
a year is'64l go The value Of the entire pro.
duet yearly is sol 369 1874 aud the number OF
hands employed is 90 2S6, more than two
thirds Of whom are females OF all the hands
employed l3,945 find work 10 the Southern
States The number Of Yards of sheeting,
&c made annually is 1863 67S 407.
The number of establishments fer the man
ufacture OF wooden goods in the country is
l ,559, with a capital Of S28,1ls go, and con
suu1ing 20, SOP 500 pounds of wool per year.
The number of hands employe is 80 252, the
largest portion Of whom are males. The an
nual value Of the products is S43, ,2S7 sos, and
the number Of yards is 81, ,206 652.
Pennsylvania ranks first 10 the number Of her
wooden mills, $50. Next comes New York
with 249. Then follow Connecticut with I4O,
and Ohio with 130 The first Southern State in
this department is Virginia, having l2I mills,
OF two more than Massachusetts,, a fact that
we think will be surprising to most readers. The
o.her slave States have wooden mills as fol
lows: Maryland 80, Kentucky 25, Delaware 8,
Tennessee 4. Georgia 3, North Carolina, Mis-
souri, and Texas each, South Carolina, FlOri-
da. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar
kansas had no mills Of the kind in 1850. The
entire number OF wooden factories ia the slave
States is POP, or not quite as many, IL proper
ton, ss we found in the same section Of cotton
mills
There was, at the last accounts, $50 estab-
lishmeuts for the manufacture Of pig iron in
the United States. About half OF the whole
number are found in the State Of PenHsylva-
MIA, or nearly twice as many as there are scat
tered through the South. Next TO Psnnsylva-
MIA ranks Ohio, and third in rank Is Virginia,
with % manufactures Tennessee has %, Ken
lucky 2l, Maryland IS, Missouri 5, Georgia
and Alabama each, and North Carolina 2
About one fourth Of all the capital Of the bu-
siusss is invested in the Southern States, Mary
land and Tennessee having more than twice as
many dollars Invested each thsn Virginia. The
value Of the annual products is Sl2,74S,777.
For the manufacture Of iron castings there
are 1891 establishments IN the United States,
Of which but a small proportion, or los, are
in the South. New York has the largest nun
Der Of establishments, 1913, and the argee.
amount Of capital invested in them. Pennsyl-
vsnia has nearly as many manufactures, but
upward Of a million dollars less capital. Ohio
Is doing about half as much business in this
department az New YORK. OF the Southern
States, Virginia takes the lead, with 81 estab-
lishments Kentucky has 20 Tennessee and
Maryland 10 each, Delaware l3, Alabama 10,
Mississippi and Louisiana s each, Missouri
and South Carolina each, North Carolina
5, Georgia 4, and Texas 2. The entire
capital invested is 81, ,416 ,36l. and the annual
products are valued at S25, los, ,155.
There are but 422 manufactures Of wrought
iron in the land, l29 of which are in the South,
aud l3i in Penuss lvaRia. Tennessee has A
establishments, Virginia 80, North Carolina
~, Maryland II, Georgia 3, Delaware and
Missouri ? each, and Alabama l. The entire
capital invested in the business is S14, ,495 ,22O
Most Oe the malt sad spirituous liquors are
manufactured in the Northern States, since OF
the s. 324,254 invested in the manufacture,
but 1929 400 is thus used in the South. Above
a fourth part of all the capital is invested in
New York, and there is more in each Of the
states of Pennsylvania and Ohio than ia the
entire Southern States. The annual product il
as follows: Barrels Of ale, III 924; gallons
Of whisky and high wines, AZ, 1873 g55; gallons
Of rum, 6 SOC, 800.
There are 6,263 tsnneries in the United
States. Of which the South has nearly One-thirI
part, or zoos. Pennsylvania alone has nearly
one-sixth part Of the whole number, or ,039
The Southern States rank in the following or
der Tennessee has 394, Virginia, 34l, Ken.
tuckF, 275, North Carolina. Isl, Alabama, l49
Missouri, 1ls, Georgia, 140, Maryland, lI6
Mississippi, ", South Carolina, 81, Arkansas
81, and the other Southern States less numbel
each. The entire capital invested ia all th'
tanneries in the land, is SIS goo 557, the nun
Der Of skins in them being 2 65S, ,S65, and th'
nsmber Of sides Of leather counting up 1921, /,
9a0.
Mining as well as manufacturing is carrie'
on considerably in Missouri. The mineral re
gion Of the State is said to equal in extent tn
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