Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-07

Manufacture of woOlen Goods in Clevelan
The last Wool Growers Reporter presents
the following conclusive reasons in favor of
Cleveland as a point for the manufacture of
WoOlen Goods. They are worthy the attention
of such as have means and the growth ani pros
perity of olr city in mind. We quote the ar
tiele, and trust it will be generally read, for by
fostering manufactures we must thrive OF not
at all
That this place possesses many essential IA
cilities for the fabrication of either cotton OF
woolen goods, seems to admit of no question:
In selecting a point for the manufacture OF
wOolen goods, there are many things TO be con-
siderei, not only with reference to the first cost
of buildings and real estate, but its adaptation to
the end desIred-the convenience and means Of
OBTAINING the raw material-expenses of living
access to market for the product and all other
circumstances enabling cheap production Of
goods, and the means of converting, without
loss Of time, the fabrication into means avail
able, and az low cost, are the main things to
be considered. The cost Of wooden goods will
consist OF the wear and tear of machinery, the
cost Of WOOL, fuel, dyes, and other articles de-
Preeiated or consumed IN the process, as lights,
sizing helting, DC. Labor is an element not 10
be overlooked.
1t will be no difficult task to compare cost
of real estate and buildings with equal home
conveniences in other places, and probably in
this respect there will be nothing discouraging
In regard to wool, 1t Is enough to say that
some five millions Of pounds annually pass
throIgh this city for consumption elsewhere,
some Of II going into the interior of Maine, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, In addition to
the five millions already handled here. another
i've millions would be drawn here, if wanted
without . charge of 200 miles transportation
Tor a single pound of il, and ali of it brought at
the cheapest rates of freighting by railroad,
canal and steamboat
Fuel is everywhere, in old settled countries
remote from coal mines, an important item, af-
iecting the price of production, not only to the
amount consumed within the walls of the manu-
factory, but indirectly in proportion to the
amount used and its cost to every operative con-
nected with the establishment. That Cleveland
is most favorably situated in regard to this mat
ter, needs no demonstration.
In the matter Of dye-stufs, there is not an
equal advantage, and not unlikely compared with
some other places, the balance small in itself,
would be against Cleveland
This city furnishes establishments of the kind
under consideration, with thin lard oil for lights
and other purposes, and has therefore in this
item an advantage The same is true as re-
gards glue for sizing and provisions generally.
Labor ought to be had cheaper in proportion,
as the operatives living IS cheaper than else
where. So much for production.
Now considered with reference to consump-
ton Of the product The Great West and South
West are the purchasers and consumers of
seventy-five per cent of the fannels and blank
cts made east and north of the cast line Of Ohio,
and they consume very largely of Muslin De
Lains, Cassimerss, and Broadcloihs also. Flan-
nels and blankets require less of drugs and dyes
in theiE manufacture, and larger portion of
them 90 from the eastern establishments through
New York and Philadelphia. Why not manu-
factuTe them herel What single superior ad-
vantage has any place east of Us! We may look
south and west and feel proud of our position
and facilities for supplying that section, but We
should not forget that we are opening up an en-
during and important trade with the great
North West and ought to be able to supply their
wants in this line in defiance of any and all com
petition.