Civilian & telegraph., 1859-12-22
Local Intelligence.

MARYLAND Coal TRADE.-For the
week ending Saturday, Dec. 17tb, 773 il
tons of coal were shipped over the Cumber.
land and Pennsylvania Railroad, and 5 .463. IA
over the road of the Georges Creek Coal and
Iron Company. Making total for the week
from the entire region of 6,237 II tons.
Total shipments for the year from the en-
tire region, 49s, 901 tons
RN- Business prosperity can only be sus-
tanned on producing basis. A town sur
rounded by great agricultural wealth may ot
sustained by the products OF the soil; with
out this. or some other natural resource, the
mechanic arts come into essential requisltion
1t is vain to multiply retail houses and cater
to the tastes and appetites of the people un-
less thew have profitable employment. This
is now the difficulty in Cumberland, as it has
been for years. Our object is to call atten-
ton to this fact. Our retail establishments
of all kinds are ont of proportion to our fac
tories and shops. There is ingenuity, handi-
craft and power of muscle, but neither cour-
ago nor confidence to use them. The rich
are unwilling to adventure capital the poor
too timid to operate even on limited scale.
There are some encouraging exceptions to
this remark, and these show the groundless-
ness of our fears. DR.. Lynn is one OF our
most cnterprising and useful citizens His
Cement mill, and the style in which It'll con-
Quoted, furnish capital specimen of busi-
ness energy and success. In the Summer he
was burnt to the ground, but in few weeks
his mill had risen like Phoenix from its ashes,
and is now in successful operation.
Mr. Tobp Roo11 ic another 0ur nr0-
duccrs, whose foundry and extensive shops
show how one citizen may promote the well
fare of many. Others we shall notice here
after. These we cite as examples and as de-
monstrativc of the one position that Cumber-
land may prosper as Manufacturing Com
munity. Let the citizens aggitate the sub
icct with a resolute purpose, and they will
readily discover how they may redeem the
business reputation of the Mountain City.
In our last issue, under the head of Local
Enterprise, we said that Cumberland, from
the immense amount of Leather tanned in
the city and vicinity, ought to become the
shoe mart for Maryland The Bait. Clipper
enquiries after the price, and wants to know
if we can make shoes as cheap as Yankee
dom. We would ask why not? There are
several things necessary in order to manufac-
ture at low prices. First the readiness and
cheapness at which the raw material can be
had. An abundance of this at the lowest
price, is at our very doors. 1t makes its way
from here to Baltimore by Rail Road, where
it is purchased by the Eastern manufacturer,
and then shipped at considerable cost to his
place of business. This expense would be
saved. Secondly, the best machinery. What
prevents our having this? All that is neces-
sary, if we cannot make it at home, is to or
der it from abroad Then we have the wa
ter power to drive it, and if we employ
steam, we have the cheapest fuel to barn.
And lastly, men and women to work, at mod
crate wages--thcsc can be had without fail
Why then should there be any doubt about
our being able to manufacture as cheap as
any part of Yankeedom. If we arc laboring
under a delusion, it is q pleasant one, yet we
would prefer to have it dissipated for delu-
sions are dangerous things in this matter of
fact world. But VIC are not-the thing can
be done, it only lacks the enterprise.