New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-29

hen seen there, +" provisions were trZ"Hy
.. .snt us from tue Sultaus table ga pewter
:. di,he. with the London stamp: and even
"b.d piece Of meat served up in
white wash hard bssin OF English msnutscture.
Iisipg.toue toc. during hi, recent eTplorstNn ot
Africa. in which lie penetrated into regions much
n ere remote ,hsh those which Clspperton mac VIZ
tied. va. ss,oni.h,d to find himself preceded BY
c.iion cloth besTing TIE stamp of Ne"Ecs!'n1
m.nufsctor. To obtain more Of it WAS the
gr..t j, size of The n,t.ons he vlsiie5. q Wen
spp ,r'ed eIped ton. under TIE guidance o' tas
cane tr.7eler, i. 81 this mcment attempting To
open up regular t,sde with these sitons. The
British Goverr ment will undoubtedly persevere IN
the.e ,foi.s until they have established pernineat
outlet for tneir msouf,cturrs Though au these
ustons produce cotton in abundance, ye. their IN
counted millions vii be supplied, like the ill-pAid
natives Of India utn f.br woven out OF the cotton
u this country. 1t is possible that British ma
chinery has been 80 multiplied as to overtocA ali
the known markets of the world, and that 1t Is the
pressure Cf this oserstocs and not the instincts OF
lesitlm,te commerce, that supplies the impulse to
his Few enterprise Of opening up the interior OF
Africa. From some cause, il WAS evident IN l-J1.
that the manufacturing equilibrium hsd been dis
tuIbtd A elut WA everywhere suddenly dlscoT-
ered to exist The manufacturing industry Of a
whole people was brought TO 81 eLd solely 5ecsuse
the consuming portion was suddenly deprived Of
the ability TO purchase Under this view Of the
case, nsrrow though it be, it may be said that
manufacturing is overdone. But the fact is directly
c0ntray-it is the power Of consumption that Is
oyerdone. Restore & good Government to this
country, and the power To consume as largely as
afcretime would immediately revive, while the
manufacturing equilibrium would be recstabished
with sympathetic prompttude.
When the present war in Italy WAS brewing,
cur public writers generally predicted that ITS
effect on this country would be to ,end whest up
sId cotton dowl; and So universally was this
orinion adopted BY business men, that then tho
first &C Itain war news reached u, Whest rose TO
20 high figure all through the West os to prevent
its being shipped to IN Eastern market while in
all tie stabosid cities II went up high as to over
top the very foreign market whose consumption
had stimulated the rise 4 great reaction has
wheat is down and Likely to stay down. Bat in
cotton tho case is very different So far from de-
cliripg the price has been steadily maintained in
spite Of the war. As cotton is used only IN msnu-
sctuIiug il is evident that in this branch at least
manufacturing is not overdone.
But the world does not move and have it's being
by means Of cotton. The hay crop Of this country
is worth more dollars than the cotton crop. But
bay is consumed at home, while cotton IL consumed
abroad, and hence its position ia the commerclni
world. Manufacturing is annually assuming new
shapes, mopopolzing new elements, aud re'ou-
tionizipg old interests. The first patent on the
sewing machine has not yet expired, yet five thou
sand Of these ingenious implements are now msnn'
factured every week, and the business may be said
to be only in its infancy. The great cities are not
Vet balf supplied, while the vast interior remains
to be filed up. Thirty years ago the universal re-
lance for the production of fire and light was the
common Undertook. II served the world a thou
sand years: but the world, with becoming ingrati-
tude 10 it's benefsctors has neglected to preserve
the lame of the inventor. The savage OF all coun-
tries knew that fire could be drawn from the flint,
and that if caught upon the dried moss it could be
blown into flame. But the int WAS in one
place aud the moss must be searched for in
another. Tirder was happy substitution;
but by combining the two prime agents in ono
receptacle the tinderbox WAS produced. Already
it has become so obsolete that millions Of the pre-
sent gene ration have probably never seen it. The
friction match has risen to the dignity of a manu-
featuring staple, and may be said to be of univer-
sal consumption. Ten billions are annu Sly manu-
fac'uIed in London, consuming whole cargoes Of
American lumber in their production. A single
manufacturer III this city cuts up an entire raft of
boards into splints every few months Another in
Herbimer County has used nearly three million
feet Of lumber, prod1 nearly three millions OF
matches daily and uses up Elk dead horses week
TO furnish him with phosphorus. Three full regl-
ments of horses have barely sufl'ced to keep his
factory in operation. Yet the inventor OF friction
matches died IN Scotland Only within the present
year Even hasty survey of our industrial cond-
ton, borne down ss it is with the incubus OF q
state of things forced upon Us by those Southern
Statesmen, who nate free labor aud who in 1916
thought to stnks blow at the North in abolishios
the tariff of 1872 will thus convince us that in
some departments at least manufacturing is not
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