, 1860-02-15

naces; while Chicago possesses abundant SUP
Mics It ttly finest eiIicicus sand, within ic~
hours boating, and the coal beds OF our Slate
are 1c;r and iuexhaustiblc- Here is surely u
department where enterprise aud skill in the
,sc Of a moderate capital could be employed
by tic sasacious and prudent with little risk
and | .rge promise. 0ns Of the largest manu-
f.cturcrs Of glassware il. Great britain CON"
mcnccd his first adventure with capital al
most too small to be named, aud his furnaces
now extend for mile along the rivers bank,
aud ten thousand persons are supported by
tho wages he weekly distributes.
Il The manufacture Of wool may be taken as
another example, staple produced abund"
anuy in tho Vest willie our dry, pure. trans
parent atmosphere. perhaps uneqnaled even "
France, so celebrated for its fine and fast color
points cut this region as cminently favorable
| for dyeing and coloring, What iDsuperab'e
hindrance lies in tie way Of at lcast trial Of
wool manufacture in Chicago? Many years
since, We Glanced to call, in one Of tho East
ern States, upon manufacturer Of carpcts
He related to US a simple and interesting story
bow ho had few years before become
bankrupt, and lost lis all; and that he was
now on his second years trial to recover
his broken fortune. Hc showed us through
the small wooden building he now occupied
with two rooms on the ground fioor-sn one
Of which he had set up with his own hands the
first form, to which he soon added second ;
and, at the time Of our call, he was preparing q
third. Tho other room was occuplcd-by him
self and the wife, who brave]y shared his i'll
fortunes, aud was his only clerk and agent
as an office, and lis only parlor. Eight years
only had elapsed, and VIC revisited the same
friend, now at the head Of IN extensive estab
!ishment, employing some two hundred ane
fifty han Is, and bringing him clear revenue
Of ten to twelve thousand dollars yearly, ane
enabling him litt1o later to retro Iron
business with the Independence ho had wos
and now enjoys.
1--WE have ventured to submit these few hints
a. having some per.inence and suggcstiveness
| at time when we are grayely weighing th'
/ condition and wants Of our young and GROWN:
city. Chicago has been, in the language ftb
day, jasf city 1t has been somewhat in th
condition Of bright and promising youth
starting into lie with troops Of rich friends
whose abundant resources were always ::
| command; but at length withdrawn, lc j
brought to the uncomfortable Jet stirring re
(cction. That he is henceforth to depend on hi
OWL individuality, and to measure and brip
into play his own personal resources and en
ergy.
| 1t will be profitable and benefccnt resu'
| Of the hard experience Of the past few year!
should it teach us to look less abroad for til
| enterprise, skill aud capital that arc to pros
per and enrich lis, and more at home. "
hare had and passed the era Of high price
fast living and quick fortunes. 1t is now II
, served 70 inaugura1e new and better era
] The establishment and fostering Of legitinat
industry and enterprise, based upon the lou;
, tried aud well established principles Of econ
: my, thrift and energy, in which alone we ca
depend for q stable, assured and endurit
: | prosperity.