, 1860-02-07
13rcas Il Grihtt1tc


Republican purity.
INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT.
Tie interest excited br the few men WHO
met together week or two ago, 10 take meas
uros To bring about more rapid industrial de-
volopmeut in Chicago, continues to spread.
The conviction that this city possesses al tile
advantages necessary to build up a large rnan-
ufacturing town, viz. 1st, easy: cheap ard
speedy communication with tic great CONNER
ci,ll centres Oh the seaboard: I'd, cheap food
and cheap and abundant labor: I'd, facilities
for gathering the raw material - cotton,
wool, hemp, fax, coal, wood, iron and the
metals; aud, 4th, market unlimitcd in cx-
tout and more easily aud clseap'y reached than
from any otl,o7 point in which the like faciii-
ties are combined; the conviction that
Chicago possesses all these, has taken
hold, not 80 much upon the popular
mind as upon capitalists who now seent to he
determined 10 turn them 10 account. The
promptness fsome Of these capitalists II pro-
posing to lease admirable locations, at a mere
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will build manufacturing establishments there
au; tue offers Of ot11crs to take stock in sucl'
promising industrial enterprises us may be
pnt on :oot: and the good feeling and zeal Of alt
IRE SO many guarantys that that which they
talk Of and most desire is not fir of. Since
the subsistence Of the speculative fever, men
tire beginning to inquire why it is that Chicago
"A city full Of men eascr to gather riches
should permit 400 600 hides to annually pass
through the port, pay freight to New York
and New England. he there tanned and 1nan',-
fact,lred. pay another freight Duck, and he worn
out here in boots and shoes; why tllree-folrths
Of nil the common agricultural implements
s'.orld be brought from abroad and sold in onr
ma1ke 4, paying freight, commissions and 9th
tr charges in addition 10 the cost Of 1nann'''''-
ture; why tue cotton, thousands OF bales oi
which take this route eastward, should moi lie
worked up here, giving employment II III
army Of girls and women who waat work.
aud improving tic market of our tar'neas WHO
have becfaud brcadstuEs to sell why, with I'M
limited supplies Of iron at Lake Superior: aud
&:oal at Ii Sal1c, not stove, cl,alu, piece
ul cutlery, hoe, III, article Of saddeEs lls'rd-
ware, hammer, an axe, Or IN eise tool OF any
description is made here, why o1lr wool must
70 East to be returned to us in the Shape os
cheap cloths, paying Two or three .'ro'i's aud
commissions before making the round: why
with abundant wood for cabinet work,
such loads Of furniture should be landed OIL
our docks; why, in short in The manufacture
-of those articles for which We have tue raw
material in abundance and at rates which
would enable ullr mechanics to compete With
tie most favored parts Of New England, CHI
cayo il SO lar behind the position to which ''y
tile en>rgy Of Our people, the chcarness Of
food and t!4e supply Of labor, SHE is entitled?
Tie answer ii Of course ut hand. High ratcs
Of interest for .uoney, h1gh rcrts, aud: u
course, high prices of Labor: these, incident
to if not tic growth Of the speculative move
ment in real estate. have been the drawbacks
u all manufacturing enterprise. Now imp
pily, except tic. tirst tl@y have beel
succeeded 1y most favorable conditions, ant
a butter banking law. the gradual 'i'i"'datao1
Of tue indebtedness hy which all classes havt
',veu overwhelmed, and tho accrc.ioas Of cal''
t..l will Soon make money cheap.
We need not say that this is a favorable pc
rod Cor the building I'm Of new manufacturing
establishments; nor need We waste words il
attempts to tell others what their duty OF IN
,ercst may bc III tl.e premises. The a'ivantay
aa1, VIC takc it, tie great advantage, +
grow out Of tile movement, is the wld
dissemination Of tlc knowledge Of til
existence here, Of tile conditions wl''c
make manufacturing anywhere pccnniar
SUCCESS. Let it I've understood that iron mi
he made here into tic various article
Of daily nsc, cheaper than i'll New lorl
Allmny or Worcester, and furnaces III
mills will seud up their smoke from iile Can
to Clyl,oaruc's Bridge. And so OF wl'atoE'
else in w!icl, Our merchants deal: c"nvin'
the industry and capital Of New England III
any fabric or tool u implement made he
will yield greater profit than when turn
out Of New Eaglaul loom or shop. II
looms and shops will not ln lang wautin
So, gentlemen, AZ the first step, =
who lave mouey, take l1old yourselves, OF
not inclined to that. make the figures aud del
onstratc the facts that will induce others
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