The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-21
IMPLEMENTS OF WARFARE.
The Capital Invested in Banks
aing and Insurance.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS;
Our Total Population About
Thirty-Two Million. ,

OuC IOGa1 EOpu1dClUu AUOuU
Thirty-Two Million.
THE ONWARD MARCH OF TIE NATION,
&C.. &C.. 60.
We have obtained from the Census once n washf
ington the following preliminary chapters Of the very
valuable report Of JOS c. g. Kennedy, ESD, whioh wiz
be found Of great interest," exhibiting, - IL dos W
rapid growth Of this country during the last ten yss
This report Is made up from the census Of 1s60- :;
PRODUCES NpUmRy. +
The returns Of manufactures exhibit most grAtfy1no
increase and present the time imposing Vie
of the magnitude which this branch Of the national
industry has attained within the last acosrnu% 1,n.
fisheries and the products OF the mtnesl according
the Of 1850, 81 0ls SIS The produos q
nc .rssdg sdIs ssosrsnsa in part and sass ssaass
the remainder, viii reach an .sgresase va g naSsese
orsase Of moro than eighty SIX centum u tsa tsar
The growth Of this branch Of American labor apo(1p
~ s:.a sas 20.
and swsdy three per cent greaser than that evsa g ~
white population By which was prinsialy pro1ees
Assuming the total value q mauufa0eurtD tn 1870 y
70 de proportion q sixty dollars ma sixty esk q
every inan woman and child In The Union. II % ~
amount were addsd the very large asgrsgass Of ssan
cai uroducsons below tho annual vans Il ave huAlrs1
SsI,s -n Mn,cn ~ ans ~ q ssrsus xanssUs..
The production os the immense agusgst4 aeese sAse
gave smpioymoat - about l,1o0 600 ma and 1o6ee9
vousn or one million and tree hunarea and eghtynv(
thousand peysons Zach Of these, q average. at
iaInsd two and half other individuals. makmt ~
four millions eight hundred snd for,yssvsn sh0ssas
and i've hundred nearly onesixth u ~ Vhoeq
pspsS n tbs prOducso. os many o the raw mssssss{
and o6 food for tho manuacarss " the distri6utsn u
their products, such a. merchants, CLERKS
rinars ths empyes Of railroads. axpressso and st1amS
boats of capiasts various artistic and prcfsasionA
classes a. well carpenters, brckayss. painters ana
the members Of other mechanical trades NOT casssd =
manufacturers. I.s safe " amc, then, thai
Of the whole population 10 suppsrsd, directly % nd1
,s ~ sseDsrsI facts therefore plainly indicate that u
point Of productive value and far reaching industrial IN
nusncss alone, our manufactures arc entitled 70 . Trent
rank amons The great ntsrus the country Indeed,
the collection and classification Of facts relating th1
material progress u the people periodically intrussd Y
the Consus oce furnish 10 general. valuable meqfoD
| 10 the pathway Of the nations greatness B.t -
tho facts collected, none are more nstructve-1oQ
psrtnent OF the public economy 70 the general welfare
or the people, domestic social. Industrial or neral
than these records u ths productive capacities IN
Automatic and handcraft arts. However uninterostn8
10 many the details iu Of instruction 70 the eAts
The subject grand in Its outlines but, Contemplated
its persuasive influence upon the welfare Of the who'd
the dry and repusive skeleton Of mere facts an
figures presented in the official tables gradually takes Cd
tha form substance and habiiamsnr and becomes anS
mated with thing or the life activity aud beauty
OF iiyins economy The stststics OF looms spindlsi
and factories Of furnaces and forgss Of steam eagin
ana sewing machines, and VI tho issnd other nstru
msnts Of creative industy become the
Of almost every form OF na.lood and individual happy
| ness, ,exsrtion, aspiration and power. -
| rHK MECHANIC ARE, ~
| particularly In our country whore they are mort an
fused, and almost univs sal appear 70 contribute ner
provecnt Of tho pso le All others dspeAdens ppo
them for the general agents and nstruments Of thel
primary wants Of mankind than 70 ls higher nis
trations OF taste and rsnemsnt. The acqusitisn
| diffusion Of knowlsdgs. the ms-ns q iassresna
municaion and tram the comforts, enjoys
ments and security 6 the d. ssis, and even the hono4
and integrity Of the nation ITSELF as dependent upon th
chanican but their abors are, from ths2
nature obtrusve or obvious 70 tho general appre
hension than some Others. The annual movsm:nss % 9
staples easily appreciated The pulsaions Of coulf
may be counted BY superficial observer, IN thl
A. rival aud departure shps and up0n the records q
the Custom House the Exchange but in the nds Il
the manufacturer mooicum Of crude material undergce1
process OF division, transformation and elaborAio
and thon silently and unobtl usvely disa,
nished in bulk, but augmented II may be. many hunI
dredfold Yin value-in the ordinary channels Of distrib
rival <t only when the nation decennally takes ~
account Of stock that any ap ids. s obtained
the value Of this item In the general account
| And who can justly estimate the influence upon thu
general happiness and prospsrtyupon the progress ID
civilization of the total of effective labor capital
| and skill rsprcsentod by such aggregate - we
| have stately What amount OF nxed captAl--,
OF labor, enterprise, inscnuiy-of resources, matot
rial and tsral--invovsd the creation OF nearly
two thousand millions th Of manufactures In single
ysar The addition OF nearly one thousand millions v
the annual product OF domestic manu- amount
almost equal the tota home assumption thereof ia
is50-implies also vast additions 70 tbs permanent
wealth OF the Union and 10 tho elements Of progress
civilization The increased support given 70 agrculturet
commerce and the minng interests by the cotsumptio1
Of hundreds Of millions OF dollars worth Of matc,
rial aad hundreds oi thousands OF mon, women an
children who would have been Otherwise unemployed
or forced into competition wi,h the farmer or planter
instead OF being OF their produce form
part tho benefits conferred upon tho community II
| large The Independence and security contributed BY
tho large body of intelligent curers and mechan
les capable OF minstorng TO every want, whether VI
supply or defence, cannot be ovsrestmasd As mlghl
have been expected the revelations OF tho census
the country has been sbo TO iean With confidence
this OF It's strength IN the trying emergency which
has put the Ia for the defence Of les dear
| est interests.
rNouRsss oy rrK SEw STATES AND rKRsroRrKs.
II grat, ing fact, shown by the Official statistics
that while older communities have greatly extended
their manufactures the younger and more purely sril
cultural States and even the newest Territories, have
also made rapid progress. Nor has this department %
American industry been cultivated at the expense o. an
other. There In much to believe that u an rae
the safest gunraniss of the pcrnaDcnoy an su,s ~
cvcry other branch Evidence bearing upon ths point
found in the manuficte % ,., snn. sb
arcesl m the psrod review there "a tlo doubS
ths the province o. manufactures ana nvcntion ,nig
case has been rather 70 cate tn " he ueman1
The nro,n,t ses Q. Americans 10 adopt labor saving a
ssn.s aoa the vast devoted " grain and oths0
s,,rcs IN the unitsd states, have developed the moe
shaprs a. agriculture 10 an extent ana petecton slsss
49,. uneauallcd. Tho ad pthn OF machinery 70 tho
49,, ro~ comuon IN and plantation labor fury
,s ,j,e bo.t assurtnc9 that he deveioment Of sgrcu
,rs az manufactures 10 their utni o., N never saniA
sy the old charge OF an'sgon sn ps,wcsn them 10 rs&
ra 70 labor or lnjIriousy alect ethcr by materially
modifying It's cost or supply.
AaRcrLr RAJ iMrtnfrsra.