, 1863-07-11

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| noot and Shoe Manutactory.
Flom~the very commencement of the pub
| lication Of the TRIBUNE We hare urged ths
Importance Of establishing uanutactoriea II
this city, and yesterday, in looking through
! the extensive establishment Of McDougal
Nicholas &Co., Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
45 Wabash avenue, we realized the practical
force Of some Of the arguments VIC have used
in favor of Home Manufactures. We have
Lever been able to sec any good reason fol
sending our hides East to be tanned, sending
fhe produce there to feed the mechanics Tho
tau, and curry md make the leather up into
'eale-work " boots and shoes. To dispose o1
our surplus produce, Of whatever kind, is a1l
very well, but if we purchase back from these
| manufacturers their articles, and must pay in
that purchase {either by getting an inferior
article or paying higher price, the cost and
transportation both ways of the food and the
leather, nc full to see the advantage gained.
We hare here NIL the raw elements at haud to
render this one Of the most successful and i'm,
portant manufacturing points in the United
States. McDougall, Nicholas 6s Co. realized
ttis when they opened manufactory here,
1hout year ago. Their establishment, en-,
ployiDg about fifty hands at the outset, has
grown within year, so that they nov EN-.
pls'y between three and four hundred hands,
usfbg the most improved machinery In every
department. Besides the hands here, large
Humber Of men are at work for this establish
lhebt at their own shops In the city, and
through the country In small towns aud Yil-
lages. The boys department at the Reform
School ia principally employed in :nanutnctu-
ring shoes for this firm. We noticed In the
1actery several boys who learned the
business at the Reform School, who, when
refused there, came directly here to work, and
u1e now making from 81 to IS per week each,
and in some Instances. supporting their do
rentient parents. This establishment occu-
pits four stories, oycr seycrM stores on Lake
street md Wabash avenue, which wo ehould
estimate, If all on one floor, would make an
immense room six hundred feet square. They
Ire Low manufacturing about 400 pairs Of
boots and 500 pairs Of shoes per day, all Of the
b. st matelial und ilrst class workmanship, and
Whit is the best Indication Of their SUCCESS,
they ncyer lose Gus omer. After they sell
Lin one bill Of goods he becomes a regular
purchaser thereafter. The demand for their
ttock is constantly increasing, and they find
considerable trouble to keep pace With the
growing demand.
Asa geneEal rule, the best hides are retaiued
lere, and the lower grades shipped
East. The oak.tanned leather from the East
Iea1s no comparison with the hemlock-
famed leather from the Chicago Hide and
Leather Company, from which this Factory is
supplied. At least twenty per cent. ia saved
to the 1nannfacaories by using the tlrstclass
Chicago Compapy's leather. This Is but one
link in the great chain-one manuftctory
helps several others; for instance, 10 the one
Item Of leather, this Company's bill, thus far
Ibis year, will amount to nearly SO, 900.
Again, every Stale, and city, and communI-
ty, is striving to advance It's own particular
interests; hence, 1t becomes the merchants
Of the Northwest to patronize Home Manu-
factory which pays out between &C, 600 and
SCG0G0a year to hands here at home, md
twice that for stock-that pays the Govern
1Bent tax here ut home, Tnther than contribute
towards supporting the manufactures of tho
Fast -op3 eus4o5pirrr all +ba +rc,s1o-4..,,
en,nn.,,,as - t,,s1 coreaot 49, -. ~ 49,
wast aenao,a1;s,, 70 w. ,,ho-.1;.. ~. 80. 49,
,,.htaanass ~atha- ~ 49, ,,,sso.ss.. ~ ss
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ss .,.e..,oa.s haots - ",saas spa" @>'''4AeA
TT NJ ~ssesst,,,s.o ~ ttsss 49, -
tucccss they have realized, and wish score
--Aa~,s - ~, 49, 80. w. - 4".l'a-
10y ro..s1 ~. w ]'Nso W 'usn uInos', 1oF
ouf hes,etn tnefensal1e "ouia prefer TO pny
rather than blind1y buy goods that o,re M
Satisfaction tn eithcr dealer or conanroo-
Merchants have 1earea from exnerience That
thew cannot get mn inferior article here eve,,
if thew wanted It. Init that thev pot a auna
,;or article Of toots and shines nj The ao1na
rr,cc ot tbe ;nf.r,or so1a ror1r ~ tha E.at.
leree 4he tncre,sino demand for 10 . -ra.,.
from this manutactory. "success to the Chi
cago Manafactufefs!
MICHIGAN PINE LAfps-We vou1d co11 ot.
tention to the great sale Of pine lands which
Il to be held 1t Detroit on the 2l of sentem.
her next. oEer half million Of acres, be-
lsfglng TO 1ne d. Mary's Falls Ship Canal
Company Is adseftsed TO be sold ut that
''me, W puone auction. The sale Of 80 large
anu viii not tail to attract the attention of
Mmbermen and capitalists. There ara nrar
eco acres On tho Muskeeon. and mora or less
;, non erer, ,,,,o $50. - ~ g...a 80.
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