The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-26
rho .Kenosba WOODEN Facto.


ry." has ben talked of Tor year or two past
but has not yet been put into operation and
made a reality II is hardly necessary, at the
present day TO argue the question o.
The WELDON the policy in a pecuniary o,
moral and intellectual point of view, of starting
the various branches OF manufact ure in every
communi;y-of bringing the producer aud con,
sumner as near together as possible. VS. have
essays and lectures the subject from theorists
and practical men without number. Fortunate
y, too, this is one OF the few questions in which
theory and practice go hand in hand, save thai
The practic al results almost always exceed the
calculations of the most enthusiastic 1t has
become hackneyed 10 point to n sw England a
an example on all occasions, but look at hel
rocky hillsides and her narrow alleys. West
ern prairie people would despair of ever ma
king d living out Of such country, but yankee
enterprise has enriched the country and enrich
ed the people. Ali through those states manutac>
turing villages have sprung up making the CONS
paratively poor soil OF those hills and hillsides
worth as much as the richest prairie or wood
land of the west, and all by merely bringing the
producer and consumer together
Every manufacturing establishment in thi
city enhances the value of every farm III the
county, aud every toot Of real estate in the city.
Every acre OF land in Kenosha County might
as well be made worth $l0o per acre as to remain
at what ii is now, by simply investing the sur
plus capital fthe county in different branches
of manuiscture or even in any one branch -
And that surplus capital, that now on an aver
age pays less than per cent. per annum might
be made to yield at least IS per cent.
But we are nor goin, TO write an essay on
manufactures. Our object simply to intro
duce to our business men, capitalists. and farm>
ers too, the following little item IRON the Bea-
yer Dam Dodge Coz Citizen:
Our WooLEE FAcToKY.-Ths is one of the
most important institutions in the city, and we
have taken pains to gather some statistics of its
operations. From April, 1864 10 Jan LIST, 1865,
Worke up wool, about4O, 900 lbs.
Made cloth, about % 000 yds
Knit socks, about Z, $40 pairs
Caro- ID rolls tor home spinning 20 900 lbs
Wool sold III fleece. ] 0 900 lbs.
Cost of running mill, $500, dav
Govt tax $500 TO $500 per month,
Wool worked up per day, 1000 lbs.
OF course these small figures when com.
Eng land; but we slieve there is no other Wool
en- Mil in Wisconsin that can show so rye
an account of business done. They make some
twenty-five different styles of cloths, casimeres,
1annels, sheets and blankets, using no shear
aocks or sboddy in their goods, and nearly all
they make is sold at their own counter. Peo-
pie have come here from more than a hundred
miles distant to buy these manufactures. Fiji
teen families get their entire support from en-,
ployment In the running OF this factory.
There are other Wooden Factories in the state
and they all report the same gratifying pros>
pects and results. But failure in an enterprise
of this kind has never come to our knowledge.
We hope some of our enterprising men will
take this matter in hand at once and initiate
the enterprise. All the capital needed, we be-
lieve would be subscribed and paid in, in q
month, There is hardly farmer in the county
who cannot take more less stock in such an
enterprise, and there by double the value of his
farm and increase correspondingly the value Of
all his products. Enough may be saved on the
wool CLIP of the county in year Or two, to all
most pay the first cost of tn Factory, Who will
start in this matter?
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