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lrT0h' VIC DoSeo'' 4 0st 0eSe"eO~ fsJ
| The wonderful success and almost incredible
proftablencss of tho File manufacture in this coun-
try is known only to the lucky holders of stock in
the few companies which enjoy sort OF monopoly
In the business. In fact very few people uncon-
nccted with mechanical branches of industry can
possibly form any estimate of tho extent to which
Files are used, and what an important item this
article forms both in the lists of manufactures and
lmportatiOns. 1t may be piece of interesting In
formation to state that no less than from 81 ,0oO,-
600 to 100000 WORTH of Files are annually inn
ported into the United States, and from $5 600 900
to $4,000, 900 worth annually manufactured here,
and yet this supply rs large asst may appear, does
not exceed, and indeed often fails to satisfy the de-
mand. The want OF skilled labor in this branch OF
industry both here and in Europe, is so great
that it talcS tho Utmost energies of the manufac
turers To suppl the constantly increasing demands
OF the Trade, End hlco, tends to continually en-
nance the cost Of produCaon. 1t should be stated
here that i'll ordinary machine shops it requires
4 file of lc very best make and quality to last
y good workman ono single day, and but few
files, in fact, last so long. 1t may bo added that
some OF the large iron works. as well aS tho
government and railroad nachinc-shops, usc from
SjD,O00 to $780, 900 worth of files each per annum.
This will explain the enormous consumption OF
files, and sufficiently answers the inquiry, what
becomes OF them all? The system OF recruiting
files IS practiccd to some extent But here again
the want of skilled labor is encountered, and oc-
casions tho same difficulty as in the primary man
nfactnrc-thc same process having to be pursued
in recruiting rs i'll making new file; and the high
price charged, together with the fact that the files
arc lcsscncd in weight and tho temper Of the steel
destroyed, renders the process by no means so
economical as it would at first appear
While the Whipplc File Company, OF Providence.
pursucs the nOiselcss tenor OF its way, and
divides quietly among its stockholders sixty or
eighty per cent. per annnm from its profits on
the manufacture of files, another company, in
New York--ihc Russell File Company-is doing as
neat IL thing for tue fortunate who old it's shares
wor-out and useless files which, otherwise, would
be thrown aside as ''scrap' steel. by process
exclusively in the possession of the company, part
y patented and partly secret Old nlcs are renewed,
and made in all respects equal to new, in o
very few minutes and at comparatively trihing ex-
pcnse. As many as eight hundred dozen files
have been renovated in ! single slay by this pro-
cess, and with a force of only fifty men. This
vouched for by trustworthy men who have wit
messed the operations Of tho company. Whether
this process be profitable ono or not, may easily
be inferred from the fact that, after only three OF
four months work, the company has paid tho neat
little dividend Of ten per cent on its capital, be-
sides retaining on hand a surplus sufficient to
guarantee n dividend OF twice ton per cent. in
March, when the next quarterly dividend will DO
payable. There certainly would appear to be
some virtue in old files, if their renovation can be
made to pay MS we'll as is indicated by the success
OF the Russell File Company. The results OF it's
secret process reminds one of tho rejuvenating
machine WHICH, out of such poor materials as all
could make u vigorous young man,
and have stock enough left to mako 4 small dogl
The join: resolution introduced by Hon. John A.
Bingham, in tho House on Wednesday last, which
=. Yi %; !i!!,"" amendments of The Constitn-
Mr. Bingham N isate Ii; nlr92se o
the necessity which suggests them. The ~on1ect
Of the first amendment, which provides for tho
nft thp ninth section
If tl,c first n. tclc of the Constitution to witt mo
tax or duty shall be laid OH articles exported from
any State" is to enable Congress-, by an export
.lutv. to compel the European Powers to pay trl-
butc upon our productions Which they must buy
sucll us cotton, tobacco, &c, and thereby roheVe
40 that extent our own people from the burdens OF
taxation.
The second amendment proposed declared that
mo part of any debt or debts contracted III aiu ci
the late rebellion, which may hereafter DC con,
tractcd in mid of any rebellion against the uMtoo
states. shall ever be assumed Or paid by the UNI
fed States nor shall any State assume or pay ai!
part thereof" This amendment Is lntehacI ~, W
make reputation Of our war debt lmpossloic ny
making it unconstitutional to pay anytnih5 Iol lo-
bcllion' eithor by United States. or State appro-
riaLi0n. This being done, no party, NORTH OF
South can ever open the question for the reIiIGa "a
ton of such al amendment. 1t is an lhlPheI1 ",
cIaraion that both the States and tho nation hoia
ali their resources exclusively to pay the dcDt OIL
the Union contracted in its defence.
It's ratification will be an express and solemn s!,
condemnation, by all the people OF I'LL the Sta5es
of treason and secession. Tue thIru ana last
amendment declares that the Congress shall have
pnwcr to make all laws necessary and proper to
secure to all PERSONS without distinction, in every
state Of the Union equal protection in thelr rlShts
Of life liberty and property This Is ihchaea &c u, 70
rcrsons, without distinction, in every State which
+ a Dart of the Republic. 1t healing measure,
nud i measure of security for the future against
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