The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-11-30
THE MANUFACTURING AND MIN
ING INTERESTS.
Banquet at Observation-Disclosures Of
a College and School of Mlnes---Taxation,
Protection, and Education.

The Permanent Committee on Inierna
Revenue of which the Hon. John Sher
man is Chairman, has recently made
tour of observation through the mining
regions of Pennsylvania with view t,
collecting such information as will enabl,
them TO legislate intelligently on the grea
interest OF mines aud iron manufacture,
at the coming Session of Congress. Th,
Committee finished its labors, yesterday
having trayersed the coal fields between
Pittsburgh, Scranton, and Mauch Chunk
aud after full and free conference with
those interested in those subjects return
ed to Washington.
Their arrival in the Lehigh Valley
was made the occasion of qnite large
gathering Of capitalists interested IL
mines, iron mills and railroads, which
took the form of complimentary dinner
rendered to the Hon. Asa Packer. one Of
the wealthiest aud most influential gen
tlemen in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Packer has
recently, with very praiseworihy liberty,
contributed of his means no less than
500, 600 to establish College of Litera
ture and Physical Science to be located
at Bethlehem, and his friends testified
their appreciation of his example by a
banquet at the Sun Inn, probably the
most superb ever given in that State -
W FL. Gatzmer, ]. c. Fell, Lewis Aud
enried,- John n Hutchinson, Jos. B.
Van Duesen. David Thomas and John
Smylie, jr., were the com nittee Of arran-
gements, and Mr.. Grider, the caterer for
the affair.
The affair passed off very tremendously
and from the immense moneyed interests
represented it cannot fail to have ben
efcial influence upon the future of the
country. Among the guests were the
Hon. Morton MeMichae of Phladel
phia, Henry &. Carey of Pennsylvania.
Gov Ramsey of Wisconsin, Simon Cam.
eron, d. Dougherty and John Welsh of
Pennsylvania, J. Berdell of the Erie
Road ID. NJ. Fox. NJ Devin, Elisha
Parker, James b. Vandusen, n. S. Ben
tley aud others of New York. Mayor
McMichael. in returning the thanks Of
the honored guest, alluded to the vanity
OF acquiring wealth merely for its own
sake. The best use to which man could
put out his money, after paying his debts.
was to provide for the education, the
morals and the comfort of those around
him. This Judge Packer bad done in
more instances than the one they met to
commemorate.
Mr. Devin of New ork in response to
a toast of that State, pointed out that Phila-
delphians were quietly and steadily turning
their attention to manufactures and mines
while New York was most engrossed in
and trade He had to con-
less that our course tended to hel other
at our own expense, and urged
upon all the duty of making everything
We needed for our own use.
Mr. Ii. c. Carey said in reply to some
'emarks of Gov. Ramsay, that the only
Importation We needed from Europe was
abor. If our Legislators would give us
'ermaneut tariff that would justify the
rectlon of the machinery, we could ex
el Europe in the quality and cheapuess
! y our goods Between 1916 and 1862
here were hundreds of blast furnaces
topped because of the ruinous competi-
lou OF foreign iron Here we had at
ither end of the Lehigh Valley mines od
oal, iron, and zinc, and all that was need.
d was protection and labor. The wav
build the National prosperity surely
as to educate the people, who would
len see to their lawmakers. This Judge +: