Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-20

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Ceeeoa Maan1ActoreSs~NeW Eus.
land and ahe West.
The manufacture Of cotton, for the past
year, haa.heen very Lucrative. Those en-
gagged in il hsvs grown sich. and doubtless
will cohdnss - reap lsrss profits until the
demand ser thor gods falls of by competi
ton from other sections Of the county
That New England is becoming wealthy
from her manufactures il . fact about
which thsse. con- Be no controversy We
are heartily glad that il 10 40. The indus
Try and energy Of New England is proverb-
isl throughout the world-which credit she
has justly earned. The capital they have
employed has returned to them great and
steady profits, and out Of such profits they
are enabled 70 carry on . System Of i'm
provcments which makes them the envy
and pride Of our country.
New England does not raise her cotton.
The material from which her fabrics are
made is brought from another part Of the
country. She asks no protection relative
to their purchase. Her capital and the
shrewdness and energy OF her business
men are the only protection she asks against
the wide world. With fair field of COM
petition she will carry Off the palm Of vic
tory against Europe in the way Of manulac
turing tho cloths used in this country.
The les ons taught by New England in
the way Of manufactures Should convince
the capitalists Of Iowa and the whole West.
OF the folly and littlcncss of turning their
attention TO no other branch Of manulactur.
ing than that of attempting to create a pre-
JUDGE against the East The true policy of
the West is TO establish manufactures to
compete with New England for the markc,
OF the Union. We have the water power.
and the cheap fuel for steam power in z, eat
abundance. To improve these is a far more
honorable business, than sitting quietly
down and asking competition from England
that We may have cheap cloths. !, would
be more creditable 10 the interests 81
the country
is an established fact That cotton in
abundance can be raised in Illinois The
quality Of this article raised there has been
found to be excellent, equal to the products
OF Tennessee. This cot'od might De mai
keted and worked up at home, aud furnish
ell at rate that would defy competition in
New England, and elsewhere. The accusa.
ton against New England that she possesses
a monopoly in the cotton trade is net sus-
ceptible of pr oof The trade in this article
Is not guarded by the protection of Jaw
There is no statutory enactment that the
water power Of Iowa shall not turn the
wheel Of a cotton mill nor that the steam
generated within our limits, from our own
coal, shall not furnish The motive power 10
work up the cotton raised or purchased by
our own citizens.
Inc Tact Is, we want no competition from
foreign manufactures with New England. in
order to bring down the pr,co Of cotton
goods II would be FAR better for us to en-
ter the lists OF competition ourselves. than to
trust to foreign competition None but
those who cannot appreciate the benefits
winch manufacturers would bring to Iowa
would invite foreigners to do what We can
do with advantage for ourselves.
SO long ~ the facilities possessed bv Hi
no's and Iowa go unimproved, aud our raw
cotton is obliged TO 60 from home for a
market, tits the lowest kind Of dc,nag oc,ie>
ism to talk about the hard handed yeo-
manry of the West being Obliged to pay
tribute TO New England for cotton goods.
and the closing Of foreign compcti ion
against us.
With manufactures among us, thus
insuring . good home market, Illinois
would produce from fifty to hundred
thousand bales OF cotton per year The
converting Of this raw material INTO cloth
would necessarily give employment TO
large number Of hands, and thus add pop
ulation and wealth to our State. There is
plenty OF room for both Of these condi ions.
and it would better serve the interest of
the State that they be secured to us, than
by surrendaring our advantages to foreign
manufacturers
The adaptability of the soil Of Illinois to
raising cation is Just begun to be developcd.
The lew thousand bales raised the past
SINNER shows that it is n profitable crop. |
his fact will bring large population 20
that part ofthe West where the plant can
be raised to the best advantage. Has not |
Iowa, with her immense water power. no |
interest III this matter? Can she not do |
the manufacturing Of this product to ad !
vantage Aud would it not be more to the |
credit OF our people to to enter into an hon /
orablc competition with New England than
to spend our energies and means in help
ing to build up a foreign competition that
would add nothing to our wealth, our pop
ulation or the development of our resou. ces
We throw out these suggestions for the
consideration Of our PEOPLE, in the hope tina,
instead OF attempting to sir up animosi-
Ties IN the West against the East on ar-
count OF ITS thrift, that they W II turn their
attention TO pursuits that viii pla tLem |
IN a position to successfully compete with
those who ma uiacture under disadyan
tagss that do no exist in our own State.
IL describing the scene at Central Park |
New lork paper says;
Parsons and parsons wives NAV be seen,
there in fashionable "drags.' putting
'three minute and "two forty" horses |
to the very top Of their tro,ting speed,
whcel-a and wheel with fast actresses: and
rich philsnthopists. who profess to bel eve
that the republic owes its salvation to the
negro driven by black fellows wi,h the
badge OF servitude on their hats and col
lars, sweep along in the same column with
gamblers. and tainted women several de-
grecs below the grade Of the demi monde.
We speak by the card for we have seen this
beautiful moving mos &C. half a dozen