The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-07-12
.iIanufaCturing in the West.

"Amonng intelligent men there can be nc
doubt whatever of the large and permanent
profit to community of investments in the
business of manufacturing. Here in the
west we pirate great deal of the cheapness
of land and the productiveness of the soil !;
but, after all, the truth remains that state
whose industry principally consists of agri
cultural labor never rises to first position
in wealth and influence. Other things being
equal, the commercial and manufacturing
states always will exceed the agricultural
states in growth, property and power, and
in every other particular incident to materl-
al prosperity.
This fact is especially fact in this nation
at this time The manufacturing class is
the pet class of the federal congress. Fol
three quarters of century congress has dis
eliminated in favor of the prosperity of thai
class at the expense of all other classes, anc
at this moment our representatives are ar
IDENTIFY engaged in the business of protecting
the manufacturer at the expense of the whole
people and the government itself And ever
though the present system of exorbitant tax
alton imposed upon the nation for the benefit
of the manufacturer may not be adhered tC
permanently, it is yet true that the princi
pie of discrimination in behalf Of that branch
of industry will be recognized for at least q
score of years to come or just so long as any
portion of the public revenue is raised by
the inequitable plan of taxing foreign i'm
portations.
The western people should understand
these facts, and act upon them. While they
cannot be expected to abandon the business
of raising crops, they ought to feel and know
that no man and no state and no nation ev-
er grows rich rapidly on agricultural pro
auctions, and that on the average every dol
lar of capital invested in factories and foun
dries yields a bountiful interest. Massachu
sets, comparatively sterile stale, adopted
this policy by necessity, and now while the
west is reaping its cents of profit from its
labor on fertile soil, the Bay State is reap
ing its hundred per cent. on every dollar o.
| its millions invested in factories and com
! merce.
Now is the most eligible time for further.
ing this policy in our own state. We car
compete with eastern manufacturers not
only now, but, the policy once adopted, we
can compete with both old and New Eng
! land for all future time. We need not go tc
I foreign lands for foreign labor it is here,
y
and more is coming, We need not go tc
| Lowell or Massachusetts for the power tc
run machinery it is here and here in abun
dance We need not necessarily go far
abroad for such raw material as lead, iron,
copper, fuel Or timber-they are all to be
found here or in our immediate vicinity.
Every yard of WOODEN cloth worn here; every
nail, chain, anvil, railroad bar, wooden pail,
cross cut saw, wooden screw and wrought
tube-in short, all things required here,
from cambria needle to gun-boat should
be manufactured here. We would thereby
save to the west millions of dollars now
paid for freighting the raw material out ofthe
state and 10 bringing the manufactured ar
ticles back; and in addition enjoy the man
fold profits on this class of business now mo-
nopolized by other states.