New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-17


Missouri .sl no. 600 Ohio. o., 100000
Massachusetts. i69a,OoO New-YOrk.... 100000
Missouri. 81, o4i. 600 Ohio .......sl. $4,000
Massachusetts. l,sOO.ooo New York.. s2i6ooo
MACHINERY.
Missouri. ...... e750,000 Ohio. ..-.. e4soaW
Massachusetts. al3l, 900 New York 80. l04s4,000
SAWED AND PLASEp LUMBER
Missouri ss zoo ooo Ohio. v ;'.S . sSs oS
FLOUR AND MEAL.
MASSACHUSETTS. 4issoCO New:York... 100000
Mis.ouri....... $500 Ohio. ....sl, $4,000
Illinois 1865. $4,000 Pennsylvania. 2,s3aoO0
LEATHER
Missouri. ...... s36e 900 MassachusettselO ?34.W0
Pennsylvania. 10 49l, 600 New. York.. 2O75s.Wo
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Missouri. ..... ss6s 100 Massachusettsei6 40 oO0
Pennsylvania. 6, l79OO0 New.York.. loe's'"0
TorAr PRODUCTS OF INDUSTRY.
Missouri. -. .si3 500 900 Massaehuts $3.50 600 oCO
Pennsylvania 2s5, $4,000 NewYork:: 379 6Ooo~
PIG AND WROUGHT IRON IN 1865
Missouri. 90 TAO 800 West virgnias3. $40 500
Kentucky 320s 600 Ohio.......-..2 20, oes.ooo
In 1865 the value Of the cotton manufactures OF MAJ
sachusetts was nearly 500 100000.
But it may be justly alleged that there Is an oor,O
unfairness in nstituting comparisons between young
and old States. Consider indugenty the y1uIn sne
seryie impedments of the State make every allowances
which justice tempered with partially may asqdd ~
vast manufacturing facilities is UNAVOIDABLE. Ihese ~
tiscs adduced. not TO aggravate rast remssnes$
An era of greater activity has already begun. In s.
Louis for the year ending October, 1865 the UniteQ
States Assessor reports an average OF ten
for the opening OF new esaolshmeuts. Duli.t ~
same period there an increase OF 80 per cent 10 INC
manufacture of clothing, cotton fabrics nooss snoe0'
iron and wooden
that ought 10 be manufactured In Missouri There 70
scarcely want q luxury Of human life which tbie
State is not able to satisfy BY products OF domestic
Accessible forests Of various and valuable lumber
cover whole counties, and yet We import annually ioV'
coo. coo feet Of lumber
of the State yet we allow the spendthrin streams
squander their energies The daily flow OF 0unters
Spring is 100000 cubc feet Of water, and the ds.
charge Of Bryces Spring is more than douoie my
quantity The water is so warm that 1t does not freezsA
1t is copious unfailing and ieeess. Conditions more
favorable to the manufacturer can hardly be imagnea
This great power which now running TO waste sno93
be Bee at the earliest moment 70 the music OF ma
chinery 1t should be taught to drive the wheels o.
saw.mls and to whirl the spindes OF wooden ana cos
ton mills. No sound reason can De onered %s' Ths
State should not produce its own textile faDfcs ing
only cottonmil in st. Louis has met with
ought to lead to the erection OF other factories.
Flour ought to be one OF our largest prouuc.', Oa.
streams furnish cheap motive power and the means
OF transportation Our brands are the best IN ne Enst
ern markets Yet in 1860 tho product OF our
was less than half the quantity made In Illinois Al,
The annual cost Of imported paper Is millions OF aol.
lars Paper factories would not only save our cilsens
this great expense but convert our refuse cottop
straw ana sorghum into sources OF wealth. Ane
atocha or esrarto-500OO tuns Of which are ANNUALLY
imported into England for the manufacture OF paper
would doubtless thrive on the sterile slopes OF tns
Ozark range, and become an Important indus'fA i"r
terest. -, cus CA
After the completion Of the Pacific Railroad, 81
Louis will become entrepot VI the precious metals e
tracted from the mines of the Rocky Mountains tuen
interests of the West arc consulted the Nationai
Government will establish in this city ofancn mnS
and Individual enterprise will erect factories 10 Wncn
silver and gold will be fashioned into articles OF use ano
ornament. In the manufacture OF Watches tns COUNT
las already declared its independence OF Europe and
ia very strange American ingenuity and taste cannos
equal the artistic skill Of the Old World in the produc'
ton Of jewery. ra .,,o,.
Thev would mako an excellent building material for
stores and public edfces, but thus iar tne quaSries
have been left almost untouched.
Marble has been brought to st. Louis from VERMONT
and vet there are in this State numerous beds OF COM
n,et fue.grained, durable marble. The colors are
various; white blue and yellow marbles are common:
Other varieties clouded, mottled with PINK ana
purple Of high polish.
fne photographic stone Is found In Macon County:
One of our first surveyors recently informed me anss
he had just received specimen which Is an eAesnens
rival in Missouri II the rest Of the quarry proves 70
be as good the sample, II will be valuspe e.emeas
in the resources Of the State. Lithographc stone .
now selling in this market AZ " % ceH'' PouA~"
Large blocks are very expensive. .. rx
Missouri ought to manufacture its own paints. i1o
material is abundant. Blue. pink purple, req !enow
and white paints can be %sSs rE ssd 'a a1a the oxyd q
zinc can DO made in iimiab!e quanities rom our OWL
materials The supply OF oohres, oarytes, uranums
cobalt, red chalk, China Gay ana terra ds
SeDa exceeds any probable demand foF the manuiac-
FirscIsy. rivaIng the best deposits Of Europe. 10
found within four miles Of the St. Louis CourtH
The bed is Is feet thick and very extensive An anay
sis shows the following clements ,,o.
Silica.
Alumina. with some peroxide Of lion. --.333