Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-01-24
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TO rely Tor prosperity, have elected
the following communication from a
baslness man, which will commend it.
self to our readers. Besides the busi-
ness he speaks of there are several
others which might either be urged
with it, or to follow it, as sound policy
would perhaps dictate the propriety
of carrying out one at time. Among
these, we know of none more likely to
pay than paper mill, an institution
long wanted in the interior, the merits
of which it is unnecessary to discuss,
as they are selfapparent. Between this
and Huntingdon there is also open one
of the finest opportunities for estab-
fishing glass manufactorv to be found
anywhere. Persons traveling on the
railroad may have noticed "a ridge COM
posed of white sand and rock on some
bluffs not far from Mill Creek, which
is said to make the finest quality of
white glass. This sand, it may not be
generally known, is now taken to
Pittsburgh, distance of about one
hundred and sixty miles, there manu-
factured, and thence sent off over the
United States.
LEwIsTowN, January 18, 1865.
Mr.. EDITOR II notice in vcur last Is
sue some truthful hints relative T. oar mel
OF capital There is nothing more ccrtaln
than that something beside the buying
OF grain and selling of dry goods must be
resorted to by the moneyed men of our
town if We wish to keep above the grade
of one horse place. Lewistown is most
favorably situated as business centre, and
if the natural advantages surrounding US
are improved, instead of being dependent
upon grain alone for business, Manufac
tories OF all kinds will spring up and the
capital turned into a different channel
The railroads springing up in this and
surrounding counties are slowly but surely
cutting US off as a grain market, but they
are at the same time increasing our facili
ties for engaging proftably in manutac
lures.
1t is proposed by some of our citizens to
establish Shoe Mandatory here The
capital to successfully start concern that
would manufacture from $50, 900 to 200,-
900 pairs of shoes per year would be from
S3U, 900 TO $4,000, and these II sold at
single profit of 10 cents per pair clear of all
expenses would amount to $4,000 or a
profit of 30 per cent. on the capital invest
ed, 1t might be possible that so much
could not be realized the first year, but if
even the one-half were made it would yield
20 per cent. oD the investment, which is
far more than is made By any investments
in securities. But the advantages would
not be confined alone to the manufaclory
To make that number Of shoes per "
would require from eighty to one hundrs
operators, thereby securing steady ana
profitable employment to men, women aud
boys. The community would then be re-
ieved in great measure from the evils Of
an unemployed population who. through
want of anything hester, are 5lways eogag
ed in some mischief or other Satan finds
some mischief still for idle hands to do -
And many women now scarcely ahle IRON
the sewing they get to live, would be abIe
Ia a short time to make respectable live
lih0Od, with aa occasional respite from IA
Dor, thln- they 50 much require but now
never get. The Shoe Mandatory would
necessarily introduce new citizens, for il
would be impossible to get all our labor at
home, and these must have houses, and from
the scarcity now felt by those in want of
homes for the coming year, it is apparentthat
houses would have to be built which in
turn would employ the mechanics in the
several branches of trade, so that | can
conceive if this were gone into, that there
would bea resurrection of the good old times
we often talk about. 1t may be asked, can
Shoe Mandatory be conducted to com
pete With Eastern made work Why not
We can have the same mach merry and the
benefit Of their experience. The Leather
is row manufactured here, sUt sent to
Philadelphia or New YORK, 70 the com
mission men, VINO sell at a per cent. COM
mission to the shoe men in Massachusetts,
the leather is then taken from these places
to the mandatory, and in due course of
time is returned to the Wholesale Mer-
chants OF Philadelphia, New York and
Boston, IN the shape of boots and shoes,
where they are again sold to the country
merchants at an advance of from 20 10 80
per cent, and the country dealers again
sell them to the consumer at an advance
of from 80 to so per cent.
| feel satisfied that saving of freight
and commission could be made by our buy
ing our stock from the tanners In this and
the adjoining counties, and after being
made into shoes, if we secured the home
custom to ourselves, we would save the