The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-07-19
The gtrouasburg Wooden Mills.


in and some surprise at what we there saw.
The building could not be better suited to
The purpose for which it was intended, and
the machinery and c1nveniences, so far as
they go. are ell that could be desired; in
fact. are best described by the simple, though
forcible, wcrd-perfect.
But herein did not lay the cause of our
surprise, for we knew that the original de-
sgu embraced substantial building, with
all the conyenences of a first olnss Mill,
and machinery containing all the latest im-
pTovements. Il was the manufactured goods
which met our eyes, in the course of our pere-
grination, which most surprised Us. We ex-
pecged to see good specimens of work-some-
thing, possibly, degree advanced beyond
the average proddc, Of country woolen mills:
but we saw more than this-we saw the most
beautifully finished specimens of Plain and
Fancy CassiIners, Flannels, &c. if not the
finest IN quality, at least approac ching so near
the finest as to show what the Mil and its
employees are capable of doing, if the vim of
the stockholders, backed by the spirit of our
citizens, will only afford them opportunity to
GO.
We do not see why, with such specimens
OF goods as we saw TO go before the country,
the StrondsbuFg Mills should not become as
noted for the excellence of It's wooden fab
rics as are the Merrmac and Sprague for
their cotton goods. There is no reason why,
unless reason looms up in the lack of That
go-a-h-adativeness. on the part of our cili-
zens of wealth, SO necessary to make ours
take position among the first Mills of the
country. 1t may be, however, that expe-
rience will open their eyes to the fac, of the
necessity Of greater energy and greater out
lay, if they would make the Stroudsburq
Mil stock paying investment. It cannot
be done by temporising and time-serving.
The investment of pennies. in penny spi-
Fit, with the expectation of reaping dollars,
VIII, IN the wo1len as in every other busi-
ness, bring only certain disappointment a
little deferred, perhaps Ia: sure to come in
the end. It was dollars, literally bat Judi
cionsiy invested, which built up Lowell, Law
renee. nd the other manufac. uring towns of
the East, many Of them with not one half
our natural advantages, and made the pocl;-
cts OF their inhabitants plethoric with wealth.
Dollars as literally and juiiciously invested
IN the erection and conduct of factories in
Monroe county, will do full as much for this
section and this people. The experiment in
course of trial in the Stroudsbury Mil is
well worth perfect trial.
We are not, by any means, believer in
the doctrine we lately slw advanced in print,
that Monroe county is united to become a
good farming county, and is naturally, on ac-
count of It's mountains, and hills, and living
streams, fit tor an extensive manufacturing
shop only. The facts all scout at the idea.
Oar up'ands and lowlands, rough in their ex-
terror we admit, only awaiting the hand of
the energetic husbandm2n, as all experience
shows, 10 make very Edens spring out of
oPr rough places, and our never falling
streams, with their abundance of power run.
ming to waste for the want of ENTERPRISE TO
lead 1t 10 usefulness. attest the benef-
eence of Providence in fitting means to ends,
and furnishing the sinews which should max
Monroe one Of the most important counties
ia the country-;mportant in furnishing the
power TO propel the numberless factories Of
which it should be the center, and in furnish
iac ;}se rich soil from whence should spring
4s2s material with which to feed the toilng
iEg thousands employed therein.
L IS because We see these things depicted
n our nstaral advantage of mountain, hil
and stream that we hail ed The advent of the
.5iroadsburg Mill, and wished it the most
algHdant saccess. We look upon it as the
nucleus around ghich will centre our grand
success III the future and we urge its sup
pert that the day of the manufacturing and
farming millennium ofthis hitherto neglected
section Of country may be fastened There
are dollars 20 be counted by thousands only,
in the investment if We will dispense dollars,
by hundreds or ftties in the effort TO draw
them out. Even with the means al hand this is
apparent. Why there should now be hesi-
tation is an enigma to Us.
We have beard rnmor in connection
with the Mil, which alone should open the
eyes Of all, however will fully blind, 10 the
safety Of the Investment, and lead them 10
greater things in It's support and in The ad
vancement of It's capacity to meet the de.
r'ands of certain market. While among :lie
stockholders, ana our citizens Of mems.
there is hcsilanoy, because Of fear for the
safety of the amounts already invested, par.
lies who lave made fortunes in other ocali-
ties ~ the business to which our mill is so
sci 34a9tcG, arc anxious 10 secure lease