The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-02-01

-OA eHo ScuoAeA AooeuAOe VI tuph~iaSeui-
ing, and the character Of its relations TO
other branches of mechanical industry.
We wish now to cite few Of the rea-
sons which have induced men, of capit-
al in other places to engage in that
pursuit. and which are just as applicable
here as elsewhere. sr
Manufacturing, while closely allied
to all other trades and promoter Of
ali, is different from them all in the
important particular that il creates a
demand for It's fabrics and wares aud
implements by demonstrating their use
fulness Once demonstrate the utility
of an article, aud ever afterwards there
viii be ademsnd for it. Hard times,
change of fashion and macy other csus-
es operate sgainst the sale Of thous-
and articles Of mere ornament or those
which CRAFTY the sppetitss bat articles
that ssye labor, articles that answer
some useful purpose, are at all tiines OF
prime necessity, as much 20 as bread
and meat and there will slwaya bs \
demand for them at prices correspond
ing to their intrinsic worth. If mans
factories for the production Of such ar
y
ticles be established inJlocsli,ies where
the. raw material is produced, it is
great advantage in naay respects. The
transportation of the raw material is
saved, as well as the per ceutage paid
to agents who gather it up from f1t
hands. There il also saved on all man
ufactured articles sold in the ncighbor-
hood of the factory, the transportation
charges, jobbers and retailers prohts
For instance, we sell our wool to COM
mission agents, who ship it to New
2 England, where it is manufactured into
aannels and cloths, of which We are
great consumers. The wholesale mer-
chant takes the goods from the manu-
factory, paying their intrinsic valus and
she cost of the transportation Of the
wool from the west and the commission
of the agents who forwarded il. The
wholesale merchant in turn sells to the
retail dealer, at an advance sufficient to
cover the above charges and still leave
him . margin for profit The retail
dealer ships the goods west and sells
them to the woel-raiser at price high,
enough to iquidate all the accumulated
costs and vet make profit on them.
So it turns out thai the fleece the farm
er sent to mill is taken for grist. Now,
if he could sell his wool direct to the
manufacturer, he could well afford to
divide the profits hberaliy with him
and still make a good thing of it
He would either get higher price for
his wool, or pay less for the cloth.
Again, if We had mills here turning
out 8 hundred or two hundred barrels
of -four day. and these mills procured
their barrels of cooper-shops in Cieve-
land, Toledo or Sandusky. the price Of
-four would be higher By just so much
as it would cost to send Our staye tim
Der to one Of those places and bring
the barrels back to our mills. The
economical view Of the subject points
plainly to the advantages, of home
manufacture. esa
Preference is generally given to goods
Of home manufacture. All that is ne
cessary is that the goods shall be as
well made as those from abroad, TO in
sure their sale. Take the familiar ex-
ample of boots and shoes Every ybuy-
er prefers custom-mads work TO inn
ported, and is eren willing to pay high
erfcrit To hare q thing made at home
is in some sort guaranty that it i'
well made, The manufacturer soon es-
tablishes home-reputstion, and before
long is known abroad. His works 60
out on all sides of him, bringing him
customers. We hare in our mind now
a Ravenna co., carriage maker, whose
establishment has something more than
a "local habitatien." RsEenna carn
nges are as well known throughout
northern Ohio as Western Reserve
cheese is known abroad.
No business is safer than manufae-
turing, and all things taken into consid-
eration none pays so well in the long
,un. How few of the mea engaged in
merchandising twenty, fifteen, ten years
sgo, still remain at it! 1t is quite diff
ferent with manufacturing. hun over
the Directory of any city with which
you have an acquaintance, and names
which were familiar years ago as msu-.
ufacturers still greet you in connection
with their old pursuits. In manufac-
turing, failure is the exception-suceess
the rule. 1t is rarely, indeed, that a
man fails who conducts the business
with ordinary prudence and sagacity.
The same intelligence, unwesried de-
Totion to business and quick-wittedness
which merely enable merchants, bank
ers, lawyers, doctors, ETC., to keep their
heads above water, if turned into the
channel of manufacturing would bear
them swimmingly on to fortune.
Cleveland, in turning its attention to
manufacturing, has secured prosper
Gus future. Many of her heaviest