New-York tribune., 1868-06-30

coal regions and the annual production OF iron rose 70
800 tuns with single furnaces producing oVy tus
year and rolling mills producing 1900 tuns OF railroad
iron per week The impulse given to the texte arC anu
While the general maufaciure of cotton although cut
off from its chief supply OF raw msteriai eu M s a.
the manufacture OF cotton hosiery was Introduced as
industry reducing the prices OF an Important arei
OF personal consumption 10 rates ho o1H tEe war For
imported aticles. The wOOlen KNIT goods Inuuuouy
was vastly Re Spa Of the wcrstej
lures were established which have already Detn ue-
ye0pedm an into ose o. BrSdod The silk
facture germ in 15GO has risen INTO
which 1t position among our leAdlng
The wooen manufacture attained in 1864 production OF
$l2 600 in value while the production OF "Vo
previous decade was increased 100 per cent This manu-
facture clothed the millions Of soldiers OF the replDho as
such as beavers sackngs aud eoakngs introduced
and experts declare that in five years this manufacture
TO these examples may be added the Introduction Of
the manufacture OF beet sugar In Illinois an ihuSuy
whose future Importance to the agriculture OF Jho
is beyond estnate the opening OF the coz, @
illinois, Iowa, and Kansas, and the more wohd9r1 %
ing OF the petroleum wells OF Pennsylvania which nave
added millions year to our resources: What arc tno
evidences Of general progress during ts peUG ont ~
question the cities OF the East where caphl couu no
moro prohtably employed than IN ouldlnR, moro nnS n
furnaces and houses erected more mines Oleheu
improvements upon railroad lines mace, lnv0lVlne
increase OF power Of transportation more additions
given TO the machinery OF agriculture such as reapers
and mowers, than during twice the same NUMBER o any
previous years Az the commeneemeh! oI inc ssn m pl
seDtng the earnings OF the labOrng class III the Sae vi
Massachusetts, S5O5l2 236, and In tho State OF new
York S5s7sGO At the close Of the war; VIZ In 1866 not
withstandug the great amount invested IN GOvernnen
@seG3des sec thS aou99t 'esSH Cs IN sIs 40 500 I
modest statement, and one confined by the specia
Commissioner OF the Revenue that, although the cOu
try expended besides the Appropriation for the revenue
in five years from 1861 10 1866, the vast SUN OF SlZoV
year for labor and commodities Withdrawn from tho
productive employments OF peace the destructive EN-
pOymens Of war; the Northern ana Paciho ottes uiu
not cease TO make real progress III the creauoh Vi s
stantal wealth" ,
The Report compares the cost of wages and other
elements of production III Europe and TINS country
aud shows the necessity of American manufactures
as the only adequate means of supplying nome mar
kets for American farmers. The Committee give the
following sketch of the growth OF industry under
the influence of projections:
How insignificant as burden seems now the duty OF
three cents pound laid upon raw cotton In 1888 to create
the domestic culture which was regarded by the NOrh
as every serious impodment" 10 their rising manuac
lures For years at least this duty was protective
duty. Thus In the words Of Mr. Everett radlclo ana
pumue root and stalk blossom and boil the culture OF
the cotton plant in the United States in its infancy
the foster child Of the protective system Coming TO
the cotton manufacture, established also by the same
system, We find that heavy sheeiinggss nggssr Ward yard in
dgeed by S1 PrSteS2ns Ses fT2" m 1870 and oS cents
1855 Cotton hosiery reduced from 25 cents
pair 1860 2s cents the present price The pces OF
leans were instantly reduced by fabrication here, IRON
Cent? Previously 70 is6 lawns were imported from En-
gland at 80 cents In 1876 the foreign article was
driven from market and American lawns were SUP
ton fabrics called delanes of which nearly two yrs are
Dcc When imported were 80 to so cents yard the price
fr befter article less than 20 cents The present
prices of all the woOen cloths of general consumption are
less than onehaf the prices of cloths worn thirty years
ago The cost of carpets to the public has been reduced
more than Is per centum through economies introduced
here upon processes used abroad go
The shoe industry forced into vigorous life by the very
first tariff act has expanded through continued prOtec
ton INTO such proportions that its product in single
State valued ut 0OO0 IL " stated by experts
that although the continuance OF duties Is desirable 10
protect against the fluctuations and supuses OF foreign
trade the present tariff has actually effect upon prices
which are regulated wholly by home consumption no
womcns' shoes being imported and only Few Flcnch
boots 10 crafty caprice fashion. IL Is, besides
asserted that with slow processes of tanning abroad
the necessity OF relying almost exclusively upon chem
calls to supply tanning, and with the want OF
mechanical appliances an & Europe reSrnn,c eSpI fSe
price we pay at home. similar facts are, lur
nished by the metalurgical industries Fiye-sXths OF
the stock in hardware stores Is or American manu-
facture. SO superior implements OF steel ana
forests could not be feucd nor our cites
built without American tools. Our tools our steel and
our iron keep down English prices 1t Is admitted that
the introduction OF every American article 10 replace te
foreign has had the effect Of lowering the price OF inc
latter while is capable OF demonstrations that the de
sructiOu OF American competition 10y the iree'Uaue
tariffs, which from time TO time have pOstIatea our o
manufactures, have added many millions TO the cost OF
American railroads That country only consume man
ufactures abnndanty which has the means OF producing
II the OF the American people are
the hest fed the best clothed the best educated aud the
most comfortable in their homes ot any people on the
OF the earth IL IA due to the wisdom OF our fathers
who founded system in the man thus lar peSerNtd'
which has elevated the prices OF labor stimulated ambi
tion and "a thirst for knowledge among the toIng M Il
lions who elsewhere have no hope OF aeS1s DSy
| which at the time cheapencd prices ana IN
creased the capacity for purchasing, and which has
brought production in this country 10 It's highest power
by preserving profitable home market for all the pro-
! ducts OF a diversified domestic industry
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