Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-02-20

Mr.. Ed00r Some weeks since you gave u
short iocdl under the title OF Manufacturer"
II has set my thinking machinery 10 work. II
the thoughts II has wrought out, are by you
judged worthy Of place in yeur paper You
may thus use thcir.
remember Il rcmarl, made by mechanic
some years since, who for some years had been
engaged in a bronch Of manufacturing In this
place That this was no place for man TO
start any kind OF manufacturing, for hc not
only secured no noHympathy, but the opposite
| from the influential men Vt the place / thO't
! II an unjust remark at the time have since
proved it 50. Doubtless there arc many locali.
tics better than this for many kinds of manu-
featuring Still | can but believe that such
point as this offers rs many inducements 10
start manufacturing on moderate scale, as
cities to which most 20, especially such RS
make articles where lumber is principally used
in tho articles produced
But to the question, some men over estimate
themselves, and their business. The estimate
the thinking men IF anycommunity form of
man, and his business Is Inc true one, as /! Is a
matter of time and development. The motive
which determines men To start any branch of
business in any locality is not principally, to
benefit that locality. But rather, taking all
things into the account, can do as well or
better here than elsewhere. Q. Ny interest
first. Now how much credit is Il man entitled
to, who helps build up any localily--whcn the
ruling motive with him in choosing that local
ity was his ocH benefit. How much
1t is n benefit to any locality to have all the
! manufacturing done there possible if it be lc-
Ultimately and properly conducted. 1t gives
employment, brings money to the locality, ell
hances property, helps every branch of trade
and improves the habits and morals of the
community. This il one of tho natural results
OF home industry though it may come from
the selfish motives of those that embarked in
it. Sill men of b sin 'sS wealth and infu-
cncc favor such enterprises, give them their
countonance, and help them ina business way,
because also of the benefit they derive from
such operations. Thus We see that the princi-
pies of selfinterest runs through it tall-scllish-
ness in n proper and legitimate sense such MS
bind families and communities together. If |
am in need of the labor Of person, and he
comes and does that service, am benefited by
it, and he is also benefited by the money give
him for such labor, so if need the goods of
amy one, he is benefited by the transaction as
we'll as myself Have we then any right TO
look for anything we do not carn--or pay a
fair equivalent iorY of course not All tran
sacions in Legitimate trade benefit all concern
ed in tlleol, SO taat the employer and The en-
ploycd. the buyer or seller, stand on an cquali-
ty, and have no right 90 ask or demand any
thing outside of such transactions. Ii is there
fore the dictate Of inordinate sefishncss, if
amy one thinks because he bringa manufactur.
CT employing more or less the labor of others,
and thus indirectly increasing the trade of his
locality lays that community under any obli
CATION to him. It he does cannot see it, III
this be correct view of the matter if other
things be equal, why is not this as good a place
for some kinds Of manufacturing as others E?
There is ahotllcr view of this matter as pecr-
liar to this ploce. The men in trade here, those
that have been here long enough to I've consid-
cred permanent, are men Of good moral char
actcr, and Of undoubtcd integrity whose word
iii matte OF traffic are reli' ble, to whom you
may go, or send for any article wanted, and
be honestly dealt Ivy. This is saying much for
any place Of business. But having done bust
ness in several localities / know whereof
speak. There are those perhaps who will deny
this, and point 10 instances of individual un-
fairness, but such persons are apt to imagine
themselves shaved un:ess they get things 6clo,c
cost
This is not sfifst place No fortunes have
been soon made or lost here in trade 4 steady,
healthy growth has been the progress here. 1t
has not been ,flvOralc locality for fast men
of the malyr Kind. Some have set down here
and tried to make n sensation, and succeeded,
but it was in getting out of the little end of the
horn rlttcr suddenly. Like Jenah's gourd
they came in night and persisted in night,
and like Jonah they were angry about it.
1t is nothing againsta community that they
take time to loral there judgment of cnterpri-
scs started in their midst, neither is that dctri-
mental to those starting such enterprises. If
the enterprise be good and the position sound,
and the parties reliable they will not complain
because others wait for results before Judging
Its the fast men that complain.
There are other ideas connected with manu-
featuring, or business of any kind, i'll its rcla-
tion TO any community whore it may rxist |
which is of Importance. But this article is al.
ready too long-I therefore close by stating
what know of this place us desirable loca-
ton for manufacturers. A man in such branch
of business is sure TO he estimated for all he is |
worth. And is sure to get all the encourage
ment and assistance he ought 10 have, c.
Observation-Disclosures raid as we learn from |