New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-11
AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
ADDRESS OF DIR. LORING AT THE NEw-ENGLAND
FAIR, AT PORTLAND.


attendance this the last day Of the New England Far
and among the visitors Gen Mcclellan GOV fauei'
ford of Rhode Island and Gov. Chamberlain OF Name
Dr. Lorng delivered the following address on INC Do
velOpment OF American Industry at noon
GENTLEMEN undertake with diihdehce ana uistu ''
Tie task which Won have imposed upon me- Tnat sp-
propriate custom Of Society," fixed by the ConsuIu
ton by which the Chief Executive Magistrate Oh inc
Common wealth which our annual session may DC neu
shall be called upon to express his views OF our Spoo
calling by public address, has done so nuch 10 rouS ~
&c.,, mo agriculture OF New England, that its omission
,,ra,,v alls us with profound regret And wAlle inc
dsenssop OF agricultural topics may be easy 10 Us o
ara familiar with them feel that assume la 60
resnonsibtty when, unaded by high eiVli dS'i"0uo'
ode.vor IN nerform service which belongs to one whom
the people have clothed with the highest honor 0'
con bestor 7 sneak therefore as one OF your own
punber-as n farmer interested IN the oeNeloP
mept OF American agriculture IN inc iHPo'
,ance ~ American acknowledgements IN the power
American thought discover the systems best adapted
70 free people, and the power of American labor TO
work out IN all various calings every social ana cV
oroblem which belong TO our material groWtn auu
can affect our moral and intellectual advancement Iha
you, who engaged in filling the soil OF NewEneanu,
have diligently performed your part OF tnls ihuuSi
service tie exhibition which Is just clOsnS pears VII
ness The prosperity Of these states mas suereq no
rDent AT your hands at least Equal 10 the TASK
, hUrJens WHICH their patriotic necessities have LAID
,Ipon their shoulders diigent themselves IN thec
ing
kes of prosperous community, for the means by whlch
their labor shall receive an ample reward the IaTnes ~
The touch their hands the earth has yedeu her Oes
with Increasing beraity submissive TO ther fostering
ski their Ocks and have risen to higher stand
ards Of excellence and profit oOedient 70 an ulhg
sence and good learning their by assembly and
school and society and college, and remembering the
mutual IeSo9 and encouraged every form in
dustry which canladOrn and embellish civlzea me. 10
and t6e mrchanic and the manufacturer this Assem-
bly, of farmers has opened che door Tor pd
Ieving they do that around agriculture as grdnu
central figure stand all the efforts which skl ana thse
Fan make the Improvement OF MANKIND NO conpeu,
tor on these grounds or IN these mans wiz @
discourse upon his peculiar interest am sure Inc
which you have all learned mere Dy oDservISS
IRE far more valuable than anything | can say Wona
Eou study catte Yonder pens filled with all tne most
Know the mechanism which can be proitaDy aPpneu go
Agricultural The fruits Of American Ea o no nv
which the earth be induced to pour forth al heT
Vegetable growth, Which must have your daily ad
mratiOn yOnder hall. Would you admire tne shil
use and beautyi Witness the handwork OF your sons
and ghters and how the farmers hresde ana ne
imposing mill join hands IN one graceIul tOi anu tro
turn with me and learn how every powerful ana pros
porous people protect their own ihdnsuess ~ f ma
ton Of their wealth and strength and cultivation
THE STRENGTH OF A NATION.
II by the growth OF agriculture and manufactures
that nation prospers. They the strong arms OF
people IN war aud peace. Paralyze either, and the
other becomes comparatively poweress. Our fathers
knew this when, the close Of the Revolutionary war
they found themselves, slender people, stretching
along the Atlantic seaboard, weighed down by heavy
war debt and dependent upon primitive agriculture anu
"a feeble commerce for their National resources; manu-
features were small few cotton mills IN rhode ,
Island and the spinning ana weaving "! VV Vt
cloths OF cotton, wool, and fax IN private fam lam,
Ssac OF bnshess un he SesnnGr Of this century
The fatal blow struck at commerce by the DeIgereh
Powers Europe at that time arrested the ATTENTION oI
ali leading statesmen, who witnessed with alarm one
in history OF the Weakness OI ~
as an insprer OF national life aud strength Sald hlr
jefferson;
The which have thus been forced has mPeed rs
soi iR RpS, rn5.Ss q ' '''''''' '-1
Said Mr.. Madison in 1910: - .,..--... g.,
dsd highly extension Of useful manufactures he combined
IsSg M s9pc Of as well as Of policy in
supplies heretofore obtained By ic'ssP eG%@s that IN =.
eompenss psaOd aud resulting from foreign injustice
Sad Mr. Ds in 1916 III Was emphstcs during period Of
% S:esss o aa s s's S 5s;
impression mind Of every statesman aud even patriot
And not the great minds Of our own country alone
does tins truth appear Tf ATTEST sS as e alluded ds
his governmental policy for France
PoreVu trade which results Infinitely inferior agriculture
& object e. S .oa sO% Industry and not the two latter of
former"
The Emperor Of Russia. in 1872 declared that the en-
imperatvely demanded by the agricultural interest on
following that Of England Austria, France and PRUSSIA
GROWTH OF OUR COUNTRY.
Under the influence of this estimate OF the i'm
portance Of these great branches Of industry,
under the effects Of fostering policy fer both, how Ina
our country advanced in wealth and population, an
found itself equal to every emergency! colonial d.
tendency less than century ago. IL has risen to the ran
OF an independent nation has increased IN population
from 55OOOOO TO 100000 fought successfully tire
foreign aud Que civil war; has raised the value
real estate OF the Union from $4,000 600 to nearly $1,000
OOOOOO is producing ll5,OO000O pounds OF WOOL $4,000,
600 bushels of galn-being OF corn. 76SO0OO bushels
OF wheat. 2ss70Oo0 bushels OF rye 2359o0o bushels
OQs hIIshp of
of buckwhea 81 $4,000 bushels; beside 677SSOO bushels
OF potatoes S2 1900 pounds OF tCDaGeoana 4 ~,
lands since 1850 has BEEN In the New England states rom
states from 10 to us per cent growth manufac
has been not less remarkable and interesting IN
1862 California produced manufactured articles TO the
amount of 22S; Connecticut, SIS 100000 Delaware
tOOOOOoO; Illinois in 1865, s63S56OS Indiana, in 1850
1855, s24996o7OO; Missouri in 1860. S4lI99651; New
Hampshire. S37,5S645S; Wisconsin, IN 1857, G'S49'
461; and the aggregate OF the Union was sllO'
0OOcOc VI the means Of eommlanCaton ana d Iaas,
are invested in railroads, connecting the Atlantic with
the Pacific aud in the popuou States ntesecting every
county. and in counties almost every town. Now,
gentlemen do you ask how this unparalleled growth OF
naton-this sudden fgsrmed cIeau9E assuming a. less
port and mien worthy OF a nan-was brought into eX
spirit OF Liberty, which making her home here, has
breathed into the souls OF men elsewhere that deep de-
sire which dees all dangers and trials OF the five and
half millions of the sons OF men who have sought a
home upon SOIL what multitude had dreamed Of the
charms of free country But they had been told too of
the broad lands waiting for the eivzng oueh and they
heard, That under the OF good
government, their skilled labor would meet with an
ample reward. That policy 70 which have alluded as
declared by the founders OF Government, brought
over from the mills Of England and Scotland In the early
DAYS Of the Republic, thrifty skiiu, aud ingenious
race men. who planted the seeds Of manufactures
ali along the water courses OF New-England. And the
policy has made the ocean highway for the labor
INC classes Europe they pass from the narrow lanes
Of the Old World the broad avenues TO social and
civil elevation, which citizenship under free
government offers. We have reason to be grateful
10 fathers for the high virtues which they exer
esed for their wisdom, and for their great accomplish
ents But they periormed no higher service nan when