Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-10
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
DALLAS, SATURDAY, DEC. 10
The Adyaatages of slanufactories.

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tnres aud we have no way of judging
what they will do for us, but by what
they have done for others. For in,
stance, the New York City Dry Goods
Reporter says, that the City of Phila-
delphia already has twenty nine wool
houses; the City of New York, twenty
seven; Boston, thirteen; Troy, four !;
Providence, three and there are few
other houses scattered elsewhere.
The Philadelphia North american,
in alludine to this subject, says:
s.These houses are obliged to send
out buyers in all directions, to secure
steady and regular supplies: and, as
an evidence of the far reaching charac-
ter of the trade, we may mention that
Philadelphia is favored market tor
the wool of New Mexico.
1t will be observed that Philadelphia
has more than twice as many wool
houses as Boston, Notwithstanding the
vast extent of the wooden manufacturing
interests .of New England. This arises
from the fact that Providence, Hart
ford, Worcester and other New England
cities have their own wool houses, and
do not depend upon Boston at all /;
while Philadelphia centralizes the wool
trade Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland Notwith-
standing that many of our local dealers
are somewhat timid in representing
the true character and Importance of
our wool market, we think ourselves
fully warranted in claiming for it the
actual supremacy. This rests securely
upon the extent to which we have in
vested here in the manufacture OF car
pets, knit goods, hosiery, cloths, cassi.
meres, flaDnels, shawls, satinets, plaids,
blankets, twills, tweeds, coverlets, &c.
During the civil war, when our sup
plies OF cotton were cut off, and woolen
goods so generally came into use in
place of cotton goods, many of the cot
ton factories in Philadelphia and vicin-
ity altered their machinery and went
cheerfully into wooden manufacture
few of them have gone back, the large
majority of them have continued on 10
woolen goods.
We see the result of the immense
expansion of the wool trade of fPhiladcl-
phia. The census will show the extent
of our wooden manufactures bat it will
fail TO show the extent of our wool
trade, which supplies the manufactures
of great stretch of country. As we
consume large amount of foreign
wool, some efforts should be made in
the interest of our wool houses, to have
shipments made direct to our own
wharves, instead of being subjected to
the heavy expenses of New York. This
is trade that now rests securely on It's
best possible basis, the regular wants Of
our manufacturers aud the enterprise
we advocate, therefore, cannot fail to be
remunerative. All the requisite capita
can easily be obtained in Philadelphia
and, indeed, some of our wool house:
are rich enough to make the effort or
their own account, on o large scale,
W1fnOuC any assistance.
Thus it appeaas that Philadelphia il
che leading wool market Of the Repub
lie, and has gained that superlorit.
through the influence of its WOODEN man
nfactories Herein lies the secret Of tn
great success of our Quaker sister. ant
here is evidence to show the advantag
to be gained by the wool traffic ant
manufacture in our own State. Her
we. have thousands of acres on on
mountain sides, and table lands that ar
the finest of grazing lands for sheer
and totally unfit for cultivation. Beside
this, we have scarcely township IN tn
State but contains a good water powe
for manufacturing purposes; and To
agricultural portion of our young Stat
lis so vast and rich, that we can suppol
o population that would make our lare
yallies one unbroken chain of thrivin
,gillages and crowded cities.
We have, in addition to the abov
advantages, inexhaussible mines Of COZ
and iron, and other valuable mInerai
that would largely tend to our adyar
4sge iD these manufactures.
Nebave At present FIVE woolen mar
ufactories, located at Oregon City, Sa
lem, Ellendale, Brownsville, and one
jackson County. OF course, it is PC
for Us TO compare our own State wit
the leading manufactures of the Eas
bnt ID cannot but be apparent to every
4one that Oregon is peculiarly adapte
70 the manufacturing interests, an
that We ought TO push these interests
the utmost. All we need is capita
labor and enterprise; and these may
sccnred by few radical reforms. Fir