The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-08-19
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up. Such reflections cannot be too often
pressed upon the reader as a right,
practical and sensible understanding of
the means of prosperous growth in a
community, viii so very far in moving
that tide in the affairs Of men which
leads to fortune.
We arc indebted to the BOARD OF
TRADE, of Cincinnati, for the first an
nual Report Of the Manufacturers, Trade
and Commerce of that city. We copy
from the Report the following statement
and ask for it the deliberate reflection
of all interested in home enterprise Pnd
prospcrity
1.-THE commerce. Of every country is
sustained by its productive energy
Not by the richness Of its soil, however,
but by the quantity Of fruits, grains,
ores, or other raw material which it pro-
duces, and by the value which it has
communicated to these raw materials
previous to expectation. Ire steel in
strument, worth one dollar and weigh
ing few ounces. has concentrated in it
the value of bushel Of corn worth one
dollar and weighing many pounds. The
one almost imperishable ; saleablc in all
markets; easily transported at very trif-
ling cost, through all climates, over all
seas the other, occupying large
space; difficult Of transportation de-
stloyed by very moderate rise of tenn
pcrature, or by the slightest dampness
saleablc only in those countries where
the poorer classes are perishing Of
hunger The one, intrinsically worth
nothing, and having all its value impart-
ed to it by the ingenuity of artisans
thing created of dirt and stones, and
rubbish; the other, an almost spon-
taneous product of the soil, requiring
but one species Of labor for its produc-
ton with but moderate ability, and,
therefore, yielding but little profit to him
who produces it, and still less to him who
sells it. After our own wants are sup
Piled, the surplus of our industry is the
material of commerce and the question
arises whether we shall export it in the
huge bulk of raw material in the shape
of food and ores, or whether we will
utilize these resources at home, and ex-
port the products Of skilled labor in
smaller bulk, but of infinitely greater
: value Cincinnati has already given a
practical answer to this question, not to
: the extent that her resources and larger
experience will hereafter warrant, but
in an experiment on so large scale
that She has already shipped her manu-
> featured products to ready maj kct in
ii England, France, Germany, Russia,
h Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Egypt,
South Africa, South America, San Do
u mingo, Cuba, Mexico, New Zealand,
" and Nova Scotia, and through the sixty
= thousand operatives in her mills and
Il workshops, and their families, fur
f nishcs bone market fol the fruits
and grains of the agriculturist at a
better profit and reader pay than
he could find in any foreign land. As
c general answer to the theory of those
c philosophers who express the belief that
manufactures can not be made pro6ta-
Die in a country like ours, let us imagine
a community composed Of sixty thou
sand men with their families employed
y in agriculture. They produce enough
II for themselves and their families, and,
e having no market thei. wealth docs not
: increase. This.is just where the ultra
+ philosophical! view would leave them
! in peaceful poYcrty-with no prospect
. Of lettering their condition. The pro-
: grcssivo ideas of those who are actuatcd
n by real enterprise would add to such
c community sixty thpsand moro, with
= their families employed as artisans in
the various trades, and such community
would shortly become rich. The agri-
cuturists would at once fud market
fx their surplus, and the artisans for
l. their wares. \ healthy man is always
II able to produce more than enough for
S his own immediate necessities in any oc-
3 cupation and, therefore, it is that free
+ and orderly communities become wealthy
when a market is opened to them for
the sale of the products of their indus
FRY. 1t is a combination on this basis,
with an abundance Of raw material easy
of access and cheap transportation to
: 1.-the principal markets, that makes Gin
$ .cinnati the great inland city of America,
$and the third in manufacturing impor-
lance on the continent. There is nc
problem as to the success Of her indus
tries, nor question regarding their per-
fmanencc and progressive improvements.
Wehrc pleased TO learn from the Re-
port that no doubt is entertained of the
early completion Of the Railroad from
r Cincinnati to Chattanooga.
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