The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-03-24

curse Aerscll naU was ner ncaVlIy ti1n-
bcrcd square miles; and us late as that
millions OF dollars worth Of the finest
black walnut, wild cherry, and whtc
oak were converted into rails or fire.
wood, or log-heaps. Now We are sorry,
but il is too late. In 1910 the value of
all the lumber produced in Indiana was
S262 .OpO. That year the State produced
Of machinery, about SS75,0Oo. employ
ing s5S men; hardware, S333,l en-
plying 2S3 men. In the precious metals
III employ two men, and produced ar
ticlcs valued at &A,5On; it produced out
Of It's magnificent and b0undless lime
stone quarrics $6.72O OF material, and
employed twenty-eight men. All its
brick that year was worth onl Y S2O6, ,OOO,
and gave temporary employment to one
thousand men, and all its capital invest
ed in manufacturing the precious metals,
"otller metals stone and brick, were
set down at 6l40,CcO! 1t had twenty
four fulling mills and thirty-seven wool
en- factories producing altogether only
S. s,s67, cmployin only l03 men, cap
! ilal of only s77,954. In the entire State
we're only 4,9s5 spindles for cotton, en-
ploying 2lO men, and producing only
Sl.io,VOO cl Sooue' lts 'apittl III Soisoh
manufactures was $l4o,5Oo. 1t made
hats valued at Sl22,cOO, caps at $4,000 !;
and even with its boundlcss oak forests
and its drovcs OF cattle, il had only 4US
! little tanncries, that produced about a
quarter of million OF dollars of leather,
with IA capital OF s5a9,O and employ
ling s1o men. All its other manuiacto-
ries of lcathcrn articles, harness. &c,
were only 5S9. and the value OF their
producls. $780, ~. In 1910 Indiana had
81 printing offices. = bindcries, not n
daily newspaper, employed 2ll men and
used capital OF SaS,OUo. Even in the
ma King OF carriages and wagons it en-
ploycd only iSl men, ami SIS, 900 OF cap
iilal. and produced i 10000 of articles.
Its flour aud whisky were greater than
any other OF her manufactured articles,
the former amounting to 22i.OOO barrels,
worth 81 329, 900, and the latter TO l.7e7.
Goo gallons. The show of manufactured
articles Tor SO large n State was very
small. may add that year it produced
l.237 600 pounds of wool.
! In 1880 il produced 100000 pounds
OF wool. ! regret not TO be able 10 lay
hands On the statistics Of mann'actures
4Ttr 1oye.- but very cossidcrAblc advance
had been made even then.
i The census of 1860 showed still great.
81. advance. For instance, she had sew.
cutv-ninc wooden mills some of them
! quite large producing $67 worth
OF goods. rs contlastcd with A2oj.UtO al
lls5O. Tie next census that OF 1870 =
| will show very great increase i'll this
rcs pcct. Some extensive mills have gone
F., up at New Albany, indianapolis, Con.
| ncrsvlic { and other places for making the
!coarscr cloths, and some as fine blankets
-larc made as in any other section. III
/, 1860 Indiana had 31S establishment iol
. lmaliny boots and shoes. employing L.
I .: o hands, s36s.7oo capital, using c469,.
& ,UCU raw material, paying i'll wages s371
. loco. and producing Sl,Os1.JCO, As against
i S5U6,UUU in 1850. This business has been
i largely increased. In Laiayct,e-a very
4 active manufacturing cit! = there are 81
least two. il no. three. very extensive
-',nanliaciorics. with The most coinp.ci,
. machinery ior making boots and SHOES
/ These are doing very large business. ant
. othc. similar establishments are grow
i ing up i'll other parts OF the stale. 50 iha
1.-The new census will show u great in
/ lc.case OYER tllat OF 1860.
: In lS4u no paper Was manufactured
in 1850. about 100000 worth; and. il
@ 1860, 81 y0,OOu or aboutl, ls6,CC0 pounds
1.-The printing, book-binding. and the re
: lated trades are making considerabl
I progress. The mining OF coal for mar
4 kct, and for the use OF makers
: vastly on the increase. In loJO all III
n coal mined in the State was valued a
J. $1,000, and in 1866 al Sl5S,0CO. hu
a This interest has received prodigiou
4 impulse. The mines in Clay county Wer
Il Just coming into notice ten years ago
d but now vast amounts are dug for Us
:. in furnaces in the vicinity. Of whic
q there arc several, and for iransportatio
II - Indianapolis and many other p!ace'
!, both for iucl and manufacturing pun
4 poses. II is even taken TO Chicago.-
Il hen the Evansville Railroad is eXten
\ ded to Chicago, il will cut through som
e OF the finest Dituminous coal in Tie II
! linois coal fields. The State Geologis
\. even, has statement that resemble
y, "cock-and-bu more than fact, that til
is Indiana fields Of block cOal--thc finest j
"a The West - arc valuable enough them
selves TO pay the public debt. All an
j. rate, the coal business has received
,c great impulse, as the next census wi
: show.
5 The iron business may be described i
II the same way. III 1861 there was Eot a
iron mine or bed reported III lndiani
a but in Clay county and some OF tie II
II yions out .by the NinccnnCs Railroa