The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14
Manufactures.

of the State, in the direction of sup
porting home manufactures and ell |
couraging the establishment of 9TH
ers. They are beginning to under
stand more clearly their influence
and Importance in developing the
material as we'll as numerical
strength of State, or community.
New States and communities are
apt to overlook their importance,
and remain contented with present
facilities, in view of the supposed
impossibilities of establishing manu-
factories. Agricultural communi-
ties are especially torpid in this di-
rectioH, and yet no class of produc-
ers are more in need of the conven-
fences and benefits furnished by
manufacturing establishments than
they. The benefit of home manu-
factories of every class of production
are invaluable. They, i'll the first
place, increase the population Of the
town or community by drawing
skillfiIl workmen from abroad sec
ondly, the cost of importation Of
manufactured articles from abroad
would be saved; thirdly, the money
spent for them, instead of increasing
the wealth of foreign States and
communities, would be retained at
home, thus increasing the wealth OF
the home community and State !;
fourthly, the producer, as well as
consumer, in the saving of time,
which is money, and the freightage
of long transportation, together
with better and more uniform prices
received for his productions, would
be vastly the gamer.
Now, most articles used by pro-
ducers and consumers are brought
from other States-many from the
far East-at great expense of time
and freight added to the manufac-
turer's price. This waste of time
and cost of transportation, besides
the aggravations incident to trans
porting freight from long distance,
may all be obviated by manufacture
ing those implements and articles of
production and consumption here at
home. No State, i'll our humble
judgment, so far as our observation
has extended, affords better facilities
for manufactures than Oregon.
Let our people, then, hold outevery
reasonable inducement to encourage
and assist in the establishment OF
manufactures in the State. We
have known individuals, as we'll as
corporations of towns and cities, tc
work against their own interests and
the interests of their cities, by pur:
suing a narrow, contracted, ill-ad
vised policy toward those who pro
posed to establish manufacture.
among them. The most exorbitan1
prices would be asked for eligible
building lots, and no assistance o
any kind would be offered. The
consequence was that these estab
lishments were built in other place.
where more liberal views prevailed
a town can well afford to donate
the building lot, and merchants
bankers, real estate owners, ano
others, can equally as well afford t.
do. ate a reasonable amount of PIE
cuniary assistance to a reliable indi
vidual who has i'll contemplation thu
building of steam-mill, WOODEN
mill, machine-shop, or any othel
species of mandatory adapted tx
the place. The increase of popula
ton and trade induced by them vii
more than compensate for this as
sistance.
Let our people in Albany, anf
elsewhere throughout the State
wake up to the Importance of estab
fishing home manufactures; encour
age by your patronage those alread,
IN existence; and energized by sucl
an impulse, we will progress NOR
rapidly IN population and wealth
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