The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-03-28
, THE, Value Of Manufactures.

- -, The Value Of Manufactures.
In,a,late number of the Richmond Dispatch
we,ind an editorial illustrative of the value OF
manufactures to city, showing the great in
crease in wealth and population attendant upon
the establishment of manufacturing enterprl-
sis. The main points are applicable to town
or country, and are presented with such clear
ness and. force that we give the entire article !:
f%n'The value of manufactures in increasing
the;Wealth and power of a community cannot
be oyer-estimated. There can be no great city
without manufactures. There is no great city
which. does not manufacture vast amount OF
fabrics 1t is in reference to its manufacturing
facilities that we look upon Richmond as des-
tined to become one of the largest inland cities
in1the Union, and possibly the very largest,
Give hundred thousand dollars invested In
manufacturing would give to Richmond more
popriation and a more rapid increase of, wealth
than would five millions of dollars employed
in,merchandise. The business of merchandise
EMPLOYS only a small number OF men IN pro-
portion to capital, while manufacturing requires
a-preat number. In the matter of buying and
selling we only retain the gains in the transac-
tons. and in case OF dealing in imported goods
we send all except the gains that is paid for
those; goods out of the country. In manufac-
turing we keep everything. The raw material,
save in some smaller branches of art, is pro-
duced or mined in our own country. The con-
yertine of it into fabrics is the final enhance,
uaent Of the value of the raw material, ana
when it is sold and sent away its whole value
is retained at homo. The miner gets pay ior
his labor, and the manufacturer gets ms, wnlle
the wealth of the State is increased more rap
idly. than by any other means. 80,
,tsThen we must count the business of the
feeding, and clothing, and lodging of large
reputation. which add SO much to the prosper
ity of trade and so much to the value OF real
estate and the rents of landlords. We repeat,
a,capital of five hundred thousand dollars IN
manufacturing will give employment to more
people than FIVE millions of dollars employed
in merchandising. The reader may have some
better appreciation of numbers in this matter
when we say that the Tredegar Works have
given employment at one time to fourteen hum
dredi men. and could, when full of work, en-
ploy many more. But take fourteen hundred,
and estimate the number of the families, and
of abelps' required to meet all their wants,
and we would have, through those works alone,
a-population of at least six thousand people.
The capital of the Tredegar Works invested In
merchandise would hardly employ more than
hundred men, if that many:
'aNow, it was mainly with reference to TINS
great interest that the expansion OF Richmond
to the southside was and is matter OF para
mount Importance We suppose that It we
say that the manufacturing capacity OF Rich
monld would be doubled by that expansion
nobody will deny it. Yet we know that 1t
would be more than doubled. What a world
of manufacturing wealth this multiplication OF
the force of this city would give us, and how
every citizen would share in the golden results
of such accumulated industry and thrift
seNot only would this city be the beneficiary
OF this grand manufacturing power, but the
whole State would derive inestimable advanta-
ges from it. -,
tsFirst. Her mineral wealth would be develc
oped, and all the p-ofts, from the tlrst stage OF
digging it out of the earth to its conversion ;n
into the manufactured article, would be retain
ed within her borders, steadily increasing her
strength and riches.
.ttSecond. The resources of public revenue
in this city would be so increased as to greatly
tighten the burthen upon the State, and rapid
" diminish the public Indebtedness.
.sThird. Agriculture would be directly stlm-
ulated, and those engaged in it would be re-
warded in a manner unprecedented IN Vlr-
ginia. The demands for the daily support OF
q population of four hundred thousand, IN
Richmond, would give employment to an area
of hundred miles in circumference. e., aoa
ed to the ordinary staple crop, there woulo De De
a variety of products needed for this clty's
consumption that would create a demand IN
this large area. It ean be readily seen-how
tillage would thrive with such an addition to
the VARIETY of its crops, and the convenience OF
a market near home where they could be
promptly converted into money. The country,
thus benefited, would show the good effects In
improvements, its careful system OF culture,
and general and graceful signs of thrift. :
l"This is only the manufacturing view OF
Ricbmond's future. 1t will undoubtedly have
a large commerce, and its port-embracin!gg, the
whole river and miles on both shores-wlli, IN
a. few years, exhibit the proofs of its extent
andIppsperous condition.
,@This is the picture we have long hoPeo Ior,
long looked for. We never thought nall SO
much of party politics as We did of the physl-
cal interests of Virginia We long, feared the
day when might would make right. 1t has
come. And now we shall get justice IN the
national councils just in proportion to the re-
spectability of our number and our wealth.
The people of Richmond have an important
part to play in this great game. They cannot
piay;this part we'll unless they unite heartily
and energetically in the promotion of the gen.
eral good by broad and comprehensive meas,
ures. condemning and discarding all antiquated
notions and all the counsels of prejudiced and
narrow. minded men,"
Its terrible to think of the agonies of
-oe, ,at,fo orlffQ fQrln 0