New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-18
LOCAL INDUSTRIES.
THE CAPACITY OF NEW-YGRK FOR MANU-
FACrlkES.


To me Fdtior OF qho TriJu"e'
SIN. Would il not be well fof the prg1s OF
ana, ~ % ,eos, abstract discussions OF che srsNts of
p,o,octon NJ ON industries and essay fcr smile 10
show the d. sirabihty Of developing mem ~ ths neigh
borioods The advantages which Tie vosiiy OF New
York and especially that portion o; u lying on the nav
icable waters which surround the city, enjoys for con
Quoting the manufacture OF various staples have beer
almost entirely overlooked but are really very great
No other city in this country If indeed any IN the
world which has an ocean commerce, has 30 many miles
of land-,ockcd and sheltered water communication
radiatinc from il In every direction las
New-York, and IL az doubtful any where
else all the raw materials for large and varied
manufacturing operations can 10 70 cheapy gathered 10
gethcr proximity to market for their products
Both sides Of tho Hudson and East Rivers ana OF inc
Hsrlemthe Staten Island and NewJersey shores OF the
Kills-the banks Of the Morris Canal OF the projected
ship canal to Newark, Of tho Hackensack and Passaic
Rivers and even the Elizabeth, Railway and Raritan
afford sites for manufactures and workshops within easy
reach OF ths city, and between which and our wharves
and docks canal boats barges and lighters can run III
comparatiyely smooth water nearly all the year. Then
the large marshy tracts lying between and on both SIDES
Of the Hackensack and Passac Rivers can be easily and
cheapy cut by canals the earth removed IN the excava
ton Of which will raise the level Of the adjacent lands
and give them increased value for other purposes
well az for sites for manufactures We might mako
Of this last region Venice, but we could make
city, with miles Of interior water communication rs
eminent for her manufactures as Venice ever was Tor
her commerce. Nearly all this egOn has railroads and
canals connecting with all sections OF the country ana
II only remains TO finish bridges already chartered
and in progress OF construction to complete lines OF com
rnunication radiang from this city in every direction
which will give opportunities for business operations
OF ali kinds immensely superior those OF any other
city in the world Politically this region does not al
belong NewYOrk, but commercially and practically ~
does, and throughout 1t iron and steel cotton, WOOL
paper glass, machinery OF all kinds and numerous other
articles, can be made as cheapy all Things cohsdered
as else in the country and here If the greatest
market them. Here Also is the great entry port OF
the vast number OF emigrants who are continually
coming from the Old World giving opportunities for &C.
curing skilled labor of all kinds, and nowhere else IN the
country such labor be had more eheaply.
ABUNDANT FACILITIES FOR IRoE-hASUfAcTURiNG
As regards material for manufacturiug-coa the
great OF motive power and an indispensable re-
quise IN metauFgical operations, Is close at hand and
delivered in ordinary tunes by water or rail or by both
to all this region prices which scarcely admit OF COM
plant and which will be less in the future rather than
greater within radius OF rs miles Of the City Hall are
exhaustble supplies of ron-ore superior to yet
found in Pennsylvania while by our water commnnica-
tons OF all the seaboard may be brought here
more cheaply than they be carried One-fourh the
distance inland Limestone for huxes Is found In sni
Gent quantity and Of good quality on the east side OF the
pits of Amboy furnish the best possible fire resisting ma
teral OF all kinds The material for making
tun Of firsclass iron steel be got together
this Harbor cheaply than anywhere else this side
Of the Allegheny Mountains and the demand for these
products immenseat least 10000 tuns of pgron
used annually in this city and vicinity ~ say nothing OF
the very quantities which out OF this harbor to
the North East. which brought here from Penn
sylvania or from Europe.
CAPACITY OF NETWORK For MANUFACTURE IN
GENERAL.
Cotton and wool can be brought here cheaply as 10
any manufacturing section of the country and If
at any disadvantage in any respect as compared with
places 1t s than couDterbalanced by the fact
hat already WE'LL
settled fact that manufacturing always be carried
on old and thickly settled country more cheaply
than in and sparsely settled regions, where ap-
parenty circumstances are more favorable to the bust
been enabled fight successfully against dsadvan
tages in comparison with the Middle and Western States
rial and the goods s6e sends away SewYorS City and
vicinity have have, all the advantages that New
reach, and 1t Is quite time capitalists should
about securing and using Them II they who are CON
would turn their attention to the development OF the
facilities for manufacturing which this neiglborhood
ment Of home commerce and traffic Of ali kinds,
which wonld ensue tberefrom, would much
io oSIe in imam the hsnG%s OF foreign goods
II is simply impossible that country which, like ours.
produce within Its limits nearly every element OF
comfort and luxury shall for any length Of time have
large commerce based as ours has been and is on The
importation of foreign products. We may eventually
become large exporters OF machinery aud manufactured
goods to South America and the Pacific shores Of ASIA
bringing back their productions but such result will
only be attained by vigorous development OF
featuring skill aud facilities Our best hope of profitable
Of our home trade and in this respect NewYork
capitalists do not manifest their usual shrewdness How
much the binding influence Of party preudces and old
beliefs have to do with this state or things.
hardly be estimated but no doubt good deal An ad
yocae Of Free Trade and its necessary sequences in
business operations is rarely converted by argument.
The logic OF events generally more convincing When
against solid and nsurmountabe wall OF IA IT'S all that
for him is to turn aside; and snch turning
IA from AL
%a WAYS and thoughts It seems to NE that We We
here, have met such q wall OF fact.
REVOLUTION IN sHIP-BuIiDNG.
The greater and convenience of iron vessels
and steam propulsion having neutralizcd our oldtme
advantages Of cheap shptimber, spars, and and
our superior seamanshp, we no longer with money
worth from to 10 per cent and paucity Of engineer
ing works, compete in building and running ships for
foreign with foreigners whose capital
them only half much, and who have numbers Of we'll
The building and running vessels from this well as
other American ports having therefore, nearly ceased
the allied businesses been broken those whose
time and capital were thus employed and who have not
found new occupations, are ENORMOUSLY amentIng the
good old times when the stars and Stripes waved
all the seas" and crying out for Revenue Reform
a remedy for their troubles
Now Mr.. Editor let respectfully ask all such aud
especially the grave and potent seignOrs OF the Cham
Der of Commerce. why not make new departurei The
logic Of events s 10 great extent nj least against
YOU the troubles you bewail will not be remeded by
the means you propose. Why, instead Of insisting
your capital more prOhably in making them hcrei The
forces which, during the last 10 Is years. have
worked effectively against your old pursuits have
made 1t easy you to take up the we pro-
pose. You owe your defeat to modern engineering,
which has replaced the natural buOyancy of wood by
the cOnstructively greater buoyancy Of iron, and the
variable and uncertain power Of the wind by the
and more manageable power Of steam.
But must be borne in mind that engineering science
scale and theft results are not limited 70 the countries
where they are developed: IT, in England shp-buders
have caused iron aud coal 10 supersede wood and
cotton Tor steam naygatiOn-they have also de-
veloped means which will make 1t easy for ~ follow
and beat them in the new field, get
fairly settled down TO work. The Englishmen Bessener
aud Mushe who perfected Amt riean conception Of O
mode OF making iron and steel, which diminished by
nrnn,l harn faLn lam