The Leavenworth weekly times., 1873-11-13
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS
Lorenzo Chapin's Lecture Before
the Board Of Trade.
Facts, Figures and FOrcible Sug.
gestiOnS.

factS, f1SureS anu kOrclDI0 SuS.
gestiOns.
The lecture Of Mr.. Lorenzo Chapir, given
at Laing's Hall Yesterday evening. under
the auspices OF The Boari Of Trade, Va we'll
attended by the business neo Of ihis city.
BY request We publish the lecture - de-
lIvered.
Mr. President. Ge.tlemen Of the Exchange and
Feiior Citizens
1t gives me pleasure to see 90 many here
tonight for it shows that Lsavepvorsh i
alive To her own interests. A large share Of
my time will be occupied in giving ssasistics
Of manufactures and the wealth they produce
in our own and other cities, but do not
think the time thus taken will be more than
the importance Of the subject demands. l
shall endeavor to show. BY indispu,able evil
dence, the average per cent Of raw material
used in different manufacturing cities, the
value Of the manufactured products, and the
vast amount Of wealth thus created. l be-
lieve this mode Of showing the value Of man
ufac,ures will present the subject in better
and clearer light to the people Of Leaven-
worth than it has ever been presented before.
1t requires no keenness of observation 70 per
ceive that this city can become the focus and
mart Of great manufacturing thrift.
The climate il such that the human ener-
gies can be employed with less exhaustion,
and for greater part OF the year, and where
better average health is enjoyed, than any
where else on the continent. This, together
with the ever increasing facilities for cheap
and rapid commercial intercourse with all
parts Of the country, and the cheap and
fertile lands, will bring an influx of popula-
,ion to Kansas that will be numbered BY
Thousands. In 1860 the taxable property of
Kansas was Sl9. COO, 900, the population 107. =
600; in 1872 the property had increased to
Sl3O, ,0O0, 900 and the population to 500, 600.
Leavenworth, though young, has an enter
prising population, is in 4 region Of cheap
food, land this is the great human want,
and in no other place can fuel, cotton, wool,
timber, hides, sand and lead for manufactur
lux kidrs, ouu IdkS ouu buoW IOI "0AIbk
paper, be so cbeaply concentrated a. here.
At our late fair my attention VS. called to .
bale Of cotton raised in Southern Kansas,
which good judges pronounced of ~ fine
staple as any raised in the south. This
brings the co,lon 10 our very door; and Mr.
Chricton, who rsised tie sample, says il
pays so per cent. more than corn or wheat
These are all elements that will help to build
up our city. We are in 4 region where sub
sistance is produced in the greatest abundance,
perfection and VARIETY, and for manufaciur-
ing pu POses there could be no better position
New England has no manufacturing re-
sources OF her own. Her cotton. wool,
hides, leather, bark for tanning, iron, lead
and coal are all freighted thousands of miles
to her manufactures, then to the cost of the
manufactured article is added transportation,
commission, siorage, insurance and profits,
and it il sent out for Ia to purchase. At the
same time We are sending them beef, pork.
wheat, corn and hour to feed them; aud for
what? We are doing il to enrich New Eng
land and her manufacturers and railroad
monopolies. According to the census Of
1870 the prodmfs OF her manufactures
amounted TO $500, ,00O, 900, aud abe gave
employmen to $40 600 mechanics. The
raw material consumed cost about TO per
cent. This gives $500, 00O, 900 n the amount
of wealth yearly created BY her manu- fac-
turing industries. No wonder that such q
panic AZ we have just passed through has
mad no effect there; her vast power Of Gre
ating wealth carried her safely through it all
The little State Of Rhode Island, not a. large
rs Leivenworih county, has SIS OOO, 900
a ka. ho,, 81 h., rh>..
while in the whole Of New England, the
working cla-- to-day have on deposit over
$3.50 OOO,OO0. ThS simply illustrates the
thrift of manufacturing community. The
Eastern market, a. we'll as our own, bas
heen flooded with our western securities
State, comfy, ely, township, school, bridge,
railroad and court house bonds and mort
cages have been put on the market and sold
at some price. We have lived beyond our
means. We are living to-day On what We
owe. This mu-t he stopped, for the bubble
has burst, the dream faded, and q future OF
want is before us. We must create wealth /;
our aurplus money mu-tite used to establish
productive industries and open up new ave.
nues OF trade; then We shall get permanent
relief; the busy hum Of industry will be
heard on every side, and ever increasing
growth and prosperity our reward. The
Sou,h i. learning the true secret Of success.
The Tallahassee Cotton Manufacturing Go.
has Just declared dividend Of % per cent. !,
showing profit in less than year Of $l27,-
900. There are always hundreds in ! city
like this who are out Of work. There are men
women and children, who are able and will
ing, and yet suffering for want Of work.
Many drift gradually down to the poor house
and the prison, and sOme to houses of pros
riiutiOn. B.nevolsnce,O often steps in and
tries To render aid. but employ ment for the
poor il OF more efficiency as we'll ~ less bur-
den-ome to to the community, and besid. il
prevent. the very distress ben=volence tries to
alleviate only after it is apparent. There arc
many manu- !actOries that could he probably
established here in addition to those We nov
have We should m ike heavy farm wagons.
Now here We see an example Of the work
my of free trade. Let us imagine the State
pris yonder to be England. where labor is
cheap l. it possible for our LeaveD worth
wagon manufacturers to compete with an es-
tabli.hment like that where they pay their
laborers 40 cents day? Can our manufac-
,urers pit their mechanics At 50 30 per day
against such ompeiition and succeed? 1t u
not possible (they may do it for 4 short
time). Nor could We succeed a. a manufac
turing nation and pay our mechanics . fair
prica for a days work if We should let the
panper Ia or Of Europe come in competiiiou
with the labor OF our mechanic; for il would
reduce the lsbOr Of our mechanics down to
an eau,Iily with the labor Of England.
A noted English lecturer, nov in B-ston,
says that One-third of the pop
ula,ion of London are to-day in
receipt Of relief as panpen. Do we want
our mechanic, to come m competition with
panper labor like this? IL We do open, the
doors wide to free trade. We could manufac.
,ure here unbleached cotton goods, cotton
batting, glass, building aud wrapping paper,
stock boots aud shoes. sale clothing, farming
,mp.emen,s. A dozen establishments like
these, although small, would be Of far more
benefit thsp the House Of Refuge or RefIrm
School, and less costly, although that institu-
gift concert or lottery, inhors-d BY . man
who expects to get .ne hundred per cent. on
every dollar he invests in the scheme. A
marke, remote from The place Of production
cannot be ~ cheap foi the consumer a. that
which is near the locality where the goods
are made. Let US see, the profits which the
consumer pays to middle men. 1t would
make succe-s of any manu'ac.uring indus
,ry that might he started in the west. SIP
po.e We folloS the goods from the msnufsc-
;urer est to retail dealers in Kan.as The
wholesale merchant buys the goods, has them
shipped to his place Of bu-ineaa. This adds