Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-04-29
z TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1873.
TIE VALUE OF MANUFACTURES.

THE VALUE OF MANUFACTURES.
Ex-Gov. wasbburu delivered an address
recently before the Board of Trade at Min
neapolis, in which. among other things, he
said that ga thousand dollars put into manu-
featuring would do more to gather population
into city than million of dollars put into
trade" The Louisville Courier Journal puts
the case very strongly in the following:
"Any one can really see that it takes more
men to produce given article of manufacture
.hau it docs to sell the srtic!e after it is taken
to the store. Half dozen men in leather
store can easily sell the leather whose manu>
iacture required the labor OF fifty tanners and
curriers'. A Wholesale dry goods house will
sell a million of dollars worth of clothes,
prints, silks and other fabricks, with help of
dozen salesmen. while the factories which
produced the goods employ several hundred
operatives. We might contrast the few clerks
employed ina bank with capital of one hun
dred thousand dollars against the large num-
her of molders and fnishers employed in
foundry having the same amount of capital.
and extended the illustrations almost indfi,
nitely. Trade aud manufactures must unite
to create great city, but manufactures are
undoubtedly vastly more useful in bringing
in population, for the obvious reasons which
we have already given"
And this calls to mind the fact that. SO far
az we know, nothing has yet been done to
carry into effect the wishes of the people of
Charlie town, es expressed ny their votes at
tie la'o election, and as 1afiGed By the Town
Council subsequently. We want manufac-
torcs and the direct, immediats benefits that
accrue frcm menu features, and our pcople.
being largely of tho samc opinion, SO cx>
pressed themselves when they, on The 18th
day of March last, voted almost unanimously
for an appropriation CT $1,000 to secure the
establishment of Car mauRactory or other
similar enterprise at this point. The Town
Council. on the Sth day Of the present month,
ttrce 9r"@@s ago, passed resolution concnning
'" the voice OF the people, and giving au>
thoTisy to the Jefferson County Industrial So
ciety to institute meaeurcs to carry their reso-
htIon into effect, by referring the matter to
the President of said Society Now we do
not wish to be dictatorial, but the people want
Hod demand prompt, energetic action in this
matter. and in their name we would psk what
has become of this vital question? Has the
Council ever 70, ulaily not fed the President
of the Industrial Society of lis action or if
so, what has the President of that Society
cone towards carrying the same iuto effect
There is something wrong somewhere, and
that wrong should be rcmedicd at once
Now, in the name of the people, we invoke
action in this matter. Hage1stown, Martins
burg and Winchester. al want Car Shops.
and will, perhaps, offer Inducements to secure
them Spring is far gore and summer is
rapidly approaching, and if any railroad cor
poration hos an idea of erecting shops this
season. they will not long delay in deciding
npon location. Charlestogn, with equal. if
not superior advantages to the points above
mined, HIS expressed her wishes in tangible
form, and all that is now needed to learn the
probability of their fn!iiuert is immediate
aud definite action. Let the matter be taken
10 hand at once. and that with will. Ap-
point Committee to visit and confer with
the different 1alroad authorities and other
capitalists or inaugn,ate such ether measures
as will tend toward the attainment of the cnd
in view. aud let us know the result We want
manufactures, orr people want manufactures,
and prompt energetic, perseve,ing action is
the only thing that viii ever secure them.