The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-18

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chinery by which our most profitable and
extensive manufactures are produced,
and produced 80 cheaply, is, III most in
stances, the result of home ingenuity,
and properly belongs to America, and
exerts its highly practical influence in
putting American manufactures into the
market at rates below competition. The
vast resources Of our country, with it's
varied climate and variety of natural
formations, are such as to furnish mate
rial for all kinds Of manufactures and
products of all descriptions. The varied
nationalites and mixtures of nationali-
ties of which our population is composed
furnishes the variety of Intellect, oonsti-
tuition and temperament necessary to
make nation not only independent but
a contributor to the wants of others.
A glance at our own city and her in
dustries shows that manufacturing and
producing interests are developing
rapidly. But q few years since our man
ufactures were confined mainly to half
dozen lines of articles, while now, the
reports OF the business organizations OF
the city show that there is scarcely
branch not represented, to greater or
less extent. The city, which few
years ago numbered it's Glasses of man.
ufactures upon the fingers OF single
hand, now has fully s85, 900, 900 invested
in manufactures, furnishes employment
to over 10000 workmen, and turns out
near $l50, 100000 worth of manufactured
articles annually. This, although an
exceptional case, to considerable
extent indicates the manufacturing in
dustry of the country at large. The
smaller towns, which few years ago
barely supported a population sufficient
to attend to the demands Of trade with
the agricultural districts, now have
their factories of various kinds, and not
only furnish employment to large
numbers of hands, but contribute their
share to swell the total of our products
for the markets Of the great outside
world.
The statistics Of American commerce
for 1874 show that our imports amounted
to $582, 2,000,0 900. To reduce this sum to its
smallest possible amount should be the
work of the manufacturing and produc-
ing interests OF this country, by furnish
ing the articles imported in quantities
sufficient to supply the demand. Among
the heaviest items were sugar and mo-
lasses, woolen manufactures, silk goods,
iron and steel manufactures, cotton
stuffs and tea and coffee. or these, all
except the last two may be produced In
our own country In unlimited quantities.
In some instances, even the material for
these is raised here, shipped abroad and
manufactured and returned to us. On
the other hand, however, the statistics
for 1874 show that the exports amount to
about $3.50, ,000,0 900, or over hundred
millions more than the imports. OF this
sum 500, 100000 was in gold and silver,
but there Is still left comfortable mar
gin in favor of American manufacture.
OF the leading articles imported there
are few with which we will not, within q
few years, supply not only ourselves but
others as well. OF cotton goods our sup.
plies are constantly increasing and the
quality gaining most favorable reputa-
ton abroad. The expectation Of cotton
goods has again commenced since the
war and is rapidly increasing, and will
soon be greater than are the imports
now. In wool and wooden goods our fa-
cilities for manufacturing are rapidly in
creasing, and there seems no reason why
the United States should annually send
fifty millions Of dollars out of the coun-
try when the large majority of the goods
purchased with 1t could be manufactured
at home from wool produced here.
The importation of sugars and molasses
asst year amounted to about $50, 900, 900,
and was the largest item in our list of i'm
ports. This should, and undoubtedly
will be remedied, by the further develop
ment Of the manufacturing capacities OF
the South. The sugar producing regions
of the United States are now rapidly re-
covering from the effects Of the
war, and the prospects are that
the results will be plainly percep-
tible in the reduction Of the imports.
The manufacturing establishments of
this city, which supply these regions
with machinery for the making of sugar
and molasses, are now running on dou-
BILE time, and are overrun with orders.
A very great increase in this line of
home manufactures may reasonably be
expected. The raising and manufacture
Of silk is beginning to receive considera-
BILE attention, and 1t now seems proba-
BILE that the $50, ,eO0,0 900 annually paid for
silks will, In great degree, in future &c
to encourage home industry, and that the
amount of imports Of silks will be grad
ually reduced.
The field of American industry, how
ever, is as extensive as is the country
itself. The great iron and coal fields of