The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-17
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vAntagcs, asideirom our geographical po-
siEion, for.tho establishment oimanuiac'
tories; while we possess inexhaustible
quantities Of wood, and coal, anG"fea,
and copper and wool AID cotton while
wcenioy the most genial and salubrious
CLIMATE cast Of the Rocky Mountains,
climate rarely facilitating or oppressive,
where the mill wheel need never be
pinioned BY frosts or the paths that
lead to workshops and br,ries OBJ
etiacted by sncN and ice nlere fac
tories need not 70 be cautiously kept
closed to economic heat within, com
polling the operative to labor in foul,
fmtid and facilitating atmosphere, de-
structiye 10 health and depressing to
spirits yet We, today with Ill these
boasteH advantages unequalcd by the
countries on the globe, are
x fir behind the younger state of Cali
fornia in all those great manufacturing
industries that contribute so largely to
q States pTma0t prosperityoudpowe
Where are our wooden mills, cotton
mills, iron works sugar re6neres brass
ioundries, wire and rope works, cordagc
factories, tanneries powderworSs, paper
mills, glass woriSe. salt works soap fac
tories, glue factories, oil works manu-
factories for matches, potterieo, boot and
shoe works, agricultural implement
works, furniture mating, pianos, or
gans, billiard tables, wood and
willow ware works. Where arc
our type loundries, cigar fac
tories, broom factories, manu-
victories Of clothing, shirts, etc, at all
commensurate 70 the States demands
Yet California has AL these Her six
or eight wooden mills average each pei
year not less than 10000 pairs Of heavy
blankets, l25,000 yards of broad-cloth
and 100000 yards Of flannel, tweeds
and cassimeres Although California
raises comparatively no cotton, she
spends yearly ST. 10000 in the pur
chase of sacking for the grain crop o.
J the State, and was forced to establish
manufactures and to purchase hei
cotton TO supply them IN Mexico and
the Society Islands, Her cotton iacto
ries to-day are turning out thousands
and thousands Of yards Of 5acking
shifting and brown shectngs, the sur
plus Of which goes to Mexican markets,
Her sugar refneries work up more
tlian % 1892 pounds of raw sugars,
netting lS,203, 100 pounds of tho refined
article. The Hawaiian Islands, Cen
trail America, Manila, Bolivia and Peru
,To forced to pay tribute 10 her enter
prise, u shipping to her ports this vast
'S,rrsstv Of raw material material which
since the passage Of the Hawaiian treaty,
: is shipped from the latter island free of
duty, and thus largely increases the
profits Of the refneries Her great iron
works and rolling mills, consuming
thousands OF tons Of coal and countless
tons Of pig-iron dug FROM her own
mines, are enrichips the State. Her
boiler-plfas and sheet-irou works, her
asssant(fil factories are all vigorous
Wind prospecting. Her brass founderies,
and especially those connected with the
Pacific mail line of steamships and the
navy yard, at Mare island, consume
over four hundred tops of brass and
copper and give employment to humid
reds Of men
Her saw mills have II ioiut capacity
for cutting 900,000,000 feet of lumber
annually; her forests of pine, spruce,
cedar fir and redwood ailording es-
pccially in Humboldt and Mendocino
counties, seemingly exhaustless quaint
ties Of raw material llerwire and rope
works weave and turn out over 100000
square feet Of wire work annually, and
weave into screens, sleeves, cloth, etc,
mere than one hundred and fifty tons
of iron. Her cordagc factory, powder
works, fuse faotores are al in success
ful operation.
- A hundred tanneries nre yearly turn
ing out 81, 100000 worth of leather con
sisting mostly of kip, harness and belt
ing, as well az Che finer varieties. Her
paper mills have joint product OF
100000 annually and consume seven
hundred tons of rags, four hundred of
old rope one thousand of straw,
hundreds OF barrels of lime, and many
thousmd pounds Of sulphuric and mu.
tiatic acids.
CALIFORNIA; glass works are q success
her bottles, jars demi Johns, lamps
chimney and druggists wares are made
athoine, from beautiful white sant
found in Monterey Ind Alameda coun
ties
Her soap factories not only supply
the State in plain, fancy and toile
soaps, but they ship ten million o
pounds annuity to British Columbia
I. Mexico, Central America, and tn,
Sandwich Islands Her glue factories
chemical and acid factories are all max
ing money.
a few years ago she imported all he
v matches she now exports them, mad
frofn that fine Port Oxford cedar.
Her rice mills, oil mills, cement mills
Il Aead works, marble works and quarric,
" No ia full blast
Her claysf cr pottery use, have beer
''ssslopedl and every kind of stone an,
pfthen ware Il being made, as well a