, 1876-08-28
successful Competition with
the East in Various
Articles,
such rs Watches, Steel Rails,
Tacks, Glass, and Tex
tilO Fabrics.
The Cost of Power at Different
Notwithstanding Pros"
poets Of Our State.

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tusios eunus" y. ' .,,ot s,,cb a
ota.o outsue ~ .ns. so' tn s,s-v nno i, cry.
sta'eens ~ III, III, lii. -. 1 LIN orcat inter-
my nAlu .'.ss' wa ~ IT, ororv tnstancn these
ess y! W. s t,s. ,i..,,nas fror, mrn Of the
,a,a.. .s,ns,n,. T., t,'a community In which
!..s.. sne1 1,n. T,,ar nv tnsrnynrc he imtNcit1y
sa,i.s .au. ,n,n - yonfa bc literally Impossible
..,W!,. .,..,.,.. -, ~. t,,nn a I,ricf summary
=, ~ t ~ h,,riro,1 D. rnoro communications We
w. y. Wv ..aa,uo', mi lint summary has been
nasn .,., ..t,z, AZ o,yo Tho reader rs muc, In
n."eu ."sn.t,nr % - ,,os,,t,Is IN ANAL SPACE,
'''"'" r,,a ~ 1,,ron,,.T,o. pnocupsp.
w. sho.r a. tor "A wa can, tho possibilities Of
.ocb cI,v II, Il1,nota "a manufacturing place;
~ ,e,;,,ti,, ~ IN manufactures before the
nnn,c of 1s7s and sIncc; tho increase and de-
sro,s.. .ho number of hands emp1opcd: the
roods -, snufoctured. whether specific or staptc,
srtic]o securcd by patents, or goods that must
nan,s,e 11 with tl;a worlds market: also. the
nrfce NJ coal Ia near1y fifty different cities, and
atnc, Information illustrating the exact con-
Iitfon ~ Illinois industrtes. These are ttoms
shat 1nu.t mt bo overlooked by The capital
1s,s If ,hn stoto. Illinois ia destined to lead
tho Union. some day, in manufacturing. The
facts c3vcn borevitb iii 70 to show a roarvalou.
irs-osso ~ manufacturing enternrl,e. t,nrfno
I'm mat flvc vcars md aiso demonatr,to tbat
mir statc fl rapld]y ad,ustlpr itself to so,,nf1
and healthy f,rancial condition. The subiotnc1
.ta,emcnts also show that there tsuot nnothcr
s,o,c In tho Unton that linz 40 many smnll man.
nfoctnrtnp cities partially dcyc1oncd ua IliInoi.
ba.. and Chat there Ia no other Rtoto where tha
natural advontuecs are 40 rrcnt. ar w,,osc ~. ~.
.onrcc. .re N tncrhau,tihle.
,1.Lt.. ....,, =, 80. ~. ..as
made au'los the past hVe years in manufacture
w. iaAo
TIE oIrf or ROCKFORD
a. ono Of tho most northern cities In the State.
This c!ty is one Of the chief mnnufact,,rior
a,as,s n. s1 - .bo s.nts .ra ~. "n,.,a.,N
r. NJ - rsa Nv hea. 80 aIo i. @ popu'eton oi
Io'o" ina ocs' anu largest OF hcr 1actorics
smi.lion dollars has been expended on pubIio
i1nrorcrncnt ,,nca thon srbs ~ ..a,I.at', Hs"
ssatas.. ,.ra 49,, s,a!, o o'use'aol'anea
.msosss .soa ~ n"so 19en e1,lseu 70 INC Tune OF
na two no,E Furniture. urn
Of Pttsbure} arc now in actiyn oneratton. anI
savc alI ,nrI,ro IN % .'nco ts7a IT, ua ~. " anu
+ara a,ana rst.as,s @r us aev. AZ Nv, ~ noch-
lesu mone, tEanstolmattoi-sccnc has taken
had they not been cyc.wltncsses to tho facts,
RouK.ntvRn rowra-nIvon
Tottno . atart fror, noo,,fa.,, .,,.,'
down peo,. nisa, ~ nIsn- ".u' ~, 9appuso We go
city has Jared since the panic Of 1878, and dotor-
mine, II possible, what her future ia to he.
There arc few bettpr shinntnp mint. +h.,,
DIXON The Ch,c.ro & Northrsns.dpu r'"o nosa snaS
an1 TIM ri1Ino,a ostro, ss0a aroaa
Louis, Rock island d Chicaro Railroad. ,ron,
Sterling to Dixon, and from tlcpco to Rockford
y H.lH W. n