Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-12
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In su article on the above subject in Seril-
ner for April, Or. Holland writes: :,fstse = 4
We formerly imported all our watches; now
we make as good watches as snybody. and
by the use of machinery that nobody
else has dre~ned of before. The Italian sew
ing silk. which formerly stood at the head Of
the markets of the world, is now superseded
! in quality and cheapness Of production by the
American article. There Is really nothing
that we have touched in earnest that we have
not succeeded in accomplishing, and We are
beginning upon silk fabrics withthe certainty
of success All this has been done within q
few years, and the time is not far of when
We shall make all our own silks,-With China
and Japan al our back-doors TO raise our CO.
coons for US, and reel them, build ill
our own watches. cd
What has been done and is doing in these
branches of production is quite practicable,
and in every way necessary to be done, in
othei feds We can make u our own pet
terry and decorate it, just as well us to depend
upon other countries for it. Wecan make all
our own cutlery, quite as well as they make
it in Sheffield. We eau make our own woOlen
cloths and carpets as well as they can be
made in France and Germany and England.
There is no good reason why the finer grades
of leather may not be produced here as well
as in France. Already, England is losing her
prestige in printing. Our modes are surpass-
ing hers. II is not two months since an in
telligent gentleman in London informed US
that Scribner's Monthly is revolutionizing
wood cut printing in England. 1t is not
year since London printer sent here for
rram of the paper on which st. Nicholas is
pinted, having found that his printers could
not produce the results which he saw effected
in that periodical. 1t is not month since a
we'll known British publisher sent TO his agent
here for the machine by which the paper OF
this magazine is published after printing,
which no such machine exists, and the only
secret is in the mode of manipulation!
There is noshing that we use which we car
not make. Gloves We make already in enor-
nous quantities. Artificial flowers, bronzes,
every sort of ornament, are as easily product
lie here as anywhere. The fax industry has
hardly been touched here-an industry on
which ireland and Saxony almost live at our
expense. There is no good reason why we
should import yard of linen. we have
land-an almost illimitable acreage of it-that
will raise good fax, and plenty of men and
women to grow and fabricate it. We can net
only make our own cordage, but produce the
raw material for it.
Out into these. fields the capitalist must
reach or find no profitable employment for
his money. Into these fields labor must &C,
or lie idle and descend into pauperism. IG is
not matter of choice with us; it is a matter
of necessity. OF course it will take good
many years to accomplish the results we seek.
There must be costly experiments there
must be processes Of education of head and
hand; there must be time for capital to move
itself; but the change must come, and toward
these fields the public attention should be i'm
mediately directed. ds