The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-10
.,.,rIED MANUFACTURING.

ysrai're.
plyERsIFIED nANofA'f'h'N''
wbseling's one great industry is iron
.Bd It's products. As q manufacture 's 0- o.
=. wheeling has been q decided sue
She is emphaticslly the "Nsll
C C',s not only of the United States but
~ ,.,a world. She not only msnutac-
mora psis than any other city, but
-, ones In this industry she
-. all her rivals and is without peer.
mails are her pride and her profit.
o., bar devotion to this industry is too
~ ike the late devotion OF the South
,bs culluIe OF cotton; it is too ex-
,,,.ivs Diversity in crops is best for q
,,,;oD: diversity IN manufactures is best
c;tv We would not diminish, to
.uonnt of a dollar, the cap
- invested in the manufacture OF
=, in this city; we would not lower, by
single jOt, the high standard OF excel
la. scb,eyed in the manufacture OF
,.;;.. We would do nothing to dim, by
-. obliterstlon OF single ray, the lustre
,,,s, tame ss q maker of nails; but there
i.o,ber capital in Wheeling that we
,,nB like to see embarked in the build
mo m of other industrial enterprises.
Ips section OF country where all at
,sotiop is bestowed upon single crop,
,bs failure OF that crop is ruin. To
city whose labor and capital is all con
,.D,r,ted in one business, the prostra-
non of that business is crushing. AS we
.,n above. we would not lessen the at
anton paid to the manufacture OF iron
and the products of ironi but We would
encourage the Investment OF other
.,pitsl and other labor not now employ
Il in the manufacture of other wares.
We sre not overlooking the fact that we
have already some diversity IN our man
ghcturing. In the manufacture OF
glassware, Wheeling occupies q proud
petition. She has probably the largest
gls.syorks IN the United States, and her
wares fad sale IN every important city
90 the continent.
Bu! with our chesp and abundant coal,
SIMPLE facilities for economical trsnspor-
lstion, and the means of cheap living,
there sre other branches of industry that
ought 70 flourish here, and would do 50
properly tried. The other day gen.
Isnan who had given some attention to
lhs matter informed US that the manu-
is.lrs of white table ware could be
nsts very profitable here. He says that
iaoe who are engaged in this business
81 East Liverpool, up the river
lsys more orders than they
cAn possibly I'LL, and at prices which yield
sPrOtt far above that returned to the
ISL or glass men. He says our iscili-
lie. for the manufacture OF this ware are
. every resptc. equal to thOss enjoyed
st East Liverpool, while our shipping
acI.'ties are vastly superior. All Of the
Material that goes to the manufacture of
.li: ware !, 5..ughL TO East Liverpool
oas distances by rail, and she has but
We railroad u avsIl herself of, while
's SIll soon have three. The raw ma
'-'a can therefore be laid down in
Wheeling little cheaper than It can in
h''' Liverpool, and we would have
"Ae Adyantsge in shipping the products
" our factories 10 distant markets.
Another gentleman told us yesterday
'as' there If an immensely profitable
'-'ass: beng done, by an establishment
Wilmington, Del, in the manufacture
" s'!lclcs out of what is called vul-
A-'4ei aore paper. The paper out OF
'-'Ch these articles are made Is manu-
= '-'ed IN Wheeling at the Fulton mills.
"s ssaipped by rail to Wilmington and
'-''s manipulated by machinery into
.''~y articles, u. q large profit. He in
''l' Us that the demand for certain
''"''e' used by railroads, for chair seats
trunks Exactly resembling
~De' trunks, and many other
1--WE" Unlimited; and in his
.'~'On, such an establishment in this
" With her chesp fuel and easy trans
'''A''oa, would be immensely success.
~" Properly managed.
%1 other Industrial establishments
gu no doubt be planted here to the
P'oal OF the immediate proprietors
'-' benefit OF the whole community.
'-s line while iron is taking rest,
Is profits are concerned, 1t may be
~' % consider these things.