, 1880-11-13
A WONDERFUL COUNTRY,

The Development Of tic Great Natural
Resources OF tfie Emitted Stntea.
At tIHs first nnnllat tnrettn. nf tlle Aunert-
ran Swi"sy nj Mechanical Engineers fn New
i"rk, II l"w ,luys uYt,, t'rf. fnurston tfeltv-
rr.tt tttt Ntitilt.4s.
"Mnrh," he said. "relttains to Ii. lonc by
tfG ti:tlcrHt t;nvrrfInrnt !n tie Development
Ut The resources u this country. 'rhc new
organization Of tho geological survey n s,cll
IN 's'ttn ntH' III the ciasacter Ut It's a.mlnis-
trati''' TINT We llnlH IL sce the work 0f ttt-
t:r'I!lnlng tile value Ut our mineral rrst..rrrs
tlhI1r with nlilSM,,m rnpEsii'y asss! cIllr!cnry.
III tracnK Tue prOgrrss in the vnr!ous .l,.pnrt-
1'lr''ts OF American ENTERPRISE III. said that
hlnety.n!nc yrars nga Samuel 4. Slater
started the first successful cutt0t1*srinn!!!x
nl'i at lHwimket, k l. Tstlay We rat,r
,:I0, ,AH ,Guu pounds nf rntth1 IL slrtty mills
in crarly csrry Ntw E.tlclaml State anil tn
nearly every nttitr State In the Union, w1lcl,
manufacture Siu0, ,CkU wurtiI Ut go,n!s.
" fraa the 'lay III i'!H when thp first rude
wnoIr,sln!Il WINS established nj Scwbury,
Mass. onr wo'tlcm manufactures have grnwr
III extent uni In excellence uf product. Until
tO-tLnS ns!r f..000 Or i;.f1U SETS nf machinery,
handled ly ,Garly iH uoU uf l1H: most sk|Iful
operatives to he f0it,t1 in the world, ,r,,-
'luce saaD. 100000 wOrt!t Of goods, Which III
tOtnt Df clleApIlrsy NfNl excellence COt1putt
with the hest work III Enrolc.
"We lase scethtlic silk manufacture. tfter
struggling will, difficulties nf Every imaEi.
ilnl,le sort fnr hlf century. tinnlly secure II
t"ntinttt a!Hl etltGr nt'nn IA:rtUu Uf trosleii-
inE. The enterprise uf t!lc Cl,eleys d.lsitg
the InIsa gtIlrratnn, aitl tllu steatiy 1preist-
t.ltct " tho Paterson. y. J., manufacturers,
have l'orlIs fruit In tho cr'ction nf 10 mills,
II
rtnls, which IN strength, a,pt durability ~
gel, atul IN ttanty, nre fully equal to, The
tli1rst products Of liz frpnct, coinpc,itors at
"'ln tho manufacture of iron and steel tho
ssqry is Tho same. We have furnncps which
arh Supplied witt! every variety If the l,.st
!'rrs. md arc making 2,N1,0oo tons vi ply
trU! per Ailu1n.
W. are practically free from TINT foreign
conpGtftnn which threatened tu tl,rDttlc Dur
manufacturers ~ their infal1cy. N1 co:lsulne
our w!"le prHluct, nnd that is learly Il pr
o'sr enormous eIal yield, about &. y.UU. .0O toI,s
4 year. u 'arl1 fracllnn Is eni.s,Ilnrt In max
itlE aia4 working this Iron, f.UV.(ktJ ur more
to1!s Di which goes tn market III wrought
iron III II tfluusAllu different sIltlpes,
1.-THE growth III 0ur Btssrsl!rr steel pro.
t|uetiot1 IL oven 1Mnrt marvellous. TweIlty
Years nsn t!!ls wonuerfut Illustration hf tho
mar'els Ut chemical science was luukeA upnn
~ HlticlJ I'LL interesting anu clIitutlS t>rftSS,
nj M !tnuptl!ate yAflit md Of nlDst uncertain
proh!tsr. To-day sinyle establishment Is
lnnklig !09,tA0 tnns yeur.
"Tllc United States IL louked ltpnn rs The
saving devices. Tile Corltss ungI1lu I,as rev.
0lNtluufzel the SteAtI,-un.1ne manufacture
VI the w"rtt. The cnss NJ MEL fro,l, wl,use
rAnks tl.e nIe,nl'ers 1T this snelrty ARE nrEII-
3.ion,iEo nf working penp1e III Il third Of i
,nltinn mills, nrn responsible for tic presrr-
yAtlnn a'rt rr0!ltall'n utilization Of sa.1y0,-
UotsD worth nf cnpltnl direct: the payment
Of S3,tKN. .ENl,tkO wDrtl ns raw materials, AnT
the output nf 81 iOtD, ,0tW. .0tJ worth nf nlnl,,l-
fnctureta articles. Fifty tlludsand stci,t,.
engines sl,at noro thur aIl equal uuI,ber of
hundreds 1t thousands of workshops
throughout tic country"