The state herald., 1893-12-29
HELP HOME INDUSTRY
BUY OF WESTERN FACTORIES.
Steady Growth in the Quantity and quail
~ Of Manufactured Products,

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Thomas Tonge, the subject Of whose
address was: Factories Follow Popn.
lation Westward"
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle
men-As yet, the manufacturing in.
dustries Of America arc chiefly located
in the states east Of the Mississippi
river, more particularly along the At.
lantic seaboard. Hitherto, the raw
materials Of the West, such q wool,
hides, skins, etc., have been shipped
TO Eastern factories, and a consider
able portion Of the manufactured prod.
ucts reshipped west to supply the aver.
growing Western market, inyeleiaa
two freights and the profits Of -
GUS middlemen; OF. the raw maA6 r.
the West, such as iron, man ~
kaolin, graphite, mica, soda, and W
others, have remained undisturbGI
while the Western market has beer
supplied from Eastern factories, util-
king Eastern or foreign raw materials
and labor. This Objectionable and un-
businesslike condition Of affairs is be-
ing gradually remedied. Coal il the
basis Of the great manufacturing CEN
tiers Of the world. The existence in
the West Of vast fields Of superior coal
means cheap. fuel and cheap power,
cheaper in fact than the water power
Of New England, besides which we
have petroleum and natural gas.
Let us briefly glance at what has al.
ready been accomplished and what can
and will, with equal certainty, be ac-
complished in the comparatively early
future in the states between the Mis-
souri, and the Pacific.
Take iron for instance. The large
iron and steel works at Pueblo, the
''Pittsburg Of the Vest" the rolling
mills at Trinidad, Colorado, and Lara
mic City, Wyoming, and tho numerous
foundries and machine shops through
out the West, are but the pioneers of
plants which will utilize the vast iron
deposits Of Colorado, Wyoming and
other states for the supply, and event
ually the exclusive supply Of the trans
missouri market.
As to pottery clay, while several
plants making flower pots and stone
ware are in operation in Colorado,
there is as yet no white ware pottery
west Of the Missouri river, although
china clay, feldspar, etc., are found in
different localities in Colorado, and
the transmissouri market for general
pottery goods amounts to Is, 900, 600
annually, now supplied by the Eastern
states and Europe. In fre.clay goods
Colorado already ships to the Atlantic
apd Pacific coasts and the City of
Mexico.
The immense soda deposits Of. Wy
oming and the large deposits of silica,
cryolite, shonolite in Colorado, dem
onstrate the feasibility Of Western
glass-works. Plants manufacturing
green bottle glass exist at Salt Lake
City and San Francisco, aud the one
recently destroyed at Colorado City,
Colorado, will shortly have a successor
somewhere in the state; but as yet
there is no crystal-glass, window glass
or plate glass plant west of the Mis-
souri,, although the transmissouri con-
sumption Of such articles is s2, 600, 900
per annum at least.
In textile fabrics, cotton factories
are in operation at kearncy, Nebraska,
Denver, and Oakland and San Fran
cisco, California. Wool manufactur-
ing has made greater progress than
,ottou, as evidenced by wooden factor
les, making blankets, cassimercs, dress
and other goods, ut Salt Lake City, Og-
den and Provo, Utah; Marysville,
Napa, San Jose, Stockton, San Fran
cisco, Mercedes Falls and Los Angeles,
California, and Oregon City, Albany,
Brownsville, Ashland and Salem, Ore
gon. Passementcrie is manufactured
10 Denver, jute at Oakland and San
Francisco, hosiery at San Francisco,
hemp twine at Fremont, Nebraska, and
there is u small linen mill in South
Dakota. The silk factories Of the East
draw their supplies Of raw silk almost
entirely from China and Japan, via
San Francisco and Cheyenne, but
there Is no reason why such raw silk
should not be manufactured west Of
tho Missouri instead Of east Of it. A
successful silk factory at Bedding,
Michigan proves that an Eastern loca-
tion is not necessary for such plant.
Twenty-Five years ago no one would
have thought Of Chicago shipping
boots and shoes to New England, but
such has been the case for years past.
Factories in New Mexico and Oregon
now manufacture tanning extracts;
tanncries are In operation in Colorado
and California; shoe factories at Den
yer, Salt Lake City and San Francisco
and u leather glove factory at San Jose,
California, whilen Denver firm ships
whips to New York City.
As to other lines Of business, Den.
yer packing houses ship cured meats
and lard throughout the country be.
tween the British and Mexican lines.
In canned and dried fruits California
already has world W ide reputation,
and Is rapidly coming to the front
with her wines. Colorado, with her
recent wonderful horticultural devcl.
opmcnt, Is building upA good home
trade in canned tomatoes and vcgcta.
blcs and pickles, to be followed In the
not distant future by tho canned and
dried fruit industry. New Mexico
and Arizona are destined 10 become
famous for semi.tropical fruits;
Idaho, Oregon and Washington for
fruits OF tho temperate zone, and all
such Developments Of Western horti.
culture will result 10 canning indus.
tries, which will not only supply the
Western market, but ship extensively
10 tho Eastern states and also abroad.
" tho Denver and Fort Worth railroad
can DO permanently operated as free
and independent limo to tho tidc.water
at Galveston.
SO the illustrations might DO multi.
piled In other lines. Suffice Il 10 say
that Eastern manufacturers cannot
hope to maintain their Western trade