The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-06
HELP BUILD STATE.
NECESSITY OF PATRoNIZING
HOME INDUSTRIES.
LOCAL MARKET IMPORTANT
Improvement Of Town Must Mean
Enhancement In Value Of Farm
Lands Surrounding It-AH
Classes Benefited.

There is much to interest the stu
dent in economy in the bulletins is
sued by the government relative to
the results of the census of manufac-
lures for the year 1905, and in the
reports of the department of labor
and commerce pertaining to industry
and manufactures.
In 1905 there were 216,262 manu-
featuring establishments in the
United States. In these establish
ments $12,6S6, ,265,673 capital was EN-.
ployed, and work given to 5,470,321
wage-earners. To these wage-earners
were paid for the year $2,611, ,540,532,
and the value Of the products turned
out reached the enormous sum of $14,-
SO2, 147OS7. Among the states New
York leads in the amount of capital in
vested in manufacturing and also in
the annual value of products. The
year covered by the census report
showed that the capital invested in
manufacturing in the state of New
York was $2,O31, ,459,515, and the valu'
Of its manufactured products, $2,4SS,,
345,579. Pennsylvania stands second
in rank, Illinois third and Massachu.
setts fourth.
1t is interesting to note that the
value of the manufactures in the
United States for the year 1905 was
more than a billion dollars greater
than the combined manufactures of
the three greatest European manu-
featuring countries during the year
1900, the latest reliable reports from
these countries obtainable. In 1900
he United Kingdom, Germany and
France produced manufactured arti-
cles to the value Of $1,000 900, 900
During the past year-19O7-it is esti.
mated that the value of American
manufactures was approximately $15,-
O00,OOO,OOO.
Manufacturing in the United States
is mainly confined to territory which
includes the area north of the Po-
tomac and Ohio, and east of the Mis-
sissippi river, commonly designated
as the New England and Middle
states, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Yet
every state in the union has it's
manufacturing plants, and the south
Is making much headway in cotton
and lumber manufacturing, the west
ern states in -four and cereal prod
ucts, in lumber and in iron and steel,
and a little progress in other lines.
One of the noticeable things about
manufacturing districts is that though
the soil in contiguous country be poor,
it is of greater value than like areas
in the rich agricultural districts, ow-
ing to the manufacturing towns af-
fording a direct--a home market-for
all the produce grown. In a speech
made before the Fiftieth congress,
Hon. William Mckinley, our martyred
president, said: THE establishment
of furnace or factory or mill in any
neighborhood has the effect at once
of enhancing the value of all property
and all values for miles surround
ing it."
Mr.. Mckinley spoke a truth that
should impress itself firmly upon the
minds Of all good citizens who would
see their home place prosper. Wher-
ever there are people there must be
a means afforded them to obtain a
livelihood. In cities and towns there
must be either commerce or manufac.
turing in order that the town exist
improvement of the town means en-.
hancement of the farm lands sur.
rounding it.
In the west manufacturing is now
only in sW adding clothes. 1t is nc
exaggerated to say that nine-tenths
of all manufactured articles needed
by the people of the great agricultural
sections of the west come from other
than home factories. There are nu.
merous lines of manufacturing that
can never be successfully carried on
in some sections of the agricultural
United States. There are many other
lines for which the west is particu
larly adapted, and there is no eco
nomic reason why these lines should
not be manufactured at least in suf
ficient quantity to supply home needs
Every citizen should assist his
home state by using articles manu-
factured within it. Many states are
carrying on campaign of education
along this line. Preference is always
given to home goods, and thus is
home industry helped along.