The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-01-25
HELP BUILD STATE
LOCAL MARKET IMPORTANT
Improvement Of Town Must Mean
Enhancement In Value Of Farm
Lands Surrounding lt--All
Glasses Benefited.

There Is much TO interest the stu
dent in economy In the bulletins is
Ened by tho 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 70 industry
and manufactures.
In 1905 there were 216.262 manu-
featuring establishments IN the
United States In these establish
ments sl2. $50. 265.673 capital was EN-.
ployed, and work given to 5.470.321
wage-earners To these wage-earners
were paid for the year s2.611. $40, 532
and the value OF the products turned
/. out reached the enormous sum Of $l4.-
S02.147,0S7. Among the states New
York leads In the amount OF capital In
vested IN manufacturing and also IN
year covered by the census report
showed that the capital invested In
Manufacturing in the state Of New
York was S2.03l ,459 BIO. and the value
OF its manufactured products, s2ASSr
345.57S Pennsylvania stands second
AZ rank Illinois third and Massachu
sets fourth
10 IS interesting 10 note that the
Salae OF the manufacture % fhe
United states FOR the year fg91 was
. more than a billion dollar ar
than the combined manniac.ur so
the three greatest Europoau rrHu
fanturing countries during thc year
1900, the latest reliable reports lom
these countries obtainable ID 1900
the United Kingdom. Germany aud
France produced manufactured artt
cles 20 ne value Of Sl8.030.U0109a
During the past year -i901-it Is estit
mated that tho value or American
manufacture was approximately $751;
100000 600.
Manufacturing IN the United States
Is mainly confined 20 n territory which
includes the area north OF the Pc
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 I'm the union has its
manufacturing plants, and the south
Is making much Roadway 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 10 the. manufacturing towns af-
ording a direct--a home market-for
wshe produce grown. In a speech
Sse before the F1ftieth 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
sand all values fer miles surround.
Ing H."
Mr. Mckinley rnoke truth that
should impre II firmly upon the
minds Of an 1 citizens who would
see their home place prosper Wher.
ever there are rcLfle there must be
means Afforded them 10 obtain a
livelihood ln cities and towns there
must be either commerce or manufac.
huring Ia order that the town exist.
improvement OF the town means en-
kanoement OF the farm lands sur
1oundfhg Il.
In the west manufacturing is now
only IN swaddllng clothes Il Is no
exaggcration TO say that nine.tenths
or all manufactured articles needed
by the people OF the great agricultural
sections OF the west come from other
than home factories There are nu-
merons lines OF manufacturing that
SO 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
i nomic reason why these lines should
mot be manufactured at least in suf
Ihcient quantity 10 supply home needs
Every citizen should assist his
Nome state by using articles manu-
Nctured within II. Many states are
Frying on a campaign Of education
>asong this line. Preference Is always
gven to home goods. and thus ID
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