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acre 0 'ay i,. 1 f I ii Tn.iiKrt and lUif of ru4.arti a.I a Uw c.u nrn-fus Iut increased iB aumtarr. kim of them bar, ari.irw-.l ts buaioeae. tl i betitei that if d ra Vr t rq'UVafcflt to I a Cttty paid M tte utaptaTvatUoo of tne re mzt nsed t la lh rriaaxi U,rar W ffaa aUoWeJlh fo. l-tig Tlcatin I. pirtkuUl of Kama, would p grea: . ataiarmawnam la tt.ia utrk A arapeial rprmrt ha Ky-m uwU bo that (object V the oomaiiitce of commerce and tnn . COTTOJC.WOOL AND PLAT- - - - t ' ' - - - V i"i I tf it' irfMrim- faf.ifiliilaa.-afa The --s: c l )i null im erected w the stale of Rhode t.' ,i .n iL- aa iraiul !- .t. f ncl.ucu, in the years ljj and 18M. During ihe . Ihive anei-eettina f iar imi muwm we Mtl n am. tnenced m kholt-.liUnd, and on in Connecticut, making klUxreihaf fifteen null. erected before the year 1&8, Mrking athat time 'jJi eight thousand tpiiHUea, ami . producing aout inree atrnmrvu wouaaau pounds ol vain --year. . ... Ujtura a haVat been nMirnt rS t intita fig n mill arhlnK Were erected at Ul end of the "year 1SV9 aixljr-two o4 wnicn OS Vau-r ami 14 horse mills) were in operation. . arvl worked at that time thirty-one thousand spindles. . The other twenty five will, all be in operation in the co arte of this year, and together with, the former one a by the estimate received, work more than eirhty thotwand Tlie capital required to carry on the manufactnre on the peav icniu, ia cauiaaiea m ute rate ui one nunureu uoiurt ytr eacn apmtue i including dou uie nxea capuu appUeU - to the piircLaae of the mill-aeati, and to the cvmtniction :n 1 if . i.i t en uic muiraau macninery. ana uui cmpiitycuia wages, . n i i tawmnliin Ji ttvwwla iM tiuul .nil . 1 . a lint it is believed tint no nwre than the rate of ttxty dol- ):ir fur each spindle U afenorallv actually emDloved. Fur ' ' ty-five pounds of cotton, worth about twenty cents a pound, an w w aVf a v. O Minaa awa.u sava ?EawirfM HirilC WIU tlieae produce about tlurty-aia pounds of yarn of different eualitiea. worth on an averaire one dallur and 13 1.2 rnta pound. CigUt hundred spindles emplojr forty persons, t. utc men aiiu uiuTTnva wwuoi aiMi cnnuren. tin those data, the general results for the jar 18H are thus Ciumateai . , t . . Kiiintix nf Mill. f(f , tia. AT aninrlUa ttf nnri. r.r.U.I s v ; cmptovea, 4,SJU,UUU aouarSjUotton useu, S,600tOOUlbs value R 720.000 Ooantkv of nn ' luo K 3.240.000 J Xumher of Dcrtons emDloved. SM men. , 3,5 Jo women and children ( Total of persons employed. ' 4,000. ; . :,C,- V..; -w-. .h- . . " ' . . The increase of carditis; and spinning; cotton hjr macbi- s : nery. in csuiojisumcnu ior utat purpose, aiia exclusively of Uiat done in private fainiliea, has, therefore, been foor ... v.' fold during the two last teara,and will have been tenfoUl f in three years, f The Uble (.) shews the situation aixl - enent of those aeverul milU. mih! thut althnuvk !. er number is in thericinity of Providence, in Uhodc-Uland, viey awe scanerca , ami cxienainjf uirouIUHit all the ' r " states.. . Tliose aituuted witliin tliiriv mllra i.f I'm i tr I 1 js n t. ' v . re exhibited in the table (C ), and the statement marked ' tu.; gives toe oeuuis oi one oi tne establishments, t fur ,.A . mshed by the proprietors - , v ,; ' . The seventeen, milla in tlu atto f : ;i-,yi eluded in the table (C ) which were in ojration, and , w "-cu taj spintues in ttie year itwa are alsottatei C- w nYe wea aunng tnat year 040,000 lbs ot cotton, which i prodiiced 51km lbs. of yarn j of which lbs were v.- ioli.i(ir thread und KinittiuiFt Qrui ruwi lKa ..1... tnanufactitres attached to, or in the viHititj of the mills i and the residue was either sold for wick, and for the use tof family rax'iufaclures, or exported to other parts. Ele ven: nuuurcu looms, are said to pe employed in weaving ; the yarn spun by those mijla into goodi, ptinoipally of thi following descriptions, vu.i ,'; , . . Betl-Tioking, v ' sold at 55 to 9o cents per yard. Strijaes and Checks, . 3o to 42 , - d, Ginirhama. :. . latnAn. A ..... n w 1 . ... v f , w mw . i w. ; .Ctoth forvhirts and sheeting, & to fj . - do. , i .' (' CounterDanea. at . , v. S4 H tar.h. Those severid goods are already equal in appearance to s icoiigiiau impuneuarueiesoi uie same description, and i uPf " W durability! and tomJtoMHg fe. still improv- The. eame. articlea are; manufictured in several other f, piaces, ani parucutariy at riuiaaeiplua, where are also 1 'k ; Pde from the same material, webbing and coach luces, aniclea have also excluded, or will soon exclude, A, .t'ssjiiilar fiireign importations) table and other diaper cloth, : .'--4'f, Jeans, vest patterns, cotton kerseymere and blankets. - ;" -V, ' '" octa commenced in the intrriour and western parts of -si s ,",,,"" ana in ivcnrucity. ; , . , , ? vvlw ? on,e 106 mills above mentioned are also employed in ; vT, '.-xarding and spinning wool, though not to a considerable i v,:' V- 5 amoumV '. Put almost the whole of that material is spun ; : and wove in private families i and there are yet but few ; '1 tabiishmenu for the ntariufacture of woollen cioths Jsv ; Some information has, however, been received respecting ; y ' fourteen of these, as sUted in table (E.), manufactaring :; S-" acS on " average, ten thousand yards of cloth a year, K4fy worth from one to ten dollars a yard. It is belieted that f ;,r there iiSt others from which no information has been ob- tained j and it is known that several establishments, on a 'i "mailer scate, exist in Pbiladelphia, Baltimore, and some A " Ur places. All these cloths, as well as those manufuc f 1 5 n Pri'ate families, are generally superiour in qua. f ' . j : WJV thwgh somewhat inferiour in appearance, to imported " . ; '. clothvof the lame price. The principal obsUcle to the v ' V - f tten,,"n ' manufacture is the want of wool, which : . still deficient, both in quality and-quantiry." But tliose ' ? , effects are daily and rapidly lessened, by the introduction ? ; V t of sheep of the Merino and other superiour breeds, by th : demand for the article, and by the attention now -': veT)' paid by farmers to the increase and' improve ;t J ment-of their flocks. . . ... . c . Mahufacturing eatablishthenu for spinning and weaving flax, are yet but few. In the state of New-York there is T "V W which employs a capital of eighteen thotwand dollars n twnyH persons, and in which about ninety' thou. a , . sand pounds of flax are annually spun and wove into can. "' , t vas and other course linen. !nfm-mat;n t,n I y ; d pccting two in the vicinity of Philadelphia, one of ; "i,'vu annually .;,ooo yaras ot canvas, made of - . ' " KU" u ie ouier me nax is both hackled and 5 " ' spun bv machinery i thirtv Innmi m :. :.. v . - -V v -niyiy.j ailU tL IH aid (1181500,000 yarda of cotton bagging, sail cloth and . w scuirou, i"y oo waue annually. '" ; . JJoeiety may also be considered as almost exclusively ! ; t lwuseholdmanitfacture. .Tbatof Germantown has de- r ; : clined and it does-not appear to have been attempted on large seale.in other place.; These are, however, some . ? exceptions ! and it is stated that the Island of Martha'i i - ' ' tatfatd exports annually. 9fioo pair of stockinirs. HiIt MWSEHOIJJ. MANWACTUREaV ;, p. ..But by far the greater part of the goods made of those &; materials (cotton, flax and wool) are manufactiired in pu ; 1 2te fm,1,.e moty for their own use and par - for sale. ; They eonsist principally of coarse cloth, flannel, cotton : .. . . tuSs, and stripes of every descripUoh, linen and mix . i twres of wool with flax or cotton. .The information- re. jS-.eiwd from every state, and from more than sixty differ :,' - t plac. concurs In csublishing the fact of an extraor fnary increase during the two last years, and in render ,s iV ; probable that about two third of the clothing, in ? eluding hosiery, and of the bouse and table linen worn h," "4 Used by Uie inhabitant of the United States, who do "'ft t re'le cities, is the product of family manufactures ; In the eastern and tntddle states, carding machine. - l. fcorked by water, are every where established, and they 1 fpdy extending southward and westwardly."1 Jen. i i nie, othe' family spinning machines and flying shuttles', :,; ' are also introduced in many places ( and as many fulling ; , tn'dls are erected as are required for fiinshifig att the cloth ' v wliich is woves.in prirate families. 8ee note P. and y-fft statement G.) 'vV'if1)-. 'i -v ? , : ? Difficult as it is to form an estimate, it is inferred from t ' '" comparison of all the facta which have beeneommunl S i . cated, with the population of the United States, (estimtv . ' ',, ted at 6,000,000 of white and l,2oo,ooo black persons)that jvir; the value of all the goods made of cotton, wool and flax, : t i ', which are annually manufactured ia the U. State, exceeds " " ' t JSoioo.ooo. , 7 V-'fi'V- ' .'A.;-'-' if '.v 'I. V " manufacture of cuds ud wire b Intimat Jy eort- Scctrd WAh lh4 ft w the suSirct. W Ui-.tt rvire ctuae fje tanf cards tut ciiu ; Irttly esci.i It J f. aaniKarUuuiu of Uat artkas tt t.U tMxit bt D r mavicmuofi (U )(tat the capital etrpiojed la that braJatb mj bet.inud at two huodred UacMiaaad dullan t aad Uut the annaval cnRuarpx atnaiftled tdl lately to tweav y uesand Laen paarol bana cards sad twceiy thousand aquare tWt of cards for .snachinrs, worth toretiarr about aVfOyiaotv 'TheOrtiaa f Last jrarwa tkaable that of ana ie sUU tmpally icreainr. But the aire itself i alto. a-lhr imaoriciL and a verv serious iacoovetunocT lirht irise from aay regulation which woeVd check ee prevent Jie cxpsrtaoon trara foreign coon men. ft appeart by the ooaaraHUMcation (LI that the nvanufacture Day and would be Uaaacdiately cstabhasd, so m enppiy the dtv aaaavjboui tor cards anaotneroejecta, DrovMardtM same Juty was imposed en wire, stow imported duty tree, which is laid on oUaernrticlee tnada of the sane BaaleriaL., The whole amount of wire annually naed for cards, dors not at present exceed five toos, worth about forty thousand uoiiars. .... . . HATS. . . The annual importation of foreign hats amount to . .;.... . glSOyOOO The annoti exportation of AmerU . - can hats, to .. . . . RIoojmo The domestic man 1 act are is therefore nearty eqnal to the home coniutnption. The number oiade in the state of Massachusetts is estimated by the hat company ot Boa ion, at four times the number required for the. consump tion of the state : and from other information it would ap pear that In Uiat state atone, the capital applied to that branch is near three millions of dollars, the number of person employed about four thousand, and the number of bats annually made 145oyoao of which 1.15o,ooo are fine hats, worth on an average four dollars each, and 4oo,ooo felt hats, worth one dollar each. That the manufacture i still profitable appears from a late establishment on Charles river, calculated to make annually 35mo hats at five dol lars a piece, and to employ iSQ workmen. - The quantity made in khode island is stated at' 5o,ooo worth 5 dollars each exclusively of felt bat. Connecticut and New-York make more than is necesary for their eon sumption f the largest establishment being that of Dan. uury, w tie re joo perasne are employed, and to the amount ot ft 100,000 annually manufactured. In Vermont the ma. nufacture supplies the consumption. It is stated by the natters 01 nuiaueipnia, uiat V2,ooo hats, worth five dol. lars each, are annually made there. Ih addition to which 5o,ooo nurUiy hats, worth three dollars each are annually 101a in tne city, in various quarters the scarcity of wool is complained of, as preventing the making of a t uflicicni quantity of coarse hats. From all the information which uas been receivedat is believed that the value of all the hat annually made in the;United States 1 near g loaooo.ooo t,see note PAPER AXD PRINTING. 8ome foreign paper is still imported 1 but the greater air 01 tne consumption is 01 American manufacture 1 and it is believed Uiat if sufficient attention was every where paid to the preservation of rags, a quantity equal to the demand, would be made in the U. b. Paper mills are e reeted in every part of the Union. There are twenty one a the stales of Ntw-llampiliire, Vermont, Khode-Uland ana Ueieware alone, and ten in only five counties of the tatesofNcw-Yeik and Maryland, Eleven of those mills employ a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, and 18o workmen, and make annually I jo.ooo dollar worth of pa per- , ' - Printing is carried onto an extent commensurate witl the demand. Exclusively of the numerous newannnera which alone form a considerable' item in value ,all the books for which there is an adequate number of purchasers, are printed in the United Stated i.,But sufficient data have not been obtained to form an estimate of die annual aggregate -aiue 01 me paper maae, ana ot the printing and book. Ending executed in the U. State, other than what may be inferred from the population. The manufactures of hang, ing paper, and of playing card are als$ extensive i and Jiat ot printing types, ot which there are two establish menta, the principal at Philadelphia, and another at Haiti more, was fully adequate to the dcmand,but ha lately been ouccieu oy the want of regutu ot Antimony. -','.' ? -MAN UPACTUHE4 OK HEM P. The annual importation of foreign lU-mp amounted to 6,300 tons. Put the interruption ofommerce hat Breath promoted the cultivation of that article tft Massachusetts, ixew.xorx, Kentucky ana several oilier places 1 and it it believed that a sufficient quantity nil! in a short time be . . 1 1 . 1 . . . pruuueca in uie umrca states. 1 he manufacture of rope, cable and cordage, of every description, may be considered as equal to the demand. the exportation of American manufacture fot 1806 and 1807 having exceeded the a venire of 6.500 Quintals, and the importations from foreign port having fallen ihort of Exclusively of the rone walks in all-die aea.norts.there are 15 in Kentucky alone, which consume about 1000 tim nf hemp a yearand 6 new works were in a state of prepara tion for the present year. 1 he manufactures of sail duck formerly established in Rhode-Inland, in Connecticut and at Salem have hm abandoned or upended, partly on account of the high price of hemp, and partly for want of cbdIuJ. Some i. null made i and the specie of canraas commonly called cotton bagrng, is now manufactured in various place on an extensive Kaie. An establishment at Philaddnhia cmpioys cnjiK moms, ana can make annually 17,000 yards uut r varus 01 couon nagging. 1 nere arc I j manufactories in Kentucky, and two in West Tennessee The five at or near Lexington, make annually 250.000 yards of duck and cotton bagging. . SflUl 1 UUUH AN I) MALT LIQUORS. The duty on licenced stills amounted in 1801 to 372.00a and, on account of omissions, might ha estimated at 45N thousand dollars. As the duty actually paid on the anirita distilled in those stills did not on an average exceed five cents per iraUon. the ouantitv of snirits distilled that vnu. from grain and fruit (exclusively of the large gin distille ries in cities) must have amounted to about 9 million of gallons, and msy at present, Uie manufacturing having in creased at least in the same ratio as tha nonulation. h estimated at 13,000,000 of gallons. . To this must be add ed about 3,000,000 of gallon of gin and rum distilled in cities making at aggregate of 15,008,000 of gallons. The importations of foitign spirits are nevertheless very considerable, having amounted during the year 1806 and 1807 to 9,750,000 gallons a year, and yielding net annu al revenue to the United State of-2,865,000 dollars. " The quantity of malt liquors made ia the United States i nearly equal to theis consumption." The annual foreign importations amount only to - . . . 185,000 gallon. And the annual exportation of American beer and cider, to . 187,000 do. But the amount actually made cannot be correctly fat ed. It has been said that, the breweries of Philadelphia consumed ann ually 150,000 bushels of malt and, exclusively of the numerous establishments on a tmaller cale, dispersed throughout the country, extensive brew- trie are known to exist in New-York and Baltimore, t Prom those data the aggregate value of spirituous and malt liquors annually made in the United State, cannot he estimated at less than 10,000,000 of dollar. IROV AND MANUFACTURES OP IRON The information received respecting that important branch is very imperfect. It i however well known that iron ore abound, and that numerous furnace and forge are erected throughout the United States. They uppy. a sufficient quantity of hollow ware; and of castings of eve ry description t but about 4,500 ton of bar Iron are arnu-' ally imported from Russia, and probably an equal quanti ty froni 8weden and England together. A Ivague esti mate tate the amount of bar iron annually used in the United State, at fifty thousand tons, which would leaye about forty theusand for that of American manufacture Although a great proportion of the ore found in Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, be of a superiour quality, and ome of the iron manufactured there eqtial to any imported, it i to be regretted that from the great ' demand, and from want nf proper attention" in the manu facture, much inferiour American iron la hmus-ht in man. ket. y On that account, the want of the ordinary supply f ' ai ( Lkj Bat wkdM a rductoi of the duty on Ruattan Vrc ,-1, 1- iZa is akc4 from several quarters, it i generally stated cry vCt ufr vnake decaatrrs, Mirblm s'.i r Cat riass of a nrjerUn r cun CHtVIK AL PhF.PABAT10 Copprrm la tUr acted ia l.rj. eaauat, ' in rtnont. New Jeraev and 1 . , lbs cod of vitriol and other acids, are awtu a, &rt a protuUtury duty on EflrUah bar, ant roUrd and it irm would be boa &ol 1 Utat whach m uaua It imported oe sMoaat of ats chcaaav-aa, hcirg Biade Wiut pit coal and of a very infcnoau quality. The senual ianportaoons of abeet, -slit and lioop iron, amount to five hundred and sixty -fire ton i and Uxq'ian- Uty rolled and slit ia the LoMed akatee as estimated at ae sen tlasaisand tone. In the stain of Misaaihiiavn ahaar. are found Uurteco roiling sad ahttiitg Bulla, sa which about 3, KM tons of bar bon, pruaci pally frosn Kusaia, are annu ally roUed er alat. A portson ie sed far sheet iron end nad rods tor wrought taait i but two third of Uae whole quantity ot bar iro Battened by Siarhiaery in the United Slates, is used in the Manufacture of naf kwaWa, which has bow extended throughout the whole country, and being altogether an American invention, substituting machinery . . f - l -- .. I . . u maawiai lauour, oeacrve parucuiar nouce. toe arums on that subject will be found km the commanieauons (L) and (M) and it will be sufficient here to state, that the annual product of that hrauch alone, mar be estimated at twelve hundred thousand dollar, and that, exclusively of tho savins of ftapj. that vrarata?ai nf mannf1..-! iiy-lntr eiat Maila is not one third part of that of forging wrought naihw I r lecl'''lf and cannot proceed, uaIcm Vi About two hundred and eighty ton are already annually exported, but the United States continue to import annu ally more man fifteen bundred ton of wrougtit nan and spikes. An increase of duty on these, and a drawback on the exportation of the cut nail is generally asked for. A considerable quantity of blistered, and some refined steel, are made ui America 1 but the foreign importations exceed 11, WO Cwt. a year. The manufactures of iron consist principally of arricul tural implements, and of all the usual work performed by i . ... ... . ... coramoa uiacssmruit. I o tncae may oe adoea. anchors I MISCELLAXXOUS. miuiuii aaiu apaues, axes, scyxnes, sua otner cage tools, I T-,:J .l - . sawa, bits and tirrups, and a great variety of the coarser r T. "H Vh-. mi"a!T,t"1 ! artK:le. of iron monkery , but cutlery and .11 the finer fTu" P correct if,. speck of hardware and of steel work, are almost altoge. ZI" , w" .VQ"clJ' cxi'1 " Uie tt U ther imported from Great Britain. Balls, shclb, and can- fiH.Fw W--,. .li i. . ' ' ' ' J not, of small caliber are cart in several place. , and three Twlfn l u , W founderies for lasting solid, those of tit largest caliber. ',ldrt ? Uhodedsland and Mwaachuvtu together with the proper machinery for borini and finish, .T' 01 e Y"' ing utero, are eetaouslaed at Ocu county, Maryland, near me city oi , w asuington. and at luchmond. in Virtrirua i each of Uie two last may cast 300 piece of artillery a year, and a great number of iron Sl bras cannon are made at that near Uie seat of government. Those of Philadel phia and near the Hudson river, are not now employed. it mar be here added, that there are several imn fumsf - rie for casting every species of work wanted for machine. ry, and that steam engines are made at that of Philadel phi a. At til tatA tttitiKj. aMnn.mAa 3.x ..1 .1 .. .1 IT - . " " uuw.. m. .wvaa M,m wi 0U1UI lacau aim 1 mi 1 ir 1 mm . . ferry, 19,000 muskets are annually made. About twenty 1 . 1 m r"1 mperfect sketch of American mahufartures, thousand more are made at several factorie. of which the ly.wee.-y he inferred, tha tueiraimu raiauuaniiartil at rLia-HnJ., wuarr p.rparationi and dnigi are alto made t wic- Hace, ana toe tumsud amount MwugamiJUUnuriUX. ' . , SALT. - The alt sprirgt nf Onondaga and Cr-n?, tn ,V oncw-York,foriuh about three hundred ti-ouiaiul i eb a year i and the quantity ma v be inert aW " " lion tethe denied. Tboaiof ihe weaursVuv, T rrtones 4hjpT,ljr abont an equal qnamity , that k v T f b? w.Ua.b fUine, which Ukxie, toX . ' ed State, making sow IJo,ouo bu-UU. Valu ' " wrie. have alan- ttlr bee modsonlKe Uakr.r" Kenhawa.. But the annual imrwtation f ' e amounu to more than three nulUons of Imahels. aif , not be uperseded by Americas .alt. unless it be along the sea coast. - The workio the nateof i,..TA nd cannot imvat aanlai . at' on foreign H sbnuld again be laid. It k necesu "2 neiter uie works rrora the heavy summer rains bv I, roofs moving on roller. This conaiderahl. ... ' , "l expense t and it appear that the erection oft. u tlu. J superficial square left, coat, one thousand J,,W 1 that they produoe only two hundred bu.hr, , w more lavourabU result is anticmated nn iha, ' , . Niirth Carolina, no accottnt of tliedifT,,.. J -..I. . " , ..MV.CI TUlf. .a anru vwicruig J,OvD SCUaTe Iftt, ftaVC erected there. - , . . "Si4lc!y and a I njua of 250,000 dollars. See communication V Several attempts have been made ta nrint r.tt. . l it doe not teem that the manufacture can, without addi. tkmal duties, stand the competition of imil.u- f reirti sr. ucle. i The diffioulties under which thevL.h.., ed in the petition of the called printers of P!riU,iL l; h;a to Congress. A considerable capital ha been ve-u-d in ,a establishment near Baltimore, which can pi ii.t Pnoe yards a week and might beeonsiderably extended, if the profiu and the demand afforded sufficient CaMsoura mtnL most perfect is said to be that near New Havea, and which, wiin uie exception ot mat erected at Richmond bv tht.- state of Virginia, are all private estabhshmentt. These may if wanted, be immediately enlarged,' and do not in clude a number of gun-smiths employed in making rifles, iva nivnu winter apccica "i anna, oworus ana pistol are aim manuiacturea in Several place. J Aiuiougn it i not pracueabie to make a correct state ment of the value of all Uie iron and manufacture of iron, annually made in the United States, it ia believed to be irom twelve to fifteen millions of dolors. The annual im portations from all foreiim countries, including bar inn: and every description of manufactures of iron pr steel, are estimated at near tour millions of uniiars. COPPER AND BRASS. Rich copper mine are found in NewJIersev. in Virginia nd near lake Superiour j but Uiey are not now wroug ht The principal manufacture of that material, are thtwe ol ilills and other vessel, ; but the copper in sheets and fiolts is almost universally imported : the oitlv m.mufiir- ture fur that object, which i at Boston, not receivincr suf ficient encouragement, atUiough a capital of 25,000 dol." lars Has been vested in a rolling-mill and oilier apparatus. i ne true reason is, that those articles are imported free f duty, a'ld the owners seem to be principally employed cmunu ucua aim outer articles. Zinc has been latelv discovered in Pennsylvania . mil there are a few manufactures of metal buttons, and varlou orass wares. MANUFACTURES OF LEAD. Lead is found in Virginia and some other place. but the richest mines oftht metal are found in Upper Louisiana, and also it is said, in the adjacent country on Uie east side of the Mississippi. They are not yet wrought to the ex tent ot wnicn tney are susceptible, and after supplying- the western country, oo not lunusb more than two hundred ton annually to Uie Atlantic states. The annual importation from foreign countries of red I white lead, ambunt to 1,150 ton And tilose of lead itself, and of all o Uier manufacture of lead, to - . ' . 1 do." exceed one hundred and twenty millions of rin,r. . nd it is not improbable that Ihe raw materials used, and the provisions and other articles consumed by the nunu. facturers, create a home market for agricultural product not very inferior to that which arise from foreign demand. A reult more favourable than mirht hare been from a view of Uie natural cause which impede the retro- mcuon, ami reura tne progress o msnuiacture in th United States. ... - . The most prominent of those causes "are .k... dance of land compared widi Uie population, the hirh price of labour, and the want of a sufficient capital 1 ' auperiour aitraclinii .of. ngricultnral pursuits, Uie great xlerijion of American commerce during Uie late Euro pean aars, and tlte continuance of habits after the Cause which produced Uiem have ceased to exist, may also be numerated. Several of those obstacles have, however, been removed or lessened. Th cheapness of provisions had always to a certain extent, counterbalanced the high price of manual labour;, and this is now in many tnipor tant branches nearly superseded by the introdurtinn f machinery : a great' American Capital ha been acquired during-the last twenty veara i and the iniurinua vutl.ii'imi. of the neutral commerce of Uie United States, by forcing industry and capital into other channel, have broken in veterate habits, and given a general impulse, to , hick must be ascribed the great, increase of fnaiuifkctures dur- i tog tne iwowt yean,.,, . .. "' TheK ujcof the United States beino- rtrinein.llv 1-. rived fiom duties on the importation of foreign merchan dize, these have also operated a a premium kilavuur of American manufacture, whilst on the' other hand the con tinuance of a-uicc, and the frugality of government Lav rendered unnecessary any oppressive taxes, tending ma. " terially to enhance (lie price of labour, or impeding any pecies of industry. f., :r , ,, , .... , No cause indeed has perhaps more promoted, in evert respect, .Uie genOel prosperity of the United States.thsii ' die absence of Uiose .ystems of internal restriction nd monopoly which continue to disfigure the tate of soc ttty in oher countries. . No laws exist here, directly er intll. recti, confiiung man to a particular sorcupation of place, . a a a, - -r - i a jy aw aa aua M wa fUi.vUUUMM aaV.Vf 1 he principal American manufactures are those of shot . of excluding any cjtixen from anv branch he nuv at an A ri..,i nr.k. c. -i . . . . .. . 1-: " ' . y . . j - j kiuo uiuik proper topursue. industry is in every rcsiect peifectiy free an unfettered every species of trade, cum. merce, art; profession and manufacture being tqitally opened to all, without requiring any previou regolar'ap. prentireship, admission or license. ? Hence theprogres if America has not iwen confined to the improvement of lier agriculture, and to the rapid formation of new settle menu and state in Uie wilderness i hut lier citizens hare extended thcircommerce through every part of the globe, and carry oh with complete success, even those branclte for which a monopoly had heretofore been consi Jered es sentially necessary. - .The name principle haJso acce!'--rated the introduction and progress of manufacture., y X must ultimately give iiuhat branch, as in all others, de cided superiority to the eitiaens of the United State, over :he inhabitants of countries oppressed by taxes, resino uva uiv,iwjuiit;a. . u is oeiievea tnai even at una itnv and colour of lead. Of Uie first, there are two cstablisli- ments on a large cale at Philadelphia, and another in Louisiana, which are more thai, sufficient to sunnlv Uie whole demand, stated at six hundred ton a year. Five hundred and aixty ton of red and white lead, litharev. and some otiier preparations of that metal, are mude in Philadelphia alone. A rcjieal of the duty of one cent per pound on lead, and an equalization of that on the maim. tacturc ot lead, bycliargtng them all with the two cents per pound lata on wtnte and red lead, is asked by the '?. nuiiicturers. - Various other paint and colour are also prepared in rk-.i...i..i..i.:- ,. i uuaucipiua, ui auiuc oiuer places. . , , ,4. TIN, JAPAXED, PLATED WARES. . The manufacture of tin wai-e is vei-y extensive.' and Connecticut supplies Uie greater part of the Uiuted ttates wiin tnataruciei nut tne sheets are alway imported. lie manuiacture oi plated ware, principal v for coarh maker and aatldlers, employs at Philadelphia 73 work men j and Uie amount annually made tliere exceeds one hundred thousand dollars. There are other similar e. lablishmenu at New-York, Baltimore, Boston and Charles- ion. , , GUN-POWDER, , ' Saltpetre is found in Virtrinia. Kentuckv and im mUr of the western states and territories j but it ia principalK imiwilAmll..V..,I.J:-. 11 r L . u)i v.t Hum ins uat-ii iimic,. a ne manufacture Ol tiun Powder is nearly, and may at any moment be made aim. jether adequate to Uie consumption j Uie importation of loreign powaer amouiiung only to woooe lbs. and the ex portation of American powder to 1 00,000 lbi. The manu facture of Brandywine, which employs a capital of seven. ty-five Uioucanddoll .1 , and 36 Workmen, and is considt r. edasthe rqot perfect, makes alone 235,ooolhs. annual lyi" and might make 600,000 pounds, if there wa a demand for it. Two other, near Baltimore, have a capital of one hundred thousand dollar, and make 45o.ooo lbs. of a nun. lity said lately to be equal to any imported. There arc several other powder mills in Pennsylvania, and other place i but the total amount of gun powder made iii the uiuicu oiat.es is not asccrcainea. EARTHEN AND GLASS WAKE. A sufficient quantity of the coai-ser species of notteea- made every where 1 and information ha. been rereiveil f tour manufactures ot a finer kind lately established. One at Pluladclphia, with a capital g 11 ,000,, mantifactwrea a species similar to that made in Staffordshire hrEnglund, and the others, in Chester county in Pennsylvania, in KeV Jersey, and on the Ohio, make various kinds of Queen wai-e. w . . ,. Information ha beer obtained of ten e-lass maniifae. tnre,Wjiich employ about 140 glass blower, and make annually 27,ooo boxe of window glass, containing each loo square feet of glass. That of Boston make crown glass equal to any imported all the others make irreen. or German gla, worth 15 per centum les tt jiat of Pitt. ourjru uses coaa, ana ait tne others wood for fuel, t . The annual importations of forfeiirn window a-laaa ... n, 1 , . .1. . if. . U 4(1 aUOU uuie, ! ture, which suppl being prevented I some of those the only powerful obstacle against wliich Americas Mam ftciurc h ive to struggle, arise from the vastly stiperiour capital of die first manufacturing nation of Europe, which cuauies uei-mercnant to give very long credits, to enon small profits, and to make occasional sacrifices. . The information which has been obtained i not sumdent to submit, in conformity wiUi Uie resolution of the House, the plan best calculated to protect and promote American manufactures The most obvious mean are bounties, ia- '' creased dutiea on importation, and loans by Government - Occasional premium s might be beneficial 1 but a general ' system of bounties is more applicable to article exported ; than to tliose manufactured for home consumption. . . ' The present system of dutie may, in some irspeets, s be equalized and improved, so as to 'nrntect some oecje 1 of manufacture without afiecting the revenue. But pro- t juratory duuis are liable to the treble objection of destroy- ing competition, of taxing the consumer, and of divert ing csipital and industry into channels rentrallv less pro- i fitable to Uie nation than Uose which would have natural- r ly been pursued by individual interest left to itself. A moderate increase will be less dangerous, and if adopted should be continued during a certain period 1 Ifbr Uie re peal of a duty once laid materially injure Uiose who have relied on it permanency, as ha been exemplified in the -alt manufacture. ' ' - ince, however, the comparative want of capital iitie principal obstacle to Uie introduction and advancement of " manufactures in America, it r em Uiat Uie niost efficient and most obvious remedy would consist in upplving that capital. For although' the extension of bank may give some assistance in Uiat reanert. the! Alteration ia limited ' to a few places, nor tloe it comport with the nature of, uiose institutions to lend tor periods a long as are requi site Xor the establishment of, manufactures. The United ' S,tate might create a circulating stock, bearing'a low rate of interest, and, lend,' it atparto maliufacturers, e principle Somewhat 'similar to that former! v adopted bf the states of New, York and Pennsylvania in their ha f fir. It it believed that a plan might be devised by which.' , five million of dollar a vear. but not exceeding ill th . whole twenty million, he thu lent, without any material Russian iron ha been felt i ome of the slitting and roll, I glass jilower, hay .,v ' ,"'.;'..''.. "'X, ,---. s -. .-.I s i and other ware . haye been lately erected aVPitt-burgb, and iTrHuury partm&'tfXfih, ItViX ;0 1 r it '-V' - .' t .' 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The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 17, 1810, edition 1
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