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Volume X.}
, REPORT
or THE
Secretary of the Treasury
on
MANUFACTURES.
(continued.)
Paper and printing.
Some foreign paper is (till itnpor*
ted; but the greater part of the
coniumption is of American manu
facture : and it is believed that if
fufficient attention was every where
paid to the preservation of rags, a
quantity equal to the demand would
bt made in the United States. •'Pa
per mills are ere&ed in every part
ot the Union There are twenty
one in the (fates ot New Hatnp-
Ihire, Vermont, Rhode Island and
Delaware alone, and ten in only
five counties of the (fates of New-
York and Maryland. Eleven of
thole mills employ a capital of two
hundred thoutand dollars, and 180
workmen, and make annually 150,
000 dollars worth of paper.
Printing is carried on to an ex
tent comineniurate with the de
mand. Exclusively of the numer
ous newspapers which alone form
a confulerabie item in value, all the
books for which there is an ade
quate number of porchafcr* are
printed in the U. Stares. But fut
fi'*h-rt data have n<>t been obtained
to (ortn an eftfmate of the annual
aggregate value of the paper made,
printing and book-bind
-1 ted m the United Stares,
what may be inferred
population. The manu
factures of hanging paper,, and of
playing cards are a 110 extensive; &
that of printing types, of which
there are two establishments, the
principal at Philadelphia, and ano
ther at Baltimore, was fully ade
quate to the demand, but has lately
been afteded by the want of regu
lus of ant mony.
Manufactures of Hemp.
The annual importations of for
eign hemp amounted to 6,200 tons.
But the interruption of commerce
has greatly promoted the cultiva
tion of that article in Maflachufetts,
New-York, Kentucky and several
other places; and it is believed that
a fufficient quantity will in a (hort
time produced in the U. States.
The manufacture of ropes, ca
bles, and cordage of every deferip
tiun may be considered as equal to
jhe demand, the exportations of
American manufacture for 1806
and 1807 having exceeded the av
erage of 6 500 quintals, and the
importations from foreign ports
having fallen (hort of 4,200 ditto.
Exclusively of the rope walks in
all the leaports, there are fifteen in
Kentucky alone, which confutne a
bout one thousand tons of hemp a
Year; and fix new works were in a
tlate of preparation for the prelent
year.
The manufactures of fail duck
formerly eftabliihed in R. Island,
in Connecticut and at Salem, have
been abandoned or suspended part
ly on account of the high price of
hemp, and partly for want of capi
ta!. Some is (till made ; and the
MONITOR.
WASHINGTON, (Georgia) Printbd weekly for SARAH HILLHOUSE.
species of canvas commonly called
cotton bagging is now manufactur
ed in various places on an extensive
feale. An eftabliihrnent at Phila
delphia, employs eight looms, and
can make annually 17,000 yards of
duck or 45,000 of cotton bagging.
There are thirteen pianufactories in
Kentucky, and two in weft I'ennef
fee. The five at or near Lexing
ton, make anuually 250,000 yards
of duck and ctrton bagg : ng.
Spirituous and Malt Liquors.
The duty on licensed dills 2-
mounted in 1801 to 372,000, and
on account of omiflions might be
estimated at 450,000 dollars. As
the duty adually paid on the spirits
distilled in thole (tills, did not on
an average exceed five cents per
gallon, the quantity of spirits dis
tilled during that year from grain
and fruit (exclusively ol the large
gin didillcries in cijies) mud have
amounted to about 9,000,000 of
gallons, and may at present, the
manufacluritig having increased at
lead in the lame ratio as the popu
lation, be ellimated at twelve mil
liens o( gallons. To this tnuft be
added ab<'ut three millions ot gal
lons of gin-and rum distilled in ci
ties ; making an aggregate of fif
teen millions ot gallons.
The importation of foreign spi
rits are nevertheieis very consider
able, having amounted during tbe
year 1806 and 1807, to 9.750,000
gallons a year, and yielding a net
annual revnue to the U. States cf
2,865,000 dollars.
The quantity of malt liquors
made in the U S. is nearly equal
to their consumption.
The annual foreign importations
amount only to 185,000 gallons.
And the annual exportations of
Ameri an beer and cider, to 187,
000 gallons.
But the amount a&ually made
cannot becorredly dated. It has
been Paid that the breweries of Phi
ladelphia confirmed annually 150,
000 bufheSs of malt; and exclu
sively of the numerous establish
ments on a finalier feale, diiperfcd
throughout the country, extensive
breweries are known to exist in
New York and Baltimore.
From those data the aggregate
value ot ipirituous and malt liquors
annually made in the U. S. cannot
be eflimated at Ids than ten mil*
lions of dollars.
Iron and Manufactures of Iron .
The information received res
pecting that important branch is
very impeded. It is however well
known that iron ore abounds, and
that numerous furnaces and forges
are erected throughout the United
States. They supply a fufficient
quantity of hollow ware, and of
cadings of every description : but
about 4,500 tons ot bar iron are
annually imported from Russia,
and probably an equal quantity
from Swedenpnd England togeth
er. A vague efti mate dates the a
mount of bar iron annually uled
in the U. States, at fifty thousand
tons, which would leave about for
ty thousand for that of American
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1810.
tnanufa&ure. Although a greaf
proportion o( the ore found in Ver ;
manr, Penufylvznia, Maryland and
Virginia, be of a luperior quality,
arui .fome of rhe iron inanuta&ured
there equal to an) imported, it is
to be regretted that from the great
demand, and from want of proper
attention in the manula&ure, much
interior American iron is brought
to market. On that account, the
want of the ordinary supply of
Ruffian iron has been felt in fbnie
of the flitting and rolling mills.
Bit whilit a reduction of the duty
on Ruffian iron is asked from.fever
al quarters, it is generally stated
th*: a high o r prohibitory duty on
Engiifh L'#t, Ui£. r.JIeJ aud lhc-et ir
on woul<Pbe beneficial; that which
is usually imported on account nf
its cheapnsfs, being ma ( e with pL
coal, and oi a very inferior qualiry
The annual importations ot sheet
flit and hoop iron, amount to five
hundred anti sixty five tons ; and
the quantity rolled and flit in the
li. b. is eflimated at ft veil thousand
tons. In the slate ot Maflachufetts
alone, are found thirteen rolling &
ft rrirg nulls, in which about 3,500
t ns of bar iron principally front
R.::fia, art annually rolled or llit.
A portion atsJ lor sheet iron and
tail rod* lururou'hr nails; but
two thirds ol the whole quantity ot
bar iron flattened by machinery in
the U. Stales, is ufid in the ir.anu
fatture ot cut nails, which has now
extended throughout the whole
country, and being altogether an
American invention, fubflituting
machinery for manual labor, de
serves particular notice. The de
tails on that iubjtd will be found
in the communications (L)and (M)
—•and it will be fuiliuent here to
flute, that the annual produff of
that branch alone, may be eftirnat
ed at twelve hundred thousand dol
lars, and tha cxclufive ot the having
of fuel, the expenl’e cf manufa&ur
ing tut nails, is not one third part
ot that ot forging wrought nails.
About two hundredeighty tons
are already annually exported, but
the U. S. continue to import annu
ally more than fifteen hundred tons
of wrought nails and lpikes. An
increase ot duty on these, and a
drawback on the exportation of the
cut nails is generally afkedjor.
A confielerable quantity of hlif.
tered, and fome refined ftetl, are
made in America ; but the foreign
importations exceed 1,000 cwt. a
year.
l’he manufacture of iron consists
principally of agricultural imple
ments, and of ail the ufua! work
pertojmed by common blackfiniths
To these may be added anchors,
shovels and spades, axes, feythes,
and other edged tools, laws, bits
and (tirrups, and a great variety of
the coarler articles ot irontnonery ;
but cutlery and all the finer species
of hardware and of A eel work, are
almoil altogether imported from
Great Britain. Balis, (hells and
cannon of small calibre are cast in
several places ; and three founde
rics for calling solid, those oi the
[Payable half yearly.
largt ft calibre, together with the
proper machinery for tooting and
fimfhing them, are tflabhfheJ at
Cecil county, Maryland, near tbe
city ot Wafhiogton, and at Rich
mond, in Virginia ; each of the
two lalt may cast 300 pieces of ar
tillery a year, and a great number
ol iron and brass cannon are made
at that near the feat ot government.
Those of Philadelphia and near the
Hudson river, are not n>w employ
ed. it may be here ?. and J, rhit
there are several iron founm-ri ior
catling every species of wo. k want
ed for machinery, and that .tm
engines are made at that of Psi la
delphia.
At the two public ar'nouri.s of
Springfi !d and Harper’s, terry 19,
■ oon mulkcts are annually ma. e.
About twenty thouiand more ae
made at several factories, of which
rhe noil ported is said tc be ! .at
near New Haven, and which. U-b
the exception of rhat erected at
Richmond by the itate of Vi*gi i.i,
are all private eftabhftntenfs ——
Tliafe may it wanted, be tm.n Ji
ateiy enlarged, and do not in. ude
a number of guufmithsenpl \ and
in making rifles, and (even, ob'n-r
species of .rtns.— and p it
o!s are dllu iuanuiattured in sever
al place*.
Ahliough it is not pradicab .; :a
make a correct ftatsu.e .t of rhe va
lue of all the iron and manufactures
of iron, annually made in the U.
States, it is believed to be from
twelve t'> fifteen millions of dollars.
The annual importation from ail
foreign countries, including b*r i
ron, and every dcfcriptkm o. man
ufactures or iron or ileel, nrc etti*
mated at near four millions ol dol
lars’.
Copper and Brass.
Rich copper mines are found in
New Jerley, in Virginia, an I near
lake Superior ; but they ~re n t
now wrought, The principal 111:1*!-
ut.i£tures of that material, arc tlv.fe
of dills and otlier veflels ; but rh
copper in ducts and bolts is -.ilmoft
univerfaHy imported ; the onlv nu
nufatlure for that objecl, which is
at Boston, not receiving fufficient
encouragement, alth ugh a capi
tal of 25,000 dollars has been \ect
ed in a rolling mill and other ap
paratus The true realon is, that
those articles are imported free of
duty ; and the owners seem to he
principally employed in calling
bells and other article.
Zinc has lately been difeavered
in Pennfylvgnia; and there area
few manufactures of metal but
tons, and various brass wares.
Manufactures of Lead.
Lead is found in Virginia & fome
other places, but the richefl in; us
of thnt metal are found in Upper
■ Louifiatia, and affo.it is laid in s he
adjaceut country, on the eafl fide
of the Mifliflrppi. They are mt
yet wrought to th?* extent of which
they are susceptible, and after Inp
plyuig the wcflern country, do not
fumifh more than two hundred tons
annually to the Atlantic flaies.
The annual importations from
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