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I'OL. HI. *9 81 IV.fP.D WEEKLY nr JOHN HODGE. CONDITIONS. l*i TUa Annua! vibHcrip;ion will be TiytEß dulj.aks, half in advance. , * $4. Subscribers living out of the Stare will par the adiote subscription upon the deliver/ of tii© fust number. > SI. Xt Subscript ion i w ; .M be metveri for less thin one year; an l no paper biiuil dis count*, mvl until arrearage'. are jidid. 4th. A Ivertisetie its wifi lie iuierred* at the Customary lares. VO’ Letters addressed to the Koi ne must le post paid • ruoM ra sc natio « At. it* oisrica^ , ‘flu? rapid orogre* 1 * of dmvitsiia mn- MfaetMtes, within a few years, in woollen and cotton goods is astonishing.* The Amencm patriot will w ft with in terest and delight as the surest mca.’H of enriching the country an<foJMfeu>i'ti» independence, when r*>e mamlfactitre t>f these mdivpensib! j ar.icles of shall hsve extruded in a decree*’ i;;j nil to the demand for home consumption It has been stated'to one of the corn -otitte.':.i of OptlgffcSM, {firing the ptw'd* * For an account of the increase of onr cotton manufactures see the report of the committee of commerce and man ufactures, published in our 4th number pege 50. by which it appears tint in the *hort space of fifteen years they have increased from 500 to 90 000 bales ■> per annum. The rrlative proportion be tween the two extremes is as one to 180. In the first five years, from *&QO .to 3805, when Commerce was unrestric ted, the increase wr> on « to i\y » i the next five years, f > n 1805 to 1810, when commerce -mierrup eu . ‘ Kngh*h orders m counc !, French de trees, and embargo, the increase was i as one rote 133.) to 3315 inclu ding a period of warof two years and eight months, it was as one *o nine. It is there stated |hat a capital of forty millions of cloyars are now vested whicn give employment to sixty six thousand vromen and children ; and twenty .four thousand boys, under seventeen years ©f age. These 90-,000 persons are put into employment, and become useful members of the community- ‘ i For some account o r our woollen manufactures see Cox’s statistical tabies \of the manufactures of the United States, publish *d under authority, .from the secretary of the treasury. It is there stated that in fourteen slates and three «• territories in 1810, the only ones from which returnes were made, there; were manufactured in families 9 5 52ii,i06 yards of woollen cloth and in twenty four manufactories 71,026 yards, making an aggregate of nine million Joe hundred and ninety-rune thousand) two hundred <J? , ninety-two yards- From the official returns made in that year there were 431 iuli blooded merino. 6.133 mixed bloods 759 broad tailed, and 726,330 common sntrtp-—• in ail 1,564>652. Hut the returns* of -thtep are only from five states and one territory, and very imperfect irom r those, for in tance .• no return of sheep whatever was made from the state of jNcw York ,* but it appears there is man ufaciuied in families in that state not less than 3,257.8 1 2 yards of woollen cloth in one year—nor was there any. retutn of* merinos from Connecticut, l although from the flock of general Hum l |>hfeys alone many thousands had been derived. M lt is believed front the facts i staled, and considerations suggested on the subject of wool,” says Mr. Cox that <l the supply of 1812, does not full short ©f * twenty to twenty-two njillioas of pounds. Not only have sheep been multiplied, but their fleeces huve been h increased in weight and much better preserved. Avery few years must in !■ crease our wool to forty, fifty or sixty I millions of pounds, when the exporta tion of woollens must take piacc-i-for Kjs not doubted that our house*wives, other manutactures and machinery will >. continue fas they have for many years J Bto make up all the woc4 uUi’ sheep will i’yields 1 ic. Reg, A 7 HENS, 7 HUE SI) AJUNE 1 3 , 1816 session, that there were five hundred the lisa fid sr>ind!el in the U- States, em ployed in spinning cotton I do not recollect that the number employed in wool has been mentioned—but it must be considerable. Cloths and kersey mires of domestic fabric, pud superior CjitfiHly, are to be met with in almo-it e very store throughout the country, for s-ale at prices at least as cheap as those; of like quality imported from abroad The government appear* disposed to afford protection to these establishments and it may be hoped that a full supply of woollen and cotton goods rimy at no rerhoie period, be derived from our o s wn looms. The best tr formed on this sub a"c of opinion, that under complete pro tection from fofeig i competition, four* or five years wo ild be sufficient to en able our manufactures to meet fully | the home demand ; and that ttps might ! be done without any sensible subilucuon from the labour of the field as the work is performed in a great measure by ‘machinery, and the labor of women and children. Our country abounds with the raw n>atcri;.ls for these manufactures ; ma chinery to a considerable extent is al ready employed on them ; and cohsid V erable knowledge of the subject has been acquired by many of our c.iizens. It is probable that about thirty mil lions of dollars is annually imported in , to the United States, in w *ollen and cotton labr es ; now if these articles were made in this country it would pro duce the -most ‘beneficial i- suits* A sa ving of at least tbiriy mdliocis m! dot Vr > annually, from the use of ina•■!«. lery 1 and the labour of won n and cb klcen. and agriculture of commerce would not be interrupted pr diminished by -it. ! is said that in the steam works in B.d i more, belonging to Messrs. Robert be Alexander McK.ii)i where *OO persons ar • employe J in carding Sad sptnn n * hi t.on, there is but one man employed ‘about fifteen /women* and eignty or ninety female children, from 8 to 12 or fS ve rs of age. These i arn infm m and manufacture about 27 j bales of raw cot ton in the year averaging three bun dred pounds per-bfc!e, making au aggre gate oi 82,500 pounds, or 825 pounds each. Grpst benefit would result from having the capitalthus efcrvpicyed at home—our citizens would rec /ve the price of these suppl es ; cud, after they are paid tor, the money would <still be iij the country, passing from hand to hand, diffusing life and activity through every branch of our industry, j and what is si'll more important, u< would stop that drain of specie from the conn try that has destroyed our circulating medium. A treasury report to congress, at the present session shews au excess of im ports beyond the amount of our entire ex ports for the last year, of upwa ds of seventeen millions of dollars ; our spe c;\ as far as it could be procured, has beeri sent out of the country to di.sch ?y e tit balar ce due abroad—-this h; 8 des troyed our medium of trader-deranged every kind of business—and leave> ih j industry of the present .year, mortgaged for the debts of the past—to the amount of seventeen millions of a fatal error, to purchase from foreign nations, more than we have so. sell to them it is sure to involve the country in poverty and distress ; and a country that has no guards against this evil, leaves its destiny at the disposal of its ; worst enemies. Such has been our case, but congress has now taken up the subject, and a remedy may be hoped for. If manufacturing had been encoura ged at home, by wholesome restraints’ on the importation of foreign fabrics, our situation for the last year, would probably have been nearly as follows ; We should have furnished our own sup plies of woollen and Cotton- goods, js*-/n --cipaily by the aid of machinery, and the labour of women and children* This would have amounted to about thirty millions of dollars; and would have been a nett saving to the country to that amount \ no other branch of our industry would have suffered by it—no thing would have been given in exchange ior it—it would have arisen from* the 1 use of machinery, and brought iato sc- tfon a species of labour, hitherto in a gieat measure without employ.—.By this coarse we should have avoided the expense of 30,000 000 dollars in the cost of goods purchased from foreign \ nations, and consequently have left the exports of the year to that amount less incumbered. In this event, having thirty millions less to pay abroad instead of a balance of seventeen due abroad, beyond the entire product of our sur plus produce, we should have bad a ba- j lance due us from abroad, probably of twenty six millions of dollars, for the excess of our exports over our imports —and instead of a drain of specie, we would have had an influx of theprecious metals .* and our paper medium thereby supported in credit and useful ness,. In tiie course we pur ued we lust by the la t year’s industry, seventeen mil-1 lions of dollars* By manufacturing our j own supples of woollen and cotton j goods we would have gained twenty six millions This difference then between loosing seventeen millions and gaining twenty-six millions, is forty-three mtl- Tons of dollars* gained by manufacturing these supplies, without taking into ac* count the benefit that would restilt to i the country, u from distributing thirty j uinions of dollars am dog our own citi- i Zens for the supplies, instead of sending j it to foreign nations* > The sums here taken, excepting,’ the ; unfavorable balance on the last year’s trade, are conjectural, and the difference in Javour of munujacturing our may be overrated s out if it should a- j mount to only ope half the sum here j-tated, it would make a most important change in the circumstances .of the country. it may be objected to this scheme of manujac luring our supplies that it cannot he earned into effect without measures nearly equal to an exclusion of foreign goods oi tne kinds to be manufactured., at home j and in that event the manu* lecturer would txiort unreasonable pri ces. T his is an oojeciibn in some me a s re well founded, but it ought not to go for more than it is worth ; and al lowing to it its greatest weight, it is not au insupeiable objection ; we must ei ther manufacture our clothing, or pro duce it horn other countries;,and in ei ther case the objection will meet us, but with mure than double forte* it we rely on foreign countries lor necessary supplies. VV believer commerce is disturbed by war, the price ot goods imported liorn abroad will be enhanced ; we have seen tiiem at three or four times their usual pi icpfjdfyears from this cause; and as.often as our comjiierce on the ooeap, shall be disturbed by war, this evil will reclir if we continue to rely on foreign supplies j but if we manufacture for ourselv.es, It can happen but onCe* VV hen manufactories are established ni exient equal tp the supply df our wai.ts, the evil will cease, aod cannot recur ; a competition tor the market will keep the p;ioes moderate, so Uiiat whatever toice there may be in this objection, it bcais much more powerfully against re ly nig on foreign countries for supplies, tuan against making them at home. It will also be objected that tne mea sures necessary to the introduction of home manuiactures, would lead ( to smuglmg, and destroy the morals of our people. This top has some weight, it lies also against all duties and restric tions on imports for the support of the tiea'iury : but shall this objection be al* mwed to deprive nation of an an nual benefit of forty t iree millions of dollars The individual that would al low it such weight, in the management oi his private concerns, would be thought a fit tenant for a mad house. Many other objections oi [some weight might be against manufacturing our supplies of clothing at home. But when put in competition with the benefit to be deri ved from it by the nation, and by indi viduals, they will deserve but little con sideration. It would be a most desirable object it some eligible mode could be adapted, of keeping our imports within the a mount of our exports, or of extending exports, so as fairly to Countervail our imports. Without this we will always be subject to occasional drawing of spe cie, that Will fender e'urj circulating 1 medium ffuctyfeting and insecure ; and no mode appears more likely to secure this object, than such measures as will insure the manufacture of a cnnsiderbie portion of our supplies at hotpe On this subject we probably might borrow principals of action from jEngland with advantage—the leading |maxim r.f her internal policy is, to permi’ the con su nation of nothing ip the counity, that she»an make at home, or do without. So strictly has she adhered to this prin ciple, that she wil| not permit tie use, even of foreign bread stuffs, until the price has risen to a point that threatens starvation. But she encourages expor tation and'naanufactorers to the utmost extent in her power, by bounties, draw* baciis and debentures /. and the wisdom of this course is evinced.bv the increase of that wealth and which has accured to the nation from rt. W.e have b es* 1 inclined to follow the footsteps of ‘that nation, in mdny branches, of her inter nal policy : and why we should differ from her in this particular, is not t-asy to be accounted for, reconciled with the public interests of the country. A_ nationdoes not prosper so much bybuying cheap bargains, as by selling much and buying little ; and a nation that contin ues to buy more it sells, although it, gels great bargains in all it buys, will soon be involved in misery and distress. This is mentioned to rebut an argu ment in favour of unrestrained impor tations founded on the idea of the coun try procuring cheap supplies—supplies are now 1 cheap, if we regard only the money paid tor them ; but when all cir cumstances are considered, it is believ ed We are paying very dearly for this nominal cheapness* * J ■ ’•, T- ■■ ” Lexington, Ken* May 8* Tho manufacturing establishment in and near this town, have reached an eminence which ensures their perma nent prosperity and usefulness. The Lexington woollen manufactory, owned Messrs. Prentiss’s & Cos. and Mr. San derr's cotton and woolen manufactory, are in succesful operation, besides nu-, merous othef establishmehts, on a smal ler of cotton, hemp, &c. We understand that at Mr. ganders’* about 150 hanjds are employed, who produce in manufactured articles the value 175. dollars per- day, or 1050 dqllars per ‘ week consisting of cotton yarns* sheeting, shirting , bed tickihg i counterpanes , table cloths i thambraySi casinetts, sattinets snd woollen cords, &c, *r|L'•‘Hr V Til - - v - jfe •''s*/ ‘ :,r At the Lexington woollen factory are manufactured broad cloths, casstmeres , flannels , and blankets—‘lso hands are employed ; and it has also a steam pa per mill connected with it which pro duces that articly of very superior qual ity ; a general supply, both of wiring and printing, is always op hand An other steem paper mill in the vicinity owned by Messrs. Stephens, Dullam and Cos. is also under good management and rivals the best establishments of the kindin the United States. The three steam mills for the manufacture of dour and corn meal are so T extensive as to en sure a constant supply of those articles for our own and other markets. ’ V The people at large will be much ben-, efiled by these institutions ; and the cit izens ofthis town snd heighbourhood. have reason to be proud of them. We rejoice at their success—and hope they will be supported by our fellow citizens generally, as they regard ttte wealth and prosperity of the Whole state. The, patriotic gentlemen concerned in erect ing them, deserve the highest praise for the enterprize and perseverance , which they have displayed in surmount ing The numerous difficulties they have had to contend with. We expect soon to be enabled to pre sent the public with .a more complete view of the manufacturing establishment of this town ; which we are persuaded will shew that we progress in works conducing to the general prosperity and real independence of our country as fust as any other town in the United Stales* NO. 16