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different establishments noAv in operation. An excellent specimen of this 

 manufacture was on exhibition by Messrs. Turton & Sercomb, of Mil- 

 waukee, at the late State Fair. We allude specifically to these mechani- 

 cal productions, because we suppose they indicate, as much as any par- 

 ticular instances can, the capacity and the advancement of the mechani- 

 cal skill of the country. The greatest deficiency in the'manufacturing 

 departments of our State, with the least prospect of the deficiency being 

 soon adequately filled, appears to me to be in the manufacture of every 

 kind of cloth fabrics. I will not undertake to speculate upon the causes 

 of this deficiency in a class of manufactures so intimately connected with 

 the every-day necessities of the country, and the absence of which occi- 

 sions such a constant and heavy drain of money from our State. We 

 can but hope that inducements may appear for investment in this direc- 

 tion, and that facilities may be put in operation for the manufacture of 

 the increasin:^ amount of raw material raised within our borders. 



The hard times with our farmers for the last few years, have had a 

 tendency, very much, to depress all branches, but the change within the 

 last year, in crops and prices, is having a marked effect in stimulating 

 mechanical industry. We see hope arising, and the anticipations and 

 calculations of the mechanic enlarging. In this, we trust, there is per- 

 manency, which will insure to the mechanical and manufacturing interests, 

 a great advance in our State for a few years to come. We not only hope 

 to see those branches, already established, advanced, but there are many 

 manufactures for which the State pays heavily to other countries, 

 the manufacture of which we hope to see established among us ; and 

 trust, that as our agricultural interests flourish, we shall see the whole 

 list of manufacturing occupations, capable of being introduced among us, 

 filled up, and adequate, at least, to meet the wants of the State. In spite 

 of any notions of political economy, which may militate against it, we 

 cannot help supposing, with our superficial views, that it is best for a 

 country to raise its own fruit, to make its own cheese, and manufacture, 

 as far as possible, all its necessaries in implements, machines, and fabrics. 

 Our ideal of a great and prosperous country, combines the picture of 

 towns and villages interspersed here and there, merry with the anvil's 

 ring, the hammer's resound, and the general hum of industry, their 

 domes "glittering in the sun," and spires to heaven pointing; while 

 agriculture weaves around its broad belt of well tilled fields, and displays 

 its abundant crops and smiling herds, and rears its happy homes. In 



