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Give to Ireland the machine shop and the factory, and she will 
speedily settle the question of her independence. These are kept 
from her now to prolong her vassalage. 
Multiplying our industries would speedily 
INCREASE THE WEALTH OF THE STATE. 
This result would be accomplished, as already indicated, by 
giving employment to a greater number of persons. Each hand 
directed to new toil would contribute something to the aggregate 
wealth. 
New markets would be opened near the place of production ; 
enhanced prices would be realized, and much time saved in dis¬ 
posing of commodities. 
Opening a manufacturing estabishment in any portion of the 
country gives at once increased value to land. Not only house 
lots, but farms in the vicinity frequently double in value in a 
single year. 
New opportunities for investment would be offered to men of 
moderate means, and thus a larger amount of money become pro¬ 
ductive. 
Capital would come from other states and probably from other 
countries, and the wealth of the millionaire become subservient to 
the wants of the laborer. 
A more prolific source of gain would be found in transmitting 
our raw materials Into wealth. Minerals and water power are 
worthless till they are used. The aboriginal inhabitants of this 
country possessed its boundless resources as truly as we do, yet 
they were as poor and dependent as the animals that roamed 
through the forests. It is intelligent labor alone that transforms 
minerals, timber and water power into gold. “ The material of 
wealth becomes wealth by the intervention of some act of our in¬ 
telligent being.” Wealth, then, will be in proportion to intelli¬ 
gent industry. 
How did Great Britain gain her ascendency over the nations? 
Not by force of arms, or by diplomacy, but through the benefits of 
skilled labor. By this agency she has converted almost worthless 
raw material into articles of great value, not only for herself, but 
for all the nations of the world. The power of her machinery 
