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with the mention of a few well known establishments, all of 
which prove beyond a question the truth of our statements. 
Prominent among these are the Beliance Works of Milwaukee, 
conducted by E. P. Allis, which challenge comparison with any 
other establishment of the kind in the northwest, and of which 
every citizen should be proud. The shops of J. I. Case & Co., of 
Bacine, established in 1842, are now the largest, if not the best, 
manufactory of threshing machines in the world. Janesville is 
doing much to convert the raw material into the useful article. 
Kenosha, too, has its manufactories, giving life and energy to its 
inhabitants. Fond du Lac extensively makes its sash, doors and 
blinds. Oshkosh deafens you with the sound of its saw mills, 
while along the Fox are mills and machinery both important 
and useful. Beloit, with her iron, paper, wood, boot and shoe 
manufactories, has already risen to the proud eminence of the 
second manufacturing city in the state, and its education, moral 
culture and general intelligence is cheerfully admitted. 
Even Whitewater sends out the machine to scatter the seed 
broadcast, the reaper to cut the ripened grain, and the wagon to 
transport it. 
Such instances might be mentioned by the score, all showing 
the good effect socially, morally, intellectually and financially, to 
the towns and cities where they are located. 
To prove that manufacturing in Wisconsin pays, we have made 
the following rough estimate for the year 1873 : 
Probable number of establishments. 9,000 
Number of hands employed. 58,000 
Amount paid in wages..$18,000,000 
Cost of material. 62,000,000 
Value of products. 103,000,000 
Which, after deducting the enormous amount of 20 per cent, 
for incidental expenses, yet leaves nearly 25 percent, on the capi¬ 
tal invested. 
If the facts be as stated, we appeal to the educator and the in¬ 
ventor, nor will the appeal be in vain. The increasing desire for 
knowledge indicates not only the magnitude and importance of 
skilled labor, but a determination to be victorious in the strife. 
The untiring energy of the inventor is fast demonstrating that 
