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BOSTON £*081.K 05CAY KOEHINQ. JAH. 22. 1372.ABOUT-HOME MATTERS.PUTS GLASS.A Hew Development of BlAHachiiaetti In-du8tryVliit to a PUte-iiUn Fee tor y at Leuoi Furnace- Observation» of a Poat Heporier, Etc,, Etc.rffobted fob tub boston tost.It is a generally admitted fact that, a* concerns themanufacturing interests of this country, this good ol 1 j Commonwealth of Massachusetts has stood first. This portion of the United States is, by its natural advantages, compelled to look to manufactures as its chief means of advancement, though depending in a measure upon agriculture as one resource of general | improvement. Yet in this hard,' rocky soil it is i not surprising that this industry of ours should j not be as successful an undertaking as it j is in the western portions of our country, | where the broad acres, teeming prairies and rich lands bni g forth abundant harvests. Again, in this up and | down hill country we have what mar be called a com- ? peusat’on of nature in the many waterfalls which are : scattered here and there throughout New England , and which are speed»ly made use of for manufacturing purposes. In this State capital has been invested in many and varied manufacturing interests, and no people are more quick to perceive the feasibility of new operations and the possibilities of industrial lt;1 erelop-J iLcnt than our own. In his recent speech in Congress i Mr Dawes gave an illustration of this fact by a simple allusion to a comparatively recent enterprise in this State, no less than the manufacture ol plate glass near his own town which has been made remunerative by the projectors, and competes successfully with the work oi foreign factories. In the vicinity of Pittsfield, j within a lew years, this new manufacturing interest has grown up, and though not as yet fully developed, has reached such a stage of advancement that it ha? become a matter of general observation and i iucreas-j mg its facilities every year. This interest is the
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Jan 22, 1872
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