The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . robjections, arising from the centripetal agency of such establishmentsin attracting around them the necessary operatives, always consti-tuting a population more or less numerous. As this population issolely dependent upon the lord of the loom, it is liable to be THE LIMESTONE REGION. 45 thrown into idleness at his whim or caprice, and thus a general de-preciation of their condition and prospects ensues, while frequentlyindustrious and virtuous families are expo
The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . robjections, arising from the centripetal agency of such establishmentsin attracting around them the necessary operatives, always consti-tuting a population more or less numerous. As this population issolely dependent upon the lord of the loom, it is liable to be THE LIMESTONE REGION. 45 thrown into idleness at his whim or caprice, and thus a general de-preciation of their condition and prospects ensues, while frequentlyindustrious and virtuous families are exposed to want and is not only degraded by such means, but it is robbed of its justreward, and, as a natural consequence, children of both sexes aredriven, by the necessities of their condition, into the factory, wherethey earn a bare subsistence at the same time that they secure pre-mature graves. It is impossible to contemplate the condition of theseoperatives without arriving at the conclusion that there is somethingmorally wrong in the system, as well as socially inconsistent withthe spirit of our ANTHRACITE FURNACE ABOVE MANAYtJNK. A short distance above Manayunk is one of the most extensiveanthracite furnaces in Pennsylvania. It is situated on the east bankof the Schuylkill, and presents a spirited scene when viewed from theReading Railroad, on the opposite side of the river, especially in theevening, when the flames issue from the chimneys illuminating thewhole establishment in their red glare. These works have been inoperation for several years, notwithstanding the recent depression ofthe iron market, which prostrated a large number of furnaces in thevalley of the Schuylkill. As we shall elsewhere make some remarksin reference to the manufacture of iron, we must forbear touchingupon that point in this connection. With the exception of the natural scenery along the Schuylkill,there is little of interest or importance until we reach the great l
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