Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-12-27

relied on, than foreign market. HOw>
ever, plausible this may appear at first
view, apprehend it will nor bear the
test Of critical investigation. The man
ufactuFers who are to consume our
breadstufS and other staples,do not nun.
ber more than half a million. Suppose
the number should be doubled, under the
favorable auspices Of the protective polls
cY, what amount ofthe great staples Of
the west would they consumer The
west could not hope to mOnOpOllZe the
whole market. The agriculurists in the
northern and middle States would supply
this demand,at least to considerable ex
tent, if not entirely. The west, there.
fore, could not hope TO find a market in
that quater, under the most favorable as.
pect Of trade, for more than three or four
millions of bushels of wheat. To supply
I this northern market, the five great wesr
tern States, aud two Territories, embra.
cling region Of country unsurpassed by
any OF her portion ofthe globe, of similar
extent, in its capacity to furnish bread
stulfs, would come in competition. This
vast region of country,ina few years, will
be able to export, annually, sixty millions
of bushels of wheat alone. Should the
west be able to sell TO the northern man.
ufacturers, even ten millions annually,
where will the remaining fifty millions
find market? 1t must seek Tor an out
let in the south, and foreign countries.-
The idea, therefore, of building up a
home market for the vast productions of
the west, is, in my judgment, visionary
in the exueme We want the market of
the world for our productions; snd that
policy that has a tendency 10 cut off our
foreign trade, and exclude our staples
from the foreign market, is hostile to our
true interests. If in seeking TO build up
the home, we would lose the forign mar
ket we would find but little to console
us, in the increased price Of the articles
we consume, caused by high protect
ivo tariff. In adopting The protective pol.
icy, we should look at the prospective. as
we'll as the present bearing such meas
uro will have on our trade and commerce.
A lucrative trade, and interchange Of
commodities, when once sacrificed un-
der mistaken policy, may not readily be
regained. A large amount of the wheat
of Ohio and Michigan has found its way
to England, through the Canadas, within
the last few years, by paying mere nomln-
nj duties. This is an important trade now
TO the agricultural interest of Ohio, and,
under favorable commercial regulations
between the United States and Great
Britain, would greatly increase in magni,
tnde and importance. Yet this trade so
important to us, is in danger of being sa-
crifced to the protective policy.
Ifit be true, US is claimed by the South
land we have no reason to doubt it,)
that the protective tariff policy is hostile
to the great cotton growing interests of
that region, and if persisted in as the per
manent policy of the Government, must
PROSTATE it, it becomes important for us
ofthe west to inquire what effect the de-
struction or depression OF that interest
would have on our own trade, and the
general prosperity ofthe country. The
COTTON planters of the South purchase,
annually, large amount of our staple
commodities, and are our consumers
Should they be compelled, by the policy
of the Government, to abandon or dlmn'
ish the cotton growing business and turn
their attention to the cultivation of the
same staples we produce, instead OF pur~
chasing our productions and being our
consumers, they would become our ri.
walls. AMI our market IN that quarter would
be entirely destroyed. But the cotton
growing interest of the South is great
national interst, and is one of the princi'
nal sources of our national wealth. II
cannot be destroyed or crippled without
affecting. to great extent, our national
wealth and prosperity. Our cotton ex'
ports in 1910 amounted, | believe to
npwsrds of sixty millions; and, in former
veprs. it had been still greater. The idea
Of creating home market for this great
sIanle cannot be realized. Tbs manu-
Iacturers of this country consume about
three hundred thousand bales, while the
aggregate annual production is about two
, millions. 1t is obvious, therefore, that in
: relation to cottonas we'll ds wheat, we
are deeply interested in having foreign
, market, and that any policy that would
: have a tendency to cut off the foreign
market would be preiudicial TO our nation
, al wealth, and materially affect the gram
growing region Of the West. =,
n We Sre alike interested in the growth
\ and prosperity Of the manufacturing n
1oroI,, nf Tho North and the planting in
teres. of the South Both these great IN
n terest, purchase, to some extent gu
It productions. Their ability to purchase
e from us depends on the success an
o prosperity of :heir business. Holding tn
t. balance Of power, as We of the west q
Is between these two interests, we shoul
IF so exercise it as to sustain both, and nc
a prOstrate either the one or the other :