The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-05-19
TARIFF-PRorECTING HoMElNDUs

HOME INDUSTRY! A CAPTIVATING
NAMEl
Who is not 10 favor Of protecting home in
dusuyP Not one. 1t is our highest boast
tina, We are in favor Of protecting home lndus-
try" 10 what does home industry really con
sisti Look abroad over our thousand hills
and boundless plains. See the emlgrant cut'
ting down The trees, building his log cabin, aud
turning up the prairie, where golden barvestS
have slept ever since the food. There is home
industry" Look allhe farmer improving his
worn>oul fields, feeding his cattle. and taking
HE crops 10 market. There is home 4ndus-
try" Look at his wife and daughters cook
ing HE food. making his clothes, doing every
thing 10 save what he has earned, and giving
comfort to his habtation. Here is home in
dustry.
This class exceeds all others in society,
both in numbers and importance. II Is they
who give value to a country. Without them.
our widespread and fertile lands would be as
valueless as the deserts Of Arabia. Not
house would be buil, did they not feed the
builders. Not city or village would spring
into existence, or continue TO exist did they
not draw substance and wealth from the far
mers around them. No. ship floats whose
freight is not, 10 the frst instance, the product
ofhis toltfcr ofthe labor Of those whom he
feeds The lawyer, The doctor, the divine, the
mechanic, the seaman, the soldier, the PuoIIc
officer, the merchant, the banker, the broker,
the poet, the painter, the idler, and the knave,
are all fed from his hand, clothed. by hls toll.
The wealth Of The G,rards aud the iAetOrs is
the recumulat,OO of his industry; It Is he who
fills the treasures of states and nations, bulid
navies, and supports armies. Without him.
society cannot exist, and the world would be
surrendered,o few wandering savages.
His is the home industry which, above all
others, merits protection But what 'Protec-
ton does il obtain or ask; or what ls il possi.
BILE fdr Government TO gvea Does the emf
grant expect or ask the Government to cut
down the tree for HIM, or build his cabin, and
plough up the prairie? Does the farmer ex-
pect or ask the Government to build his fences
cultivate his fields, or cover them with manureE
Does he go to his Government and say, "My
land is poof; | can scarcely get living; beg
you for prolection-l beg you to impose tax
on the produce Of my eighbor's more produc.
tive lands, that my crops may sell higher. and
1may get rich?' Ifhe were 10 approach Con-
gress or the State Legislature with such Pc
ttion, he would be laughed to scorn. lie
would be told that be had himself chosen his
occupation, and selected his home; that he
must encounter The hazards Of the one and the
inconveniences ofthe other; that 1t would be
as unjust to lax his neighbors crope, 10 enable
him 10 cell his goods at higher price, as 1t
would be TO take his neigbbOr's sPropery With
out consideration, and give 1t to him.
"HoME 1NDUsTRYl" Ia the tariff vUcabua-
ry, this is phrase Of very limited meaning.
With slight excestous, it does not include the
great, Fundamental, and alf-pfevailng agr'cu'
,ural interest 10 the country. That is not meant
when we hear this cant phrase. Perhaps some
halter in a city does not make so much upon
the hats manufactured by himas he witbes,
and he petitions Congress TO make the farmer
pay higher price for hats for himself and fam
lly. Perhaps some tailor does not profit as
much as he desires upon articles OF clothing
mad, by him, and he petitions Congress TO
make farmers and all other classes pay more
for ready-made clothing. Perhaps some lron-
master does not make satisfactory income
from his mines and his forges, and forthwith
he petitions Congress TO make farmers pay
higher prices fot bis ploughs and hoes, bis ak :
es and crowbars, his staples and hs chains,
bis sickes and his scythes, his door latcbes
and hinges, his knives and forks, his pots and
kettles, and every item of iron or steel used by
HIM in his business. Perhaps the owners oil
large manufacturing establishment do mol
make satisfactory profits ontbeIr business; and
forthwith they petition Congress TO make the
farmer pay higher. prccs for his Goa, and was
coat, for his pantaIoons, for his bed clothes
and table cloths, for the clothing Of his wifi
and children, for every yard Of cotton, wollen
linen, hempen, or silk goods purchased TO
their comfort. Perhaps the glass maner wIst
es 10 increase his profits; and fortbv h he Pe'
lilious Congress 10 make every body pay
higher price for glass. So ofeyery other clas
ofmanufacturers and mechanics who meet II
our markets competition from abroad 10 in
crease the profits Of the salt makeS ever,
farmer must paw a higher price 10
the salt he puts upon bis meet or gives to bi
cattle. To increase the profits Of few suga
planters IN single State, the whole Union
made to pay higher price for sugar
And this is called protecting home indus
tryP The industry Of thousands is taxed I
swell he income ofOne; but he thousands ar
forgotten, and the one only remembered Be