Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-11-03


most valuable. A market in a manufacturing district is
always Than any other. The demand il coss-
slant and may always be relied upor, whereas Eregn
market will always be uncertain Suppose for example,
that The Western States had nndred thousand has-
rrs of flour dispose of annually and they looked h.
Great Britain laf market that market would drpeAk
npon the crops IN Europe. When the crop goud on
the continent, England would wantbnt fifty thousand bar
rcls and when the crop Short she would want one
hundred aud fifty thousand Though her demand w0slA
amount TO ole hundred ihonsand ln,fcs year uroa
aycragc.yel IL would nnc,uaic from fiy to one hun
lred aud iily thousand. L pdrr these circumstances
hc tarne could make n, Calculation how much heat
This uncertainty. depending upon contingencies
which he could not possibly ores,e. would hang like
incubus about his neck AND paralyze his efforts.
Bu, lei the West depend upon home market. esea-
ted by manufactures, and ihe farmer c1lceate with
great certainty lie knoNs thai there 10000 prr-
sons employed IN manufactures, and thai they will WANT
barrel oi flour oaeh aud he knows that liz cf,ts on
The Eastern continent will have little or no connexnu
with The demand hero. Under these circumstances he
knows with good degree olcertanly how much SOW;
and having certainty OF market. his industry will
nduube, and he will realize greater profits FROM hs IA
hor. Every practical man knows that much depends
npon the certainty of the marhot and from, this glance
NJ the subject, can be so blind ~ sec that
the home market Is more sure ihan the iucipn.
l his ~ the difference between iulclgn and home
market III meoi peace. And how il it in time Of wari
Why. In thu event, the homo market Is the only mar
maritime Power, like ,ha Of Great Britain, whether our
comueren was with her any oiher foreign nation, IL
would BE- great degree cut III, that The foreign mar
lol would fail From This glance al HE subject, it will
he seen that home market must. after all be the main
lor the Iaimerh his only rclancc--his
only abiding hope.
The West, then, have ma great m interest M the
East in the subject before The ecapness Of the sNrs-
tern land. aud The fertility of their soil, will enable them
10 produce the great staples Of meat and grain alm~t
any amount All that they want is market for their
produce. Give them this; and there is no'hing I'M
Icdc ,lrlr prosperity Fnm the facts We have prese IT,
ted on this point II will be that the gcnilenan
from Indiana (Alr kcnnod, spoke wiihuu, due knew
ledge Wien lie said that ho cs had M interest in tho
subject, and that home market was nothing 10 them
The ae is, the West have direct interest in this sub
get II is 10 ~ purpose that her soil is ertilc and
that she can produce cuong 10 supply continent. ii size
has no market h,r produce would hot upon her hands.
The manu- IA curing districts furnish her with her Mst
nnrLct and she should cherish item the apple If her
eye. The products OF agriculture receive n protection
As great a. manufactured articles. Most oi the ducs
are specific. aud II IL difficult 10 say what they would
bo per cent ad yalorem. as the prices arc con
staU'ly varying. ! have takcua few articles which,
nrc protected and east the ad yalor,n duty aud tho
following is the result;
Cotton, 3ecofaper pourd, equal 10 3S per cent ad