Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-05-31
TARIFF.-PROTECTlNG HOME
INDUSTRY, &c.

Il is ''ffom the pen Of one Of the ablest
writers in the Union y We know not
when we have met with an article which
more clearly expresses our own convic.
tions in relation to home industry, &C.,
than the following. We trust it will not
only be read, bul reflected upon, espe-
cially by The advocates Of an unconstitu.
,ional protective tarf'.-StGteSman.
rHOME INDUSTRY! A CAPTIvA-
" TING NAME!
Wao is not in favor of protecting home
Industry" Not one. 1t is our highest
boast that we are in favor of protecting
home industry. In what does home in
lustry' really consist Look abroad over
ourthousand hills and boundless plains
See the emigrant cutting down the trees
building his log cabin, and turning up
the rrairie, where golden harvesls have
81 pit ever since the food. There is
ONE industry Look at the Farmer,
improving his worn out fields, feeding
bis cattle, and taking his crops to market.
There is home industry" Look at his
wife and daughters cooking his food, ma
king his clothes, doing every thing TO s7ve
what he has earned and giving comfort
to his habitaiion. Here is ''home indus
try"
This class exceeds all others in socie-
ty, bO h in numbers and importance. It
is they who give value 10 a county
Without them our wide spread and fertile
lands would be as valueess as the de,
serls of Arabia. Not house would be
built, did they not feed the builders. -
Not a city or village would spring into
existence OF continue TO exist, did they
not draw substance and wealth from the
farmers around them. Not a ship floats
whose freight is not in tbs first instance
the product of his toll, or Of the labor of
those whom nc feeds. The lawyer, the
doctor, the divine, the mechanic, the sea.
man, the soldier, tho public officer, the
merchant, the banker, the broker, the pc.
ct, the painter, the idler, aud the knave,
are all fed from his hand and clothed by
his toll. The wealth Of the Grards and
the Astors, is the accumulation Of his
industry; tits he who fills the Treasures
of States and Nations, builds navies and
supports Armies. Without him Society
cannot exist, and the world woVd he
surendred to few wandering saya.
ges.
His is the 'home industry which above
all others merits protection But what
protection does il obtain, or ask, or what
is it possible for government TO give!-
Does the emigrant expect or ask the gov
ernmeut to cut down the tree for him or
build his cabin, and plough up the prairie2
Does the Farmer ask or expect the gov.
ernmenrto build his fences, cultivate his
6eldS, or cover them with manure? Does
he 20 to bis government and say, My
land is poor, can scarcely get living;
I beg you for ptotection-l beg you TO
impoye tax on the produce ofmy neigh.
boris more productive lands, that my crops
may sell higher, and ! may get rich' If
he wese to approach Congress or tho
State Legislature with such petition, he
would be laughed to scorn. lie would
be told that he had himself chosen his
occupation, and selected his home; that
he must encounter the hazards Of the
one and the inconvenience Of the other;
that Il would be as uniustto tax his neigh
boris crops TO enable him TO sell his goods
at higher price, as il would be to take
his neighbors property without consider
alton and give il to him.
Home Industry In tho Tariff Vocab-
nIary this Isl phrase Of a very limited
meaning. With slight exceptions, il does
not include the great, fundamental and
all. prevailing agricultural interests in the
country. That is not meant when VIC
hear this phrase. Perhaps some halter in
n city does not make so much upon the
hats manufactured by him as ho wishes,
and he petitions TO congress TO make tho
Farmer pay higher price for hats for
himself and fpmily. Perhaps soma tailor
does not profit as much as he desires up.
on articles OF clothing made by him, and
he petitions TO Congress to make Farm.
crs and all other classes pay more for
ready made clothing. Perhaps some iron
master does not make satisfactory in.
come from his mines and his EoTges, aud
he petitions to Congress TO
make farmers pay higher prices for his
,loughs and hoes, his axes and CrOwbars,
lis staples and his chains, his SiCkles and
lis scythes, his door latches and his hin.
Ies, his knives and forks, his pots and
ietiles, and every item of iron or steel
used by him in his business. Perhaps the
owners Of large manufacturing estab,
lLhment do not make satisfactory profits
on their business, and forthwith they pc.
t'lion Congress to make the farmer pay
higher prices for his coat and wistcoat, or
bis Pantaloons, Cor his bed clothes and ia
ble clOths, for the clothing Of his wife
aud children, for every yard Of cotton,
woolen, finnen, hempen or silk goods I
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