Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-01-13

promise bill in l833-that, under The
falling end low rate Of duties previous
10 July last, it may have even fallen off,
is too true, The effects are 10 be seen
IN the prosIralion Of all kinds OF bust.
ness IN every portion Of the country
the low price OF agricultural productions
Tor the want OF q market among the
manufacturers, and the stagnation Of
commerce by a transfer Of the carrying
trade to foreign bottoms. The protec'
tive policy is designed to remedy this,
and TO give stability to the home market.
II is calculated to increase the manufac
turing PoPuIation-not only to double
its present amount but 10 treble and
qulntuble, nay, TO increase il in urilhma
teal progression until it should arrive
at a point only limited by the demands
Of the country and its ability 10 sustain
it. With this realization Of the hopes
OF the friends Of domestic industry,
would vanish the Governors fears about
a market for our surplus agricultural
productions.
In 1880, it wac calculated that there
were seventy persons employed in agri'
culture in the United States, TO n in
any other way. The census Of 1910
has been published, but the necessary
detail has not been long enough before
the public to enable me to determine
whether the proportion has been varied
or not. The presumption is that it has
not been materially changed. Now, the
enquiry naturally arises, is this a heal
thy division Of labor? Shall we go to
England, (the beau ideal Of the admirers
of the foreign system 10 determine this
question? If we do, we there find the
number Of persons employed in manu-
features and other sorts Of work as
three to twO Of the cultivators OF the soil
II we suppose one third Of the British
manufacturers to labor for foreign mar.
kets, which is probably a large ~calcula-
lion, the conclusion would be, that in q
country as we'll supplied with the ele-
mentS for securing the comforts of life
as Great Britain, the natural proportion
between the agricultural and manufac~
turing population is that Of exact equality
and that the manufactures necessary to
supply the presen; population Of the
United States, In the same way, would
give employment 10 an additional popu-
Iation Of sixteen or seventeen millions,
or in other words, would double the pre-.
sent population aud revenue Of the coun.
try! This would DO one fruit Of the
protective policy AnG it can only be
brought about with safety TO the opera
lives by reasonable protection Of their
labor: Else it would be exposed 10 the
aristocralic influences from abroad and
al home, which are always seeking 10
make labor subservient 10 capital, either
in the form Of slavery, or in exclusive
privileges secured by birth to one class
at the expense Of oil others.
Another would be 10 improve the ag
riculture Of the country. The eslab-
lishment Of manufactures, instead oil
Withdrawing capital from the land, has
a direct tendency 10 extend and encour.
age agricultural industry. How this is
done is easily understood by those who
have Witnessed the effects in the neigh.
borbood Of manufacturing establish
ments. 1t is 10 be seen in the ready
market created, not only for the staples,
but for the lighter and more perishable
productions of the vegetable garden, the
poultry yard, and the dairy. And when
it is considered that one fourth of the
value imported to the manufactured arti
Gle consists Of the cost Of substance ,
the extent and importance of The home
market may more readily be estimated,
This is q market our Governor would
reject for a foreign market. A market
that would give steadlness to prices
increase the reward OF labor-imparl
value to abundant lands-lake off tn
surplus productions Of agriculture; and
give US a choice between the home and
foreign market, without being obliged
to submit 10 the tender mercies of a
foreign policy, so arranged as to cheaI
labor Of its just rewGrd, and to make The
producer the SLAVE of a relentless aris-
tocracy!
find myself, Mr.. Editor, again at the
end of my sheet, without having hardly
touched the subject, so far as The opin'
ions Of the Fathers Of the Democracy
are conce rned. As a Republican Of The
old school,, | feel called upon TO combaI
the hcresles that are creeping iD amoue
US, and you may hear from me again.
A DEMOCRAT OF '9S.
From the Ohio State journal.