Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-03-23
FoR PREsIDENr ~ 1874,
HENRY CT \.
nGRICuLTURE AND MANUFACTURES.
FoR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN DAVIS, OF MAssACHCsErrs.

AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES.
The reasEr wa. doubtless imrressed. on an eI-
animation d Ihe islle. puhlished Oh VI N lay
with the ira7nensiiy Of Western Agricultural pro
duet. Here in the country that but lew years ago
produced nsihing for the benefit Of man hut the Ia Il
forest now. even now. produces millions upon mil.
lions. more Than enough to sustain the population OF
nearly seven millions now inhahlling it When we
reflect upon this. upon the great annual increase Of
population in the Western Suites. the consequent
improvement Of the tracts Of land groOnng
under their forest hnrlen upon the sapidly enhan.
cling Production consequent ON the Improvements IN
agriculture, we lost in attempting TO estimate
what will be tweaiy yeas hence. the surplus pro-
duct ofthcse states. Ii would seem though the
world woad scarcely furnish consumers for II, yet
II has hitherto passed away and will probably con
TIME - TO do in the increased luxury of man. and
the abandonment Of cultivation in the Old World,
hitherto overtaxed Three fJurIhs OF the aggregate
sIprrts Of the United States are OF agricultural
products, in the state yet scarcely year has
passed since the foundation Of this government, in
which the imports of manufactured articles have not
been the aggregate. far greater than the exports
of produce, and a constant drain aud prev nilIng
Scarcity OF the precious metals has been the conse-
1uence Really more rich, because actual wealth
exists alone in the Iun Of agri cultural products
than any other nation on The Globe, we are kept
poor and in debI by negls ofldbOr. neglect Of
the means Of converting the raw proGucI into the
necesslres Of life. Tne west is not only in common
with the whole country, tributary to foreign work
shops, but il tributary the east. almost always ia
debt IN the east The object ofIhe western political
economist should be 10 reduce this inequality, To
abrcae various goods Of the product increase
the value OF the material for export, and reduce the
necessity for in porting.
The timber OF the western forests, is Of liIlls
value. that OF Ohio Indiana nd Illinois particularly.
except much can be used by the seuer liz
fencing and building; yet. he clears ms land by
lillle and labor, he make from each
OF fliry nmbersJ IaHi, hundred Bushels of
ashes. five hundred pounds ui pJ.Or pearl ashes,
worth twenty twenty fac dollars TIE f's
process is preserve the ashes leach. OnIi hs lye
IA kettles unul It chrysiairzes Then Is black
salts sul purchased by The manufacturer Of pear
ashes BIrnins the black salts an oven once.
makes scorchei slIts Taess fad really market
with the manufacturers of Window glass. pearl
articles average for successive years, four
dollars hundred. Oa comparing our quotations
OF the IN rSst in 1896, when our Glass mauulacto.
Ties were ~ operation. and we find the prices here
higher than al New York. The expense Of trans
pDra,ion to New York al that time was 81 50 to
200 per hundred. Lei the farmer settler.
think. whether, even in this lille Item II better
for him that should purchase our glass abroad
instead Of manufacturing II at home, he sending his
pearl ash pot ash New York Tor export, or that
II shoufd-be manufactured here. creating home
market for that description Of product In this single
article Of ashes, the man who is clearing his farm
saves from six ten dollars per acre by supporting
his own manufactures.
Let US look again Of another article. Cotton is
the chief product cf sOrns of the western s,ae.; but
none Of III manufactured here while our stores
are tssming with eastern domeslIcs. Is there any
reason why should not produce the manufaclur.
ed article as WELL and as cheap as a the easR
ls there any reason why the Cotton Of Tenness
should be taken TO Europe there made into wearing
apparel and then brought back and consumedi-
We see none. We might bow this subject through
almost every nrIico Of western proJuot, and show
that the agricullunsI would be the gamer by sus-
tanning his home manufactures, selling his product
at home, and If it abroad all let it 90 abroad
an the lightsst and mOst valuable form. Think Of
this, farmers, and IL you act upon IT, vote
upon it, talk upon it, you will find yourselves and
your nsighbOr' growing rich upon it,
KANAwHA We are much pleaseG to learn
that the Hon. Geo. w Summers has answered the
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