The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-10-12

cons equencs Of the destruction Of The 7 a.
riff that destruction had been consum-
mated; and these emigrants going West.
ward would have become culliyators OF
the soil, and thus added TO the mass of
shat Western produce which is now crow
ding the markets.
What i. it that the farmer wants in or
der that he may have good prices for hi:
grain; lie wants consumer. Ct gain. The
grclter The number Of consumers the
greater the demand for hi. products. Il
tha o0nber Of producers were dini0i.'l-
ed; f;hers were ie"G groves 81 grain,
de same result, would follow. Eut the
number OF agricultural producers !nust in
crease The fertile lands or the West
invite settlers, and they I'll CO.. Thc
| only resource Of The trlniar, than, in tyls
part Of the country, is in Inc increase OF
| consumers and non producers Of crain -
How can tins increase take place unless
other branches OF bu-ine g besides agri-
| culture are in houriTajug existence In
proportion y. the manufacturing aud me-
| c!laHcai arts are pros porous, in such pro
portion "iil population grow up for the
| iarmerto feed
There isono!hsr thing which The farmer
wants besides a population Of consumers,
lie musi have them near him-,he nearer
tie better II lis is obliged to send his
produce Il long distance before il can reach
the consumer, the cost OF transportation
viii take away great deal cf his profits.
The ncascr he is TO market the better it is
for him; his lands become valua6le in cor
responding proportion. Now ihe direct
tendency OF the protective system is to
craze markets in he immediate u2igh-
horhood Of the tanner. Every iac.oty
establishment, with it, hundred or Two
Tor ihree hundred operatives end their
ja".ii.cs, requires onn1astv iatgo qvanli-
ties oI flour, meal and provisions. When
several establishments ave collected to-
gr;her--When the facilities Of water pow
er on fine stream in'ie to the formation
II, d town. ",.a numerous factories. fur
nac"s and 9Aop.---N i,rn The HoigIIur
hood oi crsI and IRON n.iucs, in addition to
other iarlIuos, causes .he town to grnW
into city with lis han Of industry, its
busy popuiajon, ia ~ IL oat commerce.
he lands all around Ct for iril2s n:e i'm
proved III value, Gnl il becomes great
market for iUe produce Ola ,hc farmer
Tor his Irgi!s, vegetables, milk, hu .'r snd
various Ihinss vhich would not he val
liable 10 him f tie market were dis'a@t.
III general view, let our i7ru,ers H.
t,t, ID t...'
cties Which nave grown mp in the ~ est.
aUd in The interior, on the baSi. of manu-
featuring and mechanical industry al
Cmcmn,ti, Pittsburgh, the large tnwH5 in
the interior OF ONO. Pennsylvania and
New DIRK such as Rochester. with Jig
twenty or thirty Thousand Inhabitants
PuusvilIe, Paterson, and innumethbIe 9th
er places, which are now increasing every
year in populalion--let them recoIIecI
what vast quantities Of the agricultural
produce oil the West these places con-
>usf, and lhen remember tina! il these
home markets thus created by nanu.ac-
.urlug and mechanical industry, enterprise
and capital. were swept away or stricken
down, the whole avalanche of Western
rrnInre Womb he poi,red mo, The Al
is,,,,. ,n,,l,,.i, ,,,o n,,ar ,,,;n nf ,ho no..
tern farmer
VIII !, Ia so;l that f,;s % r,,o;r,l
,;s,, e tho s,I,;..,9 NJ !, ia r.,r
s,a,er,e,, or ., ,,ruo,snt ~ H. av,ren.
results. The great interior towns are
mcdaniel indrs,ry. and If that industry
is 10 he nros,r,,eJ o, denied fair nro,ec.
lion an, announcement wo .,n ,r.rr,,,t.
ed in /, nki,r 70 ,be mi o,er.,ion If
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