The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-20

lings who own the factories and out Of the opera-
lives who conduct them. What iegrades human
beings more than 10 have them dependent for their
daily bread upon a wealthy employer II YOU con.
troll mans bread you control his will; and though
you may not call him yassal. serf, or slave vet
he is governed by his employer
What is the effect Of this system upon the fair
sex. Thousands Of these girls are taken from their
homes and families and pent up in these shops and
are classed and denominated factory girls" What
could be more manlfesuy contrary TO the designs OF
Providence, or to the true interests Of our wide
spread country, than to have a large proportion OF
the females of this land confined through lie to shops
ard lacloresi-doomed to be old maids, and to live
without an object or an aim beyond their mere ami
NAL wants.
Another view may be taken Of this pauper labor.
II II were true, as alleged by the manufacturers,
(which Is not The Jaei) that the goods produced in
England by pauper labor would be brought here
and sold TO US for a less price than the makers OF
our fabrics would sell them 10 for, then the prop
osition would be 10 all who not manufacturers
TO tax themselves for the benefit Of the
hereto pass a law imposing high duties ON goods
the product OF Pauper labor, 20 A. TO prevent our
selves by law from buying where we can buy
cheapest, and thereby eolapeSng US TO buy at home
at higher prices. Stripped Of "a mask, This is the
propagation. Do you, who. are BOT manufacturers,
pay those Of US who are, Two prices for our goods
from pure feelings of patriotism. This modest re-
Hucot 10 HO" Wduc, anu a cldmOT Is
raised if it is not complied with While nation
possessing pauPers bears all the odium Of having
made them so, other countries trading there are BEN
ehted by that Pauper labor in the greater cheapness
Of price of the manufactured article.
Protect your infant manufactures" This has
been the cry for the last thirty years. and what these
infants asked as a boon in 1916 is demanded as a
right IN 1886. These infants, il would seem, are
never 10 become Of age and commence housekeep-
ing on their own hook The age Of twenty-one has
long since passed over their heads and yet they re-
y upon the plea OF infancy and insist upon govern
ment patronage and protection Away with such
nfdnlsj they should be turned out 10 take care of
themselves. A home market is another one of the
deiusve promises held out by the advocates of the
protective policy, and which is wholly fanciful.
10 reconcile the farmers to this monstrous doc
trIne ofpaying two dollars when they should pay
but one for an article, they promise purchase the
corn, wheat, beef, pork, &c, &c, Of the farmer,
giving good prices and thereby producing good
times This promise is false as the protective
policy is unjust
A moments reflection and examination in regard
TO the agricultural products of the country will prove
uat The promise Is preposlerous upon its very face,
ana OF necessity Is made but to be broken. That
the manufacturing establishments in the eastern
States are beneficial to the farmer on n small SCALE
and to those who have gardens and raise vegetables
for such establishments, is doubtless true; but they
are mainly supplied by the agricultursts in the i'm
meu'ate Wcihlly' ana the amount they consume is
scarcely perceived in the great growing re-
glons OF the country like drop in the ocean, its
influence is unseen and unfelt. few figures will
show the absurdty of this promise Of home mar
ket beyond all question. In the west one hand will
cultivate 25 acres of land in corn which, at a very
low estimate, will yield thirty bushels per acre
making $50 bushels. In Esrope the estimate is
about five bushels Of grain to the per year; but
as we feed better in this country, allow ten to the
head, and one man would produce sufficient corn
for IS persons So that "A out of every IS would
have to abandon farming, and go to manufacturing
or something else in order to give US a home mar.
ket.
will here present another view of this question
exhibited by facts and figures prepared by COM
petent hand which totally explodes this home mar
ket humbug.
Number of persons enpaped in tn, four le.dino