The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-21

| The HOME MARK ETA Coon WING ARGU-
nENT.-Our contemporary Of the North Ameri-
can inquiries what would become Of the far
mers of the United States, were it possible
suddenly TO wipe out of existence all the cit
les and towns upon which they depend for
their markets-for the purchase and consump-
ton of their harvests? These towns and cit
les are, of course, built and occupied by nom
producers of food--by mechanics and manu-
facturers, and by merchants who are factors for
the people of both town and country-by men
who are essential to the well-being Of the far
mer-whose prosperity is part and source Of
his prosperity-and who cannot increase in
numbers and importance without adding di-
rectly 10 the sum total of his wealth and con-
sequence. Whatever, therefore, tends to build
up our towns and cities, TO found new villa
ges, and fill them with inhabitants, (and what
can do this, in the United States, so effectual-
| ly as the Protective System which gives life
and activity 10 the whole mechanical and man
mers of America, who never can have any TO-
reign market TO compare i'm value with that
secured to them at home By their own non
producing fellow citizens. They have had an
opportunity, of late, TO ascertain the precari-
BUSINESS. without, perhaps wholly conceiving
the insigniicance. of the foreign market, for
The sake of which Locofocoism would have
them sacrifice their own better customers at
home. In year of general dearlh throughout
Europe, with absolute famine in Ireland and
Scotland, the whole foreign demand for the
year ending August 81. 1917, was satisfied with
al ,274 900 bushels Of American grain, of which
about forty and half MILLIONS were wheat
and maize, in nearly equal proportions. But
large as this quantity seems, what did it a
mount TO, compared with the whole crop OF
wheat and maize of the United States-estima-
ted By Mr.. Burke, the Commissioner of Pa
tents, at 65I ,O0O, 900 of bushels? The entire
export TO famished Europe was only about six
per cent of the crop! No wonder that Mr..
Burke. speaking of this export, land making
the droll mistake, for free trade Locofoco Of
fce-holder, of admitting the inadequacy of the
demand, while exulting over the superabun-
dance of the supply,) declared that "this large
lquantity sent TO foreign countries, did not ex-
haust our surplus products by millions Of bush
els" During the very year when American
farmers disposed of six per cent OF their grain
to starving Europe, they sold more than thirty
per cent of it TO their own countrymen, me-
lchanlcs and manufacturers and merchants and
; laborers OF the towns and cities at home; and
now that Europe needs no more of it, or SO lit
tie as 10 be of small account, it is their own
countrymen, as above, upon whom they rely,
and upon whom only they can rely, as the pur.
chasers Of their surplus.
! We may get an idea of the value of the great
Home Market by computing the average sum:
: paid TO the vendors of food for the weekly maj.
keting Of any considerable town or city Sucf
computation ought, of course, 10 embrace
meat and bread, as we'll as butter, vegetables
&C.; and as ii would be framed in view of tn,
consumption of country products generally, ar
allowance ought to be made for the value O
the oats and hay consumed by the horses in
town. Extending the estimate in this way, i
will be considered within moderation To cal
culate that every family of four persons ia
city-as in Philadel phia-will expend 50
week for marketing, including bread, &C., a
above. Now the population of PHILADELPHIA,
: is, in round numbers, at least 100000 souls
making $4,000 families, who will pay in har'
> cash 375, 900 dollars week-equal to the pref
ty sum of l9,500,000 dollars year, nearly al
n OF which goes into the pockets Of the farmers
Sweep Philadelphia out of existence, an
IT what loss at once 10 the thousands who liv
: by supplying Philadelphia with food! An
/ yet Philadelphia is but one city out Of man,
t; and her people form but very small proper
= ton OF the town population of the Unite
Is States, the consumers of food, who are so niue
ID more important to American cultiva .ors, q
rs customers, than all the rest of the eight hun
ID dred or thousand millions of the human fam
= ly dwelling out Of the United States.
GEoReiA.-There's not the shadow of doul
= upon the minds of the Georgia Wings as |
~ the issue fthe November conflict in the
State. The last number OF the Augusta Chrol
icle says:
a. We assure our Wing friends that the return
). have only served TO increase our confidence