Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-09-09
FLANNEL MILLS STOPPING.

" The mills Of the Hon. Mr.. Hale, of Hayerhl have
stopped in consequence Of the great stock Of annes
hand and the limited demand the present We UNI
derstand that the flannel business has paid little nothing for
a year past. -LoJceH Courier.
When we meet with such notices the above land they
Of constant occurence) cannot avoid rejecting
on the injurious effect the farmer that results from compel
ling men travel West raise food when they would pre-
fer if at all possible stay home and consume IT, Every
Increase in the ratio Of producers injury to
the farmer and planter Every increase in the ratio Of con-
suers 10 producers gain them and yet farmers
and planters throughout the country uniting sustain po-
Icy that builds up al her COST cities that filled with peo
pie who live by profits Of transportation and exchange. If
every county in the Union had is mills furnaces, other
places OF exchange should have should hear no
Of mills and furnaces stopping, nor should we witness
such rapid growth Of Cities while the country being de-
populated because Of the exhaustion attendant upon the cost
Of Transporting and converting cotton and wool into cloth.
When will the farmers and planters open their eyes to the
fact that protection the loom and the anvil in reality pro-
lection TO the plough
"SHoRTNESS OF HANDS" now ACCOUNTED FOR.
HARvEsrLast week completed nearly So in this coun
ty long laborous harvest including hay wheat, and oats
Each crops have been unusually abundant and OF the
best quality Theincreased quantity Of produce compared
with the last preceding harvest has doubled the amount Of
the farmers labor 10 securing it. The increased quantity
horness hands, and the beness Of the weather, have
subjected the farmers TO long and aborous harvest bu
their toll rewarded by the extraordinary quantity and gooc
quality Of their products eLquqre County Rep.
"he shortness Of hands will always be felt where tn,
pursuits OF labor all Of kind whatever tends to fo
the greatest variety Of employmsn,s will be found most ad
vsnageous to all, and especially to the farmer am
planter because their operations simple and require bu
little experience perform those Of them by which they
most able to be pressed Where the loom and the anvil
the sawm ard the windmill the tanner and the shoemaker
labor the neghborhood and buy Of another each
be called upon pinch to help the other There will b.
Of comparative leisure, well Of business in tn,
smoymens Of ALL occurring different seasons Of the year
aud II the farmer would insist having the loom and tbs
any-hc ironmonger and the miller the tailor and the car
pencr come and settle his plough that is he vii
require system Of legislation that will make il most profit
able T those who manufacture for him be near 10 hin
NJ possible, that case, when the harvest presses and biz
crops are threatened be oyeraken by storms anC
Che oss winter, he command help from neighborne
mechanic and artisans who will be willing to take pay
nent Tor hef labor portion Of the very crop which tina, abo
has assisted 70 save from destruction. Look where be will
view ms interest and condition in whatever light be may ant
The farmer and The planter will that, instead Of deIactns
from the Saue and diminishing the profits OF other branches
% industry, the more they prosper the better for him. Th
Ear q Observation-Disclosures and better known as the grea
Norfolk Farmcrused 70 say tina, he would ike to know ,hs
each Of his tenants could drunk his bottle Of champagne every
day and 20 we say TO the farmer and The planter Il womb
10 better Cor them f every wooawyer on The hayes cou
make money enough 10 buy their and their
every day u their lives,