Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-10-24


81, should lie the object Of every citizen
10 support home manuiaciures-Ihat is.Put-
ronizo the mechanics and business men Of
the TOW n in which you reside. II 10 the on
" true basis OF success, and when departed
from, The chuse Of the slow growth Of a
TOW ill no: be difficult 10 solve. Our own
mechanics and business men should always
come in first Tor home patronage. The ei-
iect Of such course would BE- beneticially
felt by all. II is true iha, in some cases We
must pay q tr,As more than similar articles
can be purchased for abroad but even IN
Going this we shall feel the good fffs;'s
upon ourselves: because it will be keeping
the circulating medium in our mids,-make
all branches Of business fourIsh-give en-
ployment to our ow mechanics instead of
those abroad. in ci,Ies-incrense the pros.
peri,y Of the place, and make US feel inds-
prnden, Of al! others"
We clip the foregoing from an exchange
paper. Although The ideas are not new.
they are no, the less valuable. The doc
trine is a sound one the advice is good,
and can not be TOO often repeated or To"
strictly followed-tcr there are always
crookers IN every village who nre constant
ly praling abuu, the chenPness OF articles
in other places.
We once heard OF man ~ho went inioa
hsner's shop in his neighhorhood one NOR.
ping MAKE me good hat, said he, land
ru, nv name in ii, with this motto, "Our
country before any country in the world,
our State before any State in the Union,
our county before any county in the State,
and our town before any town in the coun-
N"-for ',hem'. my sentiments exactly ,"
and such should be the creed Of every man
who wishes his own business and lhn, Of
those around him 10 prosper.
The custom ofpatronizIng the city week.
lies in preference 10 country papers,is more
extensively disastrous in lis consequences
than is generally supposed. Many Of these
papers are made up of the matter Of dailies,
and contain much Of no interest TO the
country readers. from whose contributions
they are exclusively sustained. while those
in his own neighborhood are suffered TO
Ianguish and die for wani OF support. Al
though there are many good city weeklles.
vet there are some hose immense circula.
ten is obtained by ~ stem Of sel!-sauda
ton. reciprocal putting, and other kinds OF
kumbugsery such as "the largest circula.
ton in the world :" the .'cheapes land best
paper ever heard oi .""News always three
do,s in advance Of the telegraph ~" &C.,
&c.-and these gull-.raps are always well
filed, and often believed.
Ii The uo oney forwarded to the cities an
nuaIy for weekly papers were bestowed
upon the country p:ess. evercy county IN
the State aieh, boas, its paper equal. IN
price and qualiry,,o the bes, now furnished
10 the cities, and hundleds Of thousands Of
dollsrs, which now 60 into the hands OF
stock .jobbere and marble palace builders.
would circulate among the farmers, ,tnechan-
rs, lahorers,and merchants Of the country.
Aside from this, ss a matter Of Ioesl
PRIDE aud convenience, it is for the interest
Of every man 10 surpor, his own county
primer, rs we'll as other handcraitsnen.
Bu, we have not room to argue the point
farther ~, dnes n ,eeu nectaxarv The
truth o! the remark will be obsions 10 eve.
~ rejecting mind.-Wyomins Co Hhig.
"a dollar al home
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