Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-10-28
Coming to their Senses.

The Richmond Enquirer, the leading
organ Of Southern democracy" and for
merly decided opponent Of protection, is
advocating the manufacture Of iron in that
State instead Of sending to England for it.
Hear it;
''Our railroads will soon want 20, 900 tons
Of rail per annum to keep them in running
order, independent of the great quantity that
Will yet be required to complete those which
are commenced and projected, constituting
nearly 1000 miles, and requiring not less
than lUC,U0 tons, or 10000 tons per anngm
if finished in ten years time. This amount
of iron--30, COO tons-will cost but little less
than $4,000 900 per annum if imported and
about the same if made at home under expe.
rienced management and at practical local
ties. But if imported we must pay the 9old
for IT, which would be exported, and therefor
we should be minus the amount If H. cost q.
or our circulating medium, the true standard
OF our available wealth, would De rs8gr. n,
proportion. Ii, on the contrary. the ahnve
amount OF iron lie made at home from our
own material and by the labor Of our peop!e.
whether i,alre or foreign, ii residing in the
AZ. even II costing the same amount or
- tfA, our wealth would not be decreased, since
ne money " Hid stiii circulate at home among
9at ur-a.a at the same as if il were never
Esec Tar thc purpose deSi gnatei, while the ia.
eliltles rendered hy our roads and improve
!nents would he even greater than they can
be er are under the expectation of our cur
Fency tor the same purpose If it is consti
tu.lonal for the State to construct public i'm
prnvements, IN the shape of railroads and
canals, for the development If her internal
resources as well as her external trade we
cannot see why it should not be constitutional
az we'll as practical for her to furnish tie mn.
terlal for their construction. If she buvs the
material out Of he state IL cerfaiaLy i0tDogcr
'SheS tie state 10 the amount paid. but If she
makes The material or buys 1t at home IL lroufd
heather tmpocertSh the state nor diminish her
ability to 6uy or make more"
In another article on the same subject
it says:
II that money, however, was spent in the
State for the productions Of our mountains
and the labor Of cur people, instead of being
dTa'. IN The currency Of tie Site. it wauld'
Q? the contrary, tend to Increase IT, Eren
snff,ae zee shceld pay one third nao~c far Vir
nm Ha.: Jor English Iron, and spend 81
"J0,WU instead of' $1,000, 900 yealiy ,c0ul3
'r' moi stu be the gainer If g, 600 900 III Me
oPsratioaf As Tong as lie money is IN Tie
s:Gtt II as not spent. Suppose the iron for the
figlnia and Tennessee railroad was made at
Lynchburg-and it could have Geen made
with profit for less than its actual cost deliy-
ered--woud not the millions Of dollars 0f
gold which were sent to England for that iron
now he circulating in the mountains CT Vir
glnia, and would not cur manufactures there
be hourishing? But 8hat is done cannot he
undone still that hcb IL to come, and that
Thlch IS still TO be done, should be considered
ard done judiciously ard Understandings.
ana the question is now appropriately brought
1Ae Enquirer does not speak of pro-
tec'ive tariff, but as that ,eH keep gold in
TINS country and start American furnaces
forges, and rolling mills, we begin TO have
some hopes that even the present free trade
Congress will be driven into q revision of
the tariff by the recent elections.