Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-06
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEkLi BY
EDGAR S..Ow iJAs
ALEXANDRIA,:
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ocrcnER s, 1888

and industry Of our country, will result to the
beoeft of our farmers:
"The interests of all branches of industry
are 50 intimately connected, that Whate'er
tends to promote the prosperity Of, Or cause
depression 10, the larger departments .! IN
dustrisl developments, exercises cOrr@spoaG-
ing Influence upon all the others II the CT
TN manufacturer is Obliged 10 suspend ope-
raton-, the planter loses a,arket Tor part 0!
his crop; when the wo)len mill closes, the
farmer must kill his sheep, because be can
no longer sell his wool at a profit; and, With
u stoppage in the manufacture ct IRON, TIE
coa!.mincr is thrown idle. II, then, 1t Is
more advantageous to the farmer to have
manufactures located 10 bis vicinity, who
will consume the products ct his land, than
to transport bis grain TO the Eistern States,
to feed there like number OF men, II Is
clearly his interest to procure the aid OF far
and lust protection for the manufacturer aud
the mechanic.
The bread-tuff5 and provisions exported
from the United States 10 the year 1880, were
valu ed az $50 900 Coo, while the eatire crop
Of tha. year was estimated to be worth ST.
SOC, 900 900. With adequate protect1o tO
our manufactures, the additional labor en-
pioyei would have consumed all that was
exported, greatly to the advantage OF the tar
mer, who would thus have been enabled TO
return TO the land, in the form OF manure,
portion cf the uutriment he bad distracted
from it. Besides, he would have saved the
freight aud charges incurred 10 conveying his
crop across the ocean, and ho woali also
have been independent of the grain factors
of London and Liverpool. Had our cotton
mills been fully employed. greater demand
would have been created for the raw mate
rial used in this branch OF industry, thus
diminishing the dependence OF the planter
upon the foreiga manufacturer, aud enabling
him to command higher price Tor his
cotton.
The iron imported into the United States
from Grea. Britain during the year lSoo.
could bave furnished employment to ooolS
men. Surprising each one to have been the
head of family, consisting OF five persons,
We have An aggregate OF S02 $50 souls, who
would have consumed provisions 70 the
amount of $50 EACH Adding $50 per head
Ia very moderate es,imate) for house rent,
boots, shoes, hats, and other wearing aPpa-
rel, the sums expended BIZ these people would
have amounted to $24 ,207 200. The entire
United Kingdom took from US during the
year 1855, but l5,392,3I2 worth OF provi
sions and bresdstuff', which Cor the - 600
900 of inhabitants, was an average OF 81
cents per head consequently, the persons
employed in the manufacture OF tbs iron,
together with their families, consumed hul
Sl72,416 worth of our brcadstutts and provl-
sions To gain foreign market Tor tins tr'-
fling amount of our productions, home mar
ket equivalent to $2l ,0G0, 900 was sacrificed;
and the AmcricaE farmer, house builder, hat
ter, tailor, shoemaker etc, were, by TINS tree
trade system, virtually robbed oi that SUN
The statistics Of every other manufacture
With which foreign productions enter into
competition, will furnish data for similar
calculations and the material less under
our present policy, may safely re est'ma-
ted at hundreds Of millions Of dollars all
nually.
Benjamin Franklin was deeply Impressed
with the conviction that the farmer would
be q large gamer by the encouragement OF
home manufactures, and as early Az April
%, I'LL, writing from London to llunphrey
Marshall, be makes use Of the following iau-
guage:-
EVERY manufacturer encouraged IN our
country, makes part Of a market Tor provisions
within ourselves, and saves 80 much money
to the couutry, as must be otherwise export
ed to pay for the manufactures lie supplies
Here, in England. it is we'll known ana W.
derstuod that, wherever "A manufacture Is es-
tablisbed which employs number OF hahds,
it raises the value Of lands IN the n"igh3or-
ing country all around i !; partly 10y The
greater demand near at haud tor the land
and partly by tue plenty of money drawn by
the manufactures TO that part "i the c"untTy'
Ii seems, therefore, the interest oi all our
farmers, and owners Of lands, to encourage
our voupr manufactures in tref renee tn ter
eisn ones, imported amorg u iron distant
countries"
Clearly did the phiosnpbic rria'er t1resee
the beueft TO be derised hv hoih parties ir"m
an irterchs nse of the productS at tne'r lat0r
without the Intervention Of The transporter.
the broker, &c. Three-fnurits Of y c-ntury,
however, have since ELAPSED. and we e'ii
continue 10 sell fJur hy the barrel, ana re-
purchase il ~ the pound, /" the torn CT c, IN
and iron. We sell bale ci coi'"n i"' S1"'
aud buy it back again, 10 the l9T'h % h"t
lawns. at a cost q! IS, geo, wh'ch goes 10 irta
the laburer on ioiciEn sui, a"d to stre"G'h'"
the hands of foreign capitalists th"t 'heS
may be better able 20 compete "ith nhu croeH
OUT cur own MANUFACTURES, ard ihrs 1i'Fe
them into agricultural! snrsnits. TIE result
is necessarily disastrous to tic farmer; '"F
he not only loses customer !,r his c7oFN'
but be is compelled to share the limited IN ar
ket with the man he formerly supplied.
We have news from the West Indies dated
at Kingston, Jamaica, on the l0th ul,imb.-
Great botes we're entertained OF an ultimate
connection with the United States and Er-
rope b, submarine telegraph, and the COVERT