Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-11-11
A False Economv.

The following article from the Logan Gazet
is worthy of consideration. 1t is as applicab
to this community as to that of Bellefontain
Indeed the same principle will hold good
National affairs, and if carried out will iu
trate the necessity of Protective Tariff an
the ruinous policy of Free Trade, which sus
tatns the industry Of foreign countries TO til
neglect Of our 0tcn. The true policy is to er
courage home industry, and we agree with tn
Gazette on that subject
One of the great obstacles in the way of tn
adoption of a true Private, as in that of
genuine Public Economy, is the reluctance O
men to forego present and immediate advan
tage, for the sake of remote or indirect ben
fit. The adage that /" a bird in the hand il
worth two in the bush,' is lIoi UNIVERSAL,
true, tho well nigh everybody receives it a
! true in all cases.
! We make application of these remarks tt
! what we believe to be the false and injuriou:
economy of the people here, and not here only
but in most of our western towns. What We
say is said in no censorious or fault-fnding
spirit; for we are all of US parties more or less
implicated in vicious system, which discour-
ages private enterprise and retards public
prosperity, in degree that some of US may
not have surnised. We refer to the habit, al
most uniuersal, Of sustaining remote comnuni-
ties to tie neglect Of our Own. This policy is
suicidal.
Let us exemplfy the specification of few
instances
If all the boots and shoes which are sold in
this town, we're manufactured here. it would
give employment to at least one hundred addi-
tional men.
If all the cabinet ware which is sold here
were manufactured here, it would give employ
ment to fifty additional men. f
One hundred and fifty men, with their fimi-
lies, averaging five each, would bring an addi-
tional population to the village of seven hun
dred and fifty inhabitants.
The specified articles, are not manufactured
here, beeause.we cannot compete in cheapness
with the wares of distant monopolists, who
have the advantage Of great capital, extensive
sales, and labor at starvation prices.
We get our boots and shoes, and tables and
chairs cheaper than our mechanics can manu-
facture them, and this is the sole advantage of
the system. A few cents, or few dollars, the
immediate gain of the purchaser, sustains this
system of promoting foreign labor at the ex
pense of our own.
The advantage which we suppose we derive,
is, however, wholly illusory. The ultimate loss
we sustain, is much greater than the immedi-
ate benefit
If we had that additional population of $50
there is not foot of real estate
in the town that would not be advanced in
price. There is not a business or professional
man who would not realize great pecuniary
advantage in his calling. And there is not
farmer in the vicinity, who would not make
far more in consequence of the better market
which his products would command, than he
can possibly make by the diminution of few
cents in the price of his boots, or a few dollars
in the price of his bedstead and chairs. -
We specify the above trades because they
most readily occur to us. They are by no
means exclusive in the maintenance Of the sys-
tenn. The rule is universal. TO buy all products
of i,aJ,sstryof echomsoeuer sells the cheapest and
the rule is terribly injurious to every commu-
nifty that adopts it.
1t builds up foreign monopolistS, and crush
es home labor
A very little consideration will satisfy every
one that it is the true policy to manufacture
at home, as far as practicable, every article we
use, and to patronize the skill and industry, |
and give opportunity to the enterprise of our
home mechanics and laboring men of all clas-
ses. We would thus diffuse prosperity through
the community and be ourselves rewarded in
the end by substantial pecuniary gain.
Eronautics--Theg great Balloon of MIR.
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Europe.
A month ago New Workers were astonish- |
ed to learn that balloon was in process of
which, when inflated, would over
top Trinity steeple hundred feet, and en-
brace within its capacious diameter building
nearly as large as that occupied by the Times ;
that this monster would 10000 cubic feet of
gas to expand its canvass sides to their full d.
and more than all were they sur
Drised to learn that the balloon was designed NJ
for trips across the Continent nor into Canada
wilds, but for sweeping over the ocean, by in
Foking the aid of Eolous and defying that OF
Neptune Mr. La Mountains recent disaster
and the thrilling story of his suffering, have
Tor a time caused the enterprise to be forgot
ten. 1t has been progressing, nevertheless,
quietly and steadily.
Mr.. T. c.. Lowe, the daring originator of
the project has not allowed his courage to be
or his enthusiasm to be cooled by
the adversties Of others. So rapid has been.
the progress Of the work that he has felt him.
self warranted in beginning to inclose Reser-
voir Square, the use of which the authorities
Dave granted him for the FIRST, and we hope
not the last ascension of the City of New
ork." s ks
Mr.. Lowe has all the time kept his inventive
powers hard at work, devising ways and means
to insure the success of his trip. Possibly he
may be Obliged to take a sail in the ocean be-
ore reaching the shores of the Old World,
md TO make this part of the trip as safe and
comfortable as possible, he has provided him
self with numerous life preservers, and Fran
els metallic life boat, capable of sustaining for
~ men in any sea, however rough. While the
balloon is driving along at the rate of 100
miles an hour it is easy to see that considera-
bic difficulty would attend debarcation. Ap-
paratus has been devised which, Mr.. Lowe
says, will SO retard the balloon that it cannot
progress at the rate of more that thee or four
miles an hour. Should necessity require the
of the air ship, it could be ae-
easily while going at this speed
Casualties by land have been equally provided
against and that he may not be carried b.
his accelerated velocity over the British Isles
and the continent of Europe into Asia, MIR.
Lowe has provided himself with several an
chors. Two of them are comparatively light
weighing about twenty pounds each. Anoth-
er and the sheet anchor of the trio, weighs six
ty pounds, and is made of spring steel. This
must stop the balloon when it reaches Eug
land, or take the Island with it.
Three weeks will probably dertermine the
success or failure of this new attempt. 1t is
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