The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-06

terday, the product of an Iowa dairy
These cheeses have every appearance of
being a first rate article, and it affords us
pleasure 10 make note of the fact that our
Iowa farmers are beginning to turn their
attention to this profitable branch of farm
products. There is no reason in the
world why Iowa should not DO richly
productive in all of the resources of the
dairy, for better grazing country, as
well as agricultural, the sun never shonc
on Dubuque San.
Ets" a few days ago we noticed, in the
store of Mr.. p. c. Wilcox, in this place,
a very nice looking and excellenlly flaw
ored cheese, made by Mr.. GoULp, of Buff
falo Grove, in this county We think,
with the editor of the SIN, that there is
no reason, in view of the facilities which
our State everywhere offers for grazing,
! why we should not be able TO export tons
of dairy products, ins;cad, as is nov"
the case, draw a portion OF our supplies
from other States. 1t is a lasting shame
upon us that we should, Notwithstanding
we have the raw material in abundance,
insist upon going out of our State TO buy
the simplest articles of manufacture
With grain at a price almost nominal
with no means of disposing of it---with
hundreds of bushels left to rot--(as was
the case last year I'VE still insist upon
importing every pound of starch, and
almost every barrel of crackers, consum-
ed by u.s.. With lots of tallow, and tons
OF ashes, We yet SO TO the east for our
soap and candles, paying large sums for
their transportation hitler. With hun
dreds of hides to be procured annually
in this region, and all the necessary ma
terials and labor at hand for tanning and
manufacturing them, we yet bHpdly send
them off thousands of miles, and bring
them back again in The shape Of leather,
and boots and shoes, with a dozen OF
profits paid to manufacturers and deal
ers, added thereto. We have thus estab-
lished a current, which, from its flowing
in the wrong direction, and having no re-
flux, is draining us perfectly dry, pecu-
niarily. Such a policy is, under the
most favorable circumstances, anything
but judicious, but pursued when we are
unable, as is now the case, to get our
agricultural products to market, it be-
comes suicidal. We must, in order to
be prosperous, establish manufactures,
and when established, we must do our
best to support them. We had better
pay an additional price for home made
articles than spend our means in pur-
chaseS in a foreign market. 1t is too
often the case that we refuse to cncour-
age manufacturers, even when they make
the investment desired. If they can sell
a better article, Tor less money, than we
can get elsewhere, they get our patron
age. LII the home product is simply up
on an equality, in point Of price and
quality, with the foreign article, we are
too often induced to give our preference
to the latter. Thus we render impossi-
BILE the very results we would produce.
These manufacturers necessarily COM
mence, in many cases, with cheap and
imperfect apparatus, demanding extra la
Dor, and pecessitating higher prices for
their products. \ generous encourage
ment at the outset would give them the
means and the inclination to procure i'm
proved machinery, and thereby enable
them to reduce their prices.
Let us, therefore, endeavor to create
manufacturing interest in our county,
and when established, do our utmost to
build it into permanency. Manufacturing
establishments are public benefts-to us
especiallyso let us show capitalists that
we appreciate them as such. Do not let
10 StLu W OluCI SlsstCo lOE our CRACKERS,
while we have a bakery in our own town.
Donot let US send our money east to pur-
chase leather, when we have taEnery
IN our midst turning out as good an
article as we import, at a price as reason
able. 10 not send money from The State
toPurchase soap, and candles, and starch,
and many other articles, when we have
an abundance Of material for their man
ufacture at home And do not let il be
said any longer that our farmers, with
all their stock and pasture land, are in
capable Of supplying even the limited
home demand for dairy products.
State Board of Education.
Eg- This body adjourned on Satur-
day, the 25th ult., after session of three
weeks. The Board, passed twelve bills