Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-08-13
Dayton, East Of The Canal.

10 he ctises ar Dayton, east erAo OaHGl especial
~ property holders, and 10 all iohom may con-
corn.
CITIzENs:-Your attention is solicited, for
a few minutes, to attract your own interest
and benefits, as well as that ofours. We in
yite your attention to the trade in Oregon,
Dayton, o.; TO all branches of bus mess
therein. What is it that increases the value
Of city property, business and trade! Can
say, without eXaggeration, that half or
nearly so, Of the population of Dayton live
east of the Canal; but where do you do your
trading! Why, away from home, west of
the Canal. Now, we never were in favor of
foreign trade; that is, in such traffic as we
have the material laborers and tools to manu-
iacture for our own consumption, we are al
most, yes, entirely, in favor of protective
tariff TO encourage home labor; decidedly so,
when it is benefit to the laborer, to the
consumer, and to the traflicker, when we
must goad other countries with the bone
and sinew Of our land, (viz: specie,) for
them to base their own monetary and iinan-
cidl foundation upon; and we must build
ours upon that which they refuse Of us; and
well they may refuse it, for it is filled with
rotttenness and dead mems bones, viz: bank
note paper that is flying higher than a kite
every year or two. Who is the loser! For
eign countries? No. We have already
said they refuse it, wisely, too, but zoe are
the losers, citizens Of land OF liberty,
whose laws were once sound, but now cor
rupt; but we had almost forgotten that we
were going TO call your attention TO East
Dayton, and not to all America, and foreign
countries. Now, we do net wish to be un-
derstood as coyetous Of our brother mer-
chants trade west Of the Canal. No we
are glad to see all men who are engaged in
an honorable business prospering; but we
feel confident that they cannot honestly
consure us for trying to save our citizens
shoes, and from a broiling hot sun, a long
stroll up town, and induce them TO encour-
age their homo interest. Citizens, will
you encourage trade around you? By so
doing, you encourage more business men to
set up different branches of business around
you, your property will rent for double the
amount; sell for an hundred fold more, il
you will do this. In short time you will
see the oolors flying from a dozen Dry
Good Stores and other business in proper
ton. True, we cannot grumble. Rents
are cheap, very low here; we do not have
TO pay $500 per year for one room, nor
the fifteenth part Of II, Il am speaking for
myselfO neither could we afford TO pay
$500 per year; not saying, that those who !
do, cannot afford IT, They may soc to that
themselves. We are not to solve their mys- !
teries, and il is none Of our business; but it |
takes one hundred cents 10 make a dollar in |
Oregon, Dayton, Ohio, and believe the !
same law is in force west Of the Canal. Ifl
so, we can buy just as much for the one hun
dred cents as they, and, with less expense,
We certainly can sell as much for one hun.
dred cents as they. Citizens, suppose you
try our motto; say for six months, one or
two years, and il not benefited at the end Of
that time, then adopt the old rule without
reserve; that Of going up town to trade,
MERCHANT. !