, 1860-08-03
AGRICULTURAL.

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AGRICULTURAL
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GIVE Is 4 HONE MARKET.
A hundred years ago Great l'r1:ain sought
foreign market for her surplus breadstuiT], and
The price ei wheat went down 10 fifty cents per
bushel. TURNER'S were driven to the wall, and
The only resort left was the encourage ment Of d
home markc. through a tariff on imported
gaods. As might hare been expected the Eng
lish very soon did their own manufacturing,
and the home demand furnished the best mar
kct for brcadstutfs in the whole world.
The acquisition Of foreign possessions gradu-
ally inclined the balance the other why, anl
while Britain became a nation Of shopkeepers
and manufacturers, she ceased to produce food
enough fur her own population. The CONNER
clal interest being by far The most influential,
and the manufacturing interest being too strong
for successful competition, freetrade was es-
tahished; and since that era the absorption Of
land in the overgrown estates Of the aristocracy
las been greatly accelerated. Thus England
has simply gone from one extreme to the other,
"nd she snow more than ever dependent on
foreign countries. This is an clement Of weak
ness we'll known by all her most sagaeious
statesmen, and the caprice or tue malice of the
ruler Of Franco muy sadly demonstrate the folly
Of making commerce the main pillar Of national
strength.
Bat there is no danger TINT ne shall ever so
far overdo the business Of manufacturing as to
nuke our agriculture q secondary matter. A
protective tariff would make manufacturing far
more profitable thun at present, and this would
attract capital from pursuits which are not now
remunerativc. Large numbers Of farn,era' sons
would become mechanics, and thus increase the
demand. Fur perishable fruits and vegetables,
Of which very little are now raised for market,
there would be ready sale and remuneras;ye
prices; aud herein tue farmer would he doubly
benefited, for it would not only increase his
lies, bu. it would also Increase his resources,
by diycrsifying his products and making him
less dependent upon few crops. And if one.
fourth Of our farmers should turn their asien.
tion chiefly to raising cheese, butter, vegeta-
b!cs, fruits, poultry, eggs, ETC., would not this
afford fur better chance for those who raise
cattle, hogs, corn and wheat? But at present
turner's can find only to1erably reliable mar.
ket for only such products as will bear lorg
transportation. Market gardening must con
tinue on limited scale till We have good home
market, aud good home market can be secur-
ed only by protective tariff.
When the demand for vegetables is good, no
other branch Of Turning is so profitable as
market gardening, and surely none is more
| pleasant. But here in our great country We
take upon ourselves those departments Of tie
business which require the hardest labor and
| pay the 1eAst profit. And for whose benefit do
VIC perform this unrequited drudgcry: Even
for such as these-polit,cians Of the pestilent
school Of john G. Calhoun, few hundred
epeculating grain buyers, and about IN equal
number Of importers. In order to keep up
nest Of mercantile swindlers in New York we
prevent n million Of mechanics from dottiny
our country orer with manufactures. i horde
Of shurks stand between us AID the people
who consume our products, aud give US
less than half what they churgc them.
We pay the merchant ior shipping
our grain to Europe only for shipping back
goods TO us, instead Of having market at our
! uUu[S AIA SA1IHE luG NVol VI tT4AsFuAhh%Iu4 NUlu
ways. And year after year We ure kept depend
ent tor market upon the chaures Of war and
| bad weather in Europe, through the influence
Of political chariataps, and their worse thun
slaves, who tear the effects Of the growth Of free
| labor in this country.
1t does not necessarily follow that 4 project
i've tarisl must be perpetual. That would prob.
ably create monopoly. But the duties should
not be removed ill our manufacturing inter. SITS
shall hare become so firmly established that
they withstand competition. When q man
plauts nursery Of pines, he carefully projects
sun. Az the trees increase in size the protec.
tim is gradually withdrawn, till they are finally
able to endure with else any change of weather.
: II is Just the 4ulc with our manufactures. Give
them efficient protection IN their infancy and
| prevent ncddlesome fools from moving thai
| protection Until they can endure exposure to
European competition and yet thrive
: Europeans w:llpurchase from us just rs naact
| brea.lstuns, and esteem us just as highly, II We
tax their goods as if We admit them duty free
! 4 Their purchases are regulated By ther necessl
| ties. Experience demonstrates, conc1ussycly
that harmony Of interests cau alone prosper
and elevate labor, and that the farmer, m anu
tacturer, miner and mechanic are alike interest
ed in a tariff which will encourage cur own in
dustry and protect us against foreign competi
ton. If the tariff Of 1S4., or my other recog
nizinx the great principles upon which It va
founded, we're now ia existence, every bushel o
whest aud corn which the West could furnisl
would fad remuncratiye aud reliable nlarke
, | at home. instead Of being dependent upon ca
pricious and urcertain demand abroad. Ever,
new hand put to work in mine, or factory, 0
workshop, is gain to agriculture and IN acces
: sion to te homo market, which the farmer, tirs
/. Of I'LL others, is to prodtby. The day is at han
when experience wall teach him this lesson, and
though at some cost, it will be Tor his pernla
nent benefit and that OF the country.
The hmm nuI the an y1 mil hA Ynrnrnya
. as the natural allies Of the plow and the hal
row. The mechanic arts and manufacture
open new spheres Of employment, md gathe
b MASSES Of population who have need of th
products Of the farmer, and, through their ON
. productive industry are able to pay good price
: for the same. 4 foreign market not only il
volrcs the loss consequent upon distant trans
portstion, but it is ut best cry limited and ver
variable, for there is not nation in Eurot
- which does not make it point to raise its ow
respect is very differently situa'cd from tt
=, South. The latter has virtually monopoly
- her great staple; and other nations have +
home growth with which to mike thenlselv,
:. | independent Of her. The Westhas no such a.
, suralce. The custom Europe accords to b.
- is at best contracted and precasioua 4 hon
market is her only substantial dependence. II
time is not far distant when she will realize tn
US she has neser yet done. The great body
her Representatives and Senators have hther
acted iE opposition to all measures calculated
n ! foster and protect the arts aud manufactures
-. their own section and OF the country Ut lare
~ They hare been accustomed TO regard #
trade in wheat as the su.amu1a 1onun of tht
industrial life, md have believed that tie b.
III l 0 T ~ N'''sy ~
re> / no*ueEt out III 1AA AAne uATQ e1pefeu
n' is, we trust, gradually curing the Yves. Of ii
. great mistake. She is learning the lesson, Ii
= without the advantage of large mechanic
D manufacturing population in her own midst,
consumers, ths demand for her products n,
be small ia proportion to her supply. and 1,
Ii. she is constantly drained Of her eo!d by payi
for manufactured goods which she must ha
Isl. and Jet can pay for IN no other way.
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.cG: ern New York, thus relates his experience v
sss: the wheat fly: procured quantity Of the