Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17
eaFlg aavesiisers are allowed foar change.

I
any greater. IF these results should be re-
allied, the cultivation Of the crop ID increas-
ed quantities viii prove highly important
in an economic point Of view, and would
add one step more towards freeing us from
dependence on foreign states for articles Of
indispensable neeessit,
there may be, and quite likely are eth
er branches Of agriculture, a larger develop
ment Of which il important ana which
should receive State encouragement, should
these recommendations he adopted. am
aware that the policy or such premiums
has not hitherto been urged in Wisconsin.
although common enough in many 81 The
States Of the Union. Sill, as the cost In
yolyed is but ttifle-not necessarily ex-
ceeding $4,000 II the whole, the results
must be meagre indeed. not to confer an
UNNECESSARILY greater beneit upon the peo-
/ pie. For want Of some such encourage
rcnt, many products Of importance Ian
! guish for years before attracting the attsn-
ton they deserve; and then, not unfre-
quently owe their prominence 10 aecideur
The adoption Of system that may lead to
new discoveries, and enlarge and increase
our agricultural pursuits, altogether too
confined and exclusive At present cannot
bc. regarded rs unimpouant, and is entitled
to your consideration and favor.
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
a great necessity, in my judgment, to
the welfare Of our people, present and pros,
pectiye, is an Increased Development 81
manufacturing interests in Wisconsin. Al
though much has been done for SO new a
State, yet the fact is apparent that our peo-
I pie follow too exclusively single pursuit.
A sound policy requires that many articles
which we now ufchasc from abroad, sho'd
be manufactured by us for use and for ok.
port. The money that we now expend
creates a continual drain upon our financial
resources, while it might by a proper poll
~ be kept at home; and Nhe, once - di-
rected thriving manufacturing villages wo'd
spring up all over the State, giving an in.
creased home market TO agricuturists,
steady and profitable employment 10 me-
chancal genius and ingenuity, and adding
/ immensely to the development Of our inter-
nal resources.
AS people, we buy too much; what
is more TO our disadvantage and discred-
it, we purchase at largely enhanced price.
the products Of our soil, after they have
made lengthy voyage to and from the
Eastern States.
With the richest lead mines in the Union,
/ if not in the world, we buy this metal its
yaeious forms from manufacturing eslab-
lishmea.s far distant from our borders.
Our Iron mines are, as yet, almost uno-
pened, although il is well ascertained that
the mineral abounds at different points in
the State in the greatest richness, and al
NEST inexhaustible abundance. All our
Zinc and Copper is imported, while tbe
ores these metals are found in immense
deposits, ready to ID converted into use at
the touch Of skill and capital. We expend
y large sums for Glass in its various forms,
I while it is certain, from Geological explor-
ations, that the material of which glass ia
made, is widely distributed over the State.
We buy most Of our pottery and all of our
crockcry from abroad, yet nc fact is more
certain than that every variety, almost, OF
clay exists in plenty in our limits, even to
the kaoIin from which china-ware is man
ufactured So we import all the marble
used, from distant points, as also states,
/ while deposits Of these await only the hand
of Industry to make them available So
We expend large sums every year for plas
ter, hydraulic cement, mineral paint, and
other similar necessities, the raw material
Of which il abundant. Nor is there any
apparent reason, except that capitalists have
not undertaken the work, why all kinds Of
agricultural implements, tools, and machin-
! cry. wooden, and willow ware, wagons and
4 carriages, leather, and the various articles
into which II Is made up; castings, engines,
in short, all that we use Of these necessary
articles, may not be supplied almost entire
" BY the labor and skill Of our own people.
and within the State
It's equally our interest, so far as ii is in
our power, to turn our attention 70 the man
ufacturc Of WOODEN, cotton and linen fabrics.
the purchase Of which makes up SO large a
portion Of our annual expenditures. En-
couragement to wool-growing and the cul-
tiyation of flax, is and should be regarded
as encouragement to the looms we SO great
" need,-that these productions may not
be shipped hundreds IF miles and then
| brought back in changed form; but they
should be purchased and worked up in
Wisconsin industry and skill. The manu-
facture Of cotton goods. ii IS believed, might
also be introduced into the State with
fair prospect Of success. The vast water
powers existing in almost all parts Of the
state, convenient Of access to our great mar-
ket places, chide us for lack Of improve
ment. The great carrying highway on
our west invites tho raw cotton hither--
Why may it not as well come and answer
to our necessities and convcniences, wrought
/ III our own cotton mills instead Of travel
/ ling three or four thousand miles to New
/ England, and then brought West IN new
shapes ~ western merchants thus ;ncreas-
inc the expense and cost Of what we are
compelled to purchase
Su.ely the eight hundred thousand peo-
+ Il II