The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-09-28

ISTANCES-these are the landmarks by which
we are to guide ourselves se
| The sagacious DR.. FRANKLIN, writing from
London to Humphrey Marshall, in l77l, said
Every manufacturer encouraged in our coun-
try makes part of market for provisions with
10 ourselves and saves SO much moaey to the
country must otherwise be exported to pay
lsfor anufaetures and supplies. Here in Eng
ElanS it is well known and understood, that
whenever manufacture is established, employ.
ing number of hands, it raises the value Of
lands all about; partly by the greater demand
near at hand. and partly from the plenty Of
money drawn there by the business. -
GIT SEEMS, THEREFORE, PIE INTER-
EST OF ALL FARMERS, AND OWNERS
OF LAND, TO ENCOURAGE OUR MANU-
FACTURES, IN PREFERENCE TO FOR
EIGN ONES" Wise words, and true now as
then. - <.l y w IL ~ ,
In letter to j. G.. Cabal!, in 1918, James
Madison said, "The theory of Get us alone,
supposes that all nations concur in a perfect
tree2om of commercial intefcourse. No nation
can safely do 30 until at least a reciprocity be
insured TO it. nation leaving its former for.
eign trade-to regulate itself in all cases, MIGHT
SOON FIND IT REGULATED BY OTHER
NATIONS INTO. "A SUBSERVIENCY TO
FOREIGN INTERESTS"
Andrew Jackson, in his Presidential Message
of 1880, said, in favor of the constitutional right
to so adjust tariffs as to encourage domestic in
dustry:
''ln this conclusion am confirmed, as well
Isby the. opinion of Washng ton, Jefferson, Madi-
son and Monroe, who have repeatedly recon-
mended the exercise ofthe right under the Con-
stitutior as by the uniform practice of Congress,
the continual acquiescenee of the States, and
the general understanding Of the people"
In a private letter, in 1924, he said, "Take
from our agriculture 600, 900 men, women and
children, to be employed in manufactures, and
you will, at once, give a home market for more
breadstuffs than all Europe now gives us
WE HAVE BEEN TOOTLONG SUBJECT
TO THE POLICY OF BRITISH MER
) CHANTS. 1t time we should become lit
lie more AMERICANlZEDI'
Men of America, choose between the word
of these great Americans, and the British cry o
free trade.
FARMERS, mechanics, manufacturers there i
!; mo conflict Of Interest be ween you. "Eacl
for all, all tor each, is the divine law, in DO
iitica economy, as well aa in ethics or religion
The permanent success OF one branch of in
dustry is only secured by the prosperity Of ali.
I. No couDtryin' the world is so well adapted t
that association and diversity of labor, whicl
grow with, aud help increase civilization an,
freedom, as ours. Rich in abundant and varie
! products, rivers and lakes, natural highway
a far in land, water power in every State, steam
# land the skill to,use ii, eyerywhere-all- com
: bine to bring producer and consumer side b
side tT -arz afs l.a's .a. r.
!, All this would come naturally with a tru
= policy OF government, to put obstacles aside
O That policy can help or hinder greatly; bring
y ing thereby prosperity -or-ruin.
n A farmer, in Michigan or Wisconsin, for in
stance, raises wool. A waterfall is heard fror
bis door, or the puff of a steam engine, cuttin
% lumber from an adjacent forest; but his wool
n taken to the Sc aboard, and the cloth he wear:
Il and the tools he uses, brought from some work
4 shop in foreign land, thousands of miles away
His wheat. corr and cattle go to New Englan
. or to Europe to. be sold ALWAYS AT A PRICl
fGOVERNED BY A FOREIGN MARKET
and he gets that price, less tie cost of transpo,
ftation and commission, and the r7sk of shin
f rreck. Spend half these costs in putting tn
: watershed inplace, whereby the stream NIGH
4 be his servant; or in making the waste power c
the steam engine turn lathes and WELD trip
hammers, and his wool is woven and his tool
! made. Naturally, tie Northwest, with its gree
3 extent ofrich soil, will have surplus to sen
= away, while New England, with its WATERPROOF
), er, capital, skill, and dense population, vii
m anufo oturn largely There is ample room 70
both, and no jealousy between them. Th
Northwest, with raw materials here, with foot
cheap and abundant, can really manufectur
with less expense than the East.
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