, 1865-12-15

few weeks since we endeavored 70 impress
upon the farmers Of WAlls Walla Valley the in.
portanee Of giving attention to the rearing pi
sheep and consequent production Of WOOL The
suggestion was well received, and with another
season, there is every reason to believe that wool
will be produced in sufficient quantity to wur.
rant the building Of woolen factory. An eE-
terprise Of this character will not interfere viii
or check any Of the industrial enterprises now
going forward, but on the contrary wilf gire
them q new stimuIant. The farmer who has
-ifs hundred or thousand head Of sheep, need
not produce a single bushel less Of wheat, ard
Ia fEet will aid 10 building up ldcAi dsmnud
for breadstuffs that otherwise must seek a mar
ket abroad. The Philadelphia North Americas,
Discussing The question of manufactures gsnst-
afiy, has suggestions which apply with great
force to this immediate locality. Is
When We advocate the devotion of more eafe
and attention to manufactures, we ask our pee
pie to do that which will enlarge villages in6
cities, and expand shall cities into Immense mt
tropolitan csnters Of population and business.
In such q movement as this every class Of tie
commdnity Is directly interested 1t gives tie
farmer better home market FOR his produce, tie
trAdesman an Increased demand for his goods,
the real estate owner an ampfer return on lis
investment, and; in fact. all kinds of CIVILIZED
craftsmen the means not only of making good
living and accunuiating a competence, but of
rearing up splendid fortunes.
Let cotton factory or iron foundry be put
in full operation at a country village, and imme-
diately the village becomes a town of very de-
! INN Lat ha cd inn ct,fk
able part of town like Philadelphia, and i'm
medately every house in the neighbothood ac-
quires an increased value, on acc56nt Of the de-
maud for dwellings by the operatives. A COM
mercial city may be squeezed into very limited
space as in the case of New York, while manu-,
featuring city Inevitably requires great deal of
Groom and verge enough The operatives en-
ployed i'd the latter live in comfortable dwell
ings, while the sailors, the long g-shoreuten, and
the hangers-oh of commerce seem to ignore such
advantages.
Manufactures give patronage add support to
our schools of design they encourage the edu-
cation of the masses they are the soul of all
the Improvements In agriculture and commerce.
If we understand the tendency Of civilization
manufactures constitute its prominent trait, and
should receive the chief attention of any people
aspiring to the highest development, as we do
in the United States. The policy which would
tuuuCe US W ueBleCb luis great interest,", huu
hang our hopes of greatness merely upon agrl-
culture and commerce, is such as might please
the great industrial interests Of England, but
should be regarded as opposed to our perma-
nent prosperity
The Western States, we are happy to perceive,
have at length entered fully into this policy OF
encouraging domestic industry. The vast cop
per, iron and lead resources of Michigan, Illi-
nois and Missouri have led to the establishment
of industrial works in those regions, to use the
ores dug from those mines. So, too, the enor-
nous demand for wooden goods during the war
caused a great increase in the wooden mills at
the West, as the Kentucky tobacco trade has in
duced the establishment of hourishing tobacco
factories in all the Western cities.
What manufactures have done for New Eug-
land and the Middle States in former years, they
are in process of doing for the West and the
Western agriculturists, fully appreciating the
value of the home market for the produce which
is thus needed, understahd the subject far better
than they ever did before, and are investing their
spare capital in the manufacturing concerns start
ing up in their vicinage. So it should be every
where and with every man. Our capital should
go to increase the productive capacity of our in-
dustrial establishments and our policy should fos-
ter this interest.