Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-09-11
NO35
Manifest Das:iay' OF lie I.orfdue IS.
Farm and Facto y fsatr. al Allies.

IN the w est we are SO accustomed
to the transit Of grain and provisions,
50 dependent on distant markets that
many suppose we have not the natural
capacity for any variety OF pursuit on
large scale, but that i,irnln. mus: be
the great occupation, and We must
mainly depend on other re- ons for our
manufactures. Not to undefrate the
vocation Of the tiilers OF the soil. but
to show wherein lies their highest pros
pelIty, would We correct this mistake.
No country in the wolll-aot even
Great Britain, which aspiies to be the
worlds granary-- has such conditions
for success in varied industry OF farm
and mill and factory as the Northwest.
and some other parts of our Union.
What are these conditions
| lst. Breadth OF rich land for alum
dant food.
ID. Fuel AID metals, abundant and
accessible.
| Sd. Skill, energy and supply of
labor.
4th Capital
Great Britain has the second and
fourth, and cheap labor also. but lacks
the first. BY admirable farming she
partly makes up the deficiency, but
with her narrow domain, want Of farm
work for a due share of her workers,
and wealth in few hands, the depress-
ed condition OF many of her people is
inevitable. Yet her vast coal and iron
! beds are magnets. drawing the gold of
| Australia anil California, with resist
less force, into the Golfers Of London
bankers. The word over, It will be
found thai agricultural nations do no.
ga. 2 IN wealth, power and progressive
civilization prm9nsatly. and that manu-
featuring nations, with no room for
large agriculture, gan wealth in few
hands, but The people do not reach com
: petence or culture.
We have wealth of soil 0 feel many
millions more, and Give employment 10
intelligent owners and Tiles thereof.
coal and iron in quantities. unequaled.
, IN quality hardly equaled. in almos. e.
: cry State, copper, lead, tin, &c. abound.
. and the world has no such acce. ,i!,le
J stores OF mineral wealth and fuel
amidst such breadth Of .ch land SIX II
and energy are here, capital gains anil
Will gtasitate TO US, as We are alive 10
J manifest destiny" labor is here. aud
, we can bring laborers over the ocean
feei them mere, far better than TO
, do it abroad, and take back tie com
!, and food We send in the shape Of I'M
!, ported tools and ctoths, MINIS / e, GUT.
, waste, commissions, and the dram q.
gram growing constituents from our
soil.
In 1860, the eleven Northwestern
States Sent to England and The manu-
featuring countries OF Europe only
sl2,3oo,Dto wo.tn of gram and food,
which 100000 cmigrants, work.n. here,
would have CONSUMED: but we bought
OF them some SO 100000 worth 0;
. their goods. No wonder they want is
to be the worlds granay. Tor It pays
them. The same year The las; err and
o-her Ststes OF odr country took
siyJ,v5u.oto OF our products. or fifteen
TINS IS math as these European manu-
featuring people.
SO great is our home trade beside
our foreign, but we want large mar
ket still nearer, to be independent, and
can have it. Let us open every means
of transit for our supplies, but le, US be
alive to our great natural aiyanil yes
and thus build up that varied industry
which is ever the means Of wealth and
culture, growth. power. and vide
spread benefit to III, people. With the
vast and varied manufactures for which
nature has boun;eously given abundant
resources, we can have great market
at home, and use our own coal 20 smelt
and shape the products of our mines.
and weave the fabrics for which raw
material will come from our farms and
herds.
In the minds OF some persons, man
uiac,urer is ''monopolist,n crattily liy-
ing Oh the hard toll Of the poor farmer,
and any encouragement given that hat
ed class is irowned upon. Factory
owner or farmer may be mean o. may
be manly, but the business OF either is
useful and honorable. and SO far from
there being antagoni>m, they are nat
ural allies, closely linked by the bonds
Of mutual dependence.
Inv est Sib.uIi.hp6 III il9lu1aclufeS
in our city. and the value AMI profit OF
every farmer for miles would be II
creased, but these factories could not
live unless the farmers prospered.-
Whatever the influence the taxes and
tariffs may have on our industry, is felt
for good or i'll West as we'll as East
and IN all these things the building up
in common prosperity, Of all classes OF
workers on the live and let live prin-
cirle. should be the am OF broad legis-
lasion and enlightened public opinion.
Let us keep an eye single to our man
itcst destiny here in the West, and
have wit and energy enough 10 use the
gifts Of nature SO rich and abundant in
our milst.-Bm1ia7toa HauSeye.