St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-10-22

ii"" iiiu|i' superior It's agriculture Is or
account Of It's manufactures to what il
would have been had New Hampshire
pursued the same course as Vermont, VIC
can not know. That it is immensely SUI
peror no one can doubt. Statistics
show that i'll garden products, New
Hampshire produces more than three
times aS much as Vermont. This of
course results from the increased demand
created by her manufacturing towns.
/ his tact suggests one direct ADVANTAGE
OF manufactures to agriculture, where
they exist together. 1t removes the cost
OF transportation, the great obstacle to
human improvement. Where the farmer
and the artisan are side by side, little is
lost IN the transfer of their commodities
Separate them, and each loses the ccst of
transportation. The improved lands of
Massachusetts, poor rs they are, are
worth more than $50 per acre, while the
rich lands OF Kansas, will average less
than SO per acre; but transfer the
manufactures OF Massachusetts, 10 Kan
H;'S, and what :hen would be the price Of
their respective Lands. Deprived Of her
manufactures and commerce. Mas-achu-
sets would exist only III her glorious his
tory The manufactures of Massachu-
s"ttS, @lvc the value 10 Massachusetts
farms. Need YOU further illustration OF
the advantage OF placing the consumer by
tine Sidc Of tho producer! Then turn
over the pages OF history, and you Will
find the proposition demonstrated, that
that nation which shall become the work
shop ot the world, will become the mis-
tre>- ct the world. The clear vision of
the 1t Napoleon, WI, scarcely ever bet
ter illustrated than when he said at ST.
Helena, ''t'reat Britain conquered me
not with her swords, but with her
-pi:,!!e-. WIKI! I.,r >pindI,S she subsidized
all Europe, and here am" BY foster
ins manufacturing Industry, she gained
the lead in manufactures. and nearly
every mati'n 10 which she has since had
irv" access with her fabrics, ina, relc,icd
~ uowc-, wealth and civilization. Wha,
an Portugal, Turkey, and india to-day,
IN c"wl-Ieon with what they were Il
century AGO, and before the free impor-
tatIcn ui English fabrics crushed the
manufacturing Industry Of those nations.
Driven hy English manufactures to be
come nothing Gut tilleI7 OF the soil, they
have ended in poverty, slavery and na-
tional leGraiatiou. On the other hand
the iv1dlnG nations OF the Continent.
France, Russia. the German Contcdcra-
tlun. Denmark. Switzerland. bS follow
in" British precedent. in protecting and
encouraging manufacturing industry,
have altain,da power, wealth, ind,pcnd-
cHcr, civilization. HAT rival even that of
England herself. Within halt century,
Russia WAS scarcely anything but IN az
rjcultural people, and every laborer u
~rrt. With the huiIdiug up of her man
utIcturcS under the system OF encourage
mrnt and protection. inau-uIatcd by
Count Nr--c.rodr N 1924, She has ad-
y''nccd III civilization. until every Scrt is
now "a freeman. her wealth almost fahu-
lou-, and her power well nigh irresistible
Switzerland. small, mountainous, cold,
sterile, but full OF skilled artisans, is
wealthy and enlightened. and free and
independent On the other hand portu-
al, fertile, salubriou-, luNuriant. but
supplied almost entirely by foreign wares,
i poor and thrttleSS and dependent.
fcllow-citizens. there is scarcely limit
~ ll'NH' l''i'''ilC> VI llHtOi ' ~ SubN lil'tl
4 state only reaches the highest attain
able prosperity and civilization when az
riculturc and manufacture march hand in
hand And he is no true son of Yer
mont who is satisfied with anything less
With the education, ingenuity and skill
OF our people, Is it not strange specta-
Gle TO SEC the timber stripped from these
mountains, upon every slope of which is
abundant water power, and transported
TO New Hampshire, TO Massachusetts, to
Connecticut, TO New York. and the Sons
OF Vermont sent along with it TO manu-
lacture it, by the aid, in many cases. of
steam power, into carriages, and furni-
turc, and farm tools, to be brought back
to Vermont for our use Is it not y
strange spectacle to behold our wool 90
ing 10 other states to he made into cloth
to be sent back for our wear, and We
paying the enhanced price resulting from
the doublr transportation, and the profits
that make tle dealers rich through whose
hands it passes! Why send our sons
and daughters TO operate the looms and
>pindles OF Manchester and Lowell with
in our own borders? Why send our
butter and cheese, our potatoes and beef
through Boston to Lawrence and Lynn
to feed Nermonters making prints and
boots for us there when they could as
we'll do the same work here
But 1t may be asked how can this