Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-08-12
Selett aNisttllaup.
Shall We uayc Manufactures?

icy OF buying articles of daily use from
torei gners, either will remain, or will
become ban albarous. Civilization in ma
tions is indicated by their drawing
manufactures into their midst, and by
emancipating themselves from foreign
labor and skill. What is true OF the
traffic between nations, is also true of
the traffic between the different parts
or States OF the same country, and es-
pecially of the EasV and West-the
sGnerent members of which are so far
separated from each other. In pur-
chasing from foreign countries, the
freight drtles and expenses on many
articles imported from Europe to the
West, exceed in value their original
cost; hence, the consumer has to pay
Just rs much again for them as he
would il the article was manufactured
at home. The transport OF an article
of any bulk from New York or New
Orleans to Iowa or further West,
would add immensely to its cost, at
tcraing good margin OF advantage to
the local manufacturer.
The day is not far distant when we
shall see cotton coming directly up the
Mississippi to Iowa from the Sandwich
Islands and the Southern cotton States,
to be woven on looms put up here for
it. Even now, articles worth many
hundred thousand dollars, which was
formerly produced in the New Eng
land States, are sent over the Rocky
Mountains from the workshops and
factories of Iowa. There are now
wooden mills and other manufacturing
establishments in Iowa representing a
capital OF some millions OF dollars, do
ing brisk and profitable trade, which
are extending their operations, year
after year into the fields heretofore the
exclusive territory OF Eastern manu-
tac.urers. This fact alone is worth
millions to the farmers of the West,
tor the demand is so continually in
creasing, by means of immigration and
the opening up of new settlements, AS
to keep the price OF raw material uni
tormly on the advance; SO that it may
be regarded as certain that the old low
prices for farm produce is thing of
the past. What has proved beneficial
i'll the cases of these peculiar descrip-
tions OF raw material, will also prevail
in others, and the increase of manutac-
lures, which will undoubtedly be de-
veloped during the next ten years, will
be accelerated in a geometrical ratio
by the enlargement of our territory to
the misunderstanding, as it is sure
to do, large proportion of European
emigration. Heretofore our progress
has been largely confined to breaking
III upon the wilderness, that the coun-
try might be prepared for this age
OF development, which we are very
sanguine is near at hand.
The population likely to be intro
duced into these new territories is
likely to be so large that il all the
goods used by them and the present
population of the Western States were
manufactured IN our midst, instead of
being imported from other countries,
the business of manufacture alone
would support another population at
least tWO-thirds as large as our pres
ent one.
Another advantage. The farmers of
the West are well aware that whenev-
er there is a good demand for grain
shipment, the cost OF sending it to its
destination becomes very heavy in
proportion to its original cost. The
tariffs OF the railroads are liable to be
increased, and there will also be an ad-
vance in the freights OF vessels in the
carrying trade, just III proportion as
there is no demand for their services.
There must be pressing demand in
Europe for breadstutfs to make it prot
liable to the Western farmer, an event
that does not occur ottcner than once
IN every five OF ten years. For the
past few years wheat and corn have
both commanded high prices, but this
has been owing to the failure OF the
crop in some portions OF Europe and
the recuperation of this country from
the waste of war. The time will re-
turn when there will be the usual sur
plus OF grain iH our markets, and the
serious question should be to find a
surcr mode for its disposal than de-
pendence on the foreign dcnand.-
Western farmers then must look for
their prosperity to something else be.
sides commerce. They must adopt
the policy that is rendering the New
England States SO prosperous, and
buIld up home manufactures. There
is All abundance OF capital in the w est