Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

others of that school. Jefferson said
aThe manufacturer should be at tn,
side of the farmer" that "manufac
turers are now as necessary to our in
dependence as to our comfort Ham
ilton said that: "the independence ant
prosperity of a country are materially
connected with the prosperity OF it.
manufactures" Franklin said that
industry, in all shapes, in all instances
and by all means, should be promoted
But by the foreshadowing in con
structing his cabinet, it is feared thu
President takes different view O
this question. "A merchant may have
distinct interest from that Of his coun
try. He may thrive by a trade that
will prove her ruin. A single mer
chant in New York has imported ;
larger amount Of foreign manufacture
in the last quarter of century, which
ought to have been produced by ou1
own citizens, than all the breadstuffi
we have sold to England. He was
the first man selected by the Presi
dent tor his chief minister of finances
the Secretary of the Treasury. This
is ominous Of evil to our home manu-.
features. The free trade papers have
rung withinv ective and rldicule against
such men as Sprague, Cakes Ames and
A. b. Ward, who have exhibited as
high a degree Of financial skill and
ability as the New York importer-dif
fused vast sumes of money among our
own working people, and developed
in them arts, and sciences, and genius
worth more to the nation than the ten
largest private fortunes in the city Of
New York. Hundreds of the most
skillful mechanics, machinists and
manufacturers are graduating from
their factories annually, and diffusing
themselves all over the country to i'm
part their knowledge to thousands
who will use it not only to build up
magnificent homes for themselves, but
also to build up wealthy, powerful
and grand country.
Can it be polite, in any point of
view, to make the United States de-
pendant On any nation for supplies
necessary tor ease, comfort, accommo-
dation or defense? The great album
dance of money whore manufactures
prevail and its great scarcity where
they do not exist, is strong pres1mp-
tive evidence of their favorable III.
fuence upon the prosperity OF COM
munity.
1t is not, as some may suppose,
that your correspondent enters the
list as an ar.ful and ingenious writer
in championship for the manufacturers,
for he cannot number among his friends
one who owns factory, or dollar OF
stock in one; nor does he write ad cap
tenaum to tickle the tancies of manu-
facturers, for they are generally intel
llgent, and probably better posted in
the statistics which he has presented III
his several communications than him.
self But he says, with Henry Clay,
in his first speech in Congress after his
return from Client: Il would now pro-
tect and encourage the home manu-
features, not so much for the benefit
of the manufacturers themselves as tor
the great general interest of the whole
country" These fervent appeals, there
fore, are not made alone to manufac-
turers, but to fame s, mechanics, mer-
chats and professional men, all OF
whom would share largely and liber-
ally in the prosperity that would flow
from an enlarged, spirited and pros
porous manufacture throughout the
country.
Respectfully yours,
ALFRED DrTeu.