Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-11-03

The West needs manufactures OF
various kinds TO make her people
prosperous, wealthy, and reasonably
independent Of foreign capital and
combinations. The loss sustained
annually by the West, for want oi
manufactures, Is immense. Take
the article Of leather as an example.
An animals hide is sold to . dealer
in McGregor, by the McGregor deal
er to dealer in Chicago, by him to
New York or Boston dealer, he to
. tanner, the tanner to manutac-
turer of boots and shoes, who sells
his stock through as many dealers to
return them to the west, where we
purchase back the hides we sold, hav.
ing been tanned and made into boots
and shoes at the east, while we have
BEEN raising wheat to pay for them,
and in the operation We get pretty
thoroughly tanned, as will as the
hides ". sell aud buy back. We pay
freight on the article, say 1000 miles,
aud six TO ten commissions to the
different dealers. then transport It
back, paying similar commissions to
as many dealers; then start our wheat
on the same journey to run like
gauntlet of freight and commissions,
to feed workmen who tan the hides
and make up the shoes; and when we
get the shoes on our feet aud the
wheat to the working men and wo-
men who perform the labor Of chang
ing the raw material into the finished
manufacture, it 10 q very dear ex-
pense to the farmer and the tanner
and shoemaker.
Were these hides tanned and made
up here in Fayetle county, saving
the 1000 miles OF transportation and
scorc OF commissions, and our
wheat sold to the workmen here,
saving similar expenses on that, who
can tail to sec that it would he better
for the manufacturing laborer, the
farmer, aud for all parties except the
middle men, who live by handling
the productions OF our laborers? Our
population would b. increased by an
Industrious class OF people, thereby
enlarg,ng the first element Of pros
porous state, and the laborer brought
into The midst OF all the elements ol
a comfortable support al dl,ninishde
cost; while the farmer would find a
market in every town OF his county
for his products, at an enhanced
price, because released from the ex.
actions of grasping middle men and
the consuming tariff OF an extended
transportation.
And what is true of hi es and their
manufacture. is true OF wool and 9th
er articles. Wood anu iron machin-
cry ought to be made west of the
Mississippi. and most Of the articles
used by the people OF Iowa. We
have all the facilities for such enter.
prises, unless i: be sufficient surplus
capital. t'a.
And what is true Of our wheat, is
also true OF our flour, pork, beef, nut
ton, corn, oats, butter, cheese, eggs,
&c. t@ sas-li#
We are CAD to know that manu-.
facturing enterprises are rapidly in
crcasing in the West. The people
OF Iowa should encourage every ef-
fort OF that kind, and give liberal
support to those engaged therein, by
purchasing home made manufactures
instead OF sending to foreign coun-
tries. The wooden factories in Win
neshiek aud Allamakce countries are
of great value to No; thern Iowa, and
the samples OF work exhibited at our
late County Fair showing that the
people can obtain thsreirom goods
which no person need to be- ashamed
to use and wear on any OCCASION
And doubtless the factory lately
erected at Elgln, in this county, will
be able to show similarly good sam
Piles of work when it gets fully in
working order. Let US have west
crn manufactures. and le: us support
thcm.-[West Union Gazette.