The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-07-05

property as long as he uses it in such a
manner as not to intrude the rights o.
others. A man may raise corn, oats
wheat, and potatoes; but he by the
legal economy Of our commonwealth
may not plant and raise Canada thistles
for the reason that the seeds have
wings and can fly over his neighbor:
fence, and the roots have legs they car
and will crawl under. Whenever one
nation allows itself to become depend.
ent upon another, the dependent one
becomes weak and the other becomes
strong in proportion as the other be-
comes weak. This more than anything
else has made Ireland weak because she
has allowed herself to be dependent
upon England. Suppose we were te
Lesome dependent upon ssms other
country for all our iron. Perhaps in
the time of war when we most wanted
it they might not let US have it. In
such an event we might lose our nation.
atty. And become the victims Of oul
own false system of economy. The
right Of nation or community to rcgu.
late its own domestic social and polite
al economy and commerce is only at
tackled by a few visionary social philos-
ophers who claim that community
should not organize for the public good
but should have all property in COM
mon. This would be introducing a
system similar to the Esquim aux
amongst us. And would soon lead to
a system Of plumber wherein tho strong
would oppress the weak. The more
this kind of philosophy prevails the
more of a prey nation becomes to its
own discontcnts and to foreign rivals.
This system Of philosophy has made
France the object Of pity that she is.
1t is this kind Of false philosophy that
made her plunge into war with strong
er and more enlightened neighbor. 1t
was the more correct philosophy, more
wise policy Of social economy, that en-
abled her German neighbors to overrun
her soil capture her cities and crush her
armies. Correct and wise habits give
strength, vigor, and success, and if we
would be strong and independent we
must keep our faces toward the light
and 60 forward in the future US we
have in the past. We must not be de-
pendent upon anybody else for what we
can produce ourselves. We must build
factories for making those things We
need. We must make our plows, wag-
ons, machines, and all kind of farming
implements. We must manufacture
our own cloth. There is no good rea.
son why we should ship our wool East
and our cloth West, paying the freight
both ways, and then complain of the
high prices we pay and at the same
time let it pass through the hands of a
dozen middle-meu each making profit
on it, and we pay them all in the end.
This practice is not good social and po-
litical economy. Economy means the
best possible disposition of affairs in
life. 1t is poor economy in the laborer
to create strife between labor and capi-
tai, and it is also poor economy for the
capitalist to create strife between capt.
tai and labor for both are essential in
carrying forward our best interests and
advancing true principles of social.
political, and domestic economy. 1t is
unwise in the agriculturalist to attempt
to create strife, between the farmer and
manufacturer, because one is depend
ant upon the other. Without the one
the other could not prosper. The more
manufacturers there are, the better the
market will be for the farmers produce.
And the more farmers there are the
greater demand will be for manufacture
ed articles. So the one is dependant
upon the other, and it is not possible to
injure the interest of the one without
injuring both at the same time. You
cannot help one without helping both
for their interests are both governed by
the same principles (supply and de-
mandy. These are the two words that
govern this whole system Of our polite
al economy. When l say political | dc
not mean in the narrow sense of party
power, but mean in the sense of polity
or the people. When We shall have
utilized all these great water powers,
when the hum of spindles and the clat-
ter of machinery shall be heard all along
these beautiful rivers, we shall have
come nearer to our destiny as people
than we now are. There is no reason
why these water powers should not be
used as well as those in the east.
was talking of these grand and possible
projects once with one of my lawyer