The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-04-20
Encourage Home Industry,

home merchants, your nome interests OF
every character Mutual dependence
is law Of society. 1t is proper, there.
fore, to sustain each other, aud by SO
doing We foster aud encourage home
trade, home industry, home enterprise,
and build up the interests Of the CON
munity in which We live But what is
the practice Of very many persons 10
community like this Ii they want
suit Of clothes, they must run to the
city for II, their home tailors "can't fit
them" Do they want pair Of boots,
CATERS, or walking shoes, they run to
the city. their own boot aud shoe max.
ers can't make decent looking, neat.
fitting boo. or gaiter. Do they want
lot Of groceries, they must go to the
city, they get things $50 much ulcer"
in the city. Is it lot Of household
furniture that is needed, of they post
to the city, even though their home
cabinet maker can furnish them quite
as handsome aud far more durable
article. II a watch is to be repaired or
a piece Of jewelry mended, of We goto the
city, our own artilaps being so uaskilled
as to be uutrastworthy. If man has
an intricate case 10 court, he is afraid
to trust il in the hands Of his home
lawyer, bat must send for sons distant
legal celebrity; "cows, at a distance,
have very long horns" you know. II
man be sick, with some goaty, rheu-
matte, or other malady, he sends to the
city for some DR.. Bungler, aud although
the solemn owl of an NJ. D, should ad-
minister to him only asses milk, he
would feel himself perfectly secure uu.
der the treatment Of his "emiaent' city
physician A lady wants a new hat or
new dress. Her home milliner or
mantuamaker, however tasty or skill
ful, can't please her, aud away she
goes to the city. Does the merchant,
manufacturer, or business man, want q
card, circular, or bill-head printed, he,
too, must run to the city or, being in
the city to purchase his Spring, Sum-
mer or Winter supplies, he thinks he
may just as well get his cards and cir
eulars printed there, too, for his home
printer "can't do it, just to suit his
fastidious taste. Well, suppose the
printer were to come out in his paper
and advise the customers Of the mer-
chant and the manufacturer to 20 to
the city for all they want. How long
would it take the city to absorb the
substance Of the country towns, and
leave their houses TO crumble to decay,
and their streets to be overgrown with
weeds. So We might so on, from Que
branch of business TO another, until we
had enumerated the whole list, aud the
same experience is common to all
nothing at home is as good as that
which comes from abroad, in the esti-
nation Of such people. The unwise
policy of running to the city for every
thing, which can just as well be
had a. home, is the canksr worm at the
heart Of the prosperity of country towns.
Mechanics, Iaborers, business men, you
who are engaged in the productive en-.
terprises of the community 10 which
you live, form yourselves into assooia-
tons for the mutual protection of youF
interests, aud especially frown upou the
reprehensible practice We have adverted
to above You can cure the evil il
you will. Ali that is needed is concert
Of action among yourselves. When you
see business man 10 your midst pur-
suing such policy, try the same policy
upon him. A homely old aduge says
that "what is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander."