The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
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IsWe Had Cheap Freights.
IfEo iaa cheap ir'iri.is. a. "a
keep OIL doing wiIat @s have Le'
doing lor sa4Dy years W. @"u
raise those crops, aud ..Hly ,i,.'se, th
are best suitea 10 our sol a,.d & iina;
and would leave Producer, ia v:L'
rr..a f- 10 cu,iivate ai.G supply I
~iih h.os- things that 'hey C IL 'ai'
ci,ap,T and casi,.r than ~ can "
In iIIihoi-, Iowa aud Indiana wOui
produce the coin and poIk 20 suppl
ali the States bordering oE the AiiAI
tic and The Gulf OF Mexico. W
would have corn fields stretching 70
miles, piowed by steam po"er pre-
due. j by our iuexhaustible coal de
posts. We would bring to our ali
in the cultivation of this crop all Tia
appliances Of machinery, and all th'
skill Of men trained 10 the business
We would have hog pastures where
the clover should blossom over
hundred acres in a single inciosurei
AID where water should be supplied
at conyeniant places. We would have
corn cribs and cooking apparatus on an
exten.iVe hcale, and concentrate our
skill and capital on the production Of
few things for which we have the
greatest natural advantages. We
would carry on our few branches OF
business with the same thrifty econo-
my that a manufsfurer Of q EIhgIe
staple article sbws ia conducting his
bnsiness.
If we hadeheap freights we would
nature, or work TO q
disadvantage in the production Of
crops We would not try to raise
cotton in Illinois, sweet potatoes in
Michigan, peanuts in Iowa, or tobacco
in Minnesota. In the great corn re
gion Of the mississippi Valley We mi sht
produce The wool, mutton and grain
f''r our o@D consumption, bat We
would leave the gram markets of the
world open 10 those regions of country
especially adapted 10 these crops, and
and not we'll suited TO producing
what We can produce with greater
ease. by this arrangement we would
ali become skilled, each in his own
particular business. We would be-
come eminent in our speciality, ex-
perts in our particular business. We
would dispense with half our fences,
half our barn buildings, and half our
farm machinery; and in the place OF :
what We now have, We would substi- ;
tute those machines that are adapted (
TO the Oneor Two pursuits we engaged {
in. In short, we would be consumers Q
of the crops raised in other sections Of S
the country, as well as the producers C
of those raised at home. We would I
buy as well as sell, and thereby we 7
would all be gamers. Neithe: we, S
nor the farmers at q distance from us, |;
would try TO Iaise crops that are only .
produced at disadvantage on account f
of soil and climate. q
Ii we had cheap frcights, we far. O
mers would carry On business as I.
and merchants 10, and {,
not simply work for a living. We S
would double the commerce OF the h
country instead of doing as we now v
do, study TO see how We can avoid T
buying what other men produce. As s
The matter stands, however, it seems Y
that We must patiently wait for the
good time, which We trust il coming,
whon the men who control our trans
portation lines shall see the propriety 81
Of encouraging trades between far d.
mers in different sections of the coun- v
Try, 9nd OF fostering the exchange OF u
production to the full extent that is n
demanded by pcculiarities of soil and
climate. While it costs four bushels .
Of corn to get one bushel to market, 81
farmers cannot afford 10 buy articles n
produced at distance, and pay four l
Lines their value at the place of pro- = =
duction We must study to live as :
thong we were cut off, or shut of, =
from the rest of the world. We must .
forego the luxuries of other lands and 7
produce luxuries in our own gardens = =
" must give up some Of the sweets : /,
obtained from the tropics, and gather d
honey from the flowers, and manufac- II
ture sirup from sorghum and sugar @
from forest trees. We must make the
farm serve the purpose of tho whole : :
round earth in supplying US with what :
ever is needed for the support aud !:
enjoyment of life.