The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-16
MORE ABOUT MANUFACTURERS.
Some Plain and Sensible Suggestions.

EDITOR NEWS: There has been con-
siderable said of late in regard to re-
form, (and well said. But what reform
is most needed at the present time is to
inaugurate some plan to relieve us of
our present embarrassment as speedi-
ly us possible. In the first place we
are remote from the seaboard. We
cannot expect to compete with Illinois,
Iowa. Wisconsin, Missouri, and other
grain growing states. The present
rates of freight on our railroads will
consume our produce before it can
reach the consumer. What is our
remedy? 1t is the establishment of
home manufactures We must be
self-sustaining people. just look at it
for moment. We are now sending
what little money we can raise, east.
Everything We wear, boots, shoes,
wearing apparel, and in fact almost
everything, is brought here from the
east, paying high freight and large
per cent. to the middle man, while on
the other hand, if bountiful crop Is
obtained we have not got the con-
sumner with us to use it. Cannot ship
it east on account of distance and
high freights. Are obliged to take
what we can get for it and, that may
be less than half what it cost to pro-
duce it. We say we want to be self
sustaining people and this can only be
accomplished by establishing manu-
factories. If every person in Lyon
county, we will say for instance,
agree that they would not buy their
boots and shoes of Eastern manufac-
tories but would go to our shoemaker,
and get their shoes made, do you not
see that the shoe maker would be OBJ
liged to enlarge his shop, increasing
his number of hands, and by crrrying
on large shop and getting all the
work he could do, could sell as cheap
as the eastern manufacturer. His liv-
ing would be one half cheaper; his
rents would be lower; in fact, we
would bring the consumer right TO our
} door. He would exchange his mer-
chandise for our produce and our
money would remain at home. We
say that it is to the interest Of every
producer in Kansas to never buy a
} pair OF boots of eastern manufactures.
; Suppose they do cost trifle more, they
are enough better to pay the difference.
We must tan our own leather, stop
shipping our hides east. where they
| ooss tb,o,,r-H, sy,a ha,.x1s 81 ,asrar.I r,.5sl-
; dlemen before they reach the tanner
: They then pass through the hands Of
! another set of middlemen, each one
e has clip at them, until they get bach
$ TO where they started. Is it any won
: der that boots and shoes are so high
J. The same can be said OF our woOleE
4 goods. They run the gauntlet the
r same as the poor cowskin does. We
,. must have factories Of different kind:
/. or always remain q dependent people
: VIII not some of our monied men
make = move in this direction. We
must manufacture Onr wagons, czrria.
K ges, plows, reapers, mowers, and il
It fact every implement that IS used By
Is farmer. You need not fear but wha
It the Changers will support you in yonl
;. undertaking buying directly OF you OF
u a cash basis. It is a part of Granger'l
d religion to patronize home industry
II trade directly with the manufacture
+, and thereby do away with Mr.. middle
T man as much as possible. If the citi
Q zens of Emporia would take this mott
: in hand the Changers of Lyon count,
II would be with them.s Let us thinl
e this matter over and act, and time vii
: accomplish 1t. United action is wha
n we want, and some persons of infiu
:, ence to take the lead and we win bacl
10 you by giving our trade.
To be continued RURAL.