The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-02-06
FROM RURAL.

EDITOR NEWS: we Salu IN our
last weeks communication that we
must be an independent people, rs
nearly as possible. Now, Mr.. Ed,
itor, some may differ with us, but
no matter, they have a right to
their opinions and we claim the
same. We will first speak of diff
ferent articles that are manufac-
tured east, and shipped here to be
consumed. Canned fruits, for in
stance; there are thousands of
dollars sent east every yeal
for canned traits that could be put
up at home, and the money kept
with us. Peaches can be had
here, when a crop is raised, at a
small cost, and small fruits of all
kinds can be raised 80 as to COM
pete with any State in the Union.
But what are we doing? We are
sending our money east for every
thing in that line. 1 dare say one
hundred thousand dollars from
Lyon county alone would not
more than cover the amount.
Sweet corn is shipped from here
to Vermont, canned, and shipped
back. There it is worth one dol
lar, here fifty cents. Is it any
wonder the people grumble OF
hard times? Tomatoes also are
put up and shipped here, while
hundreds of bushels of them go
to destruction in Kansas for the
want of market. Some may say,
what is the use of a canning es.
tablishment where there is so lit
tie small fruit raised? What is
the use of farmer raising more
than he can consume? If he can
find a market for it, the fruit car
be raised and will be raised. This
small fruit business may seem, a
first sight, to be n small matter
but when we consider that hal
million or more of money is going
out of the country annually fol
this commodity alone, it is not 81
small. We might go on ant
enumerate a score or more of 9th
er things that we are doing to i'm
poverish our country.
What we want is home manutac
tories. We will, for instance
enumerate some of the manufac
? turing establishments that coul'
be run in and about Emporia
First a WOODEN factory and pape
; factory, at the foot of Commercis
street, at w. I. Soden's. He ha
the water power to run the abov
named factories and the building
can be had on reasonable terms
Next, a tannery somewhere nea
the city; a pillow factory; carriag
land wagon factory. By the wa!
Mr.. Ryan, of the firm of Ryan
Conner, tells me that he can con
y pete with the eastern manufact1
y rers on wagons and carriages. E
;, can get up just as good a WACO
warranted right up to the handl
and if she breaks down you kno
he right where to go and get it r
- paired without further cost. Th
er is quite an advantage. We W
70 buy of him when we want a NJ
wagon, and farmers let me t.
ha you, it is to your interest eve
he time to patronize home industl
.s as far as you can. This is VIII
nd will cause manufactures to spri
up in our midst. We will 81
pose that every farmer in Ly
-" county that needs a wagon t
spring would order one of RyaI
r. Conner; do you suppose that
present number of hands that I'll
employ could fill the orders? \
rth the number of hands would be
red creased. So many wagons to
alb, finished in such a time. tt
IN would advertise in The New
wagon makers wanted at our sh'
ork in the city of Emporia- n,
,ul- need apply but first-class VIC
/ in men. Here comes the consul
,om right into our midst. He can
for his produce from the produce
he likes; is not obliged to pay
lion transportation, and the mid
old mans profit, as he did in the e