Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-11-27

| give it up. These people have been Worship
| ing 10 it undisiurhed until last year, when
| they had some difficulty with some colored
| people from Rockville and its vicinity, sent
| down by Mr.. Lanahan, as ! was informed, to
take possession Of the church torewarned
Them of entering it, These brethren have been
anxious for a reunion. think they are in
very fair way for it. ] am not surprised Mt it,
| for AIN satisfied that they wonld like to come
| in and take possession OF all Of our parsonages
and churches as they have heretofore done;
| but experience is great teacher have writ
ten this, Mr.. Editor, TO show the luminosity
that still exists in the hearts Of these brethren
toward The Southern Church.
Edwin WALLACE.
| Mr.. Editor Scnfine1 in reading the notice
of the Railroad Meeting at Mechancsville, in
your paper of the 20th inst, ] felt like writing
| you few of my cru6e ideas on the subject
! think the county had better pursue policy
that would build turnpikes inseads OF rail
roads, as the farmers here begin 10 find that
| the railroads are now bringing the produce of
the far West into our markets in competition
with them, (and grain especially,) at lower
prices than they can afford to sell at. In my
opinion, there is but one thing that will rene
dy this state of affairs, and that is sufficiently
high tariff on foreign manufactures of all
kinds to make II more profitable TO manufac-
ture every thing we need at home, throughout
i the country amongst the farmers, than it is to
4 buy from foreign countries. You have mem
/ toned the right principle in your paper several
times, when You recommended the people of
| yonr village to keep their money OF home, and
/ trade and deal with each other. Why do you
not apply this same principle to the whole
country, or TO national affairs? 1t is n true
principle, and would work well for the " hole
country. Bnt the whole people must be COM
PEELED to follow that principle by making il
their interest to do So and that can only be
done by the Congress oil the United States.
will explain by putting II in plain business
way, between you and myself. Suppose Won
have farm with water power on it and
have some spare capital. say $50, 900, and you
| wish to engage in some kind Of manufacture,
say cotton or wooden goods, for instance. Now
suppose have 500, 600 or Sl50,000 capital
and wish 10 employ it in business, and find
that can buy the same goods, that Won wish
to manufacture, in Europe and sell them here
at profit, al lower prices than you could pos
sihly Manufacture them for, (aud such is al
ways the case with low or revenue tariff.
do you not see that you would he compelled
TO let your property 90 nnimproved and your
capital idle, or to do the same as am doing
with NINE or lend it to some one else TO
do the same thing? Now, would il not be
better to tax the foreign goods high enough
to keep me from undersellng You, and put
us on an equality, and make it my interest,
(and yours too, to employ my capital at
home, and employ home labor and help TO
make home marketfo for lhesuw0unding farm
ers TO supply those laborers. instead Of ship
ping the products Of their soil to foreign conn-
tries think so, though unfortunately yeu
and your party do not seem to think so. And
here is just where the Republican party made
a great mistake in not building up home trade
and manufactures OF the country when they
. had The power, but not the knowledge. Ifyonr
party will remedy this mistake, it will keep the
reins--but If not, there will he another change.
| was in hopes the Changers would take hold
OF this important question and send men to
f Congress who would huild up home market
for them, aud relieve them of the necessity Of
impoyerishiug their lands by shipping the
produce to foreign countries. You mentioned
in your paper that you expected, or WAS IN
hopes, soon to see the great water power Of
} the Potomac improved with manufacturing
villages, and would like TO sec il too, and also
those great mills in Georgetown turned into
manufacturing establishments so that the
smaller mills throughout the country could
pay the farmers more for their grain than they
are getting now, TO supply the labore.s that
would be in them with their -four, meal, &c.
But il cannot be done, because ii does not pay
to buildand run manufacturing establishments
TO any great extent here without a sufficient
tax on the foreign articles to balance the DIFF
ference on the price of labor in this country
and Europe
Yon win see that the manufacturing estah-
/, lishments almost all over the country are now
curaling or stopping business, and reducing
wages and diseaarging laborersi and it il
keeps on getting worse, those lahorers and
the capital too will be forced back on the soil
10 raise more produce in competition with the
present farmers. If manu- features were en-
couraeed and protected by the Government,
more labor and capital would be drawn from
the soil and be turned into consumers of the
produce Of those left on it, and thus tend TO
equaZe capital and labor, and make it better
for both. The people of this country violate
a natural law when they try, or expect, 10 buy
the product of this labor at a low price, and
sell their own at a high price. II cannot be
done as a general thing. 1t will not do to
look on one side only, as we are too apt to do,
for when you buy you must sell also Now,
If the laborer in Europe. working at low
wages, can pay So per bushel for our wheat,
or ST per bushel for our corn, 1.-THE manufacture
ing lahorer mean1 our own laboriug men
it employed at home doing the same work, at
better prices for their labor can afford TO pay
the farmers as much, or more for their pro-
duce AND save them tie expense of shipping II
away besides keeping the refuse or fertilizer
in the country to go back to the soil. Ships
and railroads are producing establish
meGts. MANUFACTURES are producingestablish-
ments. They are antagonis.c too, in great
measure and what is done for one is very apt
to be against the other, and it is our interest 10
enquire which it is best for us people to
encourage aud protect and build up. The
two first are mere carriers, but the last are
producers of something that we are obliged to
have. Bnt you will say, we must have Ieve-
nue. to support the Government, and if we in
jure the shipping business we will not have
enough. | say SO too, and so much the better,
for we have no right to support the Govern
ment in this roundabout way out of the wages
of the laboring man. without his knowing it,
but should build up aud protect all kinds of
bnsinessand make them profitable and tax the
profits Of this trade and clear incomes from all
sources over about $500 per year, and get the
revenue sufficient to support the Government.
And here is another great mistake the Repub-
lican party made in abolishing the income tax,
and depriving the Government of the power Of
resaming specie payments. See that your
party docs not make the same mistake and bow