Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-06-30
COMBINE MANUFACTURES AND
AGRICULTURE.

We notice in an exchange a COM
nunication from . person travelling
in Canada whose home is within a
hundred miles Of the Canadian
line. He expresses his surprise
that "heavy companies are there,
direct from England. buying great
quantities of beef and mutton and
shipping 10 England" We see in
al this no cause for surprise, espe-
cially 10 one living in New Eng
land, as the correspondent does.
Fifteen years ago there was hardly
. machine or utensil used ip Cana
da but those of New England man
ufacture, and New England manu-
facturers were prosperous. Cans
dian cattle, grain and products Of
the farm and forest generally were
shipped to New England markets
in return for these wares, under
the reciprocity treaty. Actuated
BY the belief that Canada reaped
moro benefit from that treaty than
We, we took the s.eps that resulted
in its abrogation. The Canadian
producer found himself compelled
to pay duties on his produce going
out and on machinery and tools
coming in. He was contributing
more heavily than the New En-
glander towards the paymen. of the
United States war debt, aud there
was strong talk of annexation.
This condition of affairs made Can
ada a desirable place for manpfac
turers, and now Canada produces
her own threshing, moving, sew
ing and other machines, and En-
gland instead Of Boston gets her
surplus farm products. Prices in
Canada have so increased under
the influence of home manufactures
shat We even find her entering our
markets and buying cattle by the
hundred in Vermont and by the
carloads in Chicago. In the item
OF lumber alone is Canada's mar
kst permanently reduced by
the abrogation of reciproci-
ty, and even this is equally
disadyantageous to US, for New En-
gland is in consequence being rap
idly stripped of her forests to sup
ply domestic wants. though she has
little timber to spare. Canada to-
day is in most prosperous condi-
ton, and annexation prospects are
hardly visible to the naked eye.
No one thing contributed more to
her growing prosperity than the
sbrogation of reciprocity, because
it led her to do her own manufac-
turing, and thus through the influx
OF mechanics add to her internal
market.
There is lesson for us in all
this. The grea, Western country
the northern part of the Missis-
sippi and Missouri basin-produces
more grain and meat a great deal
than it has home market for. and
buys largely of manufactures from
the Eastern States. The West
seeks the exchange and has the
freights and commissions to pay.
The result is that the Western far
mer gets one-third as much for his
corn - the New England agricul
turist gets for his. and pays fully
one-third more for his reaper or for
his rakes and forks. Manufacto-
ries are beginning to spring up in
the West, but it will be q good
while before that part of our coun-
try gets over the present "hard
times" The Pacific coas. produc.
es gold and silver to make up for
the balance OF trade which would
otherwise be against us. We want
more manufactures on this coast.
We want more capitalists who will
put their money into factories in
stead OF into stocks.
The Democratic national CONVEX