The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-18

more wheat and corn and cotton. an
less politics. We want quiet ele
J sions, economy in legislation, an
the protection Of law to the whit
and black alike. Longer strife abou
our State debt will stand in the wa
Of all these things, and in the way G
our public and private schools.
We must, as a people, get t
manufacturing. We can not do
and continue this strife. | want t.
state one fact which all may not h&v'
observed. Social science as we'll a
history, proves that no people caI
long remain prosperous who are ex
clusively an agricultural people.
would impress this great truth upor
every thinking man in the State. Ar
agricultural people who ship away
their products, and with the proceeds
buy their supplies abroad can not be
a prosperous people. The very
foundation of political economy is,
that while the products of the earth
sustain life and give to man his ten
thousand comforts, he must not rob
the earth of its lawful right, which
the laws of nature restore to it. A
wasted soil can only be the home of
poverty. The earth can not indef-
nitely sustain life without recon-
pense. One Of the most mysterious
of Gods laws is, that all the proper.
ties Of the earth's productions. neces-
sary to perpetuate the productive
power of the earth, are restored to
it. Whoever violates this law is the
enemy of future generations,
Diversified pursuits is our saliva
ton. Pennsylvania is a practical
illustration of this truth. Why are
Pennsylvania farmers superior to any
other farmers in the United States?
The answer in brief is, that while
they are raising produce to feed their
neighbors, their neighbors are max
ing for them their farming imple-
ments, their household goods and
such articles Of clothing as they may
need. Like good neighbors they
are helping each other. The farm
ers have a home market which is
always best. The transportation
which other people pay is their pro-
it. Farming being profitable. their
advancing land makes them wealth.
They build fine barns, and in protec.
Ting their improved stock they pay
back to the soil its just recompense
for a bountiful harvest. Ignorant
people, men who have not studied
she subject, suppose there is a con-
lict Of interest between the agricul-
,ural people and manufacturers. But
when the question is understood,
here is none. Whatever builds up
lome manufacturers blesses the
armer. A steady home market far
any benefits which foreign |
competition could bring in The price |
# the wares of the mechanic. do |
lot wish to be understood as to take
ides upon the question of protection
md free trade, but simply to say that
he farmers, of all others, are most
Interested in home market. Manu-
actured goods will bear traBsporta.
ion, but the new material will not;
therefore, the farmer can't live unless
e can get the manufacturer for a
eighbor. But the manufacturer of
ilks or even calico, can go to any
art of the world to find consumers,
ecause his skill will bear transpor.
alton. .rrr Il
Nevertheless. the manufacturer is
etter of by having a home market
Or his productions.
PennsylYania and Tennessee have
bout the same number Of square
liles-both have fine lands, both
ave mountains and rich valleys.
'ennessee has greatly the advantage
iron beds. Tennessee gives EN-.
loyment TO less than 10000 people
manufacturing, while Pennsylvan.
has $4,000 people in manufactur.
g.. Tennessee lands are worth ;
over 200 millions, while
ennsylvania lands are worth more
Ian 1000 millions. Tennessee
Manufactured products ought not to ;;
> published, while in Pennsylvania
ley amount to I'll millions,
The manufactured goods Of the
ty of Philadelphia one year amount
more than all the taxable proper
of Tennessee by so millions. The
'oduction Of the farm and the shop,
close proximity in Pennsylvania, 5
we proved alike beneficial to each,
I'd hence the vast wealth of the
sale, The effect is that after sup
ylng each other the surplus is the
creased wealth. Diversified pur. !
tits amOng the whole people of the
ate is exactly the case Of family !
akihg everything they consume
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