The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-05


and diversified labor
Their value appears from the many
Acts passed by the British Parliament
from 1880 to 1870 to crush our first man
ufacturing efforts, causing the revolution
ary war. -.
Also by the following two papers by
Wilson Walton, statistician, New York
City, which | heartily indorse, viz:
@ HOME MANUFACTURE PLEAS.
The distinguished Henry c. Carey says:
Diversified manufactures, with Govern
ment bounties, made France the world S
industrial leader; that exporters of raw
products. (as America) pay all the taxes, by
a separation of consumer and producer,
growing dependent manufacturers
las France)-b labor-get independ-
ent:-truths which are fully exemplified
by England's manufactures in 1873, viz:
Of raw cotton, flax, hemp, jute, silk and
wool imports (269 e-Io millions dollars
when manufactured, gave 1886 4Io mil
lions, and profits to said industries of near
" 1000 millions, showing manufactures as
yielding FIVE profits to one in agriculture.
But they are also proved by the 1873 man.
ufacturing exports, per capita, viz: Amer
ica, $I.35; England, $I7.S2, and France,
So. 60 Hence Frances manufacture ex-
ports (I87S) were seven times and Eng
lands fourteen times those of Americas;
proving that manufactures are the strength
of England and France, and the zveakNess
of America.
In 1873, of America exports, excluding
specie, $737,I55,6II, 365 millions, or 1914
per cent were food, and 900 millions, or
4o63 per cent raw products: together,
Coz millions, or oo.o7 per cent
Manifestly, by shipping more of these
than surplus, we cheat our people, leav
ing them idle and starving, while employ
ing and feeding the world!
A more criminal plan is inconceivable.
This reversed would give national pros
perity through labor: Webster's source
of all wealth"
AS said, 800 millions raw products,
when manufactured, will bring 1900 mil
| lions: clearly we lost on same I 200 mil
| lions. .
! The fruit of this mine, in twenty months,
| would give a sum nearly extinguishing
our public debt on May |, 1879: ~
S2,o27,I2o,2 o,2I7.oo!l
A radical change in manufactures is
near. The folly of shipping raw products
| ovtrtcontinents and oceans, to be returned
maedfactured at an increased cost of zoe
per cent, and the wisdom of manufactur
ing them right where raised: fax and
hemp, West; and cotton, jute, and ramie
South, are now apparent. The plan OF
bringing people to products, rather than
products to people, would employ mil
lions, saving millions of dollars.
Free traders wrongly urge selling oul
cereals for foreign manufactures: till agri
culture fails to employ or to pay-wher
help may come from home manufactures
AS keen suffering must precede this (seer
by our State since 1879 clearly we should
press Home Manu- facfuyesi > z 81 Issf
ii NO. 2. sfa-H
HOME VERSUS FOREIGN TRADE.
The vast value of home over foreign
trade appears frpm U. S. corn, oats, ano
wheat, analysis of I3 years, ISo5-77, viz
/: OF I3,oa7,742,I4S bushels corn raise'
said time, only. 333, Ioo, ,o44, or 2.55 pc
cent, were exported, leaving 1864 $40,
Io4, or 9745 per cent, for home consump
ton. The home corn consumption o
1877 (1,267 ITO millions bushels) wa
thrice the exports of fifty years, I826375
4o3 3-Io millions It would need Is
years said exports to make one, 1877
years home consumption.
2. OF 1861 ,o64, ,o72 bushels oats raise,
said time, only o,S7S,a3o or o.26 percent
were exported, leaving 3,67I,I85,84e, 0
oo.74 per cent, for home consumption.
would need ri years, 1877, exports, 2
lS54,a2S bushels, to make one years, 1877