Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-12-01
Gafpetin Clarion.
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THURSDAY, DEC. |, 1884,
OUR NEED.

culates and to which the following
remarks will equally we'll apply and
to those who recognise the truth Of
them 6rst, to them will 6rst accrue
the benefit. It isa question Of direc-
ton 10 which money moves. that we
purpose debating. 1t is an automatic
proposition that the individual or
community that exports. spends,
transfers from it., more capital than
it receive, must become poorer; while
the places to which the money is sent
muet, tho while, become richer. Out.
aida Of the agricultural productions Of
this aad other similar communities,
what source OF revenue do We have
and what is the proportion of our 70
oeipts to our expenditures? We End
our merchants ceiling ninety.nine per
cent imported aud one per cent Of do
me.tic goods, We find our farmers buy
ing ninety per cent Of imported and
ten per cent Of domestic implements;
we End our builders importing every
thing except lime, aaud and stone,
even brick must for the present he i'm
ported; we find our b!acksmitbs i'm
porting every species Of wrought iron;
while Mr.. Kunksl ships pix iron from
this place by the 1000 tons; our Wheel
wrigtts huos and spokes, while the
latter are being shipped from this
point in tho rough by the million; We
even 6pd our millers importing -four
during droughts, while our farmers
ship wheat to Baltimore and thus we
might run on and on and show how
we not only fail to secure that sdvan-
tage Of labor applied to the raw ma
terial, but, worse yet, are called upon
to pay the carriage Of that raw ma
terisl hence and Of the manufactured
article back, railroad companies liv-
ing of Of such false economy and 9th
or localities profting by our failure
to grasp that simplest proposition o.
political economy, that needless hand
ling makes an article cost more tina.
it is worth.
With iron ore add iron pig at ou'
door, lumber in our mountains, Goa
l2O miles nearer than when shipped
to Baltimore and returned to US in
the shape Of manufactured articles;
with buildings, building sites, water
rights and labor to man them and
capital to inaugurate the business
why should all this carriage to and
fro, this carriers, manufacturer
wholesale and retail dealers profits
be allowed to accumulate against tie
community IN any one Of the instan-
ces above referred to, in which by
stopping the raw material here and
putting it in the artisans hands, the
order OF things would be reversed and
by the expor, Of the money value OF
our labor, in the shape Of manuf,c-
tured articles, our community would,
in striking its yearly balanc. sheet,
find the debit on tie right side.
In using the terms imported" and
domestic" we intend them, to serve
conveniently iu this connection, hav
ing reference to homemade articles
and thoss manufactured elsewhere
and not in their generally accepted
sense Of foreign and American goods
What we need then is labor that
has been exertsd IN a direction that
we may export ii, labor in manufac'
turing, that we may receive money
from other places for manufactured
articles, that not only the labor may
thus be utilized for export, but car.
risrs and dealers profits saved and
manufacturers profits made.
That all these things add up rapid.
~ against the community that buys
all aod makes nothing must become
evident to the most obtuse mind, while
10 reverse the conditions is likewise
to reverse the results is equally plain.
It is demonstrated daily, that but
beginning ID required and no begin
ming in right direction, be it ever 20
insignificant, SHOULD be ridiculed or
discouraged. There is ample capital
here TO inaugurate one, or more. such
enterprises, as we have limited at, and
CD no unpretentious footing; there is,
va are assured, strong desire in this
direction; there is no lack Of business
tact aud acumen and we rely upon
the wisdom and energy Of our people
to make Of our town what it can and
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