The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-31
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From the Talladaga Mountain Home
EDITOR HOME: Three weeks ago ! saw q
paragraph IN Il New York paper stating that ship
cnt Of 600 crates OF tomatoes that have arrived on
a savannah steamer, 5000 crates were ordered
dumped in The harbor by the health police All
the loss and expense Of the shipment was borne by
the farmer tie had no home market for them; his
object in shipping was to exchange his labor in
the shape of the product he had raised
from the soil, and buy in return the
labor he could not do himself-the labor of the
mechanic. Had diversified mechanical industries
been established at Savannah, the farmer would
get more for his prodnce, taken no risk and bought
everything he needed cheaper.
II is the same with the northwestern farmer. he
has no home mari CT for all his wheat, SO he haus
ittwenty miles to IA railroad station thence it goes
10 Chicago, thence to New York, thence to Liver
pool, thence to interior town. where it Is sold
10 some English workman, in competition with the
W.T. It rascdby the Russian and Australian English
farmer How much profit is left to the north
western farmer with wheat at 90 cents in Chicago
How much more of the diversified in
dusiry of the skilled workman would
he be able to buy If the workman were
near him, ana he found home consumers for all he
could produce Would his taxes paid to state and
county be more or less II the factories and homes OF
the Workmen we're near him, than if they were in
The farmer cutivaes the soil in order that he
may sell what he produces and buy every comfort
q II
and Calhoun counties there were put up rolling,
cotton, wooden, paper and paint mills blast fur
naces, hardware manufactures, nail and glass
works furniture factories. Garrett silk and cloth
mills boot and shoe factories hat factories ocomo-
tive ear and machine works ana stove fuundries
aud ten thousand other industries would lands fall
on rise in value! Would the farmers be able to get
more for what they had to sell? And would they
not sell more of everything they produce, by having
thousands OF Workiugmen competing in blv1np
from them? and would they not be able to bIv eve
rything they needed and buy cheaper, with so
many Industries competing 10 sell them right at
their door? IS there anything to prevent any
iGgluCr, or society of farmers, business men or
working men, combining ana putting their money
toeetheg to build mp any otthese industries? AntI
it they dd in what way would they be monopo-
lists, capitalists or lender, of money, more thaTia
farmer WEo has money invested in hand, calIc
ana implements or a merchant with IFS
store and goods in HIS shelves or a black
smith with his hammer and anvil or a carnenter
with his saw aud plane Are not all worbe s-the
labor increasing the value OF everything
they work on, and ach producn; some
thing for each others use and comfort
every man creating happiness 10y labor, and all add
ing 10 tie wealth and prosperity of the country
from what is taken from the ground? If the duty
we make the foreigner lay for coming into our
market is sGch a great protection, and creates -
moneyed monopoly of manufacturers, why DO not
more uanuiactorles spring mp and r. people so
min m .fHiiff-=,'a We are now import
ing over ten million dollars of foreign
work per week that ought to be done
at home, and viii be when our statesmen unite in
c9lslating for our citizens and not ior the for
elsher tan any Tree trader name any article that
me iureiSn manufacturer id not charge his own
price for when we could not produce it ourselves
that home manufacturers have not chtapencd by
competing with him, thus compelling Inn to take
less profit from lis than he got before? win orr
country grow richer and the burden of taxation be
less by all our people making II profit and invest
ing II al home, or by the foreigner taking away the
S,Nt.r NorIF,