The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-29
Raw Materials.
W nat are they
Where are they?
Where do they come FROM


Where are they?
Where do they come from?
Just about this time there is much
being said ana written about raw ma
terals by presidents. statesmen, poll
ticianS, city papers. ana some farmers.
Is wheat raw MATERIAL No. Is cotton
raw material No. Is wool raw material;
No. Is pig iron raw materldlY No. is
lumber raw material? No. what Is raw
material? The earth and the fullness
thereof" as it came from the hand OF
God. This Is the only raw material Ihe
moment labor IS applied 10 any product
Of nature, that moment II ceases 10 be
raw material.
All work or labor with the hands that
uses the products Of nature is manufac-
turing 0rom two latin words meaning
hand work.. Miners, lumbermeu and
farmers are manufacturers Down South
farmers ask their neignbOrs. How much
cotton did you make this year, DID
you make a good corn CROP
What some manufacturers call raw ma
terials are the finished manufactured pro-
ducts Of some one else. II wool Is the
raw material OF wooden mill, then the
cloth is the raw material OF the tailor
shop.
Manufacturing is generally understood
TO imply the use OF capital, materials,
machinery. and labor
The farmer uses all four.
Ills capital Is invested in the farm-its
buildings stock. tools, ana implements.
His materials are the SOIL, ana a part
OF the crops produced. His machinery Is
also the soil. his implements and some OF
his Ii stock. QOW often Is the COW
called the butter machineD His labor IS
the wcGk Of himself, his family, and Of
his hired hands.
rven the farm itself is not raw mate
rial The moment iiell l. cleared and
burrows pOwed, stone picked OF, a ditch
dug dra n laid a fence Set-that moment
the farm itself ceases 10 be raw material,
because labor has been applied to it.
Neither Is the sheep raw material IL
IS q product of mans labor extending over
thousands Of years III improving, develop
ing, manufacturing out Of tile original
raw material ethe Wild. hairy sheep ot
nature) the present animal for single
specimens of which farmers have paid
over a thousand dollars SO as to stlll
more improve their products OF sheep
and wool
What sheep farmer but knows Of the
labor Of producing good flock OF sheep.
caring for the lambs, feeding, Keeping
them free from disease ana Nermin. Ont
of his sheep feed. pasture, care. buildings,
and capital he produces, or manufactures,
wool
IL is said that there are four times as
many farmers engaged in producing or
manufacturing wool as there are manu-
facturers and all their help engaged in
manufacturing cloth. blankets. and car
pets.
The farmer works with his capital. ma
terials, and labor a whole year 10 produce
Il pound OF wool. The mauufa cturer, by
the labor OF a machine. I'm less than an
hour viii turn the years work OF the
farmer into cloth.
If the manufacturer OF cloth is entitled
to protection 50 Is the manufacturer Of
wool.
The Constitution Of our country de-
clares that "all citizens shall be equal be-
fore the law"
II free raW materials manufactured b.
the farmer then free cloth. blankets. car
pets, and all goods manufactured by
others besides farmers.
That is the position taken by the farm
ers in the Grange years ago. Tariff for
all or tariff for none-"equalitY before the
law" And farmers Will see 10 II that all
the reform does not come OF of them. and
their so-called raw NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Whitehead.