West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-05-16
able 20 employ all our labor skilled
aud unskiiled, at good wages.

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and unskiiled, at good wages.
Ny leaders, who accept this
utopIan theory, como now, "let us
reason together" upon this prop
ositlon. Are YOU not aware that
our manufacturing Embellishments
are now supplying to us, more than
Nlfo fcHthS OF all we purchase aud
our mines are more that supplying
all the home demand for coal, COP
per, load, and even sHeer, under
the English mouometallic ideal /?
How much, therefore. can the
capacity OF these industries bo in-
creased f! Less than Oao.toniA, or
II moro, where are their products
to find a market? [? Certainly not
IN tho homo market.
The homo market must and will
De limited by the home demand.
The people viii only buy what they
want. The most ardent patriotism
will go no further. What, IN that
case, Is to be done witE the sur
plus ?" If more manufacturing
establishments are really necessary,
and can be sustained by home de-
mand, how do you account for the
formation Of trusts" ii almost
every line Of manufactures, for the
express purpose Of iimiiAg and
refHciR9 production ? Is this not
sufficient proof to your minds that
there are nor, right Ad,0, fully as
many manufactures in tho country
as our present population requires /?
This Is certainly true, OF nearly
every one. What then is the use
to longer suffer yourselves TO be
doluded with this foolish and un-
tenable proposition
In tile great industrial struggle
that Is now going on in the Unitod
States, tho agricultural interests
are at an immense disad
and must remain so, until wiser
commercial policy is adopted, and
a more equitable system Of taxation
ls devised. The agricultural m
dustrios under.lie the whole fabric.
The farmer must feed and clothe
the entire people OF the country.
Tile former entirely, the latter very
largely.
The farmer from the very nature
of his calling, is peculiarly situated,
and always must be. lie HAS to
take e0erythi,,g upon chance. No
foresight can provide against the
caamities that befall him. He
sows and plants in hOpg only, that
ho will reap a reward for his toll
and outlay. He has no certainty
or assurance what the harvest will
be-" The only safe course, then,
for the farmer to pursue, is to SOW
bountifully, in order that he may
surely provide, at least for the
wants Of his own household, with
chahce, that ho may reap "sur-
plus" for market. Some times his
hopes are realized, often blasted.
A bountiful harvest all over the
country, often renders his surplus
worthless to him, especially if he is
forced to depend dpon the "home
market alone. This seeing TO be
the case at present in rcgard to
wheat, corn, and cotton. The mis-.
taken financial policy has no doubt
much to do with prices, but still it
Is fact that cannot be c0ntroveft-
cd, that large surplus Of farm
products, and at the same time a
weak foreign demand, or nc foreign
demand, causes a TuinOus depros-
sion in prlccs--for which there is
no relief. 1t is for the sutDlus that
a Joroign market is wanted, not only
to purchase what We can't consume,
but TO regulate and sustain the
prices in the homo market, at a
point above the cost Of production.
Nor 10 this foreign market distant,
or inaccessible. II is fright unto
you, even at your door" If the
farmer has some wheat or corn to
spare, or % steer or two suitable foi
export; or tire planter bale Of
cotton, or tho lumber man some
manufactures answering The foreign
demand, the market comes directly
to each one; to The granary, the
pasture, The warehouse, TO the saw
mill. 1t is nonsense % talk about
having TO 'hunt for" or "travel
70 the foreign market" That is a
joke, palmed of on Che good ma