AHOME MARKET.
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The following from the Lorain Republican,
disposes of the home market 0umbug in short or
der: ..
A Home Market-Much is said BY the Whigs
about furnishing a home market for orr Western
produce To show the utter abSurdny of This, i,t
US look at few facts AMI figures


According to the ccpsns of ls4l there were
f21 ,342 persons in the United States Engaged il
the manufacture Of wooHcns. Many Of these ara
women and children. Allowing tn bushels of
Whcntto each person. (Hd tho estimate Is li6ernl
oHe, they would CONSUME 2l3,S bushels. By
the same census we find that Franklin county
raised 244 e9l bushels Of wheat Now let -uS
look at figures.
Amount consumed by woolen maiiufe


Amount produced by franklin county. all,90i


Subtracted Lnvcs surplus of 30,67l


Thus one county in Ohio can supply all ths
manufacturers of woolIen goods in the United
States, ard have 3G67l bushels to spare.
b But further. The total number of persons en-.
gagged in the manufacture of cotton, as APPEARS
from the saule census, is II, il9.. Allowing each
person to consume, as above, 10 bushels, it would
amount to 72l 100 bushels per annum. The sur
plus " heat of Ohio alone amounts annually to
over, ,oQ0, 600 bushels. This is wheat raised
to sen. Now let us look at it.


Amount used by woolIen manufacturer, 223.34I
Amount used by cotton do 72l, 100