THE MAOTFACTUKnsTG ESTTEKEST EST ITS 

 BELATION TO AGKICULTUKE. 



NOTHING would contribute more, and perhaps noth- 

 ing so much, to the growth and prosperity of the "West 

 and South as the extension and increase of the manu- 

 facturing interest. The man who converts raw mate- 

 rials into articles of utility, convenience, or luxury, is 

 a creator of values, and is to that extent a useful and 

 valuable citizen in every community. Like the farmer, 

 he creates products that meet the wants and necessi- 

 ties of men, and his presence is not merely important 

 to society, but indispensable to its progress. The 

 manufacturer undoubtedly ranks next in importance 

 to the farmer, and their avocations are in many points 

 strikingly analogous. It may indeed be said that the 

 farmer, in a broad and important sense, is himself a 

 manufacturer, for, like the latter, he is essentially a 

 creator of values. 



There is, therefore, between these two departments 

 of industry a close and intimate connection, a rela- 

 tionship of mutual dependence and reciprocal benefits. 

 There is probably no country on the globe and no 

 condition of society in which the presence of the man- 



