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factures by patronizing them, by giving them preference al¬ 
ways over all other goods. If you want a wagon or carriage, 
go to our factories and buy it; if you want a reaper, you can¬ 
not be better served then by your own neighbors ; if you want 
a seed-drill, or rake, or other implement, remember that it can 
be furnished within the limits of our own state. And every 
citizen ought to wear at least one suit of clothes a year fabricat- • 
ed by Wisconsin manufacturers. This expression was warmly 
received by the crowd, and the governor withdrew. 
t 
HON. MATT. H. CARPENTER'S SPEECH. 
Senator Carpenter was greeted with general applause, and 
began by remarking that, wishing to say exactly what he 
meant, he had committed his words to writing; and never 
having done such a thing before, he should not, probably, be 
able to read half of it, which would be entirely in their favor. 
(Laughter). He then spoke as follows: 
The interests of labor in an agricultural state like ours 
depend upon the capacity of production and the expense of 
exportation. The report of the chamber^of commerce of Mil¬ 
waukee for 1868 , shows the following shipments from that 
city alone for that year : 
Barrels flour... 
Bushels wheat 
oats .. 
corn . 
rye .. 
barley 
1,017,698 
9,878,099 
536,539 
342,717 
95,036 
91,443 
Business men, best qualified to estimate it, give the follow¬ 
ing as the value of these products in the eastern market dur¬ 
ing the year 1868 : 
Elour. $9,339,000 
Wheat .18,711,000 
Oats. 428,000 
Corn. 387,000 
Rye. 148,000 
Barley. .... 205,000 
Total 
$129,218,000 
