The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-20

population, which has doubled i,rtM within that
period.
Not only would the price of proviions be
maintained nearly equal every where, and Tins
the opportunities ri one part contribute fully to
the ueceht'es of anothcr. but the una;titv of
thefe proviEons would I've prod ioury en1reaf-
ed, and an univerr,i plenty of food Re conit-
quently distributed over tic entirs coua;p.-
| For,
! l. Corn would become more valuable by the
facility of its export abroad, and of its fa!e az
| home. OF courfc more land would be turned
10 tillage; III order TO .a.isfy the encyeatd de-
'rand. The amount Of the Reduction in the
| price Of carriage, which occaiions this, would
for 4 time so principally into the pocket of the
farmer. And though part oft would, ut latt,
be 'hared by the merchant, and by the confumer
in the reduced price of the article, yet great
abundance nf corn mutt nece.farily be created
during this very procefs.
! 9. Not only would more land be turned TO
tilage, but by the facility of transporting man
llrc, that land would be much better cultivated,
10 as fill more TO augment the quantity. of its
produce. PLATTER of Paris. marie, dung, lime,
limettone- gravel, iea-f:,nd, ea-weed, and every
other fptcics of manure, are ali heavy and bulky
articles, which cannot be carried to any great
diftance except by means of water carriage
The lands in the neighborh0od of canal or river
navgatIons would he brought Uearer to the
marle-p't, the lime quarry, 10 the coal, culln.
or wood, with which lime may be burnt. or 10
the dung of the different towns or VILLAGES. G,u
ated at great alliances along thofe nayigatiors.
Now all thefe iubHanCes, without water car
rage, mutt be entirely uit,>fs, exc ept 20 thcfe
helds which lie in tri!,ing circuit Al ,und the
places where they are found. And net cl!y
this. but when 4 fpirit OF Improvement and &C
tive exertion is once excited among the farmers
| OF country, which a .icheme of this nature
would no, fail 70 effect they will run greatly be-
/ yond the mere numerical advantage refliti,c
from the icheme itieit: FOR one Improvement is
the parent Of another; and it is only neceGary
to fet the idea fairly sfoat, TO expect from it
much greater iirdes than can be at all exattjv
calculated or roreieen In the Quiet That for
initance, the uie or lime as manure, lhould not
! ut lat become univcifal in this country, when
the fuel can be 70 ea6iy trdulpoTted to the lime
itone, or the llme-none to the fuel, hy means
or water-carriage ;-that the Engiiih modes of
farming ana feeding cattle confequent upon this
ihould not lkewiie be introduced and mitartd
here, whether they conif in the mott elpib,e
treatment and ameiioration OF the foil, IN thu,
proper rotation of crops, the uie of artificial
graiies, OF winter feeding fn- cattle, or in atten
ton To the breed OF tame animals, and TO tb,,
! qualty ot wool ;-that the American farmer in
ihort, fhould not at laH learn his trade and avail
hiinieif TO the uimoh of all that variety of man
ures which watercariage would bring 10 his
very door, are fuppoiitions which the nat,!ra,
ihrewdne's and ingenuity of the people OF this
country will not allow US to entertain. Ru.
while this is going forward that quantity mun
iurey encreaie prodigiouily, and the mode of
living OF all ranks muf be proportonablyi
proved. ne lame reaioning may be applied
/ to every other fpecies OF provfions, or neceGa-
! s.. Of L
coniiderabe part of their value, and with which
the towns are iupplied from the Country.
8. As only a taalI part of the draft or carr.
hories, at preient uied for the Carriage of goods
would he necefdry in conveying theft. goods nv
inland navigation, an inmenfe faving in canitaI
TO Purchafe thote horfeS, and in hav and oa.s
ano era's TO iced them, NUT thus be made by the
community That grafs and that hay would be
uieo i"r keeping cattle; and thus the quantity
oi o'tcoef meat, whether for home confunp
ton, or for expectation, would be Augmented
nor would any dimirution take place n onr 81
| port trade OF fated proyifions, in coufeouencc
kct.
Were this country to enjoy the advantages of
iuch an extent of water-carriace as is r,ro,ofsd-
though its firft effect would be to raft, sericul.
ture to an extraordinary pitch of Improvement.
as ABOVE deicribed, yet nearly concomitant
"iu Siudi i"ipuile WOMB ne communicated bv
1t to our trade and necefary manufactures al
| fo.-For,
| !. IF the materials of manufacture are pro-
duccd, and the manufactured articles confirmed
IN the country, the former mutt be conveyed
TO the fpot where the manufacture is carried
on, and the latter muh next be conveyed TO
the place of fa'e. Ihefe two places reoncntIy
are at great diftances from each other and =
raw commodity will often have to travel half
round The country before it gets into the retail
| mop or ware-houfe, in a manufactured fate.
If by any contrivance you can bring the barley
nearer to the brewer or diftiller, the cotton,
wool, fax, leather, iron and wood nearer to the
manufacturer, than they are at prefent, and 70
on III all our home manufactures whatever thew
may be and ii, in addition to all this, YOU can
ikewiie bring the market where the goods are
to be dtpofed of, nearer to the fpot where the
manufacturer reiides you will thus enable him
to add to his profits ; and in heavy and bulky
articles, fuch rs alrof all thofe arc, upon
which the indu!try of a comparatively young
nation as America is, mutt necenariIy be en-
p'oyed, that expencc, though difficult TO be e.
timated, NUT yet bear confCerablv high pro-
portion to the value of the goods manufactured.
But thefe extraordinary profits acquired by the
exiting manufa dnrers.will not long be confined
to them exclufvely. Great numbers of half