The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-03

RaIl Road, so Tint they can get their produce
there as cheap as we can, they aft ,rd 10
dersell us; we shall lose much as they will
gain, and thus the benefit, except to the buyers
at Boston, will be nothing.
kta Road Not sD-tlIe Rail Road will en-
nch the western farmers without inpnverishing
! you The price of your produce IN market DIES
not depend upon the quantity carried there but
upon the demand for it for home consumption.
and foreign markets Now, If the Quantity of
I produce catricd tn Boston market should sud-
denly be greatly in 'reased bv the Rail Road,
considerable part of The increase must he taken
from other markets-New York and Hartford.
tor instance. This part. it is evident, does not
! Increase the aggregate amount now consumed,
out Is merely turned into new channel. If it
! IS +" he shipped. it may well he shipped from
u ,st"n as New York. 1t would not affect the
| price IN Boston, if three times the present
amount should he brought there from oi her mar.
kets, TO be exported. because the price denerds
/ upon the quantity in all The markets. aud this
aggregate quantity is not altered by shifting a
part at 1t from one port t. anp,h.t But If i. is
to be consumed at home. additional numbers
will be required to consume it, and. if it i, pour
ed III suddenly, until the requisite number Ia
consume 1t Is supplied. ATain-bnt the aggre
gate amount at produce tor market will he in
creased he Rail Road bring ny the market
! almost tneverv man. door, will create demand
for many articles, which. account The pres
ent hIgh price of transportation. are not worth
sending to market. spur will be given t. in.
dustry generally. and more produce will he sent
( To market Than is now sent from the same dis
| tricts.
F0rmer. You have come To the verv cnnclu-
sion that did Now, since you have increased
the amount of produce 10 he sent to Boston
market both bp supplies taken from other mar
ketS. aud by an addti nal quantity raised on the
| SfAII hat 4
the price up?
Rail Road. Bv an increase of population. or
Consumers. In the first place. the population
VIII increase III the country. The increase IN
the amount raised on the same territories can
not take place, YOU know. without an increase
OF labor Our young men who are now. for
want oi enpi.i Inent. forced I" emiuratp to the
western states. viii find enough to do at home
some as farmers tn cultivate the soil and others
AS merchants to dispose of its prndncts We;
shall keep nur State Family together. aud not
see u.s. members St aiteiin they now are.
over the ace 81 the earth. Ia the second place
! The population ot the city will increase Turn
IN" pr d"ee 1T the country in what direction
Won will. and there yon turn a current of people
II YOU could take the produce that supplies New
York market IT, Boston. the living part Of New
York. you W m'd see. would so n fellow Where
The trad" OF the country goes. there is business
created, and where business is there must be
men t. ID It, say. there ore. that the prpula- |
non nf Boston and the country, will increase in |
the same proportion, ar nearly so, that the pro.
duets Ut The S''ll do and consequently the price
II n't be a ecied. This is pr we'd nv expert
ence. l. find b. booking over The files If prices
current tt Boston market. for the last tu putv
years that there has been on the whole, 10 say
;he least, no dmnutinn in the mr. ces Of The sta
pie country products. a til ruyh th4re is much
greater amonnt of these products brought to !
market now. than there was twenty yeats aga, |
as every man must know. This shews tn you
conciuslvey. think, that the price of your pro-
duce dnes not depend upon the quantity semi
t. market. but upon the number Of consumers
at home and abroad. These you STE have in
creased with the Increase of your produce, aud
so ibou will continue 10 d.
Farmer Grant that those engaged in farm
ing only are not to be injured by the Rail Road, !
yet there are many who are engaged in another
branch of business. connected with i'll mean
carr wing their produce to market Nnw suce
you are going t" carry all the produce to market
on the Rail Road. and immense quantities IN
each load, many o.! those now engaged in team
ing, will be turned out of employment What
are they TO do?
Rail Road. part Of them may still pursue
their employment ifthey like il. by changing
the form and size of their wagons, and going on
the Rail Road But if they should carry four
part of them would be wanted. until there should
be four times the quantity TO be transported.
| The other three fnurths must attend to the cul-
tvatlon nt their farms exclusively, or seek some
| ether employment The evil they would suffer
would bear 10 comparison with the good gained
By the many II would surely he absurd enough
| To have the produce of the cnuntry carried 60
market on wheel barrows, that many might be
employed in carrying it.
( Eurupr That ia truo Tbara 10 M rood
reason why we exclusive farmers should pay the
/ tearnster an enormous price for CARRYING our
! produce 10 market on the present roads. when
we can have il done for half price on the Rail
Road Aud perceive by this, Mr. Rail Road,
that if the price of produce should be reduced
we shall gain enough i'll the transportation TO
make ns whole.
! Raj Road Yes. and you will not only gain
! in the transportation of your produce to market
and the commodities from market that You must
consume but you will find the Road convenient
safe, and cheap for travelling, and productive Of
other great c"nvenlences, which ynu do not now
eHjry. 1t will not only draw Boston market
nearer to you, but will create many other mar
[ kets through Mt the State in its vicinity VII.
lagos will spring up along on its line, where pop
! ulatinn will concentrate, which will afr rd mar.
J ke,s for much of the produce Of the surrounding
districts, where men OF all occupations will find
employment. Manufacturing establishments
will spring up on all the streams near which the
Road passes. which. as it will cost them but lit.
| tie more to transport their goods and raw mate
| rails to and from market, than il does those
near Boston, will flourish in the same de rrce-
here, will multitude of people he employed
VIII" must be fed by Won, and here, too, you can
! purchase such goods they make, without
paying profit To the different men through
whose hands they now pass. before you can gel
them. In sh RI. the and cheapness OF tray
cling, and fcarrying go''tis TO and from market.
! will give spur 10 business of every kind. raise
The value OF yonr lands, and make money clrcu-