Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-03
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| VINO WOULD FARMER;-in these ,,inc-
ot depression and duiness, know OF class men
who have little TO complain of those who cultivate
the earth We have heard ii aid occasionally that the
farmers in debt, tina, their produce does find
ready and profitable market, that Others have
lands that are worn out aud unproductive. IL is
| 20 imagine that many of the farms in New England
are unprodu"ve, and it ia about as easy to state the
cause If lands properly managed thew cannot
wear out Deep plouglng and liberal manuring will
keep them forever productive
In Boston market, Pea have not been sold for les.
than thirty three cents the peck and many have been
sold at seventyfve The lowest of these prices
is three hundred per cent than the cost. Let
uce sells At two and three cents the he adj Of small
s2'; Radishes six cents he dozen; Spinach, Turup
tops, ani Beet-ops, vegetables used for boiling
Of them pulled mere cumborers oil the ground,
sold for ahou, their weight in cents; turnips about the
size OF nine penny piece, twelve and half cents the
dozen Can any pretend that with such prices, the
raising of vegetables i, not profitable business,
We published in our paper recently advereincn
for Clerk 'w an,ed in wholesale store, who is viii
ling 10 devote most oil his time every day writing,
FOR SMALL AEARY,' with The customary drcc-
lion "apply at this Office" On the first day after the
publication SEVENTY EIGHT persons applied, and The
second shont half that number BESIDES we received
wo three letters from distant places, the writers of
which were anxious to obtain the clerkship.
The reader may smile at the supposed ncongru,y
Of the facts that have thus thrown together, and
wonder what application we intend to make &c them
Il is more than this. That when business is 40
dull in Boston that 10 or 90 ahebodird apply in
one day for place where constant employment il de-
mandcd for very small salary, and vegetables sell in the
market for five hundred times the cost of production
II would he well for Of these persons 70 retire
few miles into the country and cultivate the earth We
would also Impress the minds OF farmers, the folly OF
permitting their TO into Boston for the pur.
pose oil learning to measure muslin and molasses to
weigh teas and sugars, AMI 10 write puff for the theatres
and concerts whilst they employ them in raising
peas and potatoes, which will yield profit Oh SIN
gle summers work than can be gained in in half
dozen.
There ia, in TRUTH condition of life so onvate
the farmers. All the absolute neces.aries Of life he
produce directly by the labor of his hands and most
OF the Injuries can be purchased with the produce of
his farm. Ii we are mat with the declaration that the
lands out and refuse 10 pay the husbandman
for his toll, deny the proposition. Massachusetts
capable of supporting three times and probably ten
mes her present population. Land worn out and bar
reni II ~ all yet in its infancy, and requires only the
hand OF industry, guided by intelligence, TO enable it
yield its thirty, fifty, and even hundred fold
tBoston Courier.
ADVICE TO FARMERS If the farmers Of the grain.
growing states wish TO extend the market Tor their
nnr, grain, and other agricultural productions, is
the moment for accomplishing the object. The cotton
and woolIen manuiac which held up 10 them
aforng unlimited home arket for all they could
pToiuce, 1t now appears longer ,fprd give
employment even to the comparatively few who have
heretofore been supported by them. Instead therefore
Of being benefited by their agency the farmers will find
thousands oil hands falling back upon agriculture and il
can longer be disputed, that all the power of
manufactures TO multiply 6 ssrcuIural pro-
luce, has been exhausted. To foreign commerce. and
to Foreign commerce alone, enlarged ket be
looked for. The farmers always sure of the home
market Of that they cannot be deprvcd; and il they
wish TO increase the number of their customers they
must and fn.l them abroad One single ship with an
assorted cargo OF honr, beeI, nor, Lard butter Sc al.
equatc to feed one hundred persons for year reforms
the service to agriculture if she imported one
hundred consumers Now, as factories do not; even
according 10 the doctrine of The tariies confer upon
abourers the power TO eat but merely the power eat
more than they used to do (Which by the bye we who'll
y deny,) it is very clear that onc ship creates NOR
consumers than factory which empoys a hundred
hands, independent of the and Others who carry
on the trade. To shy that foreign nations will moi buy
our agricultural productions il lille BY wi,e policv
we have il in power double our exports in sc.
~ few years We have already made one advance to-
wards the adoption Of the principles Of free trade by
reduction Of the duty on wines Let al once dai1-
sh the duties foreign cotton and wooIlen manufac-
lures coffee, sugar, spirits. sat, iron, teas md tic va
ious other products which enter 50 largely into The
consumption OF TIE iabonring people, and by having
jticj0us tariff one that regards revenue and not an
unjust taxation OF one portion Of the people for the ben
lit Of another shall behold the country pro, in
degree little droam ofby the politicians and empires
who DESTROYS OF eleyatng Themselves upon the or
preston Of The people The inhabant OF the Wee, In
dies and Other countries can raise vastly more Of the
circumstances, than they raise. which they omit
10 do, for ihe reas1n that rners do not raise
az much Hour and other products az tbay can raise
namely, NE toGnt of demand But II is our govern.
ment which has restricted the extent ofthe pierchnge
IL IL our government which says, we will not buy It
is government which say, we think the ever Y
we impose duty upon the coffee anil suga. Of Brazil
per example, Of rs to 80 cent when she i'm oses
upon our p reductions only u why should ye i'm.
pose jniy upon British fabrics Of % 200 per cent
when upon cotton, an article che is willing 10 take
from us, TO any extent that we willing 10 buy fro m
her, she irnroses but six per cent? Let OUR farmers
ponder on these things. The duty they pay on coffee
is five cents per pound upon sugar three cons per
pound, upon salt twenty cents per busIel, which
u nearly quite equal TO the FIRST cost, reduction
Of these duties, down to moderate revenue scale such
ale AZ will support the government aiter The public
debt have been paid oil would increase heir CON
iorts by diminishing the prices Of those articles 10
thirds the present price less and he same tino
increase the foreign demand for M # produce; for iust
in proportion are willing TO buy Of other people
they will be willing to boy oi us. In like manner
reduction Of The duty iron and clothing woull save
them The tax they pay OF at least $50 per ton
for the exclusive benefit o few iron ard Of
80 20 200 per cent the cost Of cotton and ,yoolen
cloths, for tho benefit Of the manufacturers
Free Tfdde .Gduoeafe
SnUT TN WHEAT. Tho following observation. on
the smut IN wheat, extracted from article "on tie
diseases ut gram in that valuable periodical the "a
iDercau Farmer" will be read with interest nv our
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