Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-30
V0L. XXVIEH.---NO. 20.

those where they arc scarce o places where they are
Produced TO tie market where they Sold 1t thus
ana thus alene, that the NEST complete division of labor
arise and that the productive powers of SOIL and
OF the labor Of man, be pushed to their maxmum
by THIS means alone can species of soil be approp
ated exclusively 10 those productions, which is
peculiarly adapted, either by artificial prepare
ion and every degree Of mechanical manufacturing
ski every KIND oil talent every peculiarly Of genius
and every predominant inclination business may
Oily meet with the appropriate sphere for their exercise
The farmer when he is eghborng TO good road canal,
or navisable stream, will not be encumbered by the
perfuity of his producs-hs grain will be destroyed
by vermhis tobacco will not lie for years i'm his sheds
he has means of transportation at hand by which they
may be readily TO the most extended market, and
thrown upon the great commercial world where there Is
demand for all the products of human labor. By means
Of these improvements proper division and consequent
perfection arises in the manufacturing and mechanic
Without such improvements each mechanic manuac-
turer IN the interior viii be in measure isoatcdhc will
rudely supply himself and his few scattering neghbors
with his product, and within this limit lies his
whole market and to suit the rude, and perhaps vulgar
taste OF those few neghbors, is the only object of his
sSliu labor Give him more extended markets break
down the barrier which has hitherto epressed his
gies and narrowed down his intellect and what different
being do you make him! You give to him impulse in
The great journey through life; you shake from him his ndo
ence and tessncss and his energies you set him
TO work with renovated hope and unabating pleasure
accumulate for himself and poserity.
Mr. Kelly, Engineer, gives curious and striking
illustration OF the influence Of Internal improvement upon
the retail trade of certain district in Ireland. "a halter
at Castle Garden had small field through which the
road passed.; this part, next tho town, not opened till
1926 In making arrangements with him for his damages.
ent of all the land nc had for, that the 2nd year
the road he sold hats to the people of the mountains
alone than he did for years before TO the highlands and
ow-lands together. Although he worked day
the roads, he got comfort and prosperity by them Whom
there roads the halter kept his goods upon the shelf
and the abourer in the mountains went without hat
When the labourcr and the halter brought together
by the roads, the halter sold off his stock, and went
work make more; while the laborcr who found tho
advantage having hat also went 10 work 10 earn moro
money, hathe might pay for another when he should
qre it, 1t became fashion 10 wear hats and of course
hard IN ln ahla IN
for them Thus the road created industry both sdos
the side of the producer Of hats and that of the
sumer."
Again. commodities may be valuelcss in the regions
where they produced, until you have opened
muncaion for them to other regions unless you induce
the manufacturers by the extension OF the Market 10 give
Them FORMS and send them out TO their distant
sumers. Beds Of coal may lie undsubed in the mountains
reglonsthe luXurian vales may not support the ocks
which they could tced-tie waterfalls mag be almost
known, being only and heard by few solitary travel
ers searching for the picturesque and tie sublime. Bring
into this region railroad canal leading 10 the sea-
and how will you change the whole aspect of tho
counrv The miner will now descend into the bowels of
the EARTH the coal which was before vaueess because
he send it 10 distant market, where fuel need
cd The farmer will attend TO his ocks because there il
market opened for his meat and his wool And the
utacturer will lose time in the construction of his ms
and his factories which driven forward by the power
How vaueless would be those rich queries of marble
which contribute much TO the wealth of countries,
if their products not sent beyond the regions in which
they lie? What for example, would be the value Of those
tremendous mountains oil granite stretching along
the northern frontier OF Italy, and which form largo
portion of the Italian Alps the roads, canals and rivers of
Switzerland and Italy did afford of transport
ing their products Geneva Genoa Turin Milan Venice
SC. and thence 10 dluse them wherever there is do
mand;N
And thus it is, that almost all commodities meeting with
sale advantageous terms in consequence OF the
improvement yield higher profits 10 their producers and
profits augment the value of the capital augments pro-
porionably, and thus do the OF various species
capital find their wealth increasing with the rising tide
hundreds become rich if by the touch Of the magic
wand.
But before dismiss This topic, will illustrate tho adj
vantages of internal improvement, in manner which I
hope fail strike the careless Observer by
The following diagram.
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