Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-09-25
VOLUME XXSg.--.ISo. ls@.

population Of FIVE million. around th,.e Western
shall resort To- TIE Erie cana! for the means #
conveyance they viii supply II with Of lor
equally great with that now TRANSPORTED On The
! Vi ssissipp! by equal number OF irhbbisr,s
Il estimated that the value Of agricultural products
cH aTnua'iy descend the Mississippi and It's trbu,a
rrs has alfcldy reached S7OGG0CHO The value e: the
property transported The canais Of hc STATE of Ncw
York. during The 1896 is shown by official table. 10
bc So 100000 OF that amount i m'y be cstrms',d
'ha 500 COO coo consisted Of property bri"o.ng eIcu
svay portion ~ the popular.on ct IlS Siss
rc'd'ng million and halt in uunJer bring the rate
Of 80 ~ Tor each iwhati1nt: aud that the which
thy paid !Ur It's transportation exceeded millions 81
dollars It The scale Of production and consumption
stall be- Assumed cor The ponnlson =! The district in
question (9nt IL lived why IL should
Br,) The millions OF inhabitants in TIE West no a
ihr Enc canal :nr the meas q. conveyance Will
furnish! tonnage in ports and imports, of u, ea., $500
f10G;D in value. The experience "f other nGlion, w
sho" thai this s;noTnt - not over ss,nairi The food
spne produced England IN The year l5lj by sgr:.
c"'iufa p'p"a,lcn ct shout eight millions valued
by their politics! economists ~ SUi GGD,OGA viii. that
Of France oscer.Iued by IS Minister Of Finance
be > g31 ,NH coo Of francs OF $4,000 ODG.
HnI there aye peculiar why the proportion Of
. Agricultural exports 81 ihs great InaSG population
should far FXccrd that Of other nations The rxuber
arcc Of t-'t sol. tEs .aln'Itv o: their climate AMI
che .pnrsS u' their lands Carving from the ya.t Cup
ply within their ilG Will rG1h,r ih-Ir Away. 10 fur.
GIsI food 10 every Other portion Of lie ccnGru Oh
advantageous terms lh1r br .lse pro-
duced L'boIr there reap4 I,s best reward, and hsr.
vests Of hundred "!t r2sy "a eSc;i,ns aud speh
The superior protcc!ircrcss Vi tbs :sgion that when
III. cnrH,ion Of ia rrcnt ser-s c public work, shall
b-ny br.h.l or wh.a, on the MI. ,C Int,r, With,
lev cents price Of 4 br.hel IN New England, It's
production in New Eng land must The
cause vii! probably operate 10 change the culture Of
portions OF State for the uneGual-G fer.
,c ,r ,h- WIS, will sI.,vs co,I- II T., .iooiy ,bo.p
products requiring 'chness Of soi! r.h less
Of abour. and consequently al cheaper rce ih:n they
r, IIr1,,.,s,oaa ,L,s - .:.,, ,L.. ,. -
i,,s,co,,rn,ir,,in yiiI i,.y,,bIy bs ,,,hu,ior of
IsL,r. -, o,.,d ,-,I, ,b,or,son, liz -. So,b,,
, - A.. .s,,;,a,. :. 80 ,.', - ,;,a i
s active of n.rig,,an cr,n,,e,c. ard ,n,rn
s.n,.s b, IL;, cen,-, rro,, cI ,g,icn,r,.j SI,,,s
. h.cn,c IN. co,u,onp g-.c,rv Of r.. Eror and do
carra - nocrant Il,y Of subsl.,ruc- 10 all
IA. sIirrou,d,n- r-u,r,u;.s Ind.,S the, bav- beyvn
even nov, 10 prrr,rn Ina, .(ce Tn. r,.s of the 81,
ara, the Wabash nrs H.. ul,,o;. arc aI,,sJr ,opr,o
an, their oyc,a yinr riches imam N. co,,on 5Iro,n@
STATS below; and although ,IIrIr Of .yoorst.n
,s b,,h.,,o hae to-, m ch,L ~, hi, ,,r,d ;,c,..,.
=, ruub--s ,, Is s,a..t ,b,i 6yr,,, IN. ,s, se,.or
czprr.s .nn;nn in valur 10 - or ~ 900 coo Of dol
lars sscrnGpt the Missi, srpi and It's tributaries rom
,b., mar, IT the valley North Of the ONO and eons,i.
turg porlinn ut the great d,.t:ic: 10 question Nor
i. the descending sir-sm CT trade wholly ithcra1n
fror, our own chsnr-.s Of conveyance, for it, pro.
ceccs find their by rrcu'trus through the
canal ot New York and IN that form swell the
nue.. IF the Treasury 'hr lac. y II s;rikinyY us
f.re the value Of The Union IN bnjruy in bends Of
Itp.l brnr', all our commerc, ni,r,.ls both f:ein
and t.nestic and in Earas,ng every portion Vi our
yariD;s Industry that the iy.t r,us InDyled from tho
,nost rece s-rs of the Wr-, r1csuoed tor cotton 1t
the mouth Of the Northumberland in .., fc::. %
The workshops Of Europ-- again exchanged for the!r
aorics and brought home by our 'hpfing 10 The sea
poT's OF the Nori-Is AZ last returned through The Ere
cana % TIE nSurant values from which !; tFss ofr!na
ted: ihgs revolving through the whole circle OF oar
VIDE spread c"Ininf-cs IT IS only When We Tirg tn
En-" CarsI "a me Of ia" mighty s-gmeuis p at vast
c'rc-. iha "e cen rightly estimate The importance sad
1t ls necessary also 10 br app'izrd Of the Of
mss Trade, IN order to explain The disparity IN vsluo
"h!7h wIi always exist between the desc. ndGg and
me ascending caf-ots h. amour, "i msrche1tzc
now cent INTO IN" Western States. very far -Icests
Nat ct ,he'r products reaching The Atlantic sea
board An anu'tinnai rr's"n exists, It !s true, Tor
'H.' o,H"teHce. "" h2nd Of emigration when has
pf'"d Ih'o 'nat p"fu'h OF 'e c'"niiy cH Emp"Iariy
produced 50 Errot cpI@Pcr'ion between s consuming
ana 2ndhcHE ciSs"s maj ihcY have scarcely been able
pons" an Su~4uar SUPPLY ~ '9Hd even from ul-r own
'@"he'ah' 'o reputation "a' "'t'hipP'd production
81 "'t "'' "2'C'' u's' P'"'"'H' "@rla Of srfhihs
E;fht,, N 'ie h'sri" portions 81 The Union have been
seat westward IN large quantities INT" the upper !'kes
ana snch - lie mhFem1n; winch animste' all inst re-
rirn. that more than uur HUNDRED vessels during the
ht reached the port 0? Chicago, the Southern
n az extremity oI Lake Michigan So long his
g'"at nluz Of population shall continue, the csp,cy
81 these Interior Sa;rs 70 SUPPLY tonnage for the Ere
canal wi be necessarily cImrshed bot the e!i"ct Will
b" only augment more enormously heir eventual pow
rf % rIpf'ato; ana thn' The present temporary check
but adding increased energy 10 those causes, which
are operating VIII concentrated ioIcc 10 swell our to-
'u-r commerce.
Ihe progress - population OF that portion OF THIS m
land t~rrnry, Immediately adjacent 10 the akes has
been ihrce times as great a. It's progress in the portion
lacsnt 20 the ONO The ratio Of increase ~ for
m"r, between the l-j and lr:}J. show by the
c"n-n- was ~ per centrn and ~ The latter, only ~
per crn!un AID The c"nparat W faies since that time
hive not probably, less"ned And this Circumstance
Explain. why So large surplus rh.md have been fur
E!-iIrd Dr eIpOr'agn irDa The SECTION One
in comparison wih that which has Hitherto found lis
way from the gkps into or canals The total amount
o. trils realized by our Treasury ia the wear rum
property oassrr to and from the cyuni, surrounding
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