New-York daily tribune., 1842-09-03
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farmer sirnamed York, il'eo 'n lfo '''i.'''' " =
large village, which he supplied with the Proaucts
of his farm, upon which he raised every tning
,ba, the soil produced in its latitude His mliis
! and grnnaries exceed in extent those OF MS
pe;rhbors for many miles around. Though MS
intercourse with the village was BY a very circu-
tous route, yet he retained It's trnde because none
nearer TO it could prcscn. the .ame advantages IN
competition with him. He employed an immense
number of hands who were totally dependent upon
the successful continuation of bis business.
Neiehb,r Jones, maa of less means, was 10
Gated on farm Of smaller dimensions than tar
poer York's. and at greater distance from the
VILLAGE in more easterly direction. He was a
man of very enserprizing character, who never
grIdged the expenditure or investment OF dollar
that was likely to return him four told. MS
greatest fault was, that in any undertaking
made him proud and boastful 1t was an innocent
weakness, however, which farmer York-eeling
his own Importance and dsuperiorityonly- at.
Neighbor Jones was fond Of calculating, which
disposition aided by a natural shrewdness-in-
herent in his famiy-suggested the idea OF COM
retins with his wealthy neigbbor. He saw at
glance that direct communication from ms farm
TO tho village shorter than that which led from
thence TO farmer Yorks would enable him to do so
successfully, By throwing in his way portion OF
the village trade. His credit being good ne oor-
| rowed money enough TO cnn-'-'.".~ ".nanha ohle
Macadan,ired road leading TO the village as
straight as bee line" The result was that the
villagers begun to visit him, and he offered them
such inducements in bargains, that his trade with
them soon exceeded his most sanguine exPecta
tons. His profits 'ere long enabled him to en-
large his farm and multiply the number of his Ia
borers. Whenever he passed over his Macada-
mized road-whch had become the pride of his
heart-he chuckled over his success, and enjoyed
the advantage that he was daily reaPing over his
rich neighbor.
Farmer York soon discovered sad decrease in
his trade: he had realized its benefits for long
period, that he considered them his by natural
right that none would ever infringe upon. Many
persons whose interests were identified with his,
pointed out to him the cause Of the change which
he complained Of so sadly. They urged Kim to
construct another route to tho village still shorter
chan his rivals. But 40, he lacked the came en-
terprzing spirit that Jones possessed, and stub
burny insisted that owing the state of his trade,
he could rot afford the expense of such an i'm
provenent They endeavored +" impress upon
him the fact that the investment of a small sum IN
proportion to his means, would resusctate his bu-
siDess and mako it more prosperous than ever tor
the village was rapidly increasing in population,
and its dealings would augment proporlionably.
His good sense and regard for his own interests
could no. be reused; and unwilling to listen to
reason, he was soon compelled to submit to the
necessity of cultvating smaller farm, stopping
his mills closing his granares and disnlissing his
laborers.
Neighbor Jones grew rich and proud, and when
asked how it was that he had despoiled farmer
York of the village trade, he boastingly pointed
to his Macadamized road
The citizens of New-York are constantly urged
to preserve their trade with4the mighty West, by
constructing the New-York and Erie Railroad;
and they refuse to act, notwithstanding the rapid
strides that their neighbor Boston is meritoriousy
making to deprive them of it. They viii! soon be
in Farmer York's condition, and Boston will then
point to the cause of her greatness.
1t is truly astonishing what a dcep-seated leth-
argy pervades city with respect to subject of
the deep Importance of the Erie Railroad-a city
which has heretofore commanded trade of sutfi-
cient power to build up in a few years mighty
emporium like this. If its inhabitants would
really know whence proceeds its present great
ness, withdraw from her the trade of that vast
western region, and they will be answered; by cur
ships being without cargoes, our homes without
tenants, our merchants without business, and want
and beggary, with their sad .cempanions-ms
and crime-exhibting their haggard forms in every
| thoroughfare of our metropolis. Do the people
cf this city intend to desert their interests with
paravtic weakness? Will they quietly permit
their present greatness and competency to be
gradually wasted, without using such preventive
measures as are certain in their effects and viii
tend not only to arrest their downfall, but will
give renewed impetus TO onward and meri-
torious career of prosperity We already
beginning TO witness the distinctive effects of su-
pineness and evil legislation, and without action
they will be rreyocably fastened upo. US. If
continue to send to our State Councils, Legislators
| who-more welded to party than to patriotism
care not for the distinction of the farm fabric that
Commerce exutingy points at as her handiwork,
the period is not distant when the emptiness of
our warehouses and our deserted wharfs will
cite the question: n,-whence proceeds this desela-
ton, where activity and prosperity once held uni
versal sway7
Great results, that steal upon US almost inper-
ceplbly, often hinge upon events, that are viewed
as but trifles, unit, their consequences known