Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-10-15

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rather the paper er,dences Of the trans
fer. and the whole profit has reached the
pockets OF foreign manufacturers and
foreign stock jobbers.
Tie importers have been the instru-
ments Of the foreign manufacturers and
! ck-jobbers. The American importer.
who pays his duties honestly at the Gus
tom house, and hopes to make profit by
his business, is very naturally prevented
by this interest from seeing that the
whole system is tax upon the agricul-
tural interest But the foreign SNUG
gler, who in.crleres with the honest inn
porter, secs the operation of the system
very plainly, and very gladly aids the
manufacturers and stock -jobbcrs Of his
own country.-J niied SAFES.
TRUE STANDARD OF VALUE.
TIE Importance Of agriculture to any
country cannot be more strongly or corr
Irect'v stated than in the following ex-
tract from Adam Smiths Wealth Of Ma
tons, promising merely that all English
writer's, 10y the word "corn,'' mean
whoa, alone:
Corn regulates the money price Of all
the other parts of the rude produce Of
the land, which in every period Of inn
pfoVemcnt must bear certain propor-
ton to that Of corn. Woolcn or linen
cloths arc not the regulating commodi
tics, by which the real value Of all other
commodities must be finally measured
and dctcrm!ncd; corn is. The money
price OF labor, and Of everything that is
'he produce Of land, or of labor, must me-
cessarily rise or fall in proportion 10 the
money price of corn.''
The commercial and financial history
OF England, and Of the world generally
for the las. five years, has furnished eyi
dcnce more conclusive than any with
which Adam Snith could have been
acquainted, that in all civilized countries
wheat ai,ne, and not gold and silver,
constitutes the true standard of Value
God IS the representative OF the value,
wncsl wheat possesses in itself. Food
is the great central point round which all
minor considerations reyolve; and OF all
the various substances used, bread, or
wheat from which it is made, is vastly the
most Important Ii there was not an
ounce OF gold or silver on the globe,
wheat woaII be WORT. for bread as much
as it now is; the little value there is in
gold without bread, was demonstrated by
the rapldity with which gold left Eng
land IN l651-33 TO procure wheat
Iha, country, re, in which agri-
culture is in ,Il dvanced state: that
IN whc:l the & quantity Of wheat
or bread corn eau be grown, is actually
the richest. No country can retain its
gold and silver that does not grow its
own bread; and the precious metals, in
spite OF every pfecautl"n, Of every vexa-
tlous regulation OF the most watchlul
government, will flow from the country
that lacks bread, to the one tha, is able to
supply it. The United States can alone
hope to retain the precious metals they
now have. or make additions to the guam.
tity, except by the extensive production
OF wheat. The experience Of the world
shows that the balance or trade is always
IN favor Of that country that produces
the greatest quantity OF wheat; a con-
c'usive proof that wheat is strictly the
real standard of value, and that however
we may confound or misapply the terms,
the precious metals are only the repre-
sentatiyes Of value. The country then
that would be rich and prosperous mus,
abound in bread; and a wheat growing
country, under equitable laws and good
government, must alwas be rich one.
RELIEF OF CIlOKED CATTLE.
MEssRs GAyLoES AND 'TucKER-I find
in your Oct. No. Of las. year, u receipt
by David +. Lott, to relieve choked cat
tie. some months since. sent 10 the
Agrculturist, Nashville, receipt, and
in few weeks alter it's publication, re-
ceiyed the thanks Of q gentleman who by
using the prescribed means. saved fine
horse, after trying all other means re-
commended without effect. | send it 10
yon:-Raisc one Of the fore ct as the
smith does when shocing horse, tie
strong cord, whip cord or drum line will
answer, tight above the knee while the
foot is up, lei the foot go, and If the ami
NAL refuses 10 put it TO the ground, as it
probably will, smart stroke with whip
must be dealt, and in second the beast
IS relieved; he refulintying The string,
to tie slip knot that you can loosen
quick, for the pain is cxcrucia,ing. How
IT operates is immaterial; my theory
(probab!. false one.) is this, the hard
cord acting on the nerves Of the arm,
produces nausea, the muscles o! the
throat are relaxed, and the substance by
which the brute is choked is thrown
from the gullet. JAo. A. JONES.
Fairie Kn0are, Geo. l342.
BEET Roor SuGAR.-TLe French beet
root sugar crop Of the present year, is
estimated at 64,O00,OOO lbs. equal to half
the quantity imported from the French
The Royal Theatre at Berlin could al
most turn regiment out Of its corps
1ranalique. There are 1000 persoa. Of
both sexes attached to that immense