The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-07-02

GIIIDDTal3I3WRWS VIZ.
Wednesday, July g. 1916.
THE OPPORTUNITY.

interests. What purpOrtS to he an opportu-
nifty to secure and promote them, and that
immensely and at trifing comparative cost,
is offered TO it. The cost of transportation
of our commodities to market has to be de
Quoted from the price at which they sell. 1t
lessons, of course, sometimes it consumes,
the profits of supplying them, and leaves the
producer no better for hisindustry and invest
ment of capital. A cheap CONVEYANCE car
ries the commodity to market. at the best ad-
vantage. Ii completes with The best equally,
and if there is profit in the trade, the prOdu-
Ger knows it. 1t tells too upon the prosperi-
ty Of the country to which lie belongs
His barns, orchards and improved crops Of
every kind show it, and the members of
his family realize the beueits Of an increased
income. The religious privileges Of a COM
munIty in such circumstances are better sus-
tanned, are more valuable and profitable in re-
turn, and the highway tax and school-tax
audthe sus,enance ofthe poor-ihe sacredest
of Christian obligations, are freely and fully
met, and reflect honor as well as benefit on
those who sustain them. 1t is personal and
social prosperity, which in these words is de-
scribed, and these have resulted from a
communication with market, cheap in compar-
ison with that ofthose who must compel with
us in it. The northern canal has to a great
extent furnished this advantage to our COM
munity. We realize lis benefits; we enjoy
much from them. We can value them, and
see where the interest of our country lies, IL
such another good is offered.
Quick communication, too, is valuable
The top Of The market is at hand to him who
has constant and immediate access toit. The
fluctuations of the day reach him, and when
property is down he holds it. aud when it ri
SEES he is ready to sell. In a great market
high prices are constantly recurring, and the
highest, il low, must be at the command Of
the nearest, producer 81 the best article.
A communication constantly open, also, is
ofinestimable value. Those who enjoy this
know it, and reap It's benefits, while the large
proportion, who compete with them or sup
plant them in summer, are shut up in the
bondage of winter, with Information oftrade.
In the fall there is a glut of all country com
modities in market, before spring a scarcity.
With communication always open, the cost OF
storage, and even insurance chiefly, is avoid
ed. the producer of every kind has his hands
at liberty, while his canal competitor sucks
the fingers he fatied in the fall, or failed 10 fat.
1t is not a law Of trade,that every manufacturer
is fully supplied in rhe fall. or every provision
merchant. 1t is the customary course of
business. subordinate TO the condition ofcom-
munication.
Cheap transportation brings the return sup
plies cheaper, more Of those commodities in
return which the home-producer must pur-
chase, or Il cash equivalent. The cost OF
the carriage Of these is paid by him.
Constant communication makes these re-
turns at all times accessible to him, and they
are not always the cheapest in price when
the ihrong of purchasers in markets. greatest.
Are these things too obvious to be
stated! Are they too true to be believed,
and are they not The very essence Of the priv
ilege of an accessible market, without which
we can labor, like the Germans formerly in
the fertile valleys of interiOr Ohio, only for
our appetites.
An opportunity Of improvement in this es-
sen,ial respect then is presented and our good
sense assures us IL is so. and IRE can command
IT,. Our best market is offered TO rs, at the
cheapest, quickest, most constant access, Of
which our industry and capital may avail if
our enterprise bat say il.
The benefits will come TO all; a universal
effort may secure them. Suppose the Cen
trail route shall be before us. shall we be be-
hind our own sense Of our interests! Sup
pose we be foreslailed in Boston By the favor
OF the Fifchburgh company, shall their trick
ery degrade us? Would we impoverish our
selves! Is the first rank 10 agricultural re-
spectabi!ity not worth maintaining!
We have villages, which with equal laclli-
lies Accommodation and accessible equally
to the capital of the east, will themselves be-
GENE central points of industry, and them
selves supply a prosperous home market for
much Of The production OF a rich country.
The advantage Of civic prosperity will shine
in them. in the means ofinteiiigence and edu-
Gallon accessible equally TO us. The district,
now studded by them. will more Than share
in their prosperity. for they are but rivals for
its business and must compete with the more
extended market OF older, more stable, and
more populous communities.
The tolls of the canal navigation of New
York are a burden upon the agricultural pro-
ducrion of Vermont. The Empire State
levies n tax, heavy inihe aggregate, upon he
yery salt she furnishes, and flour has beea
delivered cheaper in Vergennes through the
rivers of Canada than it could reach US by the
canals of our rich sister State. The Osdens-
bursh Railroad, burdened by no State int
post aud Win Dut q slncie u"DSnsPhicu'; W."
it to (Mon,peiier on Middlebury
still. This is the route by which the
great West will supply what we need, ard
take from us our castings. marble, and man
ufactured goods, TO which this route gives TO
New England the cheapest communication.
An element Of this opportunity may be lost
sight of, if not alluded to in a view ofihe sub
ecr, SO protracted that it ought to be COM
plete. The prosperity of eastern Massaehu-
,etts, secured for the present by the Tariff en-
,bles herto offer her assistance to consummatc
his great enterprise. 1t may he divided,
,ut with our own proportionate effort it may
De ample. The thing desired by her aid will
,e effected, and if the cost be more or less TO
Is, what care we If its value overbalance II
II most generous measure. The sceptre
If agriculture remains in our hands. The
lomesteads of Western Vermont continue to
Indicate an assured and uuequalled prosper
v. Education will continue to gladden. the
:ircle of our households. religion will re-
the benefactor's seat, in the dignity ac-
,rded to her by true aud humble hearts,
.,rateful for the liberty she brought from the
q receipts Of The testament Of God, and indepen-
Ience. the soul of the spirit of freedom in the
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