Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-04-09

HIICE
1RSDAI, April. O. 1916.
scribed soil. Aud having amasscd i'm
Nnense wealth through the medium Of
her MANUFACTURE, she NAV b. compel
led to make concessions 10 her half
starved operatives. Bur she seems
60 be taking care 10 make the mos, oil
il, by establishing # possible, monop-
oily for tina, branch Of her industry,
and will undoubtedly sing anew the
syren song Of free irude set 10 the |
most dulcc, notes. tn illustrate tins /
we will quote from late British WI
ter, and ask our countryncn serlousl y |
to reflect. The advocates Of n repeal
OF our corn laws, found their anticpa
tons Of its advantae GUS results on the |
faith Of its establishing The universal
W the HuEyfSues % YIV6 TtoQG vYVvUf
prevail in the councils Of our nation,
the result is inevitable, the laborcrs OF
America are doomed TO stand on lev
el with, and share the fate of the Ia
borGs of Europe.
Examine the statistics of the pro
cecds of Agricultural labor even IN our
own country, compared with the pro
ceeds of artlzan and manufacturing la
Dor. In n report made 10 the lcglsIa-
iure Of The State of New York by the
committee on Agriculture IN lSii, II is
stated that there are | 100000 acres.
under cultivation IN the State, and
456, 900 persons actually employed in
rural pursuits, ia acres to each person
In 1870 the average crop was cstima
ted at 81 per acre, giving Sl6S per an
mum TO each man employed. This is
i6 cents per day, TO say nothing of the
cost of land, tools, &c ! Why the
veriest botch who handles an nwl or Il
hammer can make double the amount.
And vet the advocates of free trade
are constanstantly directing the artisan
and manufacturer to cheap lands and
rural pursuits; leaving TO Britain n
monopoly which enables her 10 take
7 cents worth OF the raw material from
us, and IN two months after meChanl-
cal manipulatlonS, abstract from us for
the same 81, arnassIng as she has done
wealth, untold. This Is particularly
true with regard To cotton.
will quote from our most cnlight-
encd and eloquent coun,ryman, DIR
Charming, the conclusions TO which
he came at last, having been long an
advocate Of free trade.
lis there no danger Oh q competition
that's to depreSs the laboring classes
here ? Can the workman here stand
his ground against the half furnished
ignorant workman of Europe; who
will toll for any wages, and who never
thinks of redeemlng an Ihour for per
sonal improvement Is there no dan.
ger, that with increasing intercourse
with Europe, we shall import the stri'
king, fearful contrasts, which there dl.
) vide one people into scpcrctc nations
Sooner than that our laborlnG class
should becom" n European populacc
a good man would almost wish that
perpetual hurricanes, driving every
, ship from the ocean, should sever
wholly the two hcmiSpcrcS from each
other. Heaven preserve us from the
,, anticipated benefits of nearer conncc
ton with Europe, If with these must
come the degradation which we see OF
read of among the squalId poor of hcl
great cities among the OVer-workcc
2 operative of her manufactures, among
l her ignorant and half brutalzed pea
! SAINTS. Anything, everything should
! be done 10 save us from the social g.
! wills which dCtorm the old world, auC
I TO build up here an intelligent, right
G minded, self respecting population. il
this end should require us 10 change on
g present modes Of life, TO narrow Our for
: eien conncctlons,to dcslsl from the race
, of commercial and manufacturing com
petition with Europe--it II should re
D auire that our great cities should ccas'
: 10 grow, and that large portion o
$ our trading reputation should return
, to labor, these acquisitions ought TO b.
d obeyed
o We commend this extract from ID
= Charming To serious reflections.
II ADONIRUM CHANDLER
II American Institute, March 10, 1876
c n. b. In the above calculations, w
e have taken the pounds sterling at 81, ~
k and wheat at S bushels Of 90 lbs. cacl
+ to the quarter.
uTA bashful wocr not long since
~ ,,,,sIad IN MN tba uupStIOu did II II