Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-08-29
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Repeal OF the English Corn Laws
rrs Errncr on AMeRIcAN AenIcuLruRE.

in cautonng them (Which We consider mater Of duy)
be too ssngune in their estimate Of the benefits
cd OF and much wished foe repeal Of tAe Bns!ss
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for us the horn OF plenty that have been led
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1. Wheat, there reason TO apprehend can DO produce
ed in Europe, and and sold in England cheaper
do tiff for other reason because OF the lower
price OF labor and Of freghts.
g The readiness with which the thousands offorcirne
who daily arriving obtain richest lands almost
for the asking Immigrants accustomed living on pota
toes psmpeaekei (back rye bread)-wl apgmen, tho
production 81 wheat here in keep down the
price to the lowest point Of depression. aud yet do better
and live thousand times better than they have ever been
| accustomed TO do at home.
J. The itsef-the rcpea-is out nd out
bcra and sacrificing the part the British
Government which have been taught inclaed to
consider "a. f-.Ff- .|f. ..fffF -
In reference to the wages of labor and the sort of
in vogue among rival wheagrowers the Contne nt
what does the reader imagine these bel In essay on
German and Dutch Husbandry recently Published under
high authority in Scotland founded on tour of persop.I
observation, OF late date, appears that eiVhbot
hood OF Danz!c, OF bsck rye Bread called puu
petne the principal food used by the poorer classes
ana their wages Tor the year. of which they the
selves Ia every thing except house for SHELTER not
than would suffice buy th. country tho working and
sunday clothes OF thrifty slave Southern plantation
This pumrerne&el is KNOWN too constitute not only
the principal food used by all the pooter classes Ger
many, but an Wesiphaa be on tho tables of
the reh and poor" In those countries the plowmen
cere l2t cents, women cents. and girls per day
not the
agricultural labor in this country.
As the question must arise, the mind Of tho reader
how can these people I've, these countries where the
price OF meats nearly quito here the best
way We can by setting usual dietary
IN which the naked that me ., has no place or very
rarely; for, as We learn from modern, candid, and ine
gent winter on the Industry Of the Rhine ain the morning
the aborers their pumperncks black rye and
milk ~ the forenoon, potatoes, with such 'keh, or
sat along with them as they can obtain from rug,
which they SoHefnss faen year; and in tho
evening, either bread and milk. simply rye meal ana
brose - - -
"Here," this writer expressly 1--WE shall only re-
marx iha tor want OF other wages of Ia
bosers exceedingly low averaging from ten pence 10
one slllnS per day for and pence eight
pence tor women II iood be given, three pence half
penny day Is all that is added money On the larger
ia'ns four pouudS 500 all the p,y OF the farm ser
vants-whose board is valued At five pounds S25.l From
TINS ana the sdaeen districts tie greatest number emf
giants proceed annually America"
Now, against this we yesterday visited farm of 100
aeres belonging To Mr. Townsend, of Long Island man
aged wl extraordinary Judgment and economy prov
ed by ITS iuSuriant crops and profitable results lie gives
to one man. who has been with him 10 years 10 month
OF six tmes as much such a would get in em.ny
in money and, besides hat board far above the
dietary Of tie wealthy Germany-such living as would
give mar the dyspepsia, were it for the wholesome
aoor and glorious air OF the country Yet Mr. Townsend
does notsuppose he could make money BY wheat even AZ
one dollar bushe though he rceps 20 to 25 bushels
TO the but has 10 IL only ns mere pavin
crop 20 nurse and protect his young grass crop.
IL is against laborer in Europe, receiving such wages
ana so accustomed TO i've against immigrant neighburs
u
the counties from which they come, American far
mers have contend and hence we conclude that NO IN
crease OF Importation under the repeal of the corn laws in
England is going to open materially higher marke, for
the Rrain-iarmer OF the United States.
Shy II as we may, there palPable fact which can
not DC overcome; the long peace which has prevailed with
some uncomfortable exceptions throughout world has
turned 50 many swords into plow-shares-has made s
many producers IN place vi cOnsumersthut agricultural
production IS everywhere overdone; and again, the appl-
Gallon OF steam TO railroads and the navigation of long
rivers, by quickening and cheapening has
brought so much aud ch land under the pillow which
had been otherwise distant be cultivated with profit
mat ths too mas proved fruitful Of
and low prices.
The same traveller to whom we have already referred
remaTklng the Industry of the Rhine says he German
farmer afford sell his wheat and cary il 10 the shin
tor 50 shings sterling Tor sol per quarter eqh bush
els ana Tor freight per quarter from DanIzic England
:" cents per bushel considered average prce -
hence" Gays be, cit follows that wheat grown In the
north OF Germany, be sold Enpl s ma AZ 4Is
oo me quarter with sufficient profit the German cult
Ana II was very lately that it stated En-
gsn that cargo Of wheat living al the wharf nj
Hull from Wallacis, the OF which in England was but
so bushel; while the Baltimore msrketit IL now
ling ct from SIS to 80 cents
Now, be 1t remembered that to get wheat or -four TO
tide WATER from the foot Of the region Of wheat
growing IN this couniY, freight from
Germany TO England but, leaving every one 10 calculate
Tor himself according circumstances the cost Of trans
portanon from the farmer the port OF Shipment he has
then 10 add, according TO the present price, 37 cents
barrel for freight to Liverpool And while the German
laboer lives on his Pumpencke in Europe land nearly so
county, from habit,)
gro aoorer ito say nothing OF his
atlches) go2 l2 to l2 pounds of fat bacon and meal
al pleasure with an average o! much milk and yeEeta
bes and hsh, besides make up the entire sub
sistence (excepi the pumpernlckeD of German English
and Irish common field laborers.
In Wesphaa as has been SEEM this low diet supplies the
table "as well Of the rich the poor-showinR how ri.
gid there is tho habit-we had almost said instinct
| of economy!
Now. Heaven forbid that the American farmer should
ever De brought TO live on pumpernickle! But do not
these stubborn facts show how hard il mus, be 10 keen
from sinking in the effort make grain in this country
with habits-especay with slave labor wheta The
non producing mouths bear larger proportion 10 the pro-
dueng hands Than in other branches rural especially in
planting Industry And again, these facts 20 TO
show that the repeal OF the English Is not likely
to prove that universal panacea for low prices hard
tine5 which wheatgrowers may have been inclined Ia
JOCK iof nat then, says the anxious and, may be-
impatient reader, IS 10 be dOne1 And that precisely
what we, as his friend and enemy Of the
ano demagogues who ready 10 deceive and nm
der him. would like ourselves know and be able to ad
| wise.
The question seems suggest the inquiry whe-
iher there must not be radical defect in The policy
aud spirit Of Legislation, uader winch the landed
anguiEhes Tor want OF reward, while ell trades at
1--we on u honsa and prosper II this were not the case
why - IL tha' the young mel Of the county eager
get into otcestO military commissonsto learn me
chanical trades flock to the cities for empoyrneptl
Look at the difference ia the wOges Of abur in the towns
and the county While IN the county. the white aborer
through all New England, rises IN the morning and
works until dark. making 10 a day. for 10 or s
monh, the town mechanc-eyen The sweepsrgst-
ms one TO TWO dollars DAY, under the en hour syse!
But tins OF itsofa subject worthy Of and shall receive
separate discussion There b NJ least no danger Of being
wrong IN recommending the farmer study how he can
nesi rnd most safely multiply and diversity his crops and
sources o income Let him forever drag on sessty
ia the old downward path. There must be a commence
mont u oil reiomso oil revolutions and changes m Oui
courses 81 industry and objects Of eultvaton he 6vn
ees ne IN az sagaciy who soonest turns his attention
and odapis his labor to those obecs which change
10 the relations OF supply and demand Indicate 10 DO the
most profitable.
Let the farmer. therefore, himself TO habit o
thinking. let him make mself, by reading and by on
and honorable ari3s = my iaultar with the
vhoia PRODUCTS and demands Of different SAT-,
ahd countes-ther uses and prices in our own and In r.
reign morketsand how he il to adspt the land ab,r
and means at his command supply that which rno.
lkey to pay best Let him continue TO 90 round
IKE horse m bark-n following forever the same 10
muon ana making forever IN the routine the same
crops, on the same ground-whic a iulo investigation
might instruct him that change would not only improve