New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-25

snstled 10 form some small conception of the seci Of
Indirect taxation levied By England on that unioruuAis
people ard shall BE- safe 10 placing u AZ more thsn
twenty iises the value Ct a. the cloth and yarn pro
euced 10 Eussrd from al the cotton wool crown In
lndia. EEyp, and America
The poor rishnsn 10 ~ The fysis n deried the use
OF machinery and be obtains ore yard OF cloth for The
sae quantity Of grain or pork that would give him two
three or four II be could plsce the BY the
PRODUCER he too cutvsies poor lands sud then h-
travels 10 Ersisni and spends hai coren weeks In
obtaining forinishts wages "nst 70 toe exient OF
the indrsc, iarston here would % ccul, T. cslcs
ste but quite sufficient - scroun Tor Al the misery
Of lrelsud.
The planter In Tennessee sells his cotton for aVs
cents per pound By the time u resche, Manchester u
costs eisht He bays IL back again obtaining oue yard
II cloth for two pounds Of cotton whereas n be hsd
the consumer Of food In bis neishoorhood be Uon
obtain half the cloth yielded y bis cotton and would
have three yards 10 plsce OF ore ne YOU'D 'nen clear
and cultivate rch coils and would obtain bale 10 the
acre Instead Of half bale ard would sell bis TIM er
instead Of Of wasting II 40 nov be coes
The farmer Of Ohio sells bis wheat grown on lsndits
yields Bushels the acre ~ seventy ceon - the
time IL reaches Msnchestsr 10 70 worth dollar and
hslf At which price vita the addition Of numerous
charges the farmer buys back the result Of which H.
that b. obtains for produce 81 an acre OF wheat
ninety yards Of cloth. the produce OF so9u' tni'v
pounds Of for which ine producer in tennessee
has received dollar snd ifty cents and which could
be converted into cloth ior IS much more IL euln'
V-t-s poor coils whereas II be bal the consumer oy no
Yield forty bushels 10 the snd be too could sell bis
tim Der
What l. the extent Of Indirect taxation upon the peo
pie OF the United Stses by means Of the system msJ
perhaps b. estimated II take into confederation Toe
iolIoeing facts.
J. The l.oor annually expended In tue CONSTRUCTION
% snd wagons and ships. that would be unn-ces
ssry n the and producer could Do pefmit,ei
their psce by the side 81 each other would pro
ducs many mills and furnaces would convert Into
cloth halt and wool produced and smei tne
ore for making al the iron used 10 ihs Union 10 me
and and ships may be sdded TIE aoor o.
horses and mules employed Ia the same ~a''eiu worS
II. The time lost By the persons employed In Tue
work OF unDecesssry transportation and exchange oy
those who Idle In whole or In part tor want 81
regular demand for labor and By those who are On the
rosd seeking for psc-s Of residence; Is more than
would be required for the work OF converting al lns
wool into cloin. and all the ore into iron.
No. The labor that IL given 10 the ~ork OF cuii
vssg poor soils yielding bushels 70 The sore ne-sc
Of rich that cspabe Of saorjins tons OF 1000
by aid Of which poor soils might BE- enriched ~onld
yield double the retnrn could the consumer take Do
pace by the eide Of the producer and thus save the ma
nsre thst 10 no. wasted
~ The labor that 10 now wasted In making and re-
pairing roads through and territories and
among scattered settlements ia both old and states
n spilled the improvement OF old roads would o.
mnished annually and largely. the coat OF transports
ZION Of hose portions OF the products OF the earth re-
curing 10 be exchanged.