New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-10
The T.rir-A Homely Illustration.

ssprose We could hire al cur garments made > PEI
cent cheaper In Europe than hey Are Low 'a's = -
seriously contend ihst or ccalfry would
thereby
suppose toe clothing Aforesaid should Dc g. i1ou,
En- and for nothing vii any MAJ ss''o1'y eoos
that our country would BE- imyoversnec or .oof s11ef
YET certainly II gain q q per cent 70 toe consumer
Is an injury to the counuy, gain OF lVo Per cen, Al
outrage. aON5 N"a'-
Conmenf-Ai5any EreHing Journal
There is no originality in this Atlas logic The
brilliant idea which Il sets forth. Was more oeauti-
fully and .trikinzly exhibited by an Irishmsn many
wears since Pat va. told that by the use Of
stove, room could be warned with oae-hsN oil
the wood that would be required IN IRE place
Then. says Pat, Ia ialin. IL Duy Two sI"Fesi anu
save al the wood. -
tsdounsstic and the Atlas sPoIticsl economy are
onauar There Is however this essential difference
In Pats favor his suggestions though ackins sense
vas not deficient in Wit The Atlas 8 answer 70
The Tribune has little 70 boast Of IN either respect
To talk about getting :" the clothing Aforesaid
from England for nothing. Is as seDsele. and IN
meaning. Is 70 talk of an entire saving OF iuel by
the use OF two stoves.
The case fairly stated stands thus Farmer re-
siding in Michigan, wishes 70 purcnase annusiiy
cloth hats and shoes which VIII cost MN slyO 10
New-York. and s25 more II he buys them OF the
Manufacturers and mechanics who reside IN the vi
+ lsge. one mile distant from his farm lie taxes ms
/ go. noultrv potatoes buckvheat, butter cheese
sc Sc 70 the village and converts them into cash'
sends il 70 NewYork, and gets N return Tor DIS
b money = wards Of cloth. hats and i've pairs OF
shoes; when several OF his neighbors exchange an
equal quantity Of their surplus produce with the
village manufacturers and mechanics-ge1 but
wards OF cloth hats and pairs oil shoes IN return
The Free Trader boasts OF his superior ssgaciiy
and success His neighbors, having as keen rel
isb as himself for good bargain. resolve 70 initiate
frsaa - a nD 81
s,,,lns nroduce into cash aud send 20 New York 20
rooEe their purchases AL are thus lar highly Ella
ted AT the success Of their Free Trade experiment
But on the succeeding year when they go 70 the
village 10 dispose Of their butter and cheese eggs
Sc they find the number OF purchasers diminished,
and the prices Of these articles reduced On IN
ouirine the cause. they learn that the weayers the
hatters and the snoemakers have shut up SHOP IL
was useless for them tO weave cloth. or make mats
and shoes which they could not sell. some OF
them were out Of employ, they wanted butter ana
cheese &c &c % be sure, but mad no money 10 pay
for them Others had abandoned their trades on
learning that the Farmers would 10 longer Pur
chase the products OF their labOr-had become ar
rner. themselves and were already IN the village
market with their butter, cheese. &c thereby IN
creaaHg the supply ats time "hen tners vas d az
rninisbed deu1Hf for these articles Inc consc-
cuence was a fall Of 80 per cent in the village tor
some of these articles and others could not be sod
for any price What was - BE- done W mere
was the 500 ~ be 90. b send 10 New-l orA Inc
frat idea that suggested Itself was 20 send THIS sur
plns produce 20 New-York and get the clothing
wanted in exchange, but II wss soon ascertaincd
tbattbe Eggs Poultry. Buck~heat Potatoes. and
divers other things which had aided 10 make up
the 500 before the village market was destroy ed
would nOt bear the expense oil transportation 70 -
distant A market as New York. Aud What tended
IN aegravate the case was that these articles the
valne Of which was thus diminished or destroy Cd
we're altogether the most profitable products OF a
farm If a conv enient market was at hand where
they could be disposed Of
These Michigan Farmers now begin 10 reason
nationally upon this subject as all men Will reason
, when they have been made d sufsr by the adop
tion of plausible. bat false theory. They come
IN the conclusion that 10 determine whether a
thing was cheap or otherwise, some other things
beside the price IL costs IN dollars and cents must
be taken into consideration They found. that a.
/ they wanted - convert their potatoes and DUCK
wheat into clothing. II was necessary Tor them "a
: have considered what the effect would have beer
on the value OF these articles before they resolved
/ 70 pursue a course which should either destroy OF
greatly depreciate their value, aud they become
entirely satisfied that they would nave been great
10 the gsinprs By the continuance oi the old sys
lem bv which they uominally paid % percent more
but in reality % per cent. less, for their clothing
tbsn thew now had to pay under the new system
Let ~ take the account. Old system 40.
- - 'i ba.5e. buesrheai :. per bu.h....s5
potafotf = .....- $50
Free Trade or new system
Cl-JoO bushels bucswheat = per bu.ilel...--.-i'
90 potatoes, Is -..... -'--i'
/ Leaving balance Of 20 bushels o. buckwheat u
4 favor OF the old system
The farmer never can increase the relative yelu'
of bis surplus produce by starving our msnuiactur
J. ers and mechanics and compelling them to oecom
producers instead of consumers 100 bushels o
wheat. 100 bushels OF oats and 100 bushels Of poia
toes will bring more yards Of cloth. greater mum
Der of hats and shoes If exchanged with msnuiac
- turers and mechanics who live near the spot wher
}. they are grown, than II sent 800 miles by inlan
navigation to NewYork and 3. 500 more across tn
ocean to England.
?. farm within a mile Of fourishing manuisctur
c inr village ia worth double the amount OF one .
?. miles distant and yet the Free Trader advises m
TO interpose the space Of $500 miles between m.
farm and the ultimate market for the sale Of its sui
|, plus products.
u | used 70 think Pat was joking when he recon-
mended the entire saving Of fuel by the use OF tw
II stoves bat verify he wiser than the genera,o
10 Of Free Traders. MICHIGAN FARNkh.