New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-20
,f.,.o.etures and Agriculture.

Manufactures and Agriculture.
III NOT possible that we shoold publish ole.
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ws wond gladly make room Tor if we could. Many
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oscssly while those which either commend or con
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especially the lsudaiory, we generally lay aside
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for themselves The space given 20 praise or de-
nuncistion Of its Editorial condEct would be just
40 much thrown away; wherefore we endcsvor TO
emit all articles 10 good part personal snd 70 weed
Ont the compliments from those we publish. Where
this ;sdoDe bar partially or not a. all the failure is
the result OF haste or oversight, and the reader will
be good enough 10 treat it accordingly.
Bot we often receive from correspondents que
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mainly on some Economic topic, which topic we
have in many go instance discussed already, and
10 our own judgment sufficiently, so that reeonsit-
GRAFTON Of it would not profit the mass Of our read
ers We are therefore constrained 10 pass il over
10 sence aod querist Is left TO conclude, either
that we have paid attention 10 ms request 81
telt unable to solve his difficulty. This We cannot
avoid. except By numbering our columns with mat
ter Improbable 70 the mass Of readers. And ye,
we shall take the risk of repetition in endeavorine
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oovres poDdents in regard 10 Protection and the up
bulding OF Manuisotures.'
One Of them thinks our Home Manufactures al
ford bat narrow market for Agricultural Prodncts
because comparatively few persons are employ co
In Manufacturing, and those mainly females WHO
would be consumers and not producers Of iood 1T
any rate Another points us 10 the fact thar though
more Cloth is made in Lowell now than there was
Ten wears ago yet the number Of bands employed
70 mako il is not greater but rather less
Each Of these propositions 10 based on the gross
~ mistaken assumption. proceeded on throughout
by Mr. Secretary Walker, that Manufactures Gre
ole employ msnt only for those rho are Actually en-
Sogsd tn ,pinm,ng and Nsovtng m he Wais. No
yhing could be more delusive. In Lowell, for ex.
ample. there are some 1000 persons employed d.
Sscty Ia the factories. Of whom say 5000 are Wo-
men. But the number Of persons actually provi
dsd with employ ment by Lowell apart from the
producers Of food. 10 bot one less than One Hun
dred Thousand. They are employed in burning
Briok. in cutting and rafting Timber, digging and
Transporting Coal. qusryi,g Stone. erecting and
improving Factories. Dwelling. &c. constructing
Machinery. and SO on. Transfer our manufactur
l. "A hall hevc al these fhrcvyn
back upon Agriculture Tor subsisience--at least
ten times as many Men as thsre are Women en-
ploy ed IN the factories.
$50 with regard to the other statement You
say six thousand women make more cloth now than
seven thousand did ten years ago. Admit It. But
Svu do not consider that the saving OF labor has
been mainly effected by the introduction Of novel
and costly machinsry--oiten at az expense oil tens
Of thousands Of dollars in q single rnhl--ali which
expense involves Labor and not that OF Women.
Il 10 like the case Of the Railroad. which saves
LARGELY Ia the cost Of transportation, yet sets Of
work three hands ia grading tracks aud making
Ra,ls where IL throws out one ss ;esnlster On ou
old issbi,ned roads.
.-Ano,hsr correspondent profsrs the old ssssr
ton thar. though Great Britain has grown wealthy
BY means Of her Manufactures, yet this has been al
The expense of her Laboring Poor, who are worse
fed add paid now than they were a century ago.
ABat, my friend. we demand the ep,dsneS that the
cause Of this depression Of British Labor is found
h the rapid growth and present magnitude OF Brit
Lab Manufactures. We have heard the conhden
assertion quite often. but assertions are not proofs
We. On the contrary believe the evils and wrong.
- l.. ~ n A,s.x so(G ran
Dntain spring from tar deeper causes and are mucl
more d,fhcult OF cure than this theory supposes.-
ireland has few manufactures and are her labor
Ing people better paid or fed than those OF Grea
Britain II British Manufactures had progressed
a. slowly and slightly those Of Holland or Spain
we believe the British People would have beer
no better situated this day, but worse ia
worse. The monopoly Of the Land bya few, III
law OF Primog euture. the effects OF long nnd desc
lating Wars resulting in an enormous Nstiona
Deot, the Aristocratic constitution Of Church snS
statethsse are the real sources OF the depression
OF the Mass in Great Britain Redues her Manu-
features one-half, whether by sudden calamity O
gradual decay, and we believe thousands OF he
people would iamsh 10 season OF scarcity like III,
present where dozens now do.
AS to the aggregation Of wealth BY those en-
gagged in Manufactures. we believe that no othel
branch Of Industry which has been conducted witl
rs much ability and economy has been less proii,a
bic thus lar in our Country than Manufactures in
the average. I'VE presume the same is true in
nearly all similar oases--the introduction Of a new
branch Of Industry being gain to the Nation, usa
ally effected at the expense Of The individuals who
effect il. And. whether we protect Manufacture:
or not, the shrewdly rich vii smass wealth while
the poor and simple. but more especially the i'm
prov,dent and dsspated, viii grow poorer and POOR
or Nay. we aPpsehend that the proportion OF Poor
70 Rich vii Increase among us-that the few
Rich viii grow richer and the many Poor poor.
Or. whether the ruling principle OF our policy be
Protection or Free Trade The cure Of our deep
seated Social evils demands remedies less superb.
eial than . Tariff or any kindred measure. Bu;
thss shere VIII be moge employment Tor Lahos
among u.s. steadier employment. and better ave
rSgs wages, If we resolve to spin our own yarn and
weave our own cloth make our own iron and fash,
100 our own wares ihsreirom. we cannot doubt.
That many branches Of Manufacture viii be