New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-08

side OF the pillow. aud they VIII peSoinr pvo NIu
ter themselves over the West and their demands or
iron and stearn-eneinrs and clothing. Will diminish,
and the coal trade will languish, and the dincuy OF
maintaining the roads and canals by which the cos IS
transported 70 market will be increased and the trade
DO not absolutely die u viii lirzer on IN msersoic eN
stence Il grew under the Tart Of ISIS In lcS3 N.
quantity sent 70 market was 1900 tons In l-5i, II
had risen to ssl 900 tons, and farmers sHi nanusc
turer. and coslmners were prosperous The rapid
reduction of the Tart AFTER that period ruined tie
manufacturers and depressed the farmers. and lsi2
six wear. aerwsrd Notwithstanding the application OF
coal steamboats, the quantity sent to market was but
LOIS 90 tons.
With the passage Of the Tariff Of sl2 the demand be
gan 10 rise and with each year from that period 70 So
there was improvements the prospects OF the farm
ers the manufacturers and the miners, wis, in thai
year sent 10 market nearly three millions Of tons The
Tariff OF ls46 mas become fairly operative and fur
nsces have ceased 20 be built while factories being
closed Coal IS drug in the market, and so are likely
10 be wheat and Corn and oats and hay and potatoes
The potatoes and corn. and hay commodities OF
which the earth Yields largely and, therefore rncy VII
no, bear transportation II the market on the ground
be lost the farmer must cease 70 raise them and such
must be the result II he will insist upon driving those
who are now consumers Of food the West there 70
become producers OF food. Let him do this, and he
viii exhaust hi, land ana then run away himself
The planter will, however say, that how true soever
this nsy be- az regards the farmer Of Pennsylvania he
himself can have no interest in the coal rsdethst be
sells no food miners 10 furnace men. or to build
ers Of stesmengnes and that II ia all the same TO nm
whether they anthracite or Liverpool coal ana thsI
his cotton viii sell tor AZ much N the one case as IN hr
other How far this is true may now inquire.
The world il divided into producers OF agricultural
products end Consumers Of them. The larger the pro
portion which the consumers oesr 10 the producers me
cher will be the prices Of his products and the more
profitable viii be the labor Of the farmer, and the more
valuable will be hi- land.
The planter ia a producer Of food and cotton. II the
price OF food be low the larger viii be the proportion
of his force that he must Apply TO tho production OF
cotton and the smaller will be hs production OF food
II food be high he will raise more OF II and less OF
cotton.
10 the production OF cotton the greater viii be the de-
mand for ships the higher will be trcghts the larger
will be the quantity OF cotton in market and the lower
will be its price The less he Is compelled TO devote
himself 20 cotton the lower viii be iregnts and the
higher will be prices
The diversion OF labor fros the production Of food 70
that Of cotton the extent of lOOOO bales WILL at
very moderate caculaton lower the price OF the whole
crop one cent per pound which upon the present crop
: e0usl 70 slOOOOOOO The diversion OF labor from
cotton 10 food the extent OF producing reduction OF
the crop 10000 bales, will rese the whole crop to
similar extent and the gain 10 the planters VIII be
SlOOOOOOO in addition TO the farther gam rom the in
creased price OF the food they have TO sell
These propositions being admitted, as we think they
must be- may now inquire into the effect OF tue coa
trade on TIE planter interest
That trade ever affords, dirfcfy Or indirectly
market tor food than we nave ever exported
more even than exported LAT year. 10 Gil parts oi
labor which If applied 10 the production OF food would
add immensely 10 present large product The sur
ulus tor which markets would be needed IN case OF the
abolition of the coal trade, would be more than three
times AZ great is at present, and the direct
effect of such measure would be an enormous tai IN
the price OF food the production of which would cease
10 reinunerate the planter who would then raise less
food and more cotton Large crops would make hlgn
freiqhts While prices abroad would be low and the
planter would be ruined.
such would be- the effect of total abolition of IT, It
must be obvious that every reduction OF H. however
small tends in the same direction TO reduce the value
OF Southern property and 10 reduce the power OF the
planter TO improve his condition and that OF the people
whom he employs; while every increase, large or
snal tends the opposite direction that Is to add TO
the alue OF Southern property ana 10 increase the
power OF the planter 70 improve ms own eoneo, ana
% we entertain doub1itis obvious nnt the planter
il directly interested in every measure that tends r.
place the by she eide OF the producer whether
AZ the n, Of Pennsylvania In the factories OF Massa
cuseffs or RI 9de Island because every such measure
tuds 10 diminish the necessity for emigration To lowe or
Wisconsin. there 70 become producers Of food Er'y
nan j. efhsr cHsfora'r 70 ne farnr Or rrdi % ham,
Hundreds OF thousands who are now rivals and whose
competition /. now keeping down the prices OF food and
cotton would have remained at home 10 become con
suer had the farmers and planters OF the country
dertoOd that protection 10 the loom ana me anvil was
in fact and in tr.th protection 70 the plOw.
Tbrouz hout the whole Union, properly considered.
there's no real difference of interests. Every measure
that tends 10 increase the number OF consumers IN Mas
.achu and Pennsylvania. TENDS 10 diminish tue he
cessity for over stocking markets Of the world with
cotton and tobacco and every measure that dminshes
the consumers those states. tends TO render neces
sary the application OF more force 10 the production oil
those staples with diminished returns.
By potcians-the class OF men who live by the labor
OF Others and are psi either directly indirectly out
OF the taxes they impossible people OF this great
Union are divided into Northern and Southern Eastern
and Western all with opposing interest but the only
rue division s into that OF producers o, food and cot
ton. and consumers OF food and cotton The one has
corn and cell while the other has labor 70 SELL
aud and cotton % buy. Inc more buyers OF corn
and cotton the gre ter will be the demand and the
higher will be the prices. The more sellers the lees
will be the demand and the lower viii DO the prices
The nearer the loom and the anvil can be brought fohe
GLOW toe more numerous will be the buyers snd the
larger will be the quantity OF clotn or iron obtained 10
exchange for given quantity OF labor Inc more ais
ant they the less Viii be tue Vsue OF laoot es
nated in cloth or iron The they are, the ess
will be the loss OF manure, the better Will be the soil
cultivated, the valuable will be the timber the
larger will be the crops, the more regular vi" De roe
demand for labor the more industrious VIII De the ia
borer the more valuable will be his time 10 himself m
10 his employer, and the greater VIII be the power OF
union for the purpose Of building houses mills or rs
roads The more distant they are, the greater VIII be
the wssfe of manure the poorer will be the soil Thar
can De cultivated the less valuable will be the timber
the smaller will be the crops the more unsteady Will De
the demand for labor the difficult will be TO OBJ
tain labor harvest the less valuable will be the time
of the aborer either himself 10 MS employer the
will he the power of union Tor any purpose OF i'm
and the greater VIII De the tendency 10
from each other Population makes the food come from
the rich soils and facilitates the farther growth OF popu
lation because OF the increased facility Of procuring
food Depopularon compels "a abandon rich soils,
and y 10 poor ones because OF the increased difficulty
Of obtaining food Between the planter aud the farmer
the manufacturer and the coamner then, there Is no
opposition Of interest The owner Of the pow, whether
planter or farmer IT, the contrary. above s inter
ested in the necessary for bringing the DON
= nd the anvil 10 his side.
Man must everywhere commence witt tie poor
soils and the richer ones cannot be cultivated until the
consumer and producer brought together What
ever foreign interference tends TO prevent this union
lends 70 compel men 70 scatter themselves over poor
soils to prevent increase in the reward 70 labor aud to
prevent advance Ia civilization and resistance 70 such
interference IL necessary act Of selfdefence The
article Of chief consumption is food OF which rich soils
would vie large Quantities in return 20 half The labor
required on the poor ones and half the difference
would convert into cloth all the cotton end wool pro
tucet and make the iron used in the Union. Such
being the csse the exports required 10 pay tor English
labor are so much absolute loss while the great machine
tseli suffers in the loss Of labor that would double it
in product and in value"
Under the influence Of political causes 40 obvious
must not be apparent u OF Maryland and
Virgina and every planter Of the Caroinas and Geor
ga that they and their children directly concerned
10 and that they ght 70 keep vant watch over the
gi-laton OF state and Federal Governments. 10 see
that no obstacles are created allowed exist which
sand in the way Of such associations OF capital sud
means as will promote the growth in country