Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-10-02
The Loom and the Anvil ncccS-
sary 10 tlac success Of tlac ElOx.

S:1ry 10 TIC success Oh ulhc Flow.
In his September number the editor of
the Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil in
giving the particulars of the organization
OF another agricultural society in Virgin
ia, and acknowledging the zeal and tai
ents of those concerned, whose name.
he gives. saws:
This looks all very well on paper: but
Nirginians need not expect their resour-
ces to be developed and their agriculture
to prosper, SO long they are content TO
import cloth and iron from England; leav-
ing inexhaus,ibe beds Of coal and iron
sleeping where they have slept for ages.
in the bowels of their own State. and
their mountain pastures unsiocked with
fine wooed sheep. that would Weld them
hundreds of thousands Of dollars-and
while. too, they are content To waste
much on bad roads. with imperfect ma
chlnery of transportation. as would build
them mills and forges. making market
on the land for the produce Of the land
all the while crying free trade! free trade,
"As to their society. as we have said.
the material is good, the men are first
rate-let us see what they miW do. But
have they not had societies for half CEN
tury! Have they not been coming all the
time and departing. like the Ghost in
Hamlet! And does the Valley average
as much of wheat throughout. per acre.
as it did thirty years ago! We, who
travelled through it then, keen obServ-
er. should say not. And by how much
less now than then! What do YOU saw
Colonel Allen. or you, Mr.. Washington,
or YOU Mr.. Barton!
Just thirty years ago the Fredericks-
burg Agricultural Society said. in a me.
norial to Congress: TO buy as cheap as
you can. no matter where. and to sell as
dear. is the maxim which should regulate
the commerce Of individuals and n ations.'
And where is Virginia now! In what
has she advanced! What is it that ma
tons Of starring. famished people can.
mol make cheaper than we!
1.-The best free trade we can maintain
with such people is to give such encour-
agement to labor as miN tempt them to
come and settle among IT'S. Then thew
will surely be good and able customers.
not only to the farmer and planter. but to
the halter. and shoemaker. and weaver.
and saddler. and carpenter. and brick
layer, each to the other and all 10 the far
mcr. 1t the people of Virginia had be-
gun 10 act on this principle even as late
as 1920. she would now have two millions
Of populations; all her valies would be
threaded with railroads. and steamboats,
and tobacco ships would be bringin.
thousands OF emgrants from Europe di-
rectly into her rivers. 10 work up her wool.
her iron. her coal. her timber and her
leather. and IN tho hor
and her beef, her mutton and her potatoes
from which such heavy deductions are
now made for the cost of transportation
and commissions. going over bad roads 10
distant markets. But. saws the political
partiSan; let US sell in the dearest and buy
in the cheapest market, wherever 10 be
found. and 10 this the farmers say: linen,
amen, SO be IT,"
GCStephen Girard used to saw, .',here's
no difficulty in getting rich; not the least
in the world; the .frSt million is the only
diiiiculty-ihe rest will make i,selG' Old
Stephen is risht-,re have found the .firs,
million" to be the only difficulty, thus
far.
w All euitor gives IL as MS oPlHio!i tia'
wood will go further when left out of
doors than when we'll housed. some ofhis
having gone upwards of quarter of
mile one night.
yChersh a love for Justice. truth. self
control, benevolence. Be governed by
them in all things. Swerve not from the
right for any present advantage. In all
circumstances show thyself man in un.
tiinching rec,itude.
81 Milwaukee has population of go ,o55.
In 1870 she had a ponula,;on NJ onlv