New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-19
The Future of sndastry.

eyents, and especially by the strides OF In
vention and Of Physical Science III orr day,
is well known 70 be mr. conviction b4titis
notto well known that earnest and inq1irers
and thinkers Of all parties including those Of
the most Conservative leanings, already
share and frequently avo# those convictions.
A remarkable instance Of such avowal Is
given il the last N97th BRITISH Rerieu,a new
and vigorous Quarterly, established at Ed
inburgh in consequence fthe Free Church
agitation. The Nth article in this nun
Der treats Of The Agricultural Crisis, and
IS most skillful asd able yindication Of the
Abolition Of the Corn-Laws against several
recent arraignnents Of the policy and rs
tee Of that measure. The writer fights his
battle throughout On the ground tia. said
Repeal does MT involve an Industrial and
Social Revolution. which We INSIST that il
does. and for that reason rejoice IN It. He
closes. however. with the following signi-
fcant paragraphs, to which We would give
the widest diffusion and the fullest ernpha-
SIS. Depend on It. the faf-reaching truths
they embody have significance fur Ame-
rica as well as Europe
But, indeed, the horoscope OF the agricultural
clashes ia b. no means difficult 70 10 the
fr.t place Il tie poorer lands shall, as Professor
Low expects, 20 out OF cultivation ont q
tenant farmers hands their place mag be 1t once
supplied T.h 70 dininutiou y rent, and con.
6iderably increased produce By peasal. propre
tors Or by what would perhaps De better II the
present state Of the agricultural classes c0ttier
tenants on Ing lease5 binding item 70 7lEt01s Of
kigh c1ltlrataon. The preiudlees Of political eco
nornists against Ia petus culture have been mo-
difed Of late by the facss in its favor proved b.
Mr. Laing's book On Moray. Mr. B.acker's and
the Hon J. Hewitrs success IN Ireland, the lac
nrs DaFles Gliber!s experiments IN Sussex and
elsewhere and mass Of other EVIDENCE, winch
has so far convinced Nj Mil the best political
economist Of the dag 70 cauEe hin 70 give IN
his adhesion 70 the party which advocates Ia pStH>
culture. No doubt on this system greater
amount Of produce l. attained. combined with AZ
bits Of thrift selfrestraint and Independence in the
cultvators TO which cur laborng classes are no Y,
alas rapidly becoming strangers bat It has is
drawbacks, nevertheless i IS an Isoleting, and
therefore stationary, il not Z Daroariz.ng systam
Of society il affords but very small opportunities
for employing the strength OF combination for IN
Yesting large capitals ia public works and widely
spread Improvements il cannot De the ideal goal
OF q nation which Ike Great Britain, mas proved
by ex pertinent the enormous powers Oh union
and COOPERATION. In peculiar localities. such ss
barren moorlands or rocky glens unit tor me plo#.
it might be proftaby employed; but the majority
Of British soils must and vii continue 70 De cult
waited BY la grande culture or some method
which shall unite its advantages with that OF gar
den farming. And there is no risk bat the large
system will still be carried On, whether profit
ably or not. II, as Prof. Low sneeringly lntl
rnateg there will soon be plenty Of opportunities
for gentlemen amateurs tofarm their OWN estates,
all that can be said is, that it is communications
deyoutly to be wished Even ii they lose money,
as thev very likely viii, by attempting TO initiate
Mr.. H1xta5le, the land viii be permanently IN
DrJved the produce increased, the labOrers wa
ges, dwellings, civilization betIered. w hetner
o. not Mr. Fowler'c magnificent improvements On
Dermoor pay him or not, the thing "a done-it Il
present TO his country OF 80 much skill labor,
cultivation and the mind must De sadly warped
which can find. and some DO IN such an action
reason for contempt. But further: why may not
the Joint stock company principle be applied to
farms as well as to railroads Why may no.
board Of directors by means OF their skilled ser
wants cultivate vast sheets OF country with SKILL
an energy. largeness OF design as yet Unknown
What will Cockney directors know about farm
ing 2 Why, what did they know about railroads
Are railroad directors engineers and surveyors
No, they are simply men Of capital and men Of bust
ness, who have the happy power. as yet unknown
to most farmers, OF recognizing the men OF really
practical science, and setting them to works.
they did Ste phenson and Brunel-as they viii here
after some OF the very men whom Professor Low
holds up to the rldlCue Of ignorant and c0ncelted
Doors. war, or some otser ca1se. may check
foreign Investments profits, according 70 their
n toward 2 mo and yI-ill
temporarily sink so low as TO make the chance Of
prottby aud investments worth considerations and
may see, perhaps in the course of fifteen wears,
large iolntstock capitals poured out upon the half
TILED lands Of Britain, to the immense improve
ment Of culture and cultivation. Doubtless. there
will be hasty specuatons failures, losses bat
the money viii be there-sO much surplus capital
locked up-surely in better place than iii were
with the last SURPRISES, in repudiated loans and
trainess railroads
But even thus the ideal object Of scientific az
rlculture the maximum OF production, would not
be as certainly reached as By Ia Petite culture
OF Belgium and Lombardy. Why, then, may not
the experiment be made 10 combine the two, by
means of associate labor, in which every indiyid.
ual employed on farm. from the mere paid work
to the capitalist should receive his proportion
Of the profits the muscle of the lab0rer and the
skill OF the scientific man being accredited -
them, as they easily may he, as so much capital
Mr.. John Stuart NH, IN his chapters on the
probable lutuFity of the aboring classes which We
would gladly notice more at length, did space a.
low, points to some such arrangement as the Ger.
tain goal Of modern industrial society. It's a.
least question deserving careful consideration
whether the benefits Of q plan which has been
found already successful in the Cornish mines and
fisheries and in the various handcrafts both in
London and Paris, may not also be extended to
agriculture Why should not, hereafter, whole
parish for example, be cultivated By one large
associate corporation, in which all the civiizing
appliances OF the model lodging houses nigh: be
combined without the least intrusion on family
Independence, with the economy OF common
kitchen wash houses, stores, school, and library
why not common place Of worship also! The
government OF such corporation, even ii every
member possessed votes IN proportion to his cap