The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-01-19
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would be applied 10 eEery .useb ofProdueny'
Industry,
HAgratgsg 20 know that the manufae,
ture of cotton has already been introduced ~
10 several Of the planting States, and a auglt
not "a be doubled will aPidly be- extended
The manufacture ~ iron, wool, and our 9th
~ staples would lead 10 similar rrsulls The
etirct would be- a vast augmentation Of our
wealth and power
Upon commerce The ciIrots might b. expect
ed tn be-, II possible, Htll more marked. it h
not enough to say that no county ever dimin,
ished 10 cQmmefQe by Increasing - pfodgo,
hOnH-and that no injury would therefore re-
suit % that iutereut, There weuld probably
b., not oply great Increase "a the mIunt,
bot aR Improvement not less impohlant 40 The
natgfe Of auf commerce.
OF the Immense addition that would aesfus
10 our internal ana coaHting trade, (Which ~
every country formIiho great and most yalua-
bic budy NJ u1mrurrort u ~ unnecessary 10 tr
more than merely speak iu panBing-but IA
may be we'll 10 oiIsT a few romaTss,ss fofssfg
commerce,
Commerce 10 the machinery of exchange
II 10 the handmad of agriculture and nnnufae,
tufoh. II will not BE- affirmed that Il 10 ever
positively iniufiouH-bnt Il will be- more OF less
with the productive industry Of the county.
The mere carriage of commodities by sea of
land ia necessarily profitable only 10 the aaf.
rieT, who ~ paid cor Il. II may be- useful or
not 10 Others, according 10 circumstances --.
The farmer ends railroad great eonyen.
ienee, hut be understands that y Ia better en-,
played IN carrying his crop, than 10 carrying
away his seed wheat aud manure.
The commerce which should consist in car.
fVInR cotton seed abroad, 10 be- there grown,
would not be 90 useful aa that which 10 nov
occupied IN exporting the raw cotton Rtowa
AZ home We should easily nndctHlAnd, also.
that the commerce thus employed would be-
.0..I IA "a
profitable 10 the carriers than what we now
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OF The same nature with that above dosCrfhed.
The seed bears "a the cotton the same tclat,On
which the cotton bears 10 the cloth. IL We
now export cotton of the value Of about sixty.
si1 millions, the same cotton, when converted
into cloth, would mpke an export Of some two
hundred and forty Eve millions Ril"T dcdsct.
ing the Gnsen OF twenty millions which would
bc required for our own consumption, On ad.
ditlon 10 the portion Of our present manuiac.
turcs consumed at hOmc,) aud our imports
would be- thereby in hike mluurr increased
England, at thus moment, derives large por.
tIBn OF hrr puwrr trum ApIUHIuE Hud wUavmE
our oottnn. When we shall spin aud weave
II ourselves, make oar own ron, aud manu-
facturc oar other staples, We shall have trans.
icTrea TO uiH country tho great centres -
wealth, commerce, cigil,stiion, aud political,
as well az moral and INTELLECTUAL power.
mount offurcign commerce which s due to
Gpr position, n vastly productive county,
with an extensive cpast, good harbors, gfcat
water eourscs, and people unsurs
pSssed IN maritime skill aud chtctptlsc. . ..
Oar annual products were estimated by my
Predecessor IN this Departments At tLres A6ous.
uud untiiirn AsilsE- FSli1ls..'T average paIts
are about ohe hundred and thirteen mluona,
and our itapofts about ono hundred. aud six
millions, making together two hunafed aud
nineteen millions, exclusive Of gold aud SILVER
and Of foreign commcd,tics imported aud fr-
exported, An eminent British authority est,
mates the annual creation Of wealth IN Groat
Britain aud ireland, at hctwesn two thousand
one hundred aud two thousand two hundred
millions. if We add, for articles omitted by
him, between three and four hundred millions,
we shall have total of two thousand Gvc
hundred millions. The British exports and
imports spount annually 10 about i've hun.
dtcd aud twopty millions exclusive of gold
aud silver, and of forcign commodities i'm pntt-
cd and r. exported. II ihpir furr ign trade
were brneght down 70 our scale uPoa tbs es-
timatc, II would be reduced 10 about one huR-
drcd aud eighty. three millions If ours were
raised TO their scale, Il would reach about six
hundred and twcpty four millions
Estimating the population Of Great pT,tAin
and Ireland at tb'rty millions. aud our popu-
lRtiap at twenty. millions, th .ir fufr'sr-
trade averages SfT58 for each individual;
ours $l0i2. lr their foreign trade were no
greater than ours, IN proportion 10 population,
! Il would be reduced from eve hundred and
twenty TO three hundred and twelve miiiions.
fr0ur rdTetgu trntr WRIT nv grrut m I1rurrrtrnrl
to population Rs-I--+TUiTs, II wUutd De swrlled
! III amount from two hundred and nineteen 10
three hundred and sixty. four millions.
leading cause Of the c&isting difference is
TO be found in the fact, that Great Britain cv.
ports chiefly what she has first brought to the
| form Ia which II sreAdy for ultimate consump-
tom II at the stage Of its highest value, and
her market is ALMOST co-c Stcnsivc with the civ.
! ilizcd world.
I AIl hisIoFy sb6Ws tbRt WtcET arc thc work
shops o: the world, there mus, be the iparts
tuf the world aud ih,, heart ef wealth, -eaE,-
mcrcc, and power It's as vain To hope to-
make tIcse mnrts by providing warhouScs,
as it would b. TO pakc a crop by building
barn.
! ". Whether we can have workshops ts
work up, at least, our own mo,rrials,mn de-
lpcud upon the question, whether we have Or
can obtain sufficient advantages to justify the
pursuit or this kind of industry
TIE GiTcOpsianesS favorable 60 production
IN this country may be stated 10 be: let FN.
cility in procuring raw materials. 2d. Album.
dance of fuel Sd Abundance of food and
other articles necessary for the -ustrnanrr
aud housing oC the labnrcr. 4th The sUpcrir
rur efficiency of thelsb9rers IN comparison with
those of other countries.
The circumstances supposed 10 be pnfator.
able TO our production NAV be thus cIasscd
lat Want of capitRi
| .. DrRrncss of oVF labor as compared vtth
that OF other cuu ptrIes. -
| Sd Insocurity by exposure to the influence
! of violent and excessive fluctuations of price
in foreign markets, and To undue Foreign COM
petition.
C,u,taT ,ybiph tg hub accumulated