Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-20

Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road h,,o ne
10 purchase EnoliSb rails To Law ,bo 80, decided
rail road 10 eolo,n Z, doc;; ak OF our
H. -, - " pC's'olY, under all
.n' '"u "a, "o' 'nJuulcions 1t is still a
VI t'e III 10 me people Of South
western sirginiath the coal and IRON resourcesr
the counties west Of Roanoke should he do,ol,
in the construction of the line of tho roaa loteu
Salem We are therefore indncod =, .5Vnu
the following article from, tho A,,,;a ~ Puoish
Jour,,l - NJ ia ,oko '0a' nail Road
az, =, go ii,'', i9'o
~" WE fuRlllASE IRON FOR OUR
halLhoaDS,
~ many paris oil 'he connry IN The west particularly
'9 "i Vole "H2f9e III the cons neiion Of railroa1S
"'oae eA 7iVeiy occupied IN agricultural pursuits and
VINO mo'i purchase The non tI their roads by sale Of
e Poue'S o' thclI iarhs Their only surplus consists
~ '"es7 aiueieS ana Consequently II Is only by anex
'n''9t VI Uen thal they procure such things as they
'"'o III n'a w. ana winch they themselves do not pr5.
w consequently SO long as we import our iron from,
eaeh section must obtain lis supply by eNchanq
NV 'o' l" It's own appropriate polnc.i1us. Take for
III idhet ihe interior OF Tennessee or Kentucky. Corn
' ~ Tue great s'aPleS III these Siaies. We suppose
't Wv aVeage pflce oil the crop u" these Stae ranges
rom : 10 ~ cents per buShel. To export this corn Ia
'9dnu e"Ss from 81 10 - cents per busle sum four
times at iea, as great as the cost of produclian This
cost Oh transportation comes directly ont Of the pocket of
the pToiurer What Is true Of corn is equally true of
al onet agricultural products, Tough the trans
P'ao may mol bear So large ratio to The value of the
al , ,"' -
ne f'ga,h Manufacture ran Afford to pay from IS
cents to one dollar per hushe r corn, and sell us IRON
al Tie low rate at which we are row buying it, Now
suppose mat hy some means The iron man and the wes
tern farmer could be placed side by side. aud the iron
manufacturer continued to pay IN this country the sane
price ne now pays IN England for American fur and
COM how would the case stand then? Wonld our YVES.
tern people fnd any dill ny in Purchasing any qnan-
y oil ron' 81 ng as they ronid get 10 cents pr bush
ell Tor Their corn? At the present Tine according To the
d1cfine OF reciprocal Tree trade the western farmer must
f'y tIp ,l=I,,
for the support of his labor, many times greater
Than the cosl of production. All raid for transportation
Is Just so much absolutely lost and mgh'be saved If tie
producer and consumer occupied the neiehbrhnod
We do moi mean to say that would command in
the west > ce IT'S PER bushe if iron manufacture should
he extensively ntmduced there, because competon and
ca e Of product on would keep below this int, tut ii
would mnand perhaps twice lis present price and all
"lher things being equal, the difference which the man
nacnIeI sh1nld pay, over the price in England would
ne 50 uch additional proht From this mode Of reason
my Is very easy TO why afford pay nure
ir IRON OF American mannacnre than for the English
article In The former case we sell direct to the
nacturer whatever we produce without any loss for
transportation. In the latter case we must pay many
ZINES the cost 0f production, as the expenses OF delivery
"i our produces to the iorelgn consumer.
wow II Is very certain That, unless we commence The
manufacture OF rasou roads will bring into CONNER
elA EMBELLISHMENTS. We are now sending abroad five
mlos dollars annually for the purchase of raIroad bar
alone low much of this vast paid to the Eng
lshnenls made up OF the expenses of ransportaton?-
How much Is the real cost OF production?
We were the more frcbly Impressed with The i'm
Pof'ance {" these views IN Witnessing through the
papers the eltts, that the people If Northeastern Ten
n'sseeare making to construct railroad from Knoxville
10 !he virginia State line, dis ance something 100
a. eo od ne e''ma'el cost oil The PROJECTED work IS
"''cn 'ney mus NANNY rely upon them
'ou'e 'aselsFu ny ,le proposed ROAD, IS
f nh, ~" e. po'p" u 'le COUNTRY Jar removed
s,I anf ,a, .;,i = oa, P'Io '''s ms e''he
'3 Ia9 qua"',es VI ra aau ron ore fe' these
viii on r, F1aandF a.rs a,t .ue'' "oh,
! =, loi ,,. - -, t i - ~ ''' pay ~, II ''c"h
nav six ,i,,os ,l, i NJ - NV, , 's''.i nus
snIditv Lore2 Wild :, -, b hoa. f n.' sea' ao-
/ tn c,nvor, ,bo rr,l,.,- - IA; s. 49, 80; - r. y
,l -, ~ " io y. '"e,' 'd''i9 i" .o NV" nahu'dc-
vast exnense to "odera, ,a nooosoS W &
tha, tLere can bo m d1,h, 81, ,rhao,;i - I'm
n,na rIs,i oa h sh, H., ; ~ 80 ~ 'a' o'
,nroi +; EiI - ""; ''I w.; Na' "u ,1
amonnt nf ~ , r , s'"a ; h,L ~ ~ ''
nrodncs and Tho r,n ;,saf ''"s '''' ''' "s0'''''
w. ,' ",u we "ni ISL IL
c,n h, W ,S we "ast purchase where we
"a" wy 'lidPs', "ls Is MOI 'he true rue 10 gnide
shv t sno" oI ony Mnene we can pay easiest onf
:" Va, p@y ''u Nv" '"e pre- VI 'se af''ct' >iouu s'
TO sup,ort labor hut not money Lot or f-me,s h,y
their iron with vba, tbeir own farms nrdeo a, yba i
the same thno exchange the one far tho other ., ,L,,
own doors rather ,b,n make tho sane e,hanro l0oo
miles off Subjected n The Great exnense aanJsnt nnaa
TRANSFORMATIONS
What the iron does eos, more. From it's suneri,r
quality il is worth 25 p,r cent more At the law nric