The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-07-19
WHOLE No $40
Producers and Consumers.

Producers and Consumers.
Mr. GREELEY ofthe " Y. I'ridrne, in speak
ing OF Lyons III France, which he visited about
the 18th Of June, writes as follows.
''Lyons is how undergoing one of those peri,
odcal rcvulsions or dcpressions which are the
necessary incidents Of the false system ST Indus.
try and Commerce which the leaders of CONNER.
cal opinion are bent on terrifying and extend.
lhg.-Here, at the confluence OF the Rhonc and
Some, Is concentrated n population Of nearly
100000 souls, half Of whom attempt to live BY
spanning, weaving and dying silks, while tha
residue IN good part busy themselves in collect
ing ana buying the raw material or in exporting
and selling the product. But il is not best for
themselves nor for mankind that 100000 Silk
workers should be clustered on any square mile
Or two OF earth; if they were distributed over the
earth S surface, in communities Of five TO fifty
thousand souls-ltt the raw silk were grown in
the various countries wherein the fabrics are re-
CURED, where the climate and soil do not forbid,
and taken there to be manufactured where they
do-the workers would have space air. activity,
liberty, development, which are unattainabc
While they are cooped within the walls OF q sin.
Gle city. II those Silk-weavcrs for instance,
whose fabrics are consumed in the United States,
were now located in Virginia, Tennessee, Mis-.
sour, &c. instead Of being mainly crowded into
Lyons, they would there obtain many of the me-
cesSaries OF life at halt the price they now ray
would y "nv Nrg ,h ,nr consumers G CT n,r sor'
Vegetables, Fuel, &C. whirb ' bcc"n S nrt p,
bulk or their perishable nature they cannot new
sell at all, or can only sell at prices below the
I Ioa ., IL noa"e,lon NO matter II the Silks We're
HIGHER than now ib srca, hod of Of ourn snu
ers would obtain them much cheaper. es,imst.
hn ,Nf ii. liza l.. I.I
, ne WORKERS on both sides would be benefited,
,hreelon e! Mou'a Snale between .hen al !ea$s
mei.e now leyies upon their industry WI ,broDah
the sale and resale Of its products, to distribute
among its importers, shippers, jobbers, retailers
.aa ,neheyS o. nln'e VARIETY, Inc bringing
ure has nerposeJ no barrer So hs M" ths;r ~
verse needs may be supplied by direct inter
change, Or with the iewest possible iutermc-
"la'es' Is the simple and only remedy for one Of
suffers throughan ,h "au wnrl M'' INDUSTRY no"
VERY true saws Vapid, sbv, this will reou,,,e
itselt.'-Wll it, indecd' Be good enough to
tel me how All the potent individual ascn-
to ,br ow ds are rs a'arnta by senfr"S
ployers. the Exnor,ers enpaseJ in ,h the Sill
trade, all own property in Lyons, and are natw.
ralI! anxious that thcl.4anuiacture Shall be more
anu na" io'e , ION mere. l"e SAppcr' the
like interest in keeping the point 'C of nr1u "tU
as distant from their customers as i ossiblc.
Very often have been told by wholesale mer-
sI'm ,oo me PIeiSrdo sen Foreign rather than
former is nsunI mnc %yv""se me 1%n' Oh inc
Grafton is active and onnipresen, in Trade zen.
eralE. The sole interest subscrved by Direct
ana simple Exchanges is that orlabor and this.
"9iTn5 T imn" o, a phorso E1 ner' and
Lyons are no more capable of removing to " Vjrl
gina or Missouri and establishing their busine.s
there than the Alps are of making an American
v%n, o consumers liners OF Sns, acas nd
'i'""i'' ''''"'' piih" tncin oNcI ana eSthDilsn