New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-28

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have advanced, because all the wealth pro-
duced by the land has not been taken from
il; 1t has not been exhausted, but agrlcul-
ture has improved, and better soils have
been better cultivated.
In the United States, land monopoly is
felt little, il at all Farms can be bought
extensively for less than It has cost to clear
tEem, which Is as il ought TO be, since It
shows that nan has gained in power over
nature, and Is now able 70 clear rich lands
at less expense than it formerly cost him to
clear comparatively poor ones. Thus there
is free access to the soil, and with the
adoption Of the land reform measures, it
viii become perfectly free How then can
the progress of Industry tend to the subju-
Ca;on of Labor and the growth Of Pluper-
ism. anticipated by the writer we are con-
sideringl How can the wages of workers
in mines and mills be crowded down t. the
starvation point And how can the in-
crease of population press on the means of
subsistence It's impossible. Labor can
rot be subjugated, or wages crowded down,
because, the land being free, and its return
being constantly increased by the better
culture OF better soils, the earnings of agri-
culture will be enlarged, and wages in mills
and mines must keep pace with them, for
70, f,rco no nf n rtI hpiptN
dat of agriculturists can only result where
the land is accessible, in driving the form
er. and if not them, their children, into
agriculture. Nor can population press on
the means of subsistence, because the
growth OF the former can only result IN the
clearing, draining and cultivation of rlch
soils and the Improvement Of the others by
scientific treatment, whereby the quantity
of food viii experience a steady aggran-
dlzement II is indeed true that time
NAV come at the end of centuries, when
the earth Will he fully populated but then
it will be found that nature has provided, IN
the physical and moral perfection of the
race, check which will prevent the limit
from being exceeded.
Industry and the increase OF wealth be-
ing thus the sure means Of advancing the
condition of the workers, raising them to
perfect independence and establishing that
social equality, or equality of rights, privl-
o,,14,,ra x,h,,h tho iIaal of
every lover of his race, it follows that it is
for us to favor industry and the increase OF
wealth. How is this to be done BY throw
ing open the land, introducing the greatest
variety of employments, dispensing with
every dispensable Intermediary, and causing
exchanges to be performed with the utmost
economy, that is to say, by confining them
as far as possible between persons In the
same neighborhood and community In other
words, by carrying Association to the
greatest practicable perfection.
But where shall We begin in this pro-
cess The land is already freer than any
where else in the world, and soon will be
altogether free. In order to give value to
this freedom, we must have a concentrated
population, embracing persons of the most
various productive pursuits. There must
be artisans of every kind sufficient to manu-
fcture for the community, and also to con
sumo UPON the spot the products OF the soil.
Every new trade introduced is a general
advantage. because it supplies new articles
Of comfort or elegance, and at the same
time furnishes market for agricultural
products of the most profitable kind. Thus
the community advances, becomes richer
and more Intimately associated, and life
Gains loveler and nobler character. And
the whole depends on the diyersfcation of
emplovmonts and the densifying Of popu-
latlon
This process we are, however, not
allowed to pursue undlsturbed- England
has long enjoyed TIE monopoly of certain
important branches of production, and insists
that we shall not engage therein No mat
ter though It be essential to our attaining
the end of our existence as a free nation,
she rosists. She declares that she is the
work shop and store house of the world, and
that we must take our cotton to her to be
SUN and woven, and must leave untouched
the iron in our OWL mines, TO come across
the ocean to buy of her And, having the
machinery for making these things, and an
immense capital from the spoils of her colo
MES to operate with, she threatens by her
competition to ruin all of Us who may en-
gage in those branches of production, and
20 prevent US from engaging IN them
Now. we saw that IL is necessary 20 the