Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23

soil and its powers to produce more than the value Of the
labor expended it, whereas the value of the manufac-
turer goods is determined by the amount Of his labor
only This is the origin Of rent; for We have now
cultyators produce .,..................f72l -esA
manufacturer produces ..---...... IL
The land from which the manufacturer withdrew is
manifestly worth rent, for it produce main
tenance and more and 1t is his withdrawal that has Gre
ated the rent value Of the land and this rent value must
at least be equal to the produce Of persons labor for
the six farms. In order therefore, equaize the re-
ceipts Of each member Of the community Mr. Dove af
firms that the value Of the whole soil under cultiya
ton ought to be E12, and this E12 viii belong to the
whole community in joint partnership since they have
each contributed to its creation the manufacturer by
Withdrawing from agriculture and laborng in the pro-
ducon Of articles to exchange against food and the Gull
vaors by expanding labor than would be sufficient
for their maintenance and it is the roducve capacity
Of the earth which both enables the manufacturer to
withdraw from tiage and the cultivator to pay rent
Of course the manufacturers increase in proportion
the cuvator the value Of the becomes greater
and greater Let suppose them that four cutvators
can produce food enough for the whole six. We have
then
cultivators produce ..................272l -eas
2 manufacturers produce ............... "a
Here the rentvalue Of the whole soil must be at least
E24 and the people richer than they were when all
were food-producers richer by much their
features valuable and their soil more produce
tive that is, more susceptible Of a rent value.
When three cultivators produce six msntenances
we have
cultivators produce..., .........G72 --c,oo
manufacturers produce. 30
In this case the rent-vaue ought to be equal the
maintenance of half the population. As the cultivation
AZ l,X;11 snar l. oIrc .
cultivators produce ........ ......G721 -c,oo
manufacturers produce. 48
And the rent ought to be 948.
This ratio Of manufactures and Of produce enables us
estimate the natural amount Of rent and that
this win depend upon the whole lsbors Of the
whole community since they jointly create it. the
facturer by his skill and the cutvator by his labor But
plain that the manufacturers give the increased
products Of the cuvators their value for the rentvaue
dependant upon the number and consumption of those
who produce articles to exchange against food. The
farmer produces the grain, the buocks the Sheep &c.
but it is the manufacturer who produces their market
able value
4M question To whom ought the rent-value Of the soil
to be allocated! To the ndtion says Mr. Dove For the
service Of the nation taxes must be derived from
quarter and if the taxes derived from the impersona
Of the Of the soil there would be industry
customs duties, no excuses, &C.
Suppose says Mr. Dove population Of three millions
plant themselves down in Australia. There ought be
division Of labor some to produce food some rament
dwellings, furniture, SO. But how can the
equitable adjustment be made between the two classes of
foodproducers and consumers Mr. Dove afrms sthere
is other possible way than the rents of the
soil in perpetuty to the whole community" and to
pend the same for the Hcommon defence and general
welfare Of the whole, shall be determined by the as
ISOLATION, state as it is called. One million say "we
will take the soil and produce the food; and the other
two millions soy eve agree to take only our labor and
what produce by industry, provided the soil
put up auction at certain periods and the paid
the directors of the association for the benefit Of ALL
This would quae ct all times the relations between the
two classes for if the agriculturiss deriving too
much profit there would Immediately be competition Cat
the aucon for the Of the SOIL and the rents would
rise If the profits from agriculture less than the
profits Of other branches Of industry would forsake
agriculture and enter into competition with the traders
SC. Perfectly free competition with the rents allocatcd
to the whole community would forever preserve perfect
balance and enable each obtain his exact share
Of nature well the whole proceeds Of his labor
Tax upon labor there would be tax upon industry
none house, excise no restriction. There
would only be land-rent which would be the common
Of the association because the common produce
of the association
Thus Mr. Dove would bind together the interests Of the
two classes The more the manufactures the the
rents Of the soil would increase and the greater would be
the national revenues and the condition Of the aborer
would constantly improve, because he would inherit
constantly improving country.
The reader will perceive that Mr. Dove has no place
for the dler in his commonwealth, and, we infer no
place for the millionaire There to be constant balance
and equpose between the producers Of food and the
sumers there is opportunity for either to build up
large fortune at the expense Of the other indeed we
understand him. private fortunes there would be none
well as taxes. Only the State woud be rich But we
leave the theory to the criticism of our readers.
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