Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-02-28


BY means Of which il is 10 be exerted. are IN.
directly thus capable. The 6rst we call Uro.
duct or circulating capital; the latter fixed cap
ital.
This being admitted. Il must be evident that
any cause which increases the number and
perfection Of mans desires, or the number and
perfection Of their corresponding objects Of
qualification, must be productive Of wealth.
In the light Of this principle, let us briefly
examine the leading departments Of human in
dustry.
The farmer prepares the soil, casts into il
the seed, and by the aid Of dew, sunshine and
shower, transforms the elementary substances
Of earth and air into graineries of corn. and
hence is wealthy producer. The mechanic
takes the raw material, The iron and copper Of
the mines, the trees Of the forest, the marble
OF the quarry, and adapts them, by change of
form, to the wants ofman. and hence, like the
falmer is producer. The merchant takes the
products of the farmer aud mechanic. and
brings them within reach Of desire. imparts to
them real value, the value of place, ard is
also producer. The idea is ofted advanced
that the commercial man adds nothing TO the
wealth OF nation, since he adds no value TO
objects Of desire. tits tue that he does not
change the form Of things. but a change in
'orm is not the only method Of conferring value
upon things. An object. however perfect in
its adaptation to CRAFTY desire, is valueless un
less it can be appropriated TO that end. Does
not the shipmaster, who transports a cargo of
wheat from Odessa to Liverpool, confer az real
value upon the Englishmans bread as The
Russian serf, whose sickle gathered it in shea.
yes? Commerce, then, creates value BY
changing the place of things. Many nations
have been enriched BY its productions. 1t has
been and is to be great producer.
Agriculture, manufactures and commerce
have been called "tbe grand trio of productive
pursuits" The above analyses shows, how.
ever. thatthey relate exclusively to the second
and subordinate source of wealth. They ere.
ate no desires, simply minister to those a!rea.
dy existing, and this too in a manner wholly
dependent upon some other department of in
dustry.
We are now prepared to ask the question,
what is the relation Of moral ndustry-and
by this term is meant every form Of labor
which relates to the culture and elevation of
the human soul-to wealth and the productive
arts? Or the more specific inquiry: "Do
schools pay?" In answer to this question
affirm that wealth is the child of education.
In support of this proposition aver first,
that education creates or awakens in man most
Of those desires which constitute the source of
wealth.
Man does not desire that of which be is C.
norant. We must FIRST know that an object
contains certain qualities. and that these quail
tiles are desirable, ere desire for the same
can exist. In state ofbarbarism mans wants
are consequently few, rarely going beyond the
demFnds of hunger, Ofwhat value would the
jewels and wealth Of a queen be to Hptten-
tot or Australian? For this reason ignorance
and wealth are strangers Poverty is almost
unknown among savage tribes. Civilization.
intelligence, culture, in its widest sense, alone
foster and create it, Under their guidance the
desires Of man take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts OF the sea-
l state, secondly, that education not only a,
wakens desires. but it muldplies facilities for
their qualification.
Agriculture. manufactures and commerce,
as we have seen, produce and distribute the
material objects of mans comfort But they
are impotent without the aid and guidance of
science and knowledge. What would COM
Inerce be without science? What the me-
chanic arts? What is industry in any form
without knowledge. Even agriculture, the
simplest form of labor, entirely disappears.
With every advance of mans wants, there
has been corresponding progress in the means
of meeting them, until steamboats, and rail-
roads, the magnetic telegraph and the printing
press. and improvements in agriculture and
manufactures, BY the introduction of labor
saving machinery and the magic of various
chemical arts. have heightened his arms to the
utmost sweep of the wing of desile-even TO
the ends of the EARTH and poured into bis lap
treasures far exceeding the long sought riches
Of Alchemy, But how came society," one
has well asked, in possession Of steamboats,
and railroads, and locomotives and telegraphs?
Do you answer, they are the result of practi-
cal sciences What is practical science but ab-
stract science applied? Back of all this will
be found the schools and the schoolmaster,'
the students and the laboratory.
The only question which remains to be set.
tied is this, Nav not all these blessin rs result