New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15

cannot be had, and turning o. shipping It a. may be
advisable In each case. They rtoort considerable
thinning out OF the population of Minnesota toward
the cose OF navigation but believe there viii be no
suffering Tor food, even in the limited district raw
aged by grasshoppers. Even where the Corn was
thus cut on there was bounteous yield Of excellent
Potstoes ana win these and some milk the poorest
will 90 through the Winter.
The most successful mercantile COLLECTOR OF
whom have heard is Boston genius who made
rule of taking the best he could GET in every c,se
Ii debtor said I'VE have no money here-noth.
ling TO spare but Grain, for which there il no
price" he inquired what was asked for Wheat
and offered To take his pay IN that; if Wheat was
not to be had, he took Corn; if Corn was also mi.
nus, be would take even Prairie Hay. Thus re-
fnsing nothing that looked like pay except fancy
priced corner-lots in prophetic cities he bsrgsued
for the transportation of his Grain to some point
where it could be turned whence il could be
sent East, swapping of his shinplasters oppor-
tunity was presented for something better; until 1T
last he reported TO friend in this City that he had
turned into good assets bis entire receipts, except
one bill which was subject Ia two serious objections
/. Ii was on a bank in Washington Territory; ,.
Il was counterfeit. He thought he could have
traded il in spite Of either of these drawbacks but
both were too much for him. II knew the name
of this Bostonian, would recommend him to some
Of our New-YOrk houses for an engagement. There
months ahead.
". meet nobody-and have cOnyersed with
many on the subject-whO does not readily agree
that the system of Mercantile Credit hitherto pre-
vailing is dead, so far as the West is concerned.
Even if the manufacturers and bankers of Europe
and the seabOard have the means and are mad
enough TO seek to reinflae the bubble, judge that
the West would quite generally refuse Traders
can of course be found to buy stocks on credit in
the great seaports and bring them out for sale but
only the most hopeessly insOvent consumers can
be induced to run in debt for them. Hereafter
PAY AS YOU go" will be the rule to an extent
hitherto unknown. And as the bankers who have
heretofore bridged the gulf between producers
and consumers of fabrics are mainly broken, and as
but few of the European manufacturers sell on
other credit but theirs, do not see how the COM
mercia DagOn is to be set on his pedestal again
| believe British Manchester sells no goods on credit
except for paper that can be sold at once without
recOurse-an example which l afectonately COM
mend to her American namesake, and to Lowell
Lawrence and Rhode Island as WELL A large dealer
in metals assures me that such thing as credit for
metals is unknown TO the British manufacturers.
There is mp tin" says the British producer OF that
useful metal; "where is yours - That IL style
of doing business which, generally adopted III this
country would reduce the number OF our non-pr0-
ducers by hundreds of thousands aud proportions
bly increase the gains and the comforts Of our in
dustrious classes Can there ever be q better time
for rendering cash payment for goods universal than
the present? Short credits between merchants
who know each other thoroughly may still be WELL
but credit from him who has produced fabrics to
their consumers is never We'll. 1t Is easier paying
for a new coat than for one which has been worn
ont. We have been suddenly and irresstibly
brought down from the clouds to solid earth; now
let us stay down.
V. A word in praise OF the Western Railroads.
Though their arrangements for the ventilation OF
their passcngercars are still detestaby inadequate.
compelling every one who happens to know that he
has lungs and that they require fresh air. to subject
himself to colds and general fight with his fell
low messengers bv keeuipO his window OMAN and .
gust OF cold pralrle-wnd pouring INTO MS nech' ana
though their charges ore higher this WINTER than
ever before, their new timetables entitle them to
every travellers gratitude. They do not promise
to carry you fast formerly by fourth or fifth,
but they actually carry you faster because they are
almost always on time and Hardly ever twenty
minutes behind, where they formerly missed every
third or fourth connection, subjectlng the traveller
to sore disappointment and vexatlOn. Or course,
there is but little travel in such time-hardly wO
man to each train, and barely men enough to half fill
Two cars on most Western roads-sO that the chap
was not far wrong who reported but two classes as
now travelling: /. Those running away; 2 Those
running after them. This, however cannot last
Industry, energy and economy viii soon insure
better times, and the Railroads VIII share in the
general improvements. Let us for the hundredth
time entreat you, Messp. Managers to yentilate
your cars. Break our legs or necks if you must
for that is accidental, Cat the wors) careessness;
but do not poison us with foul air, for that is DELHI
crate murder.
i hear of almost uniform good results from the
growth of the Sorghum last season, and infer that
ten times as much will be planted throughout the