New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-10

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And Of o'hsr eoulmoie......... 9oslssi 2l.7s';Ss
G5lS521sl SIS ,iSe
Nearly the whole increase that her taken place in
the long period of thrty-six years was thus found in
four branches of manufacturer the materials OF which
were wholly drawn from abroed, is shown 10 the fol-
lowing statement of imports for that year:
Woo....... 50 ooC CCol aour.... ..'.cwt 49, -,
,. SSS SS PIs,O' t 100
OOc OoO $4,000
oSen. cows, calves. Hams aid lard sat. 10000
Corr......1rs slF67jI Spirt.......~ea gals. 1000 900
Before proceeding to examine tie figures above pre-
sented desire DIR. President to invite yoT attention
to the idea that those who farHsk The too5 clothing
and lodging do ~ fact furnish hc gocer. locomo-
tive engine is merely an instrument by which the
force yielded by me consumption Of tuei is made to
serve the purposes of man. 80 it is With men. Their
daily power to labor results from their daily oonsump
ton of food and therefore it ia that those who sup
ply the food and clothing are really the partie! who
supply the power that is used. That understood we
may now inquire how many of the people of England
are fed by the agricultural nations of the world, prepa
ratory TO an inquiry into the number there employed
in doing their work
Divided among four millions of persons, tie articles
of food included in the above would give to each
about
LOO 10 Of corn. II h potatoes.
$50 n Of -four % 70 butter anc che ~,
IL ~ Of sailed meat y rsss sad gallon Of spirit.
This being much move than the average cOnsump-
ton of the men, women and children employed in tho
workshops of Great Britain, 1t may faily be assumed
that the world furnishes four millions OF aborers with
food and clothing and with shelter too-the chei part
of the timber there consumed being Drawn from
abroad.
To the stock Of food above given, we have now to
add the total quantity of coffee and tea, OF cocoa and
sugar OF lemons and oranges, OF figs and raisins,
%.
eight andtweny millions OF the population OF the
United Kingdom.
OF raw materials foreign nations supply all the cot
ton aud silk all the oil, all the satpetcr, and all the
dye-stuh's; Of hides, wool fax, hemp and various
other articles they not ONLY furnish all that is resx
ported in the shape OF manufactures, but rs much
more a. is adequate to meet the demands OF aisrge
portion if not even of the whole of the four millions
above referred tO-wbO may, therefore, be con-
sdcred as being fed, clothed lodged, and supplied to
the English people, by the other communities OF the
world.
The whole number Of PERSONS old and young, male
and female, employed i'll 1911 III the
Cotton, hose WOOL worstsd sls hsA and linen manu- 80.
features of Great Britain. Hs''..........''..''''''
Il the nincs '~'
,nhs naims.srs c,IeT, Fin and
need. makers he snd lock nakers-thu- ernbraons
s the persons connected with the conversion OF ores
49, mo-. y, ~ r.rn,r or he "Reminiscences the bldrr
OF houses or the maker OF S5JS
Making naui total $3.50
Inc Bu1nDcr so cUpoltI III 1901 must nave Occn
greater and may perhaps be properly estimated at
G0,0UO. IL 80, it follows that the people OF the
world feed clohe aud shelter, and thus furnish the
labor Of nearly three times many persons a. are in
England employed IN mining her coal and her iron; in
smelling her ores, and making her pig bar and rail
road iron constructing her machinery OF every de-
scIiption and in converting iron, copper, brass cot
ton wool, silk, hemp and fax into the commodities
required for consumption This in addition to furnish
ing nearly all the materials, they supply all the
labor and, further, they supply food, cloth and odg
ing for two and half millions ot persons otherwise
employed
Of the million AMI half there il, however but Il
sns proportion that is employ IN working for the
to egners who supply this food and these raw male,
risl. OF the counodi les exported, ue iry all are oil
the coarser kinds requiring very little oil eltnerskl
or taste for then preparation. Thus tor instance, out
of ausex port of ES 0OO0 900 sterling IN 1914, nearly
fl5 900 consisted OF metals III almost their rudest
state, having given occasion To the eAeton OF very
little th.n brute force. Goals constitutes
& 500 600 while yarns ainountedto ClO,oOOOVo
Cotton cloths, averaging only sd, or cents, per
yard were nearly f2i,OW,Wt. Linens, averaging
3d. yard made more tnen Ei,OOO,OUO, while eartnen'
ware alkai, beer aud ale butter, candles cOrdage,
tsh salt and wool contributed EjOO0,OO toward tue
mass. The difference between the pictures presented
by the French and English exports Is most remarka-
ble-he former exhibiting tcaIce.y anything thaI mas
not been very highly elaborated, ana me latIeI luz
uishing evidence that of al the vast quantity OF com
moditles received from the world those returned nave
undergone that lowest amount vi preparation re iuueo
for their reception among En- INFERIOR pVpAihti'N'
With the exception Of machinery and iID"Oi& 10 al
amount less than f2,0OoJ 600, and hardware Gnd cut
lery 10 about double that sur there = scarcely any
thing in the list Of English exports requiring ethel
taste or xiii Seeing tBat sGcu is the fad, u uaJ
well be doubted if more tbaz oncfcarth 81 .he lapof
given 70 nauuiactures-C- that Ot Nh,p O h0Dus-fS
applied t. the conversion OF the raw maiefias OK
ported; bui 70 avoid the possibility OF error, W. nay
assume Il to be even !, high One-th.Td--JOo,VVV
persons-beng one for e;ery eig! whose labor 10 az
nss above been shown, 'prIshed by the sgricnIiura
ratioas whc find themselves eompelel to 'o"H u
Britain Tor market. ~, ,, ID.
TIE acc AIT between that country aLA the "''" 4.
large would row appear to stand ~ iolb"S'
GRgAr BRlTAIN.
~ Cs.
r. . - - t. mi tors .f g. tue 1bo. hat Dn-Yl u
:. = 10000 ,sbiei Der,ons-Llen sOHeL ild
p''L'.it s,t y i,sI b,l ch,ldrer-emplCyed 10 tn,
- -. lowest .adfr Il .ns hD'Is oi
ConyGrssnf-
t. ths sa.lr teA co t-- totsf
f..it ID other vJmmsGl-
h rxgurs for 'In cone snp-l
ion u tg 4ity e-sh nlIAoLsl
r -. o,ton IA. ak hemp By anal portion sh-
sud O.hfI mate u4AsE iIaA sOpPhfL
| js. required for d0mestH
| ~. n ptior ard for sIpOlts-
| lDL.
| Having studied the extraordinary picture tina. =
hsrs presented. vii now beg of you, Mr.. President
"a hook once more TO Mr. Gees sketch OF the CooDia
system given in my last there TO find the Assertion
that not O8e-OGrth part OF the products Of the