The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-04-03
For as Hseau Of Freedom.
Eumzr Hss-y, Commercial Ldberiy and Ten.
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CeScLUBED.
This Will always be the case when the
people aye not intcrfered with in theis
business, unless they are dolts.
Yet many intelligent people suppose
that country is benefited by inducing
the nanufacsare of certain articles which
the profits Of trade would not permit
The New York 7ris4ne in a recent ism
tells Is we should have produced sl5o..
10000 Of the goods we have bought, 0.
imported during the year just past; ane
gives as reason for thc. financial crisis
now existing in the country the fact tlls.
we neglected 10 do 50. But It did no
tell Us how this could have been dsa
without our neslscting 70 have =proauee
s150oD.0O worth Of something We did
produce. Unless It can do this We DO .i.es
see hon we should have been richer
than we,now are. Ne are fearful the infoT-
nation viii not tie forthcoming But it's
easy ITO show that had ne done whatthe 7iz-
5aae suggests we should have been poorer
than ne now are. Had we neglected the
business most profitable. and in its stead
pursued one less profitable. the more We
had done Of this kind of business. the
poorer we shenld have been inevitably
Certainly the Tribune cannot mean tila5
in addition to all we did do, we should
have earned s15ooOoGoe more than re
lid. Aud yet it is d diiffiicult to UNDERSTAND
what it did mean, unless this was the
idea. But what would the Tt5Jnne
say to our seriously telling it that by
turning out of employ one half of it,
help and diminishing its expenses one
hall, its business would be vastly more
profitable than it now is. 1t would at
once enquire how this could be done
without working the number retained
twice as hard as they had been accustom-
ed to. This we apprehend is no new
mode of getting rich. 1t is certainly not
an easy one. If the Tribune did not
mean, that by increased industry we could
have earned more, what did it mean?-
We are by no means opposed TO industry,
or even increased industry. but we do not
exactly understand how it is to be induc-
ed.
Aside from the foregoing consideration
its thought that if by any means we car
by commercial treaties enrich ourselves Al
the expense Of foreign government, it i.
not only very wise but very just. ",
confess ourselves unable to so regard fh,
matter. Suppose that by means Of /
commercial treaty we are able to throw ;
burden upon a neighboring or even a dis
tant government, and relieve ourselves t.
the extent that we have burrhened others
What good has by this means been &C
eomplished for the world? Is It's sum o
happiness thereby increased? Is ther.
anything in the transaction that rise
above simple selfshness? IF not, ther
40 real good has resulted from it.
Until the rule which has every wher,
obtained in metaphysics, ''of doing unte
Others as we would that others should Dc
unto us," is adopcd by diplomatists, W
scannot reasonably expect much good a.
the result Of their labors; and if we tle
not suffer much harm, it viii be bcea,ls.
they are not able to accomplish their de
signs.
We now come to the third and last par
of the work assigned ourselves, viz tht
subject of temperance. We will in tn,
outset define what we mean by the wore
temperance. First, we do not mean tn.
moderate use of alcoholic drinks; butth,
disusc Of such drinks as a beverage.
The first reason assigned for this posi
ton is that such use IS not beneficial
The second isthat it IS positively hurtful
And the third Is that the entire business
beginning with the grain raisers and fol
lowing it through distil.ation, the carryin
process. and finally the vending, is who'll
upprodnetive. By this we mean that tn
world is not benefited by the produotio.
OF whatever amount of grain is intende.
for this use. The distiller does not con
fer a good by the change he produces
He renders it impossible to derive au,
good from the article he received, IayiD
destroyed the nutriment, he offers in II
stead poison. The carrier transports
worthless article, and might as well hay
been employed in carrying an article un
known to commerce. So the yende
spends his time in dealing out wha
should never be distributed among tn
people. While we believe its moral ef
fects to be as bad as can we'll be conceived
we do not now intend to devote any tim
to this view of the question. We shal
devote ourselves exclusively to its fnan
cial bearings.
TO begin with the grain raisers. W,
said they did not confer any benefit Of
the world by the production of an,
amount OF grain intended for distillation
We say farther they do not receive an,
compensation for whatever grain is mad
use OF for such a purpose. Let US Sc
whether this can be substantiated. Fo
convenience sake we viii divide the Ia
boring world into four classes, viz: agri
cultural, mechanical, manufacturing an.
commercial. And for the purpose of no
losing ourselves in numbers. we vii
suppose but q single family constitutes
single class We shall then have ba