New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-22

Republic bankrupt and the movement OF society
,,re.ts6-and which left Us in 1876 free, wealthy
busv. and progressive Ii is the fate Of true 90.
pels 70 be denied snd 10 be nsfc to wait. The
Farmers Of the West are now entering upon a Pc
Rod ioy prices for Wheat and Corn to be agra
vated BY the steady dimlnution Of their crops OF
each the direct result of their resDrt to foreign
instesd OF the home MARKHAM error whose penalty
i. the exLagst!On Of the soil. The closing OF our
furnaces mines and cloth. mills, threatens soon ~
be complete. 1t viii probably be Mr. Careys de'
tiny to draw from another period Of social etaaus
ton ard distress new proofs Of the eternal truth,
that if Agriculture and Manufactures are put ssnn
der by Trade, the unnatural divorce cuts the ties
Of Society, aud weakeLs and impovershes IT in ev-
cry pant.
We know Of 10 boon that could be conferred
upon this country, at I'll 10 be compared with the
pOpularizstion Of the principles OF socal life set
forth in these three volumes They uEderlle al the
questions of policy and morality which enter into
the discussions Of our political parties. Their
claim for recognition, and afterward adoption, is
one that must inevitably have favorable audience Of
Religion and Philanthropy, ere their ways among
UFr can DE- Elhut luclc thu DC uV PcA-
manence Of Industry-no steadiness in the growth
Of weath-Do security for accumulated property
there can indeed be no guaranty for the freedom
Of the low free in the Republic, aud no gage what
ever taken Of the Future that the nation shall not
lose it's civilization and relapse into baroarsm, un-
less the harmony Of interests between Agriculture,
Manufactures and Commerce, 50 earnestly pleaded
for in tbese books shall become the vital element
Of American life.
POstponing yet awhile longer the metbodcal
notice Of our author work let us call the attention
Of Farmers 70 one Of the fixed laws Of that Foreign
Trade which Mr.. Carey, in their behalf, has spent
his manhood in trying to subordinate to the better
Commerce at Home That law is, that the price
Of crop in any country is fixed By the price that
can be obtained for the small surplus that must 60
abroad for market. Let part Of the mercantile
debt 81 Illinois be paid in England with two hun
dred thousand bushels Of her surplus Wheat The
price allowed for it in Manchester by the cotton.
spinner, less the freight and charges from Liver.
pool there LEES the insurance, freight and charges
from New.York to Liverpool, less the insurance
freight and charges from Chicago 10 New York
lees the cost Of carriage from the farms 10 this
grain center, fixes the price for every bushel of
wheat thrasbed out or in the stack, IN every
Western State. No question is anywhere made
Of the intrinsic value of the grain. The arbter OF
price the daily Geographic report of sales in New
York City, the American Out-port of Lo1d1n-
sales which are based upon specific advccs OF the
price paid III England, or shrewd guessing at that
price While the farmers of America are asleep in
~: IA Tor i,h mir az nayt dav
sell their grain is mperially ordered night after
night from the headquarters of Trade. And there
il no appeal from these DEGREES by Lightning. The
law is fixed, that they who seek market shall SC
cept the market price, well as pay the expenses
Of goirg there-and that the market price of the
part sold fixes the price of what is held IN reserve
Far better would il be for the Agricuturists OF the
West TO institute joint stock agency for the de-
struction of all the surplus Wheat now sent to u
trans Atlsntc creditor market there to depress by
It's sale the great stock remaining at home IN their
hands. Our Cotton planters have from the begin
ling furnished the apparent paradox that the less
cotton they sent to England, the more money they
obtained for i. They, year afteryesr give steadily
more AID more of their staple for less and aud less
of cash The more they widen their Cotton
zone" AID the mere cotton they raise, and the
move of il they press upon their fanatcsy coveted
foreign market. the lower goes It's price, while
higher mounts the cost Of transportation with the
extension # the area of culture The recent de
mapd made upon our Federal politics, that the Al
rican savetrade shall again be lesalized, and the
planters be permitted to buy black labor at one
quarter Of its present price, is full of significance.
The destructive business Of marketing the raw pro-
ducts Of the Southern plantations abroad, instead
Of at home, involving the Impeachment OF the
soi and constant recession from the ports OF ship
ment has II last nearly approGimaed the cost Of
production 70 the proceeds Of saes that the cotton
groweIs always leaning for support on politics, III
voluntarily cry out for political help. The remedy
they seek viii complete their ruin, If IT be applied.
!, Will whip and spur the production of their single
agricultural stsple-dou and treble their export
Of msnure--increase the wastefgl competition to
find BUYERS N their foreign market-and bring their
section TO bankruptcy, and subsequently to soeial
revolution through the instruction OF slaves who
have ceased to be profitable
To the Northern wheat growers, there Is 8 ser
mon Of vital instruction in table of the prices
their -four has sold for in England. VIII they heed
the pIeer ant Truth that, the quantity they send
away increases the pay they get for it diminishes
TIE total amount Of food Of al descriptions ex-
ported from the United States, and the prices of
flour al the corresponding dstes have been as fol.
lows;
Period Ay.,ss rrioe .frlear
IN2l-2j. ........s $1,000 900 s. %
ls-t-30---.--..- l2,OUO,U0 d ~