New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-30

South and the great NerhWsss bound together IL lies Of
teres social intercourse marriage snd oossansuiahy. s
greet bonds Of unisa already nearly somtssd cad ~
quiro but these few links. which would comparatively
nothing To unto end weld them .ogsthsr
And while the mines and fields and workshops Of the L.
terror thus called into action, furnishing the material ~
the demand foreign and tho cossus Tie
channels Of the Chesapeake Boy and s tributaries the Abs
marie Sound Port Royal Savannah Mobile and NewOhsa
be improved and commercial cities spring up II u
South a. ct the North
"Our Republic IL world within isse It presents fsid
broad enough for the sble Minister of Industry with tAss
bureaus-one agricultural mechanical and
ciaL The cost need be but ins the benefits iocseuiii.
that we foster industry Diversity i pursuits, ssdy
economy. pay debts reward merit, honor bravery. LEM
liberty, cultivate peace and drink deep the wells dag b.
fathers"
This is very well said. We concur in
most of il we demur only to the underlying
assumption that worthless breeds Of cattle {"
are to remain um" suppanted" and the vast
deposits of coal, iron, salt, gypsum" &C..
unopened until we have Ministry Of Industry.
We do not doubt the practicablty Of accele.
rating and perfectiug the development Of our
country's natural resources by the aid Of en-
lghtened aud capable National supervision;
but we are bound to consider that Offices are
not always wisely, happily filled, and that the
Ministry of Industry might prove no exception
to the rule. Mr.. Holloway, in fact, tells u.s.
with regard to the 2, 474. $50 parcels Of garden
and fower-,eeds of nearly four hundred kinds
distributed from his Bureau during the year
1861, that
Mos of these seeds purchased by my prcdeossso
ard II not as valuable they might have teen the RESPONSE
bsy doe. upon the present Comm''ioner Seved
varieties of procured which have no$ been
distributed bu. destroyed besnns Of their ot"soh ssH'
is .ome If them bring nozess vesd' Injurious :" m'sdo~s
and other grass lands"
We apprehend that "noxious weeds
would continue to bs from time to time dis'
tributed, even though our humble Bureau Of
Agriculture in the Patent-Offce were exalted
into Ministry of Industry, presided over oy
q member of the Cabinet, and that some oil
them would be of the John C. Calhoun and q.
]. Walker varieties, not only highly lnjurlon"'
but easily and rapidly difused, and hard to be
e,adicat.d. However, we back the Comms'
sinners recommendation reasonably and mod
erately.
Mr., Holloway tells Us no news when be
states that we now import largely Of the Osier
Willow, which is purely agricultural product
which we can grow with profit whenever We
shuII have become familiar with its wants and
habits; but we are glad to learn that he 10
distributing roots and cuttings Of it quite OK.
teasiyely. lie is thus rendering reA servios
to the country. though We do not expect any
one will make his fortune by Wllow-srowins
for good many years yet.
His Bureau is doing one other work that
We heartily rejoice in-collecting all knova
varieties of native grapes aud testing the iniu.
euce Of cultivation. bybridizasioD, &C.. upoa
them. This is an enterprise involving very
considerable outlay and promising great ulsl.
mate good, but which no individual could I'm.
dertake without mourning certain loss. 1t ought
to be done; the whole country will reap tho
benefit, if benefit there be; and it should there.
fore be done at the public cost. Such under.
takipgs Justify National supervision of Asri.
culture, which the ordinary distribution Of
seeds under Congressional frank is rather cal.
culated to discredt. We could wish that the
Nation mad. not one merely. but half dozea
Gardens or Farms in different sections, de-
voted to careful experiments illustrating the
effects of climate, soil. droutb. rains &c. &c.
on ever, important product that can be growa
under our skies Let US determine positively
the boundaries Of successful production for
every valuable fruit grain, grass, vegetable,
shrub, and tree, known to the temperate and
sem-trcpical zones; let us try Cotton. the
Peach. and tho best Grapes i'll Minnesota. and
test by absolute standards the value Of the
Sorghum as a sugar plant and The limits Of its
profitable cultivation. Let our best Northern
Apples and Pears DO tested in Texas, in Arr.
IONA, and 10 Florida, and see how far loss Of
flavor under feryld skies is inevitable. We
think $4,000 per annum could be well OK
pended in experiments on plants and trees
more careful and varied than any individual
ought to make at his own cost; We have 10
constitutional or other scrupies initiating
against Ministry Of Industry; but We arc
quite content that Congress has decided to try
far humber and more modest arrangement
for n beginning.
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