New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-16
MANUFACTURES AT HAND STEu-
ViATE AGBECELTgESE.

The new official volume Of Statistics compiled
from the last Federal Census relates wholly 20
MANUFACTURES, and was prepared by Mr. Ken
nedy. late Superintendent Of the Census, with
some observations which his successor has dis
carded. As we deem them Of general interest,
we here give them to our readers. Mr. Ken
nedy says;
ITO enter upon any discussion respecting the rcla
tive rnporiauce Of interests which hold suCh intimate
relations with such indispensable dependence fcclpro
caliy as agriculture ana manufactures the one aug
menting the prosperity OF the other nethef nouIhhs
with the other lasCuishing. would be prodt!ess' 10
every observer the fact is evident that lands enhance IN
value in proportion to the capital expended IN mdnuiac
tgref and thai negligence aud baienne5s disappear III
proximity 10 riches ana population lSe poor acIe'
with ia rocks and tangled thicieis, becomes trans
formed by the presence OF the iact0fy Or non VOTES
into productive garden OF greater vhus uhh OlI.uu
it, quality OF the most itTle Nhey u.s1aL. oI .o
avenues to market In truth, farming hAds any where
fertile M they may be-. would possehs bht niue 'ahe
were IL not for the consumption oil thor surplus puuce
either as food TO sustain commereia ANA mAnuhciut
inc populAtiOn materials ~ he aiis ald ran
ufactures and other things being equal TWIN DC 0uhl
that the prices Of lands aud the value oil tho rone's
vary in proportion 10 The cost oil iIahspoFihB tc n
10 their place Of consumption. these prices are hoI
control ed so much by distance ~ by tEc cost OF cur
rage as We see illustrated in the effects oil ihiIrohas
ana other means Of conveyance, Whlcn ueh'cI az
by ordinary means would cost more than the IHlue OF
the crop ia market and this results ron tue ehhhhccn
worth Of products occasioIed b. increased consunp
ton and the return freight In articles Of Manufacture
a process constituting the greater portion OF commerce.
1.-The system Of agriculture, as pursued NJ present
with it's iabOr.saying machinery, could no more con
Time without the aid VI the mechanic arts, IMAM IL
would pay without the absorption Of iis products by
manufactures, OF than manufactures could thrive III
dependcny Of the products OF agriculture or the con
sumption OF mechanical productions by the iarmer
and SO insepaTably they Unidentified in interest
that with the spindle at rest. and the anvil eeasng 10
ring, the plow must inevitably stop IN The iurrow
a
"That the success ofOur manufactures and OF all de-
pendent thereon h. to considerable degree. due TO
Tho Wisdom OF our laws which favor the importation
Of raw products we cannot raise. ana lax Whatever
competes with our own industry, is evident nom
careful study OF the progress Of our Industrial interests
and leads 10 the conclusion that the true theory Tor our
10 cherish and Legislators to act upon
that which facilitates the importation OF every raw
material upon which profit may DO made on It's fecI
,ortaton ~ manufacture 10 foreigners, relying 10 al
rdnary times on foreign Injuries ana such OF their
raw materials aud manufactures as can readily DO pro-
duced by ourselves. When the older nations adopt
systoIo more In conformity TO tho visionary theory OF
uniyersa, brotherhood aud free trade We shaI