New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-30

Of age will produce in the factory as much
money as two and a third grown men In the
field. So that with those mechanical agen-
cles may be utilized labor otherwise unem-
ployed. and even an absolute charge on the
industry of others.
COMMERCIAL EDUCATION. p q
A similar illustration might be added
from the commercial pursuits OF people.
| The freights paid the common carriers of
| Europe and America by the Southern staple
| producing States for coastwise and forelg ID
| shipments may be stated $40, ,000 for
| exports. and half as much for imports coast
| wise and foreign. This aggregate is de-
| Quoted from the sales of Southern produce.
1t would pay ten per cent on sou, O00.0O0
| capital invested in shipping. ltwould give
| employment 10 10000 men. whose earnings
would be added TO the resources CT these
States.
Education is essential to convince CAPT
| ta',sts that d ship sWned in the South Will
1oat, or that lna1Iner reared or shipped
| here Will not be drowned at sea. School
ships and nautical schools will do much to
prepare the public mind for participating III
| this lucrative department OF political econ
| omy. Both national and State interests re-
| qpIre that class OF seamen shall be reared
| who are accustomed to the climate and
perils Of the tropical oceans, and II the gov
ernmeDt is justified in giving bountles foE
the endowment OF nursery OF saamen IN
| the Northern seas, ii 10 certainly OF lmpor-
| lance that some attention should be PAID Il
| the continental tonnage Of the Southern
| seas,
| But TO contine ourselves TO our own i'm
| mediate interests. the application OF science
| to art will undoe btedly develop increased
| wealth IN the Southern producing States OF
| the Union. Here Is raw material, food,
| tuei, motive power and industrial Skill.
| What prevents this comblnatious Solely
the want of a public concern in these indus
tries. II the statesmen Of the South would
educate the youth and er|ighten the man
| hood of The people as TO the simplicity OF
thes. pursuits, some of which are conducted
| in Othes countries under disadvantages
| iron. which the South is exempt. These IN
. dustrles could be organized here as else
! where. To initiate this system 1t Will be
expediene to employ the scientific and prac-
! tica, snsutuctlon in the arts OF agriculture
| and mechanics provided by the sagacious
/! liberality OF tho federal government.
| When we remind the economist that
| $3.50, coo, 900 of raw cotton may be converted
| into 81 600, 100000 Of fabrics, is there no
new source OF wealth suggested If we
| reflect that this immense value OF raw ma
| terial goes abroad for fabrics, in great part
consumed il his use, but which might IN
| EItat pdEb tb tIIDtOJCt III ACilVN 'AS- oOL
own people from. the burden OF taxation
and dependence. has this proposition no
! hearing on that much veXed problem OF
! the economist, the balance OF trade =
ARCHITECTURE AID oRTl MENTAL GROUNDS.
Architecture in ancient times was, per-
| haps, more q subject of taste than Of
| science. Take the structures OF India and
Egypt and we find them copied into the
| style of Greece, and. at late day even,
| the Gothic and Moresque are, according
| to Chateaubi land, inspired by the temples
| of Isis and OF the Hlndoo dix mites. IL is
| evident that these builders had a good eye
| for symmetry and proportion. and this fac
ulty is not less evident in a statue than in
| a structure.
| But modern ideas are more practical.
| The religious teachings OF antiquity are in
sympathy with the religious sentiment, and
that favored, as we have seen, the separa-
ton Of the people from the sanctuary and
society of the priest. Such fabrics, then,
were intended more for sight than sound,
for spectacle than Tor Intelligent compre-
tension.
Modern buildings, public or private, must
be so planned and placed as to make Il
favorable display on the site selected: they
must be lighted, ventilated and arranged
for internal comfort, and Tor public pur-
poses must be safe, and we'll adapted to
sight, hearing. comfort and access.
These condilions REQUIRE: l. The beauti-
full proportions which mathematics e7tab-
lish. .. The imitation OF models. which
knowledge can alone adjust. g. The caicu-
iation of cubic quantity Of material strength
and weight, and the tasteful combination
which native gerUs and improved intelli-
gence provides.
The ornamental grounds are Of English
origin. Bacon says OF gardens which con-
sisted Of trees, walks and water views:
.'God Almighty first planted garden; and,
indeed, it is the purest OF human pleasures.
1t IS the greatest retreshment to the spirit
of man, without which buildings and palaces
are bat gross handiworks." And in all
civilized countries nothing has added more
to the pride of nationality than the orna-
mental architecture and horticulture which
adorps them. The homeless Partisan is
proud Of the grounds which he can not
enter, and the lendless peasant of England
regards the grounds OF the nobleman, in
which it would DE worth the peasants lib
berty to kill hare, as part OF his inherit
ance.
But architecture and ornamental i'm
provement are dependent for development
upon wealth accumulated by intelligent
industry. To the attractions of art may be
added the blessings Of charity, which like
wise results from accumulated and invest
ed capital: there are numerous phiianthro-
phists in English history and fiction who
owe their ability to 90 good to the intelli-
gent industry Of themselves or others. The
characters OF Burchel or of Pickwick, or
OF innumerable benefactors of the stage
who bestow bank notes with such iudlcious
profusion upon all lneritorious young
persons about to marry, would scarcely
be probable in any except countries
of great commercial prosperity. These
rich uncles who turn up in the
very nick Of time from Calcutta or
California, loaded with gold and benevo-
lent intentions, are only possible characters.
Howard, Miss Nightingale and Mrs. Fry
are valuable phlanthropists. Bruce, Cha
teaubrand and Humboldt are benefactors
of science. While those living executors
Of their own bounty, Peabody and Peter
Cooper, were indebted to their own enter
prise for the means to ditfuse the benefits
of education to others. To these might be
added the thousands of merchants who
trade, and gained by commerce the means
of relieving the wants OF humanity. Men of
letters have always disposition to improve
and advance some spot TO which they can re-
tire from labor. Horace, Mr.. Pope, Wal
pole, Shenstone and Dickens have made
their homes attractive.
FEMALE INDUSTRY.
The repeal Of the slave title was, in it's
commercial effect, conversion of the value
of the slave to his own use. The former
owner lost the market value of the slave.
but society, in fact, lost nothing, as the
capacity OF the freeman to produce values
is the same as that Of the slave. Yet there
has undoubtedly been large loss of value
by the former owner as occasioned in indi-
vidual cases from death, or for liabilities
by the owner when there was no
value received, as an Endorsement without