Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-07
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-AUSTIN, G1NNI1.-
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY Z, 1874.
The Relations OF TuiiaGS.
1t was established at the beginning, that
there should be a diversity Of human
pursuits. In primitive times there were
ms t prcsent-learncd, men, those
Charged with the administration Of gov
ernulont, and, the care Of the c%hurch,-til-
lrrs Of the soil, keepers Of herds %andtlocks,
hcwers Of wood etc. The wants Of man
having increased IN number, as civil
zation has advanced, there is now \ much
more extended classification Of employ
mcnts than was made in the early history
Of the race. The successful development
Of the various industries, Of art and sci.
suce, ncccssitates this. Government is Of
itself = distinct science, and although in
this country the people are the sole repos-
itory OF power, they delegate that power
and arc themselves controlled by the au-
,tority with which they have invested
their representatives. This system Of
delegation by common consent, runs
through all kinds,of human occupation.
The Il. an who makes it his exclusive bus
iusss to till the soil, finds q constant: em-
ployment for all ofhis forces in that xlone.
'Me one Who mAkea manufacturing 4
speciality, has no leisure to devote to 9th
CT pursuits. If merchandising be chosen,
the extent and variety Of the business Ell
join the closest attention, ~ . condition
OF even moderate euccess-henc cuisines
has become classified and reduced to the
exactness~ of science. THIS indicates the
progress of.ideas.. A half century ago, II
was the custom for every man to make OF
to raise all that he consumed. Now one
man rsises I'LL he can, and another makes
Ill he. can, and each sells his products to
other parties, and in return buys whatev-
or else he may need. The result is an in
crease Of more than 500 per cent. in the
industrial production Of the country. Our
present system of growth, manufact-
ure, sale and exchange, is based upon
the classification, and distribution of
labor: The soil Is not inaptly termed the
ground work, Of all industry, because
forth from it come all which contribute
to the support of life and the comfort of
society,-hence agriculture is conc eded
IS be the grand center from which al
other business operations are irradiated,
and upon the success Of which they nee
essarily depend. Manufactures and CON-
,nsrce, are necessitated by the product
iveness of the soil, and are essential to
the: fullest development Of its powers
hence we see that although one is q pri-
mary element, it is relatively ofno more
importance than the other with which it
is connected. 1fthis be true, the mer-
,hant is. of no less importance as q factor
;n:the business of furnishing the world q
living, than the farmer, because each
needs what the other supply, and each
needs it in the same relative ratio. Each
thing has some value, and because it has
j, cxchangeable for any other, at some
equitable price. This of itself, prevents
and always will prevent any one depart
:uent of natural industry from DONNA
ting very considerably over a different
class. Any excess of n over the demand
Il another, for exchange, lessons its value
-,orrespondingly, and to that extent less
.~,s its production. This, taken in con-
j cction with the fact that vast numbers
Engage in the different ~vocations, each
: ,tcrested in approximating as closely as
J. ,ssible, that point at which he may do
TIC most business on q fair margin for
] oft, will always furnish the public
18th all needed security against the en-
..oachments of the different classes.
Wheat is q product Of such universal
i:;rowt tn and so many raise it, that no one
ON create monopoly in the business.
Merchandising is vast a field cultiva-
I'll so extensively, that no n a make
it his own exclusively. Natural compe-
:ition, thus far, secures equality among
producers and consumers. 1t follows
then a. a corollary, that whatever 10 ad-
outrageous to one class, must be equally
40 to another,-that if one condition is
favorable to the prosperity of the country
Il must ofnecessity be SO to the city,-ftom
fact that the country and the city have a
mutually Of interest in all that pertains
to the specially of either. Every quarter
8 :ction in this county brought under cul-
tivation increases the business of Austin,
while each new building erected, and
every stock of goods, brought here, adds to
the value Of every acre within the limits
Of our business influence. The invest
aento Of capital here, lessons the taxes up
on outside property, and at the same time
serves to.make it marketable at higher
rates.. Then let farmers, mechanics and
merchants, work together as the best
1means ~of'promoting their individual in.
forests.