The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-02

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aavahtages derf eed frppi tse tempo,
rary collapse Of tlaeS Hlissiaf and
Rognanian trades Iti t1i8f feyeiit we
shan not benefit exclsisi by odr
i1falsfality, nor will We sSeik though
these countries. bee6me ihemseiyes
Involved in the war, so iang as Great
Britain commands theNMediterra.
mean with a powerful feet And shats
Up Russia in the Black Sea- Neveh,
theless, the increased demand for
hreadstnffs In America will haye "a
tendency to enlarge the area of cul-
tivation, which will employ labor,
absorb idle hands ana encourage
CAPITALISTS tounlock their money SO
1ong kept out of circulation. When
capital is unlocked, money viii be.
come distributed. The produce,
when ready for market, will make
the railroads busy, fill the granaries,
freight our ships, and bring back to
us money and moneys worth in ex-
change. 1t is this which lies at the
foundation of American industry
and prosperity, and that industry is
likely to receive an impetus from
the Eastern contest, though happily
the nation has had no hand what
ever in bringing about the unhappy
state of things from which the ad-
vantage is to accrue. Permanent ad-
vantage, however, is not likely to
arise from transient causes, and Eu-
rope is not destined to remain per-
petually at war in order that
America shall have monopoly of
the worlds grain trade. But there
is no valid reason why we should not
avail ourselves of the opportunity
because two great European nations
can find no other method of arrang-
ing their differences than the arbitra-
ment of the sword. There will
other good results accrue to us. how
ever, besides the stimulation of our
agriculture and the revival of our
commerce. One indirect effect to be
looked for from the war will be the
increase of European immigration
to the United States Dear bread,
with dull trade, necessitates a
transfer of population for the sur.
plus to whom the bread will not &c
must go to the bread. Another fac.
tor, too, in this connection, is com.
ing into operation, to which the
minds of the economists of Great
Britain have latterly been turned
with growing interest. This is the
great water system of the Mississippi
Valley. "This magnificent region, ~
says a recent English writer on
America, "Will not only open a vast
portion of arabic land to the emf.
grant, but give him the cheapest OF
all means of carriage. The next roll
of emigration will be along the banks
of the navigable rivers Of the Missis-
sippi Valley; and when the feeling
to go inclines here in that direction
the necessity for the exodus will be
upon the nation. That necessity is
coming. What is surprising is, that
it has not been felt before; but when
it does come there will be much
cause for rejoicing that so attractive
and profitable country lies open to
the industrial classes who can no
longer earn the means at home for
the necessaries of life." Certainly
the United States are free to reap
what benefits they can from these
opportunities which their own supe-
rior foresight and natural advantages
have placed within their grasp, with
out laying themselves open to the
charge of callOus cynicism or indif-
ference to the sufferings of their fell
low citizens.-Frank Lesyie'S Ul,,Strd-
tel Newspaper.