New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-22

landlords n the cost OF produce falls rentsmut come
down, for enants can pay no more anu @ share
cannot be less than II now Is aud the loss must a upon
Beyond this dmiuution the revenues there is ar
feulfy which aerts tie structure or pOnlC ana social
organizations The nobility are lanGoTds As .niS
estates. Our cheap and ftrtile aid ana the 10" cos
OF sending out products TO Europe. may WORK great
changes 10 the condition higher classes and the
tenures OF real estate. The result prOhaOy WI" p5 tna'
the land owners Will find that they must not ONLY re-
duce their rents they also change the charac
OF their farm products and buy most OF tuer ga
and many of the provisions from us, and our markets
! In future VIII be thus enlarged
Hthey tax imported food they will break down their
manufactures destroy their home markets aud bring
disaster upon tnrir country II the Continental nations
food, IN addition 10 military ana Otner burnchs'
they will drive away their Young ana active citizens
and reduce their military strength. Monaichs VIII De
safer from bullets when lOod Is cheap aud abundant
HOME MARKETS MADE GOOD BY TIE CHARACTER
OF OUR CLIMATE.
have dwelt upon foreign markets, they deeply
us but we must not overlook home transae-
TONS which are still important. The prosperity
which agriculture has given to all other industries ana
pursuits will now react its favor and make new de-
mands for its products. Nearby cities and towns make
the best customers for farmers. They buy many
things which will not bear long transportation and
which free from widespread competition For TINS
reason 10 their vicinity lands bear the highest prices
Those lying near the City of New York sell for sums far
beyond those which can be got for better qualities 10
other quarters For these reasons, the farmers Of New
merce from the West These make the wealth and popu
aton of our cIies Manufacturing and mechanical IN
dustries built up by cheap bread make demands Tor
vegetables fruit milk, butter and other articles pro-
duced The immediate vicinity of these nome markets
| know that think that IL 10 cost more 10 bring
produce 10 II charges on canals and railroads were
higher. our farms would be increased III Vaue' rms
is great error They would turn away our commerce
They would tax not only the food OF those engaged III
raised Industries, Of more than twotbirds OF our
farmers. They would diminish the population OF towns
and cities. and thus drive away our best customers
Most OF my property is IN farm and lands, ana
have gwen much thought study TO this subject II
suffer canals to be broken down. and thus lose al
control OF the course or trade; N we consent 10 any
policy which diyerts II from STATE sha undo the
work OF fathers who. by wise commercial policy,
lifteI it from low 10 the highest position IN our
through IT, territories Along the routes or these all
pursuits and industries have been multiplied. when
these cuppicd destroyed, our farms VIII 1853
large share II their value.
The great cities OF the world placed in belt run
ming round the eartb following certain mean temper
AZURE As the CLIMATES of different ATTITUDES vary TINS
belt Ows temperature whenever IL sWhs 10 ue t
or south. There may be more fertile lands norh OF
OF this belt, but their ces not as large or
farms valuable The for this Is that there's The
activity and wealth where there are the most wants.
intelligence II a iu country that these truths are
seen in their clcaTcs Hight. Here there more bust
ness yity larger cities and towns IN proportion 70 our
population fhan IA any other part or tho world ms ~
due the faci that have more wants and more
means 10 meet these wants Than any other people
Those American at least One-third more than
those OF IugiI8hmau In the condition OF me
~ South. where the great majority tcrs OF the
SOIL although they have monopoly OF furnishing the
world with cotton, yet their cites are small their wants
compared with aud their wealth Tar less
Our 4egsous oar wants, habits Will ever 20 multiply
varied indus ~ that the farmers OF the Northern belt OF
States Wi nave larger proportion OF nome consumers
anu Of nearby mgrhcts IN great cities, than can DC
found in any part Europe Ia proportion to the num-
those who till the soil.