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and inevitable. The man of prudence and forethought will look to them as such, and lay his plans for the future with an eye to that event. The opponents of manufacturing in the west, tell us that land is too cheap yet. That where homes can be had on such easy terms, labour will not go into the factories.

This is all a mistake, as demonstrated by experiment. But reason is against such an hypothesis. Labour will seek the most profitable employment, wherever to be found. Let us, then, take the usual employment of agricultural labour in the west   say half a crop of corn and half a crop of tobacco    and compare it with manufacturing labour.

comparative   value  of agricultural and manufacturing labour, to the operative, in the west.

15 acres of land, in corn   40 bushels per acre   

600, at 20c.......$120

2 acres tobacco   800 lbs. per acre   1,600, at 3c. . 48

Charges, $168

Board of labourer, $50   washing, $5, * $55

Keeping horse, .      .      .      . .25

Wear and tear of horse and gear,      . .10

Use of implements,   .      .      .      . .     5    95

Clear profit of labour of one hand, per annum,

Bah! will say nine men out of ten at this calculation. But where is it wrong? It is wrong by about fifty per cent, too much of the nett savings of an agriculturalist. But, to strengthen my argument, I yield all I can in his favor   $25, in lieu of $73, would be about right. Now, to test it, take any ten families in any neighbourhood of a newly settled country, and see if, for five years, they average more. They raise vegetables to aid the board, the horse has grass in the common to help support him. The farmer has some hogs that run in the woods and eat the mast. All which helps, and may be said, to diminish the above charges. But this will be the case only a few years; and actual experiment will show that the foregoing is a reasonable estimate. A higher price will be claimed for corn and tobacco. Deduct the cost of hogshead, hauling to market, and expenses not here estimated, and it will

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